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[Swainson, William] 1789-1855, :Old Waikanae pah and whale's jaw, 1849.
Date: 1849
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855
Reference: A-186-023
Description: An early pa at Waikanae with a large whale jaw mounted as part of the defensive palisade List of Swainson's sketches. No. 3 has same title. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Positive photostat from microfilm of pencil sketch, 95 x 150 mm
[Swainson, William], 1789-1855 :[Ruined shack, pa in background. ca 1845]
Date: 1841 - 1849
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855
Reference: A-024-016
Description: Two European buildings, one intact, one on an angle and falling to bits. On the hill behind are the palisades of a pa, and the roofs of further buildings. The scene is probably in Wellington or the Hutt Valley Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 74 x 99 mm
[Swainson, William] 1789-1855 :Native stockade of Pahitanui, Porirua Harbour. [ca 1847]
Date: 1840 - 1849
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855
Reference: A-186-007
Description: Shows a Maori man walking on the near shore to the right, and a pa on top of a low hill across the water. The Pa is Rangihaeata's Matai Taua Pa Copy of pencil drawing (115 x 185 mm) copied by Mary Marshall from original by W. Swainson. Matai Taua Pa, built ca 1845, was abandoned by Rangihaeata in 1846 when he withdrew with his men to Battle Hill to face British soldiers. He later moved north to Horowhenua Other Titles - Pauatahanui Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Microfilm printout, 238 x 167 mm
[Swainson, William] 1789-1855 :Deserted pah, Kapiti. [1849?]
Date: 1849
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855
Reference: A-024-012
Description: A coastal scene with rocks in the foreground, looking north towards flat land at the water's edge with palisades surrounding several low buildings. The tall shape of Kapiti Island rises to the left. Almost identical to A-024-013 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - title in pencil [trimmed] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 110 x 180 mm
Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :[Thatched cottage and pa beside the sea, Petone Beach, ca...
Date: 1841 - 1848
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855
Reference: A-023-013
Description: A settler's cottage with thatched roof and chimney close to the shore. The view looks east towards the Eastern hills. The palisade of Petone Pa is beyond the house. A flax is in the foreground. A man is seated in a small canoe just off the beach Inscriptions: Signed: W.S. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 3 x 5.25 ins
[Swainson, William] 1789-1855 :Kapiti; deserted pah. [1849?]
Date: 1849
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855
Reference: A-024-013
Description: A coastal view looking north past rocks in the foreground with the palisades of a pa surrounding several low buildings on flat land at the waterfront. The steep shape of Kapiti Island rises behind on the left Almost identical to A-024-012 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Kapiti. 'Deserted Pah' at bottom centre in a different hand Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 110 x 180 mm
Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :Jenkins House; Kapiti from Jenkin's at Wakanie, March 1849.
Date: 1849
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855
Reference: A-043-023
Description: Shows a thatched building with two chimneys near the shore at Waikanae, with Kapiti Island in the distance. A few of the poles and palisades of the pa at Waikanae are visible at the far left. Two figures walk in the centre right foreground. Jenkins' was the first European building at Waikanae, owned by William Jenkins. Backing board (accompanying) has clipping about William Jenkins from a published source. Jenkins' cottage survived until 1986, when it was demolished as beyond repair Other Titles - Waikanae Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Jenkins House; Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on joined paper, total 72 x 146 mm.
Swainson, William 1789-1855 :E Puni's Pah on the Petoni Flat, 1847.
Date: 1847
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Leeper, Janet, active 1960s
Reference: A-190-015
Description: View through wind-shaped trees from the northwest side of Petone Flat, looking towards the eastern hills. On the right is the palisade of Te Puni's pa with the roof of one whare rising above the fence-line and a single high-roofed house on the plain further into the valley on the left. There is a lone male figure, carrying a long spear standing in the middle ground, between two trees. A very similar drawing reproduced in Louis Ward's "Early Wellington" (Plate 25) is titled "Te Puni's new pa (Te Tatau-o-te-po) behind the Pito-one Pa" and shows the pa as close to the beach Other Titles - Pa of Honiana Te Puni, Petone, Te Tatau o te Po Inscriptions: Backing board recto - beneath image - Title and date Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 117 x 183 mm