The Meeting of the Waters

Date: 1906

From: Scenery Preservation Board :Scenic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0444-1-1-08

Description: Original caption reads: "On O'Samuel's property at The Meeting of the Waters. The bush clad cliff on right hand side of picture is part of the School Commissioners' 2 chain strip, reserved from lease. New Plymouth, 1 Oct. 1906." Photographer unknown Inscriptions: Mat recto - bottom left - Picnic ground Meeting of the Waters Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: Photographs of New Plymouth and district including Mount Egmont, and a sequence of views of Parihaka (including the campaign of 1881).

By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920

Reference: PA1-q-183

Description: Photographs of New Plymouth and district, including Mount Egmont, and a sequence of views of Parihaka (including the campaign of 1881). Scenes of Parihaka, especially with relationship to the 1881 incident, include views of the pa (with Te Whiti's house visible); the Rahotu volunteer camp, the Rahotu Redoubt; Fort Rolleston; Sentry Hill; Pungarehu officers' quarters and redoubt; Nelson Camp; the Taranaki Rifles and Wellington Navals. Scenic views in the area show Mount Egmont, Bell's Falls, the `Meeting-of-the-Waters', White Cliffs, Sugar Loaf Islands, the New Plymouth breakwater, and views of the New Plymouth Recreation Ground. Relationship complexity - Negatives, from which many of the prints in this album were made, are at PAColl-3032. See 10x8-1073 etc Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, dark green corners and spine; 28.0 x 36 5 cm