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Gibson, Frederick Denham 1831-1900 :Birds-eye view of Cain's landing place at Timaru ; ...
Date: 1864
By: Gibson, Frederick Denham, 1831-1900
Reference: B-038-008
Description: Rocky sea cost with a sheltered beach and a boat ashore, seen from the land. Associated with Report of the Timaru Roadstead Commission in: Canterbury Provincial Council. Proceedings. Session 21, 1864 (tipped in after p. 20.). This sketch with B-038-009 and 16 are referred to on p. 6 of Report Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in ink Gibson was Port Officer for Canterbury (see also Art Biographies index). Cain was Henry Cain, one the the earliest Timaru settlers, who began the first landing service on the beach at Timaru. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 150 x 250 mm on sheet 253 x 355 mm
[Gibson, Frederick Denham] 1831-1900 :Rough plan of Cain's landing place [at Timaru Har...
Date: 1864
By: Gibson, Frederick Denham, 1831-1900
Reference: B-038-009
Description: Indicates features of landing place including flagstaffs and boatsheds. Plan of a bay surrounded by rocks on the Timaru coastline, with soundings marked. For attribution and information see Birds-eye view of Cain's landing place B-038/008. Associated with: Report of the Timaru Roadstead Commission, in "Canterbury Provincial Council proceedings", Session 21, 1864, page 6 (Tipped in after page 20). Previous catalogue indicates presence of note on back. Now covered with linen backing. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Drawing ; ink ; sheet 386 x 329 mm
Williamson, William fl 1861-1873 :View...of the town frontage of Timaru from Strathalla...
Date: 1855 - 1875
By: Williamson, William, active 1861-1873
Reference: B-038-016
Description: A profile and a plan view. The profile view, at the top of the page, shows waterfront cliffs with buildings at the lower left end. Names features of sketch and plan. Shows warehouse, bonding store, boatsheds, flagstaff, capstans, and Cain's landing place. Signed. Associated with: Report of the Timaru Roadstead Commission. In: Canterbury, Provincial Council Proceedings. Session 21, 1864. (Tipped in after p.20). P.6 of report refers to this sketch. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink, 252 x 354 mm
Turning the first sod for the Main Trunk Railway (South Island), Christchurch-Timaru line
Date: 4 October 1871
Reference: 1/2-020116-F
Description: Group at Timaru for the the turning of the first sod for the Timaru-Temuka section of the South Island Main Truck Railway, (on the Christchurch-Timaru line). Mrs Cain holds the spade. Captain Henry Cain, the mayor of Timaru, stands alongside (?). Photographed by an unknown photographer 4 October 1871. A report of the event was published in the Timaru Herald 7 October 1871. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).