Charles F Goldie
The Hon William Swanson MLC
Artwork Detail
In the 1850s, William Swanson ran a successful logging business in Hobsonville and Swanson. A family friend of Goldie, he pioneered the use of timber dams to transport kauri logs out of the Waitakere Ranges.
As kauri timber was felled from the land, gum diggers would scour the land for kauri-gum while farmers took over the cleared land. (Enduring Nature: Hoki Atu Hoki Mai, 2004)
- Title
- The Hon William Swanson MLC
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 1901
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 1270 x 1016 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the artist, 1920
- Accession no
- 1920/9
- Other ID
- 0/44 Old Accession Number
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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