Places

Date: 1847

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-063

Description: Houses (including Webster's and Robinson's), St Mary's Church and churchyard, Maori cultivation, Marsland Hill, with Maori and European fortifications, and areas of fern and garden marked on a drawing from the New Zealand Company Lands Office looking inland into New Plymouth township. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 161 x 245 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1848

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-067

Description: A view from across the Whanganui River of the township, with its fortifications, houses and Christ Church on the right, a flag and a flagstaff on the highest hill to the right. A tree fern is in the right foreground. The left-hand section of a panorama with A-292-068 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 261 x 360 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1847

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-069

Description: View from the hills opposite Wanganui township, looking down on the river and town, with the Gun-boat Stockade (the site of Moutoa Gardens) closest, the Main Stockade (Rutland Stockade) and the middle stockade (York Stockade). Houses and possibly a hospital are also visible as is Christ Church and St John's Wood (to the far right), with the sea horizon on the left. The nature of the terrain is also indicated as sandhills, flax swamp, fern and grass. In the distance to the right "The Taua" (a Maori raiding party) is also shown. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on 2 sheets of tracing paper 262 x 177 & 262 x 180 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 10 Jan 1848

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: A-466-001

Description: Shows a fine detailed view of the town of Wanganui, from across the river. Shows settlers' houses, the Christ Church, and the Rutland and York (incorrectly noted as 'Fort') stockades on the hill mounds above the town. The Gun-boat stockade, on the site of Mouta Gardens, seems to have been demolished, although the fencing is still in place. A two-masted sailing ship is visible on the river, with a dinghy tied to it, along with a fully-manned waka and a smaller canoe. Two figures sit on the bank in the foreground, their backs to the viewer. A tall flagstaff stands on the hill behind the York stockade Attributed by the auction house to Captain William Mein Smith, but this is probably incorrect. By comparison, it could possibly have been drawn by Thomas Bernard Collinson, 1822-1902, who was employed to build the Rutland stockade. The Library holds other views of Wanganui by Collinson from around the same time (at A-292-001/080). Although the handwriting does not match, the drawing styles are very similar Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Wanganui New Zealand / Jan 10 1848 / Fort Stockade / Rutland Stockade [in ink] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Indian ink on paper, 185 x335 mm, on card backing 280 x 430 mm