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Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881: Mere-Mere from Whangamarino Redoubt
Date: [1863]
By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961
Reference: C-025-011
Description: A view from above Whangamarino Redoubt with three cannons in the foreground. The left one is firing out over river and plain. The river bends at the extreme right, or may join another. The gunboat (Pioneer) is in the river in the centre distance, near a fortification or pa with a flag flying. In a note on the back A W F Fuller quotes G W Rusden's History of NZ 1883, vol. II, page 167: "On the 29th October 1863, General Cameron with Commander Wiseman, reconnoitred Mere-Mere. Two 40 pound Armstrong guns had been previously landed at Whangamarino to command the landing place at Mere Mere. That stronghold was on a low ridge which approached the Waikato river. Traversed rifle-pits occupied the descent of the ridge to the river. Swamps almost encircled the ridge, & the Whangamarino & Maramarua rivers, or creeks, were available to the east for the possible retreat always aimed at by Maoris in their plans of fortification. The swamps were more water-laden than usual. The Maori flag floated in a pah where the ridge was 130 feet high. Every slope & projection from the ridge to the swamps was traversed with rifle-pits..." The mention of the flag appears to mean that the Maori pa is the one with the flag flying in the centre distance. Other Titles - Meremere Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Heaphy; Verso - centre - [Notes by A W F Fuller, 7 May 1941]. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia wash, 490 x 760 mm
Carbery, Andrew Thomas H 1836-1870 :Meremere from Whangamarino, New Zealand, 1863 / A. ...
Date: 1863
From: Carbery, Andrew Thomas H 1836-1870 :Scrapbook. 1863 - 1868.
Reference: E-248-q-082
Description: Military tents, cannons and palisades in the foreground, looking towards hills with extensive river and swamps in the middle ground. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash 140 x 226 mm
Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898 :Mere Mere, March [18]64
Date: 1864
From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864
Reference: E-349-074
Description: Shows a military camp on the bank of the Waikato River. Includes soldiers on foot and on horseback, guns, tents, sheds, and supplies. Trees are at the water's edge, and hills in the background Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 100 x 160 mm