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[Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Mill at Frankton, Kawarau Falls. 1870]
Date: 1870
From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, including sketches of Sumner, Lyttelton, Central Otago, Lake Wakatipu, Kawarau Gorge, Oamaru, Dunedin, Clutha River. 1870 to 1873]
Reference: E-016-4-027/028
Description: A view from below the falls with the mill building in the right foreground, a farmhouse and other buildings to the left, with Lake Wakatipu and surrounding mountains beyond The property at the Falls was that of W G Rees until 1867, slightly before the assumed date of this drawing. The flour mill at right was Robertson and Hallenstein's Brunswick Mill. Supplied title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on two sketchbook pages, page size 88 x 153 mm.
Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897 :The Falls, Lake Wakatipu. April 1871.
Date: 1871
By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897
Reference: A-029-051
Description: Shows the rapids leaving the lake, at Frankton, the outlet of the Kawerau River. There is a three-storey mill building with a waterwheel attached on the water's edge at the right. In the left background, on the other side of the rapids is a group of farm buildings, belonging to the farm owned by W G Rees between 1862 and 1867. The mill at right has been identified as Robertson and Hallenstein's Brunswick mill (see F G W Miller's "Golden days of Lake Country" (Christchurch, 1961), page 112 (ATL 993.1 MILL). Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] Compare a similar view by William Fox, WC-327, titled by Fox 'Mr Rees' Station, Lake Wakatipu'. It has been dated by the Library 1864, when Fox is known to have visited Lake Wakatipu. The mill building is not yet present in Fox's view. Compare also a very similar view by William Mathew Hodgkins, E-016-4-027/028 [Mill at Frankton, Kawarau Falls, 1870] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 305 x 360 mm