Places

Date: 1865

By: Johnston, John Tremenhere, active 1850s-1860s

Reference: B-079-022

Description: Shows the camp on the north bank of the river, with cows in foreground, and two soldiers, one apparently sketching, perhaps a self-portrait. The masts of three ships can be seen in the port area and there are futher military tents on the south bank of the river. Supplied title Attribution based on style and information from donor The camp was close to the earlier site of Waimate Pa, which was located at the top of the same bluff - compare two drawings by Charles Heaphy from 1839 - 'Waimate Pa, 1839' (A-164-008) and 'View on the Patea River, Cooks Straits' (A-146-004); also '[Album of an officer]. Left bank redoubt, R. Patea, 1865 3 May' (A-277-021). The redoubt on the south bank of the Patea, known as Dawson's Redoubt, was completed in February 1865 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 190 x 493 mm

Date: [between 1900-1930]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000124-G

Description: Four views of Pokeno encircled with leaves and other decorative borders. Photograph taken by William Archer Price between 1900 and 1930. Left: Stone memorial to commemorate officers and men who were killed in the district during the New Zealand Wars, 1863-1864. Those named on the memorial are: Richard Horton, Loader, William Smith, Liam Murphy, John Scott, Felix McGarth, James Merick [?], James Cassidy, Alexander Jamieson. Name at top is indecipherable. There is a man standing beside the memorial. Right: Pokeno Presbyterian Church Top: Pokeno township Bottom: Country road with herd of cows Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Greetings from Pokeno; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - No 3583 Relationship complexity: View of Pokeno also at 1/2-000210; Presbyterian Church at 1/2-000122 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches