Black Swans on the Estuary, October 2011: Picturing Canterbury

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Black swans on the Estuary. 2011. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ. CCL-Kete-14537

In August 1864 the City Council's Committee on Swans decided to import black swans to help control watercress in the Avon/Otakaro River. However the swans preferred a different habitat and soon left for other areas.

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