Homestead originally built in 1868 by brothers Captain Azim Salvatore Birch (1837-1923) and William John Birch (1842-1920), the first European settlers in the ranges between Rangitikei and Hawke's Bay. The farm was originally named Erewhon, and was renamed Oruamatua in 1897 by Azim Birch. The land and buildings were sold to to Thomas Henry Lowry (1865-1944) in 1906, and subsequently to Frederick Ronald Cottrell. The homestead is a Category 1 Historic Place, listed with the address 838 Taihape-Napier Road, Moawhango.
Birch Homestead (Moawhango, N.Z.)
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North Island houses
Date: [1970s-1990s]
From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage
Reference: PA12-11707
Description: Transparencies of houses in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name or brief description, and/or the location, of the house. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Title transcribed from item. Many slides are not dated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, plastic case labelled 'North Island Houses'. The arrangement was by location of house, approximately from North to South. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.
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Batley, R A L : Photographs of Oruamatua Homestead, Kuripapango and Wellington
Date: 1890-1910
By: Batley, Robert Anthony Leighton, 1923-2004
Reference: PAColl-3090
Description: Oruamatua Homestead ca 1892; Wellington City and Harbour ca 1905; R T Batley's woolshed and P.O. store 1892; Kuripapango. Quantity: 4 photocopy/ies in one envelope.