Marjorie Saynor: Children of New Zealand

Artist: Marjorie Saynor

Nationality: British
Artwork Year: 1979
Image Size: 6.75 by 6 inches
Overall Size: 9 by 7.5 inches
Medium: Mixed Media on Cold Press Illustration Board

Since New Zealand ranks as one of the world's leading wool, mutton, and lamb producers, many of her people spend their lives tending her millions of sheep. And, on the sheep stations, children and adults alike quickly learn that all activity revolves around the isolated homestead, long wool shed, and drafting pens. Everyone in the family must help out with the work -- even the young children, who watch the sheep. With their well-trained dog, they must keep the flock moving so the sheep can find the grasses they need for feed. However, when it comes time to sheer the sheep, the young children leave the work to grown-ups. This is a demanding job that is often done by work gangs who move from station to station as New Zealands' flocks are readied for shearing. There is a great deal of competition between the men as they race to see who can shear the most sheep in the shortest time. These men, and the children living on the sheep station, are very fortunate, for they tend their flocks in one of the world's most beautiful places. For New Zealand is a paradise of South Pacific beaches, fiords, tree ferns, alps, and glaciers -- a world of beauty all on two delightful islands. After their farm work is done, children there enjoy all the swimming, horseback riding, and skiing this wonderful area offers.

This artwork was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day of Issue Cover for the International Year of the Child stamp issued in 1979 by countries all around the world.

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