Working the kauri : a social and photographic history of New Zealand's pioneer kauri bushmen
Description: Working the Kauri is the dramatic story of the bushmen of the great kauri forests of northern New Zealand. Following its first use by Europeans in the late 1700s the kauri became the focus of an intensive timber industry in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, based largely in Northland and on the Coromandel Peninsula. At the heart of the industry were the kauri bushmen, a remarkable, colourful group of men who laboured deep in the forests, felling giant trees with simple hand tools. Using bullocks, tramways, steam winches and driving water the bushmen transported heavy logs across rugged country to the sawmills. It was tough, dangerous work that required the men to live for months in remote, rough camps. This book provides a fascinating insights into the lives and work of these bushmen.--Publishers blurb, back cover.
Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Working the Kauri is the dramatic story of the bushmen of the great kauri forests of northern New Zealand. Following its first use by Europeans in the late 1700s the kauri…