Places

Date: 1875

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-175-008

Description: Shows at lower right a covered wagon stopped beside a wooden hut. Two men, three horses and a dog are standing beside the wagon, which is standing at the side of a road, curving away around the corner of a road that follows a river though mountainous country. There are snow-capped peaks in the distance. Several birds flutter around the hut, and there are stands of native bush at left and right. Title from the label attached to backing board (retained with the artwork) Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Signed and dated] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 332 x 464 mm. Processing information: Deframed by the Library

Date: [ca 1881]

From: Perkins, J (Mr), fl 1967 :Photograph album and loose prints

Reference: PA1-o-415-26

Description: Coach Road, near the headwaters of the Waimakariri River, Canterbury. A mountain range can be seen in the background. Photographed circa 1881 by an unidentified photographer, possibly William Herbert Perkins. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Coach Road Nr Waimakariri. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.2 x 19.3 cm, mounted on album page

Date: 1888

By: Cussen, William, 1849?-1901

Reference: MapColl-832.17cba/[1888]/Acc.35736

Description: Topographic map of the area from Ruapehu to the junction of the Wanganui and Whakapapa rivers to Lake Taupo and the Tauranga - Taupo Road, then following the Waikato River to the Moawhango River. Includes Moawhango (Erewhon) and Karioi and part of the North trunk railway line. All rivers and streams are named. Includes Lake Taupo, Lake Rotoaira and the Rangipo Desert with sites of two camps, one having a water supply. Named settlements are referred to a reference key. Includes the mountain range of Ruapehu, Ngaruhoe and Tongariro and a second range which includes Pihanga, Kakaramea and Kaharua, all with heights in feet. Roads and tracks are marked, some with distances from Tokaanu, referred to in a reference key. Hot baths and Blake's Hotel are marked at Tokaanu. A note states that Te Heuheu is buried at Waihi, and at a point further north L.M. Grace's house is marked. Two sites of campsites are marked, one with water, near the ran The inscription of 'G.B. Thomas Sr. 16-8-88' is written on the bottom left corner. 29.10.79 is written on the bottom right corner. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, coloured, 50.8 x 43.5 cm.