| RCS/Y3089A contains: |
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| 1 |
Bay of Islands, Victoria [sic] where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed by the native chiefs |
| 2 |
Poverty Bay - Waipawa Valley from the head of the Bay |
| 3 |
Mercury Bay - where Captain Cook took the transit of Mercury |
| 4 |
Thames Gold Fields - Hunt's Claim or Shotover |
| 5 |
Rotomahana or Hot Lake District - Kanapanapa, or Boiling Mud Lake |
| 6 |
Christchurch - Government Building looking west, Canterbury |
| 7 |
Hokianga - Phormian Tenax - or flax rope-making |
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New Zealand Scenery. c.1870
| Title |
Thames Gold Fields - Hunt's Claim or Shotover |
| Reference |
Y3089A/4 |
| Extent and Medium |
Fair condition, slight fading and some dirt marks. |
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| Content and context |
238 x 182 mm. A view looking along a rough track in a valley which leads to mine workings and buildings, with a figure standing beside the road in the middle distance. The Thames area, which lies south-east of Auckland on the Coromandel Peninsula, was the scene of a gold rush in 1867. This picture shows the Shotover Reef, the first important reef to be found in the area, which was discovered by William Hunt in August 1867 and which in 1871 produced nearly £2,000,000 worth of gold. |
| Further information |
Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| Coromandel Peninsula |
| New Zealand |
| North Island |
| Oceania |
| Thames Valley |
| No further on-line information. |
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