MAP
Gordon, William Francis Robert, d. 1936 :Showing locality of White Cliffs massacre, Feby. 13th. 1869. [ms map]. W. F. Gordon, delt., [1869]
- Date
- 1869 - 1920
- By
- Gordon, William Francis Robert, 1846-1936
- Reference
- MapColl-832.2hkm/1869/Acc.5107
- Description
Map of White Cliffs promontory, called Picquet Hill, bordered by the Waikaramarama River, on the coast between Pukearuhe and Tongarpurutu, Taranaki region. The track to the beach, the new road with gradients, and the path between what were two pa sites, is drawn. Sites of a redoubt with its blockhouse and gate and including measurements, mens' and officers' whares, a store, a stockyard, parapets, trenches, sunken terraces and gardens are drawn. Crosses mark the areas where Rev. J. Whiteley, Milne and Richards and the Gascoigne family were killed on February 1869.
Estimated date of drawing - 1920, taken from cataloguing card.
Title has been printed on a strip of paper and pasted at the top of the map.
Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s).
Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, backed with card, 30 x 35.7 cm.
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- Photocopying not permitted.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 manuscript map(s), Manuscript maps, Ink on dressed linen, backed with card, 30 x 35.7 cm.
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Gordon, William Francis Robert, 1846-1936. Gordon, William Francis Robert, d. 1936 :Showing locality of White Cliffs massacre, Feby. 13th. 1869. [ms map]. W. F. Gordon, delt., [1869]. Ref: MapColl-832.2hkm/1869/Acc.5107. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23045505More information can be found in our terms of use.