"From the 1840s to the First World War, the South Island of New Zealand was transformed as runholders claimed large tracts of land, burned off the negative vegetation and initiated large-scale sheep farming for wool and, later, meat production. In Making sheep country, Robert Pe…
From the 1840s through World War I, the South Island of New Zealand was transformed as large tracts of land were claimed, native vegetation was burned, and large-scale sheep farming was established for wool and, later, meat production. This record focuses on one case study in pa…