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Shepherd at Grasmere Station
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TitleReg Ferguson
DescriptionReg Ferguson, a shepherd at Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury, in 1944. He is wearing a striped blazer outdoors, eating a sandwich, during a break from mustering. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe.
Caption - Pascoe's caption for this image in the National Library Photographic Archive file 6/1/30 reads: "Reg, who took the bottom beat of the muster, grabs a sandwich during a spell. He is a handy man anywhere; can manage a hotel, stalk deer, handle pack horses, build a hut, as well as being competent in sheep station routine."
Reg Ferguson was a shepherd, deer hunter and publican of the Bealey Hotel. From a well-known Springfield family, Reg and his brothers worked at Grasmere during the 1930s and 1940s.SourcePA-Group-00197: National Library of New ZealandPhotographerJohn Dobree PascoeAdditional Rights InformationShepherd at Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury. Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives. Ref: 1/4-000909-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22706592
DescriptionReg Ferguson, a shepherd at Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury, in 1944. He is wearing a striped blazer outdoors, eating a sandwich, during a break from mustering. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe.Caption - Pascoe's caption for this image in the National Library Photographic Archive file 6/1/30 reads: "Reg, who took the bottom beat of the muster, grabs a sandwich during a spell. He is a handy man anywhere; can manage a hotel, stalk deer, handle pack horses, build a hut, as well as being competent in sheep station routine."
Reg Ferguson was a shepherd, deer hunter and publican of the Bealey Hotel. From a well-known Springfield family, Reg and his brothers worked at Grasmere during the 1930s and 1940s.
SourcePA-Group-00197: National Library of New ZealandPhotographerJohn Dobree PascoeAdditional Rights InformationShepherd at Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury. Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives. Ref: 1/4-000909-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22706592Connections
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Shepherd at Grasmere Station. Selwyn Stories, accessed 16/05/2026, https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/nodes/view/6635