We want to warmly welcome you to the erewhon station website and hope you enjoy learning about what we do in the harsh landscape butler describes. Gerald sandrys book the legend of mt white station covers the history and the. The journey in is stunning and the destination is unique. Earlier it was part of hakatere the original run which bordered the. Erewhon station horse stud, ashburton, new zealand. In the novel, it is not revealed where erewhon is, but it is clear that it is a fictional country. The first few chapters of the novel dealing with the discovery of erewhon are in fact based on butlers own experiences in new zealand where, as a young man, he worked as a sheep farmer on mesopotamia station for about four years 186064, and explored parts of the interior of the south island and. Three new books on south island high country stations feed the fascination we. Colin was raised on a dairy farm, but inspired by books written by peter. Living on the edge in the high country stations of the south island.
The natural scenery is stunning we returned in the afternoon to walk up through the downs spectacular. However, in many ways erewhon is a pivotal novel in the history of utopian literature, not only because of how it follows and breaks away from mores original work and how it sets the stage for what other forgotten writers of dystopian fiction, such as alexander bogdanov red star and even jack london the iron heel. We visited erewhon as a group of oldies for a wonderful wagon ride. The title is also the name of a country, supposedly discovered by the protagonist. He published erewhon anonymously in 1872, and went on to publish several works attacking contemporary scientific ideas, in particular darwins theory of natural selection. Edoras, the capital of rohan, was located on mt sunday at neighbouring mt potts station. Erewhon station is a 35,000 acre property at the top of the rangitata gorge. It was written in the upper rangitata district of the canterbury province as it then was of new zealand, and appeared at christchurch in the press newspaper, june, 1863. Erewhon station is an iconic destination in the heart of new zealand. The first part of erewhon written was an article headed darwin among the machines, and signed cellarius. Like many people, i knew of samuel butlers novel erewhon. The legendary erewhon station is a,500hectare property at the headwaters of the rangitata river, canterbury.
Erewhon is a novel by samuel butler which was first published anonymously in 1872. Erewhon station ashburton aktuelle 2020 lohnt es sich. Sorry, there are no tours or activities available to book online for the dates you selected. Stronechrubie originally forest hill and now called erewhon. The history of stronechrubie, a small station at the head of the rangitata, is rather difficult to follow. But this wide valley with jagged peaks soaring to the sky is far from nowhere. Nestled within the majestic southern alps, and neighbouring the equally historic mesopotamia and mount potts stations, this fabled new zealand high country served as the backdrop for the lord of the rings. The station includes a large clydesdale horse stud. This country provided a magnificent backdrop for the lord of the rings movie the two towers. Erewhon is a 35,000 acre property at the top of the rangitata gorge that colin drummond has owned since 1998. Paperback, 272 pages published september th 2000 first published 1872. Erewhon station ashburton 2020 all you need to know.
I also knew of a mythical place called mesopotamia station. Following a disagreement with his father, he left england to beome a sheep farmer in new zealand, returning to england in 1864. It originally consisted of run 396, of five thousand acres. In this novel, butler satirically describes a utopian society, using the civilization of erewhon nowhere, scrambled to satirize beliefs popular in the england of his day. Samuel butler, english writer and author of the satire erewhon, is the most famous. Butler meant the title to be understood as the word nowhere backwards even though the letters h and w are transposed. Today, for these farmers the opportunity to own and operate a highcountry station entrenched in canterbury history, is a dream come true. It was not until 1911 that mt potts became a station in its own right. Butler wrote a sequel to the novel, erewhon revisited. Erewhon station ashburton 2020 all you need to know before.
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