Small island in Waimea Inlet. Previously known as Bests Island.
Best Island
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[Richmond, James Crowe] 1822-1898 :[View of Waimea from above Nelson. 1869?]
Date: 1869
By: Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898; Atkinson, Dorothy Alison, 1892-1986
Reference: A-245-020
Description: View from bush-clad hills towards a bay and river mouth with hills and mountains beyond. Probably a view looking west over the Waimea inlet towards Rabbit Island, Bell's Island and Best's Island, with the Arthur Range in the distance from the hills above Stoke, Nelson On acquisition, this watercolour was titled by the Library 'Mouth and lagoon, Wairau River, 1869?]. However the topography is not correct for a view looking north past the Wairau River mouth. It appears more likely to be a view looking west from above Nelson across Waimea and towards the mountains Other Titles - [Mouth and lagoon, Wairau River. Former title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 240 x 350 mm
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Gully, John, 1819-1888 :[The Waimea Plains and cultivated country near Nelson] / John G...
Date: 1877
By: Gully, John, 1819-1888; Marcus, Ward & Company
Reference: B-175-002
Description: View from a low hill across the shoreline of Tasman Bay, with the Waimea Plain and the Arthur Range snow-capped in the background. A patchwork pattern of fields shows in the foreground, looking across the Richmond area with Rabbit Island, Bells and Bests Islands visible close to shore. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - John Gully; Recto - bottom right - Marcus Ward & Co. London Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, image 298 x 385 mm, mounted on text sheet 435 x 535 mm Processing information: Deframed by the Library.
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Gully, John, 1819-1888 :The Waimea Plains and cultivated country near Nelson / John Gul...
Date: 1875
From: Gully, John, 1819-1888 :New Zealand scenery chomolithographed after original water-color drawings by John Gully with descriptive letterpress by Dr Julius von Haast. Dunedin, Henry Wise & Company ; London Marcus Ward & Co., 1877
Reference: PUBL-0010-08
Description: View from a low hill across the shoreline of Tasman Bay, with the Waimea Plain and the Arthur Range snow-capped in the background. A patchwork pattern of fields shows in the foreground, looking across the Richmond area with Rabbit Island, Bells and Bests Islands visible close to shore.. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 294 x 379 mm