Missouri Gold Battery (Thames, N.Z.)

Date: [Between 1863 and 1872]

From: Holder, Miss: Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-f-030

Description: Album of undated photographs taken by Daniel Louis Mundy, owned by `Miss Holder' (her name printed facing page 1) Scenes are all of the North Island, in particular Bay of Islands, Thames, Rotorua, Taupo, Waikato and Napier. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black leather-bound album entitled `New Zealand views'; 30.5 x 42.0 cm

Date: 1868, 1871 etc

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA1-f-041

Description: Photographs of the North Island of New Zealand taken by Daniel Mundy during the 1860s to 1871. Captions hand-written by Mundy on verso of each page. (Information from handwriting and signature `D.L.M.' in this album at p. 51) The Thames goldfields are shown in a number of images, including some with captions Shortland and Grahamstown (now part of Thames); the Moanataira [i.e. Moanatairi] wire tramway, with the Rainbow Hotel nearby; Hunt's claim (known as the Shotover Mine); the Missouri Battery; the Bank of New Zealand building at Grahamstown; and miners' huts. The timber industry is shown with kauri logs being transported by bullock teams and awaiting transport by water. Photographs associated with Maori include military outposts at Terewera (i.e. Tarawera) and Ormond; "Kawiti's Runanga, or court houses, now `tapu', Waiomeo, Bay of Islands" (p. 21); "limestone caves at Waiomeo [sic], Bay of Islands; the burial place of the Mangakahia tribe. Strictly tapu" (p. 22); "Group at Waimeo feast, Bay of Islands" (p. 20); "Native feast - or bone-scraping at the burial of the remains of several chiefs at Waiomeo, Bay of Islands" (p. 46); "Waipawa Valley, Poverty Bay, scene of the massacre by Te Kooti" (p. 47); "Here the moa feet impressions were found, Poverty Bay, Sept. 1871, D.L.M." (p. 51). There are two-image panoramas of the Thames goldfields and Napier. In this album they are not on following pages, but are separated. (Thames goldfields, Mundy numbers 121 & 120, here seen on pages 9 and 15); Napier (Mundy numbers 164 & 165, here seen on pages 50 and 52). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green leather cover, geometric pattern, gold decoration, entitled `New Zealand' in gold; 30.5 x 42.5 cm

Date: Between 1860 and 1870

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA1-f-039

Description: Photographs of New Zealand, both North and South Islands, taken by Daniel Mundy between 1860 and 1870. Captions hand-written by Mundy on verso of each page. (Information from handwriting and signature `D.L.M.' in Mundy Album III, p. 51). The views include a number in the Thames goldfields, with scenes of gold batteries, miners' huts, and a tramway. Mundy includes two rivers which are now differently named, the Tekihe River [i.e. Taheke River], and Tiremakau River [i.e. Taramakau River]. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue buckram cover; spine title "New Zealand scenery, 1860-80. Mundy. 4638-4685"