Castlepoint: Coastal Station And Settlement by Alex Hedley and Nan Laing and Peter Laing

An illustrated history and pictorial record together with tall tales of life on a coastal hill country station. Including the historic Ngakawau Hotel (40 miles from Masterton, 40 years ahead of it!) and the 'Holiday Light', Castle Point Lighthouse, with a chronicle of the Beach Annual Race Meeting. Castlepoint is the name of the towering rocks, sweeping sands,beckoning lighthouse and sheltering harbour that pierces the otherwise hostile coastline of New Zealand's lower North Island. It is also the name of the historic sheep and cattle station perched on the hills encircling the rural settlement there. It is these Castlepoints, along with the people who have inhabited them, the harsh and wild conditions they worked and lived in, and the memories they left that provide the bedrock of this book. It is also the story of the present, of today's custodians of the station and their dreams for its future.

Publisher:	Hedley's Bookshop
Year:	2010
Binding:	Hardback
ISBN:	9780959770339
Condition:	Very Good
Description:	DJ; Heavy.

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SKU: 1594598
Location: Local History