Places

Date: 1870 - 1879

Reference: MapColl-832.3gme/[187-?]/Acc.25692; 25693

Description: Hand drawn survey map of the railway line and adjoining land from Te Aute station, now known as Opapa, south to Pukehou, a small settlement past the railway crossing to Patangata, a distance of 33 miles. Place names were current at the time of the survey, but some have since changed. Te Mata Survey District, Maraekakaho Survey District and Waipukurau Survey District are written prominently across their respective sections, as are Pukerowhitu Block, Pukekura West Block, Piharoa Block, Poupoutahi Block, Otu Koto Rewhero Block, Roto a Tara Block, Native Land and Te Aute College Land. The counties of Hawke's Bay and Waipawa are named with an indication of the county boundary. Henry Russell's name as a land owner, appears on either side of the railway line, once linked with 'natives'. Three roads, which are named, are the Main Road South, the Main South Road to Te Aute and the road from Patangata. Includes swamps and the lake, Roto a Kiwa, which is possibly the one referred to in the note as having been drained. 2 maps accompanied by 1 photocopied sheet with the following notes:- Henry Russells's land shown as part of railway below Rota a Kiwa. Past Te Aute Station, & railway from Opapa (then Te Aute) to Pukehou. Te Aute, Peulee & W/Peel (writing difficult to decipher) & shown lands purchased from Rathbone prior to draining the lake. Quantity: 2 manuscript map(s) Accompanied by 1 sheet of photocopied notes. Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour paint on dressed linen, scale [1:2 376], 37.5 x 307 cm. Processing information: Accession numbers in the call number corrected (comma for thousands removed) [Igor 11/10/2022].