Moreings Creek

Date: 1842 - 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870; Hutchison, Alan James Hanna, 1905-2000

Reference: A-259-043

Description: Shows views in the Hutt Valley and Wellington. Other Titles - Petone Other Titles - Moreings Creek Quantity: 3 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: B-049-041/043

Description: Shows views in the Hutt Valley and Wellington. At the top, a view in Petone with Moreings Creek, a bridge and two horsemen in the foreground, houses in the distance. In the centre, a large cabbage tree leaning out over the Hutt River, with two Maori men standing on the bank, waving to the occupants of two canoes in the water. Francis Molesworth's farm is in the background. At the bottom, a view looking east along the waterfront at Te Aro, with the Exchange Building (with a false classical front) and Ridgway and Guyton's jetty, a boat hauled up in front of the building and other buildings along the waterfront in the distance. Hoggard and Simmond's windmill can be seen in the distance at the foot of Mount Victoria Other Titles - Petone Other Titles - Moreings Creek Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: PUBL-0020-14-1

Description: Shows two men on horseback in left foreground, on the approach to a low bridge over a creek. Along the other side of the creek are toetoe plants. In the distance are three house groupings, with a range of hills beyond. The view looks south towards Petone beach. H. W. Petre's house is on the far right, close to the western Hutt hills, while the other houses shown in the distance are probably along Petone foreshore. Petre later moved further north in the Hutt Valley and built "Woburn". Moreing's Creek enters the Hutt River from the west. Other Titles - Moreings Creek Petone, Honourable The Library holds the original watercolour on which this engraving is based at B-031-002, with Brees' title Petoni. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving 72 x 37 mm, on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Hipkins, Roland, 1894-1951

Reference: B-031-002

Description: View from where Moreing's Creek enters the Hutt River, looking south towards Petone, with the Western Hills to the right. H. W. Petre's house is the furthest house to the far right and the other houses are spread along Petone foreshore. Two horsemen about to cross the bridge over the creek, a Maori man on the far side of the creek and flax lining both river and creek. The central large house may be the Queen's Head Inn Original of no 41 in Brees' "Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand" Petre's house on the right is likely to be his first home at Petone, rather than his second built at Woburn, which was further into the valley and on the other side of the Hutt River. Other Titles - Petone. Moreings Creek Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre right: Petoni [in brown brushpoint. Artist's inscription]. Verso: top centre, in ink 'Plate 13'. Bottom centre: 'Take a piece off ground & sky' [instructions to engraver] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 178 x 279 mm

Date: 1844 - 1846

By: Swainson, George Frederick, 1829-1870

Reference: A-188-013

Description: A swampy foreground with toitoi and flax, with the Petre house in the background, and probably the Western Hills behind. The swamp in the foreground may be Moreings Creek or part of the Hutt River. The house was in Petone. Formerly attributed to William Swainson. However Mrs Sheila Natusch suggests that the chalk highlighting is typical of George Swainson's style. Compare S. C. Brees' watercolour Petoni (B-031-002) which is taken from a similar angle, although from a greater distance. Brees states that his view looks south towards the harbour. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Crayon & chalk on paper, 116 x 183 mm