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Photographs of Bowen Falls ; the tramway at Taramakau Bush
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- PA7-31-06
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Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on one card.
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- Donne, Anne, fl 1975 :Photographs mainly of Richard John Seddon in New Zealand and the Pacific
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- 2 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on one card, Photographs
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Bowen Falls, Milford Sound
From: Donne, Anne, fl 1975 :Photographs mainly of Richard John Seddon in New Zealand and the Pacific
By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)
Reference: PA7-31-06-1
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Wagon on Greymouth to Kumara wooden tramway in Taramakau bush
Date: between 1868-1898
From: Donne, Anne, fl 1975 :Photographs mainly of Richard John Seddon in New Zealand and the Pacific
Reference: PA7-31-06-2
Description: Show distant canvas covered wagon stopped on the Greymouth to Kumara wooden tramway running through Taramakau bush. Two passengers are visible leaning against the back of the bush tram, circa 1880s. Tram would have been horse drawn, but horse not visible. Photographer unidentified. Following the gold rush of 1876, a horse drawn wooden tramway was built between Greymouth and Kumara, Westland. The trip took three hours. Trams carried passengers and freight. Passengers had to cross the Taramakau River in a cage or flying fox suspended from a cable. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Tramway Teremakau bush Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 17.6 x 23.9 cm