Photograph, Birchwood Homestead; Unknown Photographer; 1870-1905; OT.2010.22
Photograph, Birchwood Homestead
About this object
This is a photograph of the Birchwood Homestead.
About the House:
The Birchwood Homestead was a two-storey house made of kahikatea. Built in the early 1860s, the house remained for over 100-years, but in the 1990s the house was demolished as it was full of borer.
Birchwood in the early days:
Named by the first run-holder on the land, Freeman Rayney Jackson, in 1863 the land was subdivided into 3 runs with run 143 retaining the Birchwood name.
Captain James Gardiner took up Birchwood in the late 1860s and from 1886 the estate became famous for the Birchwood Hunt and the associated house parties and activities on the property. Contemporary accounts paint vivd pictures of parties which had roughly 400 attendees and lasted for days. The hunt, a traditional English affair with horses and beagles, was also held at many other historical runs and stations across Southland. In time, the Birchwood hunt gained a rich reputation and has continued to be held annually for 132-years.
Birchwood Today:
Nestled in and around the Twinlaw Rangers in the southeast and the Takitimu Mountains in the north, Birchwood Station covers over 1,800 ha. A modern sheep and cattle production unit, it annually produces 1,500 head of Hereford cattle and its 20,000 sheep shear 67,000 kg of wool.
Four generations of Edies have farmed the property since the 1920s.
Oceania, New Zealand, South Island, Southland, Otautau
Maker Maker RolePhotographer
Date Made1870-1905
Medium and Materials
organic, vegetal, processed material, paper, photographic paper
organic, vegetal, processed material, paper, card
On back of card hand written in blue pen: 'Return to John Muir King Street Otautau 4 cols x 4 Birchwood Homestead'
On back of mount in pencil '2010.22'
h 255 mm x w 305 mm
Subject and Association Keywords Object Type Object numberOT.2010.22
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