389 x 274 mm. A view of the Mint seen from William Street. The building, which was designed by the Public Works Office and completed in 1870, is a handsome classical house with the Royal coat of arms above the entrance. This front block comprises the offices and residence, with the works behind (the chimney is visible in this photograph).

200 x 150 mm. A view of the front of the building, with Union Jack flying above the entrance.

243 x 176 mm. Showing crowds in the gardens, with the palace buildings in the background. The caption reads 'This is a view of the Royal Palace on the 50th birthday of the late King'. The King referred to in the caption is King David Kalakaua (1836-1891).

'An unofficial survey from selected addresses by...Queen Elizabeth II and H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh and others, during the Royal Tour of the Commonwealth of Australia February-April 1954'.

143 x 199 mm. A view looking between trees and across a lake towards Ruapehi, the most southerly of the three volcanoes which stretch in a line south-west of Lake Taupo.

69 x 112 mm. Young plants growing beneath a canopy of sacking with two growers in the background.

280 x 230 mm. Showing an unidentified part of the building, from the path, with pieces of wall still standing.

280 x 225 mm. A view showing part of the ruins with a small hut in the foreground. The hut has presumably been erected for workmen clearing up the site. The statue of the huntsman and dogs has been removed.

280 x 225 mm. Showing part of the ruins, with just an archway standing and a small obelisk behind. In front is a statue, undamaged, of a huntsman with two dogs (a bronze by A. Jacquemart, purchased for £180). The path in front of the statue runs along Macquarie Street, with the camera looking east.

280 x 225 mm. A view, looking in a northerly direction, showing part of the ruins with a statue of a huntsman with two dogs. The tower of Government House, flying the Union Jack, can be seen in the distance.

275 x 225 mm. A view from Macquarie Street, looking over the railings towards the ruins, with part of the entrance arch from the street still standing at left.

280 x 225 mm. A slightly blurred photograph. The photograph was taken in a southerly direction from above ground level, over the railings of Macquarie Street (probably from a house on the opposite side of the street). At the left is the entrance hall and the extent of the ruins are shown behind.

280 x 225 mm. A photograph taken from above ground level in a southerly direction. A certain amount of clearing work appears to have been done. Part of an arch standing in Y3086A/9 has been dismantled and is no longer visible in this print.

275 x 225 mm. A photograph of the ruins from Macquarie Street, showing the west entrance before demolition work had been started.

275 x 225 mm. A photograph of the ruins from Macquarie Street looking in an easterly direction showing the west entrance.

280 x 225 mm. A view showing the few pieces of standing wall and an arch at the south end of the building.

280 x 225 mm. A view from the path running beside Macquarie Street and looking north. The parts of the walls still standing are probably part of the west entrance, after some demolition work has been done. With Government House visible in the distance.

275 x 225 mm. Photograph from the path running beside Macquarie Street. Showing part of the ruins with the top of the obelisk showing behind part of a wall.

275 x 225 mm. A view of the gutted base of one of the larger towers, exact location uncertain.

275 x 225 mm. A view of the stairway and entrance, with part of the wall of the gutted tower still standing and a small bronze statue at the corner of the building. This entrance is the one nearest Macquarie Street.

275 x 225 mm. A view of the stairway and entrance nearest Macquarie Street.

201 x 145 mm An exterior view of the assembly house showing the carving on the beams at the side of the entrance and around the roof. In front of the building stands a group of Maori men, women and children, Aporo standing in a warlike pose, wearing Maori dress and with feathers of the huia in his hair and brandishing above his head a kotiate, the small Maori club made from various woods and stones. Third from the right of the standing Maoris is Ngareta.

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.