Technology- Colonial New Zealand

A DigitalNZ Story by Janice

Images of various technology used in colonial New Zealand

Technology, early settlers, colonial New Zealand

Image: Hand operated butter churn

Hand operated butter churn

Palmerston North City Library

Image: Coal tubs on cable roperoad railway

Coal tubs on cable roperoad railway

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: First horse-drawn fire engine of the Palmerston North Volunteer Fire Brigade

First horse-drawn fire engine of the Palmerston North Volunteer Fire Brigade

Palmerston North City Library

Image: Chaff-cutting on Railway Road

Chaff-cutting on Railway Road

Palmerston North City Library

Image: Typing class at the Wellington Technical School

Typing class at the Wellington Technical School

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Mr Holben with the First Milking Machine in New Zealand

Mr Holben with the First Milking Machine in New Zealand

Palmerston North City Library

Image: clock, wall

clock, wall

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: mannequin

mannequin

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Forceps, Dental

Forceps, Dental

Puke Ariki

Image: scales, balance

scales, balance

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: bandolier

bandolier

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: block, pulley

block, pulley

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Processing kauri gum, Northland

Processing kauri gum, Northland

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Women working in the Roslyn Woollen Mill

Women working in the Roslyn Woollen Mill

Alexander Turnbull Library