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Volunteer camp at Drury
Date: 1863
From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia
Reference: 1/2-096087-G
Description: Viewof Drury, showing the volunteer camp in the background, taken in 1863 by Daniel Manders Beere. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Beere 19 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches
Scrivener, Henry Ambrose b 1842 :Naval camp of H. M. S. Harrior at Drury, New Zealand. ...
Date: 1863
By: Scrivener, Henry Ambrose, 1842-1906
Reference: B-061-020
Description: Shows H.M.S. Harrier at a wharf on the Manukau Harbour, military personnel and tents, a Union Jack on a flagpole, and the opposite bank of the river in the distance. Signed: H.A.S. Title from accompanying caption. Other Titles - Harrier Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 165 x 245 mm
Illustrated London news :Views in New Zealand. The Devil's Nest, showing the road throu...
Date: 1863
By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)
Reference: PUBL-0033-1863-476
Description: Looking down from above onto a road carved out through dense bush, with cavalry and infantry marching along it. Large trunks from the cleared bush in the foreground The Library holds another version of this view at A-134-011, from a source other than the Illustrated London news Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 160 x 240 mm
Scrivener, Henry Ambrose, 1842-1906 :First encampment at Drury. 17 July 1863. Naval enc...
Date: 1863
From: Scrivener, Henry Ambrose, 1842-1906 :First encampment at Drury. 17 July 1863. Naval encampment of landing party from HMS Harrier... 1863; and (on verso) Nukulau Island, Fiji Islands. 1861..
By: Scrivener, Henry Ambrose, 1842-1906
Reference: B-064-025
Description: Shows group of circular tents with soldiers beside most of them. More permanent buildings include the Commisariat store house, and the Government Pier building. Drury was an advanced base for military operations from 1863-64. Supplies and munitions were shipped by cutters from Onehunga across the Manukau Harbour up the Drury Inlet. The 17th of July 1863 was the day of two actions of the Waikato War, one with General Cameron at Koheroa Ranges, the second the ambush at Martin's Farm, near Drury. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - First Encampment at Drury - 17 July 1863 / Naval Brigade Encampment ; Govt Pier at Drury; Military Store Tents, Commissariat / Store House; Recto - beneath image - Naval encampment of landing Party from "HMS Harrier" at Drury. New Zealand / on 17 July 1863 - Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 188 x 317 mm, mounted on paper 304 x 392 mm.
[Martin, Albin] 1813-1888 :Camp at Drury. [ca 1863?]
Date: 1863
By: Martin, Albin, 1812?-1888
Reference: A-160-002
Description: An extensive view over a plain, with military tents and other structures in the distance near a clump of trees. Inscriptions: Recto - title in ink on label below work Drury, a military base in 1863-1864, is in the Auckland Region, but close to the Waikato Region, and acted as a base camp for the war in Waikato. The camp was known as General Cameron camp Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 190 x 120 mm
Military camp at Drury, Auckland - Photograph taken by Daniel Manders Beere
Date: 1963
From: Marvin, W G (Captain) :Marvin family photographs
Reference: PA1-q-320-27-1
Description: View of the grouped tents of a military camp at Drury, Auckland, seen across lush pastureland. In the foreground is a thick patch of bracken fern, and in the distance, beyond the camp, a group of trees. Photographed by Daniel Manders Beere in 1863. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 16.3 x 10.3 cm, on album page 28.7 x 22,8 cm
Military camp at Drury, Auckland
Date: [186-]
From: Haines, Bernard Gilpin, b 1842 :Photographs compiled while on active service with the 18th Royal Irish Regiment during the New Zealand Wars
Reference: PA1-f-027-56-2
Description: View of a military camp at Drury, south of Auckland, showing houses and tents, and a creek in the foreground. Photograph taken in the 1860s by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Camp Drury 22 Miles from Auckland Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 22 x 13.4 cm, mounted on album page 37.8 x 26.6 cm
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.
Waterfall near Drury, Auckland
Date: ca 1860s
From: Urquhart album
By: Temple, William, 1833-1919
Reference: PA1-q-250-53-2
Description: Stereoscopic pair of images depicting a waterfall near Drury, Auckland, circa 1860s. Photograph taken by William Temple. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Waterfall. near Drury Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 7.1 x 15.6 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.