MAP
[Creator unknown] :[Sketch map of country around Waihi Estuary and Maketu Pa] [ms map]. [1870]
- Date
- 1870 - 1879
- Reference
- MapColl-832.16a/[187-?]/Acc.1848
- Description
Topographical map of the area around the Maketu Pa, including the Kaituna River and Waihi Estuary. Okurei Point, Pukemiro Redoubt, Wharekahu Mission Buildings and Tapsell's store are named, as is the first old road to Waihi and Rotorua. The sites of the cemetery, a house and an English church are marked as is the palisade surrounding the pa. An extensive key details historic notes about the area.
Title taken from the pencilled heading, believed to have been added at a later date
Pencilled title of map is written along the top left [Sketch map of country around Waihi Estuary ... 1870] believed to have been added at a later date.
The reference key is as follows:-
A - Maketu Pa - palisade facing Te Tumu
B - Tapsell's store on flat & whare on edge of cliff. A ti-palm marks spot of house now
C - Pukemiro Redoubt - first Maori fort. Later 1845-1870 - British garrison
D - Remains of old road graded by Maoris to Waihi & Rotorua
E - Remains of trenches - 10ft. deep in places
F - Last resting place of Arawa Canoe & grove of angiongi trees
G - Pipi's chopping block
H - Wharekahu Mission property - first police station in Bay of Plenty - bought from Tohi-te-Ururangi for a saw. Cemetery beyond where Hans Tapsell was buried
I - palisaded fighting pa of Nagatierangi on sandhills at Te Tumo
Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s).
Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper, linen backed, 19.7 x 25 cm.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Negative (1/2-053665-F). Aperture card available
- Use/Reproduction
- Photocopying not permitted
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 manuscript map(s), Manuscript maps, Sketch maps, Topographic maps, Ink and pencil on paper, linen backed, 19.7 x 25 cm.
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[Creator unknown] :[Sketch map of country around Waihi Estuary and Maketu Pa] [ms map]. [1870]. Ref: MapColl-832.16a/[187-?]/Acc.1848. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22912972More information can be found in our terms of use.