IMAGE
Digging the first sod for the Main Trunk Railway, at the southern bank of the Puniu River
- Date
- 15 April 1885
- Reference
- 1/2-096176-G
- Description
Maori and Pakeha group at the digging of the first sod for the Main Trunk Railway. They stand at the confiscation line at the southern bank of the Puniu River, 15 April 1885. Wahanui Huatare has grey hair and stands in front of the pole in the centre. Rewi Manga Maniapoto stands immediately to his left with a top hat and white beard. Photograph taken by Daniel Manders Beere.
More information about this occasion is at the Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1885, D-6.
Identified as "Group at digging of 1st sod of Main Trunk Rlwy. Te Awamutu." from typescript of photographer's negative register held at TL 6/1/62.
Photographs taken at the scene include 1/2-096174 to 1/2-096178, and 1/2-096208
Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 31
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Orientation: Horizontal image
Click to request to view this item, access digital version (if available), and see more information.
Usage
Purchasing this Item
This item is available as a high resolution download. A request to buy an image can take up to 10 working days to approve. It will depend on copyright and how the image is going to be used.
If this item has multiple pages, or is several items attached to a single record, you can use this form to order your copy.
Using this Item
You can copy this item for personal use, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It cannot be used commercially without permission, please ask us for advice. If reproducing this item, please maintain the integrity of the image (i.e. don't crop, recolour or overprint it), and ensure the following credit accompanies it:
Digging the first sod for the Main Trunk Railway, at the southern bank of the Puniu River. Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia. Ref: 1/2-096176-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22913096More information can be found in our terms of use.