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190 x 139 mm. A view looking north from the head of Lake Wakatipu, with the mountain rising in the background to a height of 9250 ft.

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192 x 146 mm. A view showing three Samoans in rough country in a creek, with two in a rowing boat and one standing in the water.

Scope and Contents An album containing mounted prints, most measuring approximately 200 x 140 mm, depicting the landscape and people of New Zealand, Fiji and Samoa. All the prints except for ten are signed and captioned by Burton Brothers. The ten unsigned photographs, mainly of Maori warriors, are the work of American Photo Company, Auckland (Y3089/53-54) and Pulman Studio, Auckland (Y3089D/58-65). The album breaks down into geographical locations thus:65 prints of New Zealand10 prints of...

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194 x 139 mm. A view of the school, with children playing outside. The foundation stone for this ornate building, which was designed by S.C. Farr, was laid in 1873.

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199 x 147 mm. A view looking down on the old Maori village which lies on the shore of Lake Rotorua, with a cultivated garden in the foreground and scattered Maori huts around the lakeside.

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181 x 144 mm. A view showing a small curved beach on the island with trees reaching to the water’s edge.

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193 x 137 mm. A view looking along the tree-lined river, with school or church buildings beyond the trees.

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190 x 138 mm. A view looking down on to the river which flows through the steep wooded gorge, with mountains in the distance. Otira lies in the Southern Alps near Arthur’s Pass.

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146 x 198 mm. A view of the rock and waterfall, with a party of men at the top of the falls, and two men in the water below.

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145 x 198 mm. A view of the waterfall also known as the 'sliding rock.'

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195 x 140 mm. A view looking along a small stream, with trees on either side.

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204 x 145 mm. A view looking down from a small settlement and across the lake, with mountains in the distance. In the foreground stand a few farm buildings and some cleared land.

Scope and Contents 198 x 147 mm. A view of the collapsed Pink Terrace, destroyed in the volcanic eruption and subsequent earthquakes of June 1886. Mt Tarawera believed even by the Maoris to be extinct, killed 153 people, submerged the Pink and White terraces and caused enormous devastation over hundreds of square miles.For photographs of the terraces before their destruction, and descriptions of the phenomena see D.L. Mundy’s ‘Rotomahana and the Boiling Springs of New Zealand’ (Sampson Low, London...

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186 x 148 mm. A view looking from the lake towards the terraces, with steam rising from the geyser behind.

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198 x 147 mm. A view looking down on Port Chalmers, with Otago Harbour in the background. The picture gives a good view of the layout of this as yet small settlement, with streets running off outwards from the curving beach. Port Chalmers lies 9 miles north-east of Dunedin.

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194 x 144 mm. A view looking across the inlet, with a mountain visible in the distance beyond the far shore. Preservation Inlet lies at the extreme south western tip of the South Island and is now part of the Fiordland National Park.

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175 x 140 mm. A view looking down on Samoan boats and canoes drawn up alongside a steamer in Pago-Pago harbour (Tutuila Island). Copyright registered 28 Aug. 1899.

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206 x 140 mm. A view along the lakeside looking towards the geysers and mineral terraces from which steam is rising. For other pictures and for contemporary descriptions of these phenomena, which were largely destroyed in the eruption of 1886, see Y308B/99-104, New Zealand postcards 100-111 and Y308A/131.

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187 x 148 mm. A view looking across one of the boiling pools of mud in the Rotomahana district, with hills in the background.

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191 x 143 mm. A view looking down on to the town, with houses built right down to the beach. A steamer is moored to a jetty in the harbour. The original town of Russell (named after Lord John Russell, Secretary of State for the Colonies) was destroyed by fire in 1842 and never rebuilt, and the use of the name Russell here applies to Kororareka, an older nearby settlement and port.

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193 x 139 mm. A view looking down on the road through the gorge, with a small wooden bridge in the foreground. The snow-capped mountain in the background is possibly Mt. Sealey.

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194 x 138 mm. A view looking along the river with steep, wooded hillsides reaching down to the water and a snow-clad mountain in the distance. Exact location unknown.

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142 x 205 mm. A view showing the steep hill which the line ascends (the machinery and freight trucks at the top of the incline can be seen in Y3089E/26). The operating procedure is unclear.

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197 x 146 mm. A view looking down on a street in Suva, the Fijian capital, and showing wooden shop premises with verandahs running along the street.

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198 x 145 mm. A view looking down on Suva harbour with steam and sailing ships at their moorings. Copyright registered 21 Aug. 1899.