A caption identifies the photographer as [James?] Iles, who was active in New Zealand from 1870 to 1929.

140 x 200 mm. Photographer’s copyright statement and catalogue number etched into foot of photograph: ‘WAIMANGU GEYSER. ILES PHOTO. REGISTERED No. 1206. 12/11/03’. Another copy is filed at Y3089FF/23.

140 x 200 mm. Photographer’s copyright statement and catalogue number etched into foot of photograph: ‘WAIMANGU GEYSER. ILES PHOTO. REGISTERED No.1206. 12/11/03’. Another copy is filed at Y3089FF/40.

209 x 176 mm. A view looking over the neatly thatched roofs of a Samoan village towards the river beyond.

229 x 175 mm. A view looking down on the junction of two rivers (possibly the River Navua and the River Wainikolluva; see Y3091E/30 for a modern picture of the area), with an unidentified European standing in the foreground.

Contains Kodachrome slides, processed in Australia and arranged by processing number.

Contains transparencies 40 x 40 mm in Kodak Readymounts; no processing number available. The Wainimala River is in the interior of Viti Levu. The other place names have not been found on any map of Fiji, but as these are the only slides with these measurements, it has been assumed that they were all taken in the same area.

[Closer view].

75 x 120 mm.

125 x 75 mm.

A collection of loose prints, measuring approximately 75 x 95 mm and captioned in the negative. The prints are a commercial souvenir set and are contained in a printed envelope sub-titled 'The wonderland of thermal grandeur'. The views show waterfalls, rivers, geysers and boiling lakes. Some have additional handwritten notes on the reverse. Photographs (sold) by Wairakei Store.

198 x 138 mm. A view showing the mouth of the mud geyser in the foreground with the pool in the background behind trees.

130 x 80 mm.

191 x 141 mm. A view looking into the steaming mouth of one of the geysers in the area.

A caption identifies the photographer as [James?] Iles, who was active in New Zealand from 1870 to 1929.

A caption identifies the photographer as [James?] Iles, who was active in New Zealand from 1870 to 1929.

198 x 144 mm. A view looking down on the lake from a wooded hillside. Wairoa is situated near the coast at Hawke Bay, and Lake Tarawara was the scene of the sighting of the ‘Phantom Canoe’ which to the Maoris presaged the volcanic eruption of 1886 (see Y308A131 and New Zealand postcards 100-111).

Contains transparencies 40 x 40 mm in Kodak Readymounts; no processing number available. The Wainimala River is in the interior of Viti Levu. The other place names have not been found on any map of Fiji, but as these are the only slides with these measurements, it has been assumed that they were all taken in the same area.

A collection of views measuring approximately 60 x 80 mm, captioned in the negative. The prints are a commercial souvenir set contained in a printed envelope. Photographs by the New Zealand Government Tourist and Health Resorts Department.

126 x 70 mm. A postcard depicting the hostel and the surrounding land.

197 x 144 mm. A view showing a group of women and children grouped in front of their thatched grass houses. Levuka is on the island of Ovalau, a small island east of Viti Lovu and the old capital of Fiji.

Half-plate (landscape format]. [Showing European woman in hat and long dress standing in the village with huts around edge, among boxes on poles all ready to be carried. Two natives also around].

Half-plate. [No print]. [Missing].

194 x 141 mm. A view looking down from a wooded hillside on to the beach and estuary at Waiwera, with a large house standing near the beach. Waiwera, which lies on the east coast just north of Auckland, is an area of hot thermal springs and was developed as a tourist area by Robert Graham (c 1820-1885), the man who also gave his name to Grahamstown.