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Aubrey, Christopher, fl 1876-1906 :[Tarureka homestead, Featherston]. 1890.
Date: 1890
By: Aubrey, Christopher, active 1868-1906
Reference: D-022-008
Description: Shows Tarureka homestead, (the home of James Donald) a two-storeyed house with verandah along the front of the lower level, in centre of picture, with two outbuildings to the left. To the immediate left is a large barn, built in 1870. Further left, is a building with a tall smoking chimney. It may be the butter factory opened in 1881. On the road in the foreground, an elegantly-dressed man and woman on horses gallop by. Two children stand watching in the right foreground. On the driveway to the house is another man on horseback, and two women and a man stand close to the house. Accompanied by typescript label with historical details about the family. The name Tarureka, according to "Memories of South Wairarapa" pp 24-26 (NZ & P q993.1 MEM), means "grass, or sweet herbs". The family of James Donald moved to Featherston in 1870 (from South Featherston) into this new house. The butter factory started operation in 1881. The Donald family still lived in the house in the 1980s? or 1990s. By 2009 the house had become a wedding and conference venue, owned by the Forlong family Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C. Aubrey /90 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 380 x 690 mm.