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125 x 75 mm.

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

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130 x 80 mm.

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

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

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

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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).

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

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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.

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198 x 147 mm. A view of Waiwera from the other side of the bay, and taken from the seashore, with a man sitting on a rock looking across towards the house seen in Y3089E/31.

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198 x 147 mm. A similar photograph to Y3089E/31, taken from a slightly different place on the hillside.

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199 x 145 mm. A view taken from slightly further inland showing the cultivated backgarden of the large house and more of the estuary which is crossed by a bridge in Y3089E/31.

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148 x 199 mm. A view looking seaward, with palms and vegetation in the foreground and a small island visible in the bay.

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10½'' x 5¼''.

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202 x 143 mm. A view showing the winches and freight trucks of a railway which drops down a steep incline (seen Y3089E/28). Presumably connected with a mining venture of some kind, it is difficult to determine the specific use of the trucks.

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198 x 147 mm. A view looking across the railway incline seen in Plate 28 towards a small settlement in the valley beyond.

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Landscape format. Shannon Flax Mills.

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267 x 359 mm. A view of a waterfall cascading down among woodland trees.

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265 x 361 mm. A view towards a waterfall dropping among woodland trees.

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75 x 49 mm. A view showing a party of tour members standing beside a row of cars in the country, presumably at an agricultural meeting of some sort.

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These files include annual reports, accompanied in some cases by explanatory letters, reports of annual general meetings, statements of accounts and other papers.

Scope and Contents 209 x 111 mm. A view looking across Lambton Harbour with Mt Victoria in the background. This picture was taken in January 1870 by James Bragge and forms part of a panorama of the city continued in Plates 95 and 97. The ships in the harbour are part of the squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral Hornby, sent to take part in the celebration of Wellington’s 30th Anniversary. Unfortunately the ships arrived a day too late. This picture was taken from Wadestown Road, with part of Tinakori Road just...

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206 x 135 mm. A view looking down on Thorndon Flat from Aurora Terrace, showing St Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral at the extreme left (burnt down in 1898) and Parliament House and Government House at the centre of the photograph with Port Nicholson in the background. Plates 94, 96, and 98, while not forming a close-fitting panorama, nearly constitute a linked view of Wellington from the area around Government House to Te Aro. Photograph by James Bragge c 1874.

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218 x 215 mm. A view showing continuation of Plate 93 looking down on the town with Lambton Harbour, Queen’s Wharf and Te Aro in the background. (The panorama is continued in Plate 97.) In the foreground can be seen the junction of Tinakori Road with Molesworth, Murphy and Park Streets. Photograph by James Bragge, January 1870.

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218 x 135 mm. A view looking down on Grey Street and Queen’s Wharf where a number of sailing ships are moored with Lambton Harbour and Port Nicholson in the background.