[A.P.B.W.] :Property of L. W. Tonkin, Esq., 668 acres [map with ms annotations]. [A.P.B.W.], [1969]

Date
1969
By
A.P.B.W. (Cartographer), active 1969; NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd; Corrigan, D W (Mr), active 1960s-1970s
Reference
MapColl-832.11bj/1969/Acc.35278
Description

Aerial photograph, produced by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd., Ref. No. A/S 2218, Flown 27.3.69, of L.W. Tonkin's farm in the Matakohe area, NE of Kaipara Harbour, used as a base map to which the farm and paddock boundaries have been outlined in red and detailed in a key. Hand-written notes in the margin give details of neighbouring houses with name references. Features include a trig point with height in feet, cabbage trees (location of), height in feet (of a hill), silo, to Matakohe, Ruatuna.

A.P.B.W. believed to be the cartographer.

Hand-written notes included in the margins are as follows:

"Mainly hill country (sold 1947 to Crown for rehab) leading to 'The Swamp' on Ruawai Flats."

"Matakohe Beet Farms, Ltd. (1971) fromerly the property of D.R. Coates (779 acres)"

"J.G.C.'s house 'The Dump'"

"Uncle Harry's Hill"

"Speechly's house on Speechly's Road"

"Eyton"

Inscriptions: mat verso - A.P.B.W.; Mount recto - U46

Quantity: 1 map(s).

Physical Description: Black and white photograph, coloured, 20.8 x 33.4 cm.

Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Sutch, William Ball, 1907-1975. Papers (Exact reference unknown).

Use/Reproduction
Photcopying not permitted: reproduction for publication requires the permission of the owner of the original.
Access restrictions
No access restrictions
Format
1 map(s), Annotations, Maps, Photographs, Black and white photograph, coloured, 20.8 x 33.4 cm.
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