Hassett Gallery
Stag Spooner – Wild Man from the Bush
Stag, a keen deer hunter, kept a remarkable visual journal which forms the heart of this display and is supported by his childhood sketchbooks, a collection of artefacts from his life and his World War II letters and cleverly decorated envelopes.
Chris Maclean, author of biography ‘Stag Spooner – Wild Man from the Bush’
Sadly Stag died whilst hunting in the remote rugged bush of Fiordland aged just 28.
Exhibition closes 29th September.
Stag Spooner’s biography “Stag Spooner – Wild Man from the Bush” by Chris Maclean is available for sale in the Museum Shop for $50 plus postage.


