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Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898 :Whangamarino stockade... 2.40 p.m. Overlooks Waikat...

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-051

Description: Drawings of two guardian figures from a pa entrance at Rangiriri. Rough indications of flax bushes from Whangamarino Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, 100 x 320 mm

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Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898 :Maungatautere. [April 1864]

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-086

Description: A plan of upper Maungatautari Pa, with its fortifications of ditches, palisades and earthworks. Dimensions of the cross-section of one outer wall are given. Identified as Maungatautari Pa by military historian Chris Pugsley, February 1998. The outlines of the upper pa are still visible. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom left - title in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, 100 x 160 mm.

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[Creator unknown] :Map shewing military operations in the South Auckland Dist. & Waikat...

Date: 1863 - 1870

Reference: MapColl-832.14hkm/1863-72/Acc.24350

Description: Military map showing operations from the Auckland Fort Britomart Albert barracks, south along the military route to Cambridge, Aratitaha and Tokanui, Waikato District. Depicts military blockhouses, redoubts and forts (five in the Waikato region and over eleven in South Auckland), stockages, routes used on garrison duty only, engagements, Maori pa and kainga and the confiscation boundary as gazetted 17/12/1864 including the aukati (frontier) line. Also shows mission stations Waipa and Taupiri and geographical features, most with Maori placenames. Identifies battle sites at several places including Hairini (22.2.64), Rangiaohia (21.2.64) Kihikihi and Orakau (2.4.64), Waiari (11.2.64) and in South Auckland including Hills Clearing (8.9.63), Koheroa (17.7.63), Meremere (1.11.63). Several Maori pa and kainga are named, including Tokanui, Te Kopua, Otawhao, Otautahanga. In the Waikato regions a similar number of both redoubts and pa sites are identified. If distinguishing between the route followed by the troops and the confiscation boundary, refer to original map. Reference key at bottom of map identifies features of the map. Other Titles - showing Other Titles - District Other Titles - and Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, scale [1:253 440], 81 x 62 cm.

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Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898 :Sketch of the lower pa from the upper one. Ridge of...

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-084

Description: Looking down into a well-fortified pa, with earth ramparts constructed inside the palisade, futher ramparts inside the pa and whare showing. Identified as Maungatautari Pa by military historian Chris Pugsley, February 1998. The outlines of the upper pa are still visible and this view looks down towards the river. Inscriptions: Album page - below and above image: title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 100 x 160 mm.

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[Crawford, James Coutts], 1817-1889 :Looking up Waikato over Queen's Redoubt [1864?]

Date: 1864

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook. Mainly Northland scenes] 1864

Reference: E-125-051/052

Description: View from a low hill, looking down over a plain, with military tents alongside the curve of the Waikato River below. Queens Redoubt itself does not appear in the drawing Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on paper 135 x 180 mm in album

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Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898 :Dimensions of the upper Pa. Ditch in blue, earth in...

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-085

Description: A plan of upper Maungatautari Pa, with its fortifications of ditches and earthworks. A cross-section of the ramparts, ditch and palisade and a further cross-section of the palisades. Dimensions of one outer wall are given. Identified as Maungatautari Pa by military historian Chris Pugsley, February 1998. The outlines of the upper pa are still visible. Inscriptions: Album page - below and above image: title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 100 x 160 mm.

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Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Block house near Orakau. [1894?]

Date: 1894

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :Sketchbook. ca 1880-1895.

Reference: E-594-046-2

Description: Shows a two-storeyed blockhouse. Other Titles - Blockhouse Extended Title - From his Sketchbook, 1880-1895. after page 46. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil drawing, on page, 182 x 150 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Bill Power, grandson of the artist, via Dunbar Sloane, Auckland, in July 2001.

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Artist unknown :Mere-Mere and Waikato from Wangamirino. [1863?]

Date: 1863 - 1864

From: Artist unknown :Watercolours of New Zealand during the Waikato War of 1863 and on the voyage back to England, 1864.

Reference: A-161-034

Description: Military encampment with tents, cannons, a steam on the river in the distance, looking out to an extensive landscape with low hills. Other Titles - Whangamarino Inscriptions: Verso - title [in ink and pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 148 x 219 mm

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Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :[Notes and sketches of Maori fortifications, 1839-1863] Eart...

Date: 1863

From: Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :[Notes and sketches of Maori fortifications, 1839-1863] [1] Notes relative to sketches; [2] Fighting stages Waitangi, Chatham I[slan]d. 1839; Waimate pa, 1839; Sunset Point, Auckland; Summit of Rangitoto Island, Auckland; [3] Ruapekapeka, section along red line in sheet 6 [4] Tauranga Ika Pah; [5] Earthworks at Rangiriri, Waikato, 1863; Plan of a pa, Massacre Bay, 1839; Section of a wall near a gateway; [6] [Unidentified pa, sketch signed by R. Chapman]; Rangiriri, sketch of Maori works taken the day of the capture, 1863.

Reference: B-043-016-5-1

Description: Shows trenches and walls of Rangiriri Pa, Waikato Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - on backing sheet, in pencil: C. Heaphy Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph of pen drawing and notes on cream paper, 210 x 379 mm glued to sheet 342 x 508 mm

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Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :Rangiawhia. [March, 1864].

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-060

Description: Shows St Paul's Anglican Church (right) and the Catholic church (left) at Rangiaohia. Blewitt's Redoubt is in the centre, with military tents behind protective fencing. The view is flanked by trees on both sides, and the artist has drawn another tree horizontally across the top of the page. St Paul's Church, built about 1853, is still standing in modern Te Awamutu. It was used as a refuge by the local people during the fighting nearby in 1864 Other Titles - Rangiaohia Rangiaowhia Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Rangiawhia Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 100 x 160 mm.

