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The `Wairarapa on the rocks', Shipwreck at Great Barrier Island
- Date
- 29 Oct 1894
- By
- Sorrell, William Edward, active 1890s-1900s
- Reference
- 1/2-090502-F
- Description
Shows the S S Wairarapa shipwrecked at Great Barrier Island on 29 Oct 1894. Photograph taken by Sorrell of Christchurch.
Maritime Dept reported the loss of 126 lives.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Howard, B J : Chiefly photographs of Somes Island during World War I
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives
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