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- Title
- Fiordland or Te Rua-o-Te-Moko: Hunting, Shooting & Fishing - Moose on the Loose
- Content partner
- Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive
- Collection
- Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive
- Description
This photo of two Moose bulls in a river, was donated to us by the family of local legend Les Johnston. It appears to be a copy of a photo by Les Murrell of two bulls in the Seaforth River, 1927. Image is Public Domain. HISTORY From 1900 to 1910, there was reportedly a deal between the Canadian government and the New Zealand Premier, for the Hudson Bay Shipping Company to capture and ship 10 moose calves from Saskatchewan. This release to the West Coast of Aotearoa NZ, was a disaster, none s...
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- Image
- Date created
- 1927
- Creator
- Murrell, Les
- URL
- https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/2010905
- Related subjects
- Fiordland National Park / Fiordland, Te Rua-o-te-moko / Moose / Hunting, Shooting & Fishing / Fishing & Game / Fiordland / Te Rua-o-Te-Moko / Western Southland / Hunting / Outdoors / Conservation / DoC / Murrell / Te Anau / Kepler Track
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