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Maori group at Pokeno
Date: between 1861 and 1863
From: Urquhart album
By: Temple, William, 1833-1919
Reference: PA1-q-250-27-2
Description: Unidentified group of Maori men and women alongside a surveyor's tripod on the military road at Pokeno, Waikato, photographed between 1861-1863 by William Temple. In "An illustrated history of New Zealand, 1820-1920", Judith Binney interprets this image as a deliberate attempt by a group of Maori men and women to stop work on the military road from Auckland to the Waikato which was initiated by the Crown in late 1861. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Group of Maories [sic] at Pokeno, N.Z. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 7 x 16.8 cm, with trimmed upper corners, mounted on album page 27.1 x 21.7 cm Processing information: Record was updated on 15 August 2022 to allow the attached digital surrogate to be purchasable.
Construction of a road to Waikato, Pokeno Hill
Date: between 1861-1864
From: Urquhart album
By: Temple, William, 1833-1919
Reference: PA1-q-250-52
Description: Men of the 12th and 14th regiments (Imperial Army) digging a cutting down Pokeno Hill, on the military road to the Waikato, photographed between 1861 and 1864 by William Temple. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Road to Waikato - Cutting down Pokeno Hill - 12th and 14th men at work Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15.1 x 20.8 cm, mounted on album page, 27.1 x 21.7 cm Processing information: Record was updated on 15 August 2022 to allow the attached digital surrogate to be purchasable.
Camp of the 65th Regiment near Drury, Auckland
Date: Between 1861-1865
From: Urquhart album
By: Temple, William, 1833-1919
Reference: PA1-q-250-45
Description: The camp of the 65th Regiment near Drury, Auckland. The officers mess tent is at the extreme left background. A group of soldiers from the regiment are breaking stones for road construction in the left foreground, with the sergeant in charge standing in the centre foreground, alongside a shed used for shelter in hot weather. Photograph taken by William Temple, circa 1861-1865. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Camp of 65th Regt. near Drury. N.Z.; bottom left - Mess tent; bottom left - 65th men stone breaking; bottom centre - Sergt in charge; bottom right - Shed for hot weather; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - W.Temple R A Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15.8 x 21.1 cm, with trimmed corners, mounted on album page 27.1 x 21.7 cm Processing information: Record was updated on 15 August 2022 to allow the attached digital surrogate to be purchasable.