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Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :[Notes and sketches of Maori fortifications, 1839-1863] Eart...

Date: 1863

From: Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :[Notes and sketches of Maori fortifications, 1839-1863] [1] Notes relative to sketches; [2] Fighting stages Waitangi, Chatham I[slan]d. 1839; Waimate pa, 1839; Sunset Point, Auckland; Summit of Rangitoto Island, Auckland; [3] Ruapekapeka, section along red line in sheet 6 [4] Tauranga Ika Pah; [5] Earthworks at Rangiriri, Waikato, 1863; Plan of a pa, Massacre Bay, 1839; Section of a wall near a gateway; [6] [Unidentified pa, sketch signed by R. Chapman]; Rangiriri, sketch of Maori works taken the day of the capture, 1863.

Reference: B-043-015-5-1

Description: Shows trenches and walls of the Rangiriri fortification. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph of pen drawing and notes on sheet 395 x 470 mm

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Fraser, I T[allon?] B, fl 1860s :The Bluff Stockade, Waikato River 1 1/2 miles from Mau...

Date: 1864 - 1865

From: Fraser, I T[allon?] B :[Scrapbook. 1864-1910].

Reference: E-571-q-006

Description: View across the Waikato River of the Bluff Stockade at the top of a cleared hill, with low tree stumps. Bush on either side of the hill and a hut and another building at the water's edge. Extended Title - From his scrapbook, 1864-1910. Page [4]. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]. Also title and signature along the base of the image Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on page of scrapbook.. Physical Description: Pencil 176 x 255 mm, on page 290 x 235 mm.

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British soldiers at a redoubt in Rangiriri

Date: 1863

From: Haines, Bernard Gilpin, b 1842 :Photographs compiled while on active service with the 18th Royal Irish Regiment during the New Zealand Wars

Reference: PA1-f-027-38-1

Description: British soldiers at a redoubt in Rangiriri, 1863. Taken by an unidentified photographer. This photograph was probably taken after Maori had surrendered at Rangiriri on 21 November 1863 after a confrontation with British troops of General (Sir) Duncan Alexander Cameron. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - [difficult to read - two pencil versions of what is probably supposed to be Rangiriri] Rangariri Rangarui Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Carbery, Andrew Thomas H 1836-1870 :The Bluff stockade from Koheroa. New Zealand 1863

Date: 1863

From: Carbery, Andrew Thomas H 1836-1870 :Scrapbook. 1863 - 1868.

Reference: E-248-q-084

Description: The stockade seen in the distance across a hilly landscape with a road and the Waikato River Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash 99 x 164 mm

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[Messenger, Arthur Herbert], 1877-1962 :The attack on the Pukekohe East Church stockade...

Date: 1863 - 1921

Reference: PUBL-0054-1-270

Description: Shows armed Maoris surrounding barricaded church Inscriptions: Signed: A H Messenger Drawings & Prints, ATL, has original ink drawing at A-138-043. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on page of volume.

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Fraser, I T[allon?] B, fl 1860s :Mangatawhiri Creek near Queen's Redoubt. [ca 1864].

Date: 1864 - 1865

From: Fraser, I T[allon?] B :[Scrapbook. 1864-1910].

Reference: E-571-q-002

Description: Shows a view of the stream in the centre with the hill and buildings of Queen's Redoubt at the left. There is a wooden bridge over the stream, and small boats tied up along the bank at the right. On the left bank beside the bridge is a pulley or hoist mounted on two intersecting poles. A horse and cart stands at the left of the bridge. Extended Title - From his scrapbook, 1864-1925. Page 2. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - I T B Fraser / 1st W[aikato?] R[egt]; Recto - bottom left - [Title]; Recto - beneath image - [Title]. Heads [sic] quarters of Boat Transport Service / New Zealand Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on page of scrapbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, chalk and watercolour on tinted paper 195 x 269 mm, on page 290 x 235 mm.

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Map of Alexandra Redoubt, Tuakau

Date: [ca 1920s]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 :Collection of photographs

Reference: 1/2-025237-F

Description: Photograph taken from a map of the Alexandra Redoubt on the Waikato River (New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872), probably sketched by James Cowan in the 1920s. Inscriptions: On original item: 4" wide Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Fraser, I T[allon?] B, fl 1860s :Near the Waikato Heads. Waikato River [fort. ca 1864].

Date: 1864 - 1865

From: Fraser, I T[allon?] B :[Scrapbook. 1864-1910].

Reference: E-571-q-003

Description: Shows a view of a redoubt, possibly Queen's Redoubt, Pokeno, on top of a low hill beside the Waikato River. A guard stands duty on a wall at the right. The fort consists of a fenced ring of tents. Extended Title - From his scrapbook, 1864-1925. Page 3. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on page of scrapbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and pastel 216 x 288 mm, on page 290 x 235 mm.

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[Creator unknown] :Sketch map of the Waikato district [copy of ms map]. [ca.1870].

Date: 1865 - 1875

Reference: MapColl-832.14a/[ca.1870]/Acc.4559

Description: Map depicts locations of constabulary stations, telegraph stations, post offices and defensive works; notes on rivers and steamers. Shows roads, gold diggings, coal mines, confiscated lands, farms, stations, churches, settlements, hotels, old Maori graveyeards (urupa), flaxmills. Tables depict distance by road and location of Resident Magistrates' Courts in 1870 and the defensive works in the district. Indeterminable signature on map. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale [1:126 720], 66 x 54 cm.

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Soldiers in the Armed Constabulary redoubt at Kawhia

Date: 1884

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025758-G

Description: Soldiers in the Armed Constabulary redoubt at Kawhia. Shows men alongside tents. Photograph taken by William Williams in 1884. Inscriptions: From lantern slide: "In the A C redoubt, Kawhia" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

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