Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :View of a part of the town of Wellington, New Zealand, looking towards the south east, comprising about one-third of the water-frontage [drawn] in September 1841 by C Heaphy, Draftsman to the New Zealand Company

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Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :View of a part of the town of Wellington, New Zealand, looking towards the south east, comprising about one-third of the water-frontage [drawn] in September 1841 by C Heaphy, Draftsman to the New Zealand Company

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View from Clay Point hill above the junction of modern Willis St and Lambton Quay. The beach in the foreground is lower Willis Street, while upper Willis Street passes up the rise on the far right. The beach in the background is modern Mercer and Wakefield Streets. Cows, goats, two Maori canoes, a couple on horseback and Bethune & Hunter's Stores are in the foreground, with a jetty and sailing ships in the harbour. Further jetties and public and private buildings are in the background on T...

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Date created

1841

Creator

Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881 / Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

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http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23008813

Locations

Brooklyn / Clay Point / Farish Street / Lambton Quay / Manners Street / Mount Cook / Mount Victoria / Taranaki Street / Te Aro Pā / Wakefield Street / Willis Street

Related subjects

Bethune and Hunter (Firm) / Fitzherbert, William (Sir), 1810-1891 / New Zealand Company / New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator (Newspaper) / Rhodes, William Barnard, 1807?-1878 / Southern Cross Hotel (Wellington, N.Z.) / Wade, John, 1814-1885 / Barrels / Business enterprises / New Zealand / Wellington Region / Cattle / Dwellings / Exchange Building (Wellington, N.Z. : 1841- ) / Goats / Horsemanship / Jetties / Pā / Racetracks (Horse racing) / Shipping / Waka / Brooklyn / Clay Point / Farish Street / Lambton Quay / Manners Street / Mount Cook / