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Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :Rangiawhia. [March, 1864].
Date: 1864
From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864
Reference: E-349-060
Description: Shows St Paul's Anglican Church (right) and the Catholic church (left) at Rangiaohia. Blewitt's Redoubt is in the centre, with military tents behind protective fencing. The view is flanked by trees on both sides, and the artist has drawn another tree horizontally across the top of the page. St Paul's Church, built about 1853, is still standing in modern Te Awamutu. It was used as a refuge by the local people during the fighting nearby in 1864 Other Titles - Rangiaohia Rangiaowhia Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Rangiawhia Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 100 x 160 mm.
[Eastwood, Charles], 1848-1868 :English church [Rangiaohia 1864].
Date: 1864
By: Eastwood, Charles, 1848-1868
Reference: A-128-022
Description: Shows a soldier standing in the centre foreground, with the Anglican church at the right, and another church at the far left background. There is another building behind the closer church. The fire-damaged remains of a sunken whare can be seen in the centre. From the accompanying sheet: 1. The sketches are attributed to Charles Eastwood, a member of the Forest Rangers. 2. It is thought that the captions may have been added at a later date. From the accompanying sheet: 1. In February 1864, General Cameron and his British forces including the Forest Rangers, fought local Maori at Rangiaohia. A large sunken whare was surrounded and after deaths on both sides from shot, the Forest Rangers set fire to the whare which was later found to have been held by ten Maori, all of whom perished. 2. The Anglican Church, St Paul's, was built in 1854. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sheet, 112 x 183 mm. Provenance: One of two sketches obtained in 1973 by D.M. and J.M. Fielder, Gisborne, from a secondhand dealer, who had obtained them from descendants of the William Eastwood family. Formerly in a sketchbook belonging to the family.