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Date: 1863

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898

Reference: PUBL-0033-1863-573

Description: A view from across the river towards a steep hill, crowned with the Alexandra Redoubt. Six Maori canoes are on the river and a raupo hut is in the right foreground. A tree frames the view on the left. A small hut and figures can be seen on the opposite bank. The fort itself has several buildings within low walls, and a flagpole with flag flying Based on an ink and wash drawing by H. J. Warre [Encampment by a river, 1863] in the Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia, NK2179. (photograph held in Photo File, Drawings and Prints Collection) Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving

Date: 1863

By: Tempsky, Gustavus Ferdinand von, 1828-1868; Eastwood, Charles, 1848-1868

Reference: A-198-001

Description: The Alexandra Redoubt on a bank high above the Waikato river. Two soldiers standing on top of the bank to the right. Has been attributed on stylistic grounds to Charles Eastwood; however it may also be the work of Von Tempsky Inscriptions: Recto - title and 'by von Tempsky' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 226 x 290 mm

Date: 1864 - 1865

By: Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898; Mayne, Barbara, active 1996; Lennard, Leslie Maurice Wyn, 1903-1988

Reference: C-126-009

Description: Shows camp in a flat basin, with horse exercise yard and flagpole in left foreground, and other square fenced yards further off. In the middle distance are the main barracks, and scattered buildings of a small town behind. The Waipa River may be visible at left before it flows behind central rise separating the foreground from the background. Pirongia Mountain may be the hill at right, although Pirongia Mountain is twin-coned. Artist attributed on grounds of style. The work was attributed to Williams prior to its acquisition. It is also stylistically similar to the work of Henry James Warre; however Warre is not known to have been in Pirongia. He was based in Taranaki. Alexandra is the old name for Pirongia. Members of the 2nd Waikato Regiment built a strong redoubt on a hill at the west side of the town, in about 1864. The long low building in the left background is the Alexandra West Redoubt, while the set of buildings on a low hill in the centre background is the Alexandra East Redoubt. Other Titles - Alexandra and Waikato military camp. Redoubt. Warre Inscriptions: Unsigned and undated.; Verso - centre - [Title] The Library has a black and white copy of the painting at A-113-002, showing it before it was as faded as it now is and while it was in the possession of Mr Lennard. The copy may have been made in the 1960s. The title at the time was given as Alexandra (now Pirongia) ca 1870. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 180 x 480 mm. Provenance: Previously sold at Webb's auction, Auckland, March 1981. The Library has coloured photographs from this period showing the watercolour as quite faded. An earlier owner was Mr L. M. Lennard of Auckland.

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

Date: 1864

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-017

Description: A fortification on top of a hill to the left, above the Waikato River. Compare the artist's 'Tuakau, Lower Waikato, 1864' (WC-018) showing the same fortifications from the opposite side. Probably shows the Alexandra Redoubt, established at Tuakau in 1863 Exhibited in 'Picturing Paradise; the colonial watercolours of William Fox', Exhibition at National Library Gallery 25 February - 18 June 2000; Hocken Library, Dunedin, 11 September - 15 October 2000. Curated by Jill Trevelyan. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 160 x 230 mm

Date: 1864

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-018

Description: Distant view of redoubt, with red flag flying on a hill to the right. There is an island in the middle of the Waikato River to the left. Compare the artist's watercolour 'Tuakau, Waikato, 1864' (WC-017) for a view of the same fortifications from the opposite side. Probably shows the Alexandra Redoubt, established at Tuakau in 1863 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 160 x 230 mm

Date: 7 Apr 1958

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-45414

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: 7 Apr 1958

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-45413

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: May 1958

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-46145

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: May 1958

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-46146

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: Oct 1959

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-51997

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative