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Definition of gumfield in English: gumfieldnounˈɡʌmfiːld NZ historical An area in which there was organized digging for kauri gum. sometimes I accompanied Father to the gumfield Example sentencesExamples - The writing is spare, like the plants of the gumfield setting.
- Located on an actual gumfield, this park offers a fascinating insight into an industry unique to Northland.
- Where it crosses the gumfield, the road presents from the inn door the appearance of a chalk line drawn unsteadily.
- In 1916 the government proposed to 'segregate' Dalmatian gumdiggers on a remote gumfield at Parengarenga.
- Māori were more likely to be found on the gumfield than in the timber forest.
- They lived the primitive life of the gumfield and the bush.
- The situation was exacerbated when, the following year, a gumfield was opened on Matakana Island.
- These men would not attempt to proceed to the gumfield, but would remain in the Wellington District.
- On terraces above a swampy gumfield at Kaikino, he grew grapes and trod them with his feet.
- Getting tired of one gumfield after a few months, father and son would change to another.
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