| 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 |
Hokianga - Phormian Tenax - or flax rope-making |
| Reference |
Y3089A/7 |
| Extent and Medium |
Good condition, apart from slight fading in from edges. |
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| Content and context |
244 x 184 mm. A view showing a small rope-making factory. At the right, men can be seen winding and spinning long lengths of flax into ropes, while behind them the stripped flax is drying on lines. Other workers are standing outside the shed where the flax is prepared. At the left of the picture, at roof level, can be seen the last few feet of a water race. The wheel itself is out of the picture. Hokianga lies on the west coast of the North Auckland peninsula. Phorium Tenax (named by botanists on Cook's second voyage in 1772) is the botanical name for the main plant used in the New Zealand flax industry; the plant is native to New Zealand and Norfolk Island. |
| Further information |
Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| Hokianga Harbour |
| New Zealand |
| North Island |
| Northland |
| Oceania |
| No further on-line information. |
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