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[Barraud, William Francis] 1850-1926 :Mission mill, Otaki [ca 1900] / W. F. Barraud
By: Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926
Reference: A-071-016
Description: A two-storied wooden mill, the mill-wheel to its left, bushes in the foreground, a fence and open fields with a cabbage tree beyond. Shows the Otaki Maori Church of England Mill, "Hadfield's Mill", built 1850, a flourmill. There was a second mill at Otaki, the Pukekaraka Catholic mill, built 1854, established after local Maori had been sent to Sydney to be trained in its use. The Catholic mill had a much larger iron mill-wheel than the smaller wooden wheel shown here. The mill was located on Mill Road, Otaki. (Information from Wellington molinologist, Ian Johnson, 1993) Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [title and signature in pencil] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching 153 x 119 mm (platemark) on sheet 200 x 162 mm