FIRST MODE OF TRANSPORT used by New Zealanders was the windjammer. From the Homeland they came, propelled by the winds, and journeys between settlements were made in the same manner. Here is the Pladda, emigrant ship bound for Otago, sending letters aboard a passing American vessel, the Beaver. —Courtesy Otago Early Settlers’Association.
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Evening Star, Issue 23503, 17 February 1940, Page 10 (Supplement)
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52FIRST MODE OF TRANSPORT used by New Zealanders was the windjammer. From the Homeland they came, propelled by the winds, and journeys between settlements were made in the same manner. Here is the Pladda, emigrant ship bound for Otago, sending letters aboard a passing American vessel, the Beaver. —Courtesy Otago Early Settlers’Association. Evening Star, Issue 23503, 17 February 1940, Page 10 (Supplement)
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