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Barrett, Fenwick, 1908-1996: Photographs relating to the Dog Tax Rebellion, Rawene
- Date
- May 1898
- By
- Barrett, Fenwick, 1908-1996; Dawes, Charles Peet, 1867-1947
- Reference
- PA-Group-00045
- Description
Photographs relating to the Dog Tax Rebellion, or Dog Tax War, Rawene, taken 1898 by photographer Charles Dawes.
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Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-018754 to 1/2-018755, 1/2-018757 to 1/2-18758, 1/2-018760. Old file prints at PAColl-1759.
Quantity: 4 b&w copy negative(s).
Physical Description: Film negatives
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- 4 b&w copy negative(s), Photographs, Film negatives
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UnknownGovernment force at Rawene, Hokianga
Date: May 1898
From: Barrett, Fenwick, 1908-1996: Photographs relating to the Dog Tax Rebellion, Rawene
Reference: 1/2-018760-F
Description: Government force at Rawene, Hokianga, taken 1898 by photographer Charles Dawes, during the Dog Tax Rebellion, often called the Dog Tax War. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Policemen with a group of Maori who participated in the Dog Tax Rebellion
Date: May 1898
From: Barrett, Fenwick, 1908-1996: Photographs relating to the Dog Tax Rebellion, Rawene
Reference: 1/2-018754-F
Description: Five members of the Ngapuhi resistance to the imposition of the dog tax, often known as the Dog Tax War, with eight policemen, taken May 1898 by Charles Dawes at Waima, Hokianga, when the protesters had surrendered. Left to right (in front of the unidentified policemen) are: Romana Te Paehangi, Hone Mete, resistance leader Hone Toia (standing), Wiremu Te Makara and Rakene Pahe. (Identification taken from `An illustrated history of NZ' by J Bassett, J Binney & E Olsen, Wellington, 1990, p 207) The book `Northland made to order, a district police history' by Charles Robert O'Hara, 1986, identifies the policemen in the image, and has a alternative identification of some of the rebels: Police constables, from left to right: Charles W Hendrey, John W Skinner, Alexander McGilp, John Beazley, John McNamara, Edward M Johnson, William McNeely and Douglas Gordon. Rebels: Makara, Hone Mete, Hone Toia, Eruera Rapana, and Rekini Pehi. The group had been opposing the Hokianga County Council's dog tax. For more information see The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Vol 2, page 542-543. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Group of militia at Rawene, Hokianga, during the Dog Tax Rebellion
Date: May 1898
From: Barrett, Fenwick, 1908-1996: Photographs relating to the Dog Tax Rebellion, Rawene
Reference: 1/2-018758-F
Description: Group portrait of unidentified militia at Rawene during the Dog Tax Rebellion, often known as the Dog Tax War, taken May 1898 by photographer Charles Dawes. Shows 27 uniformed men. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative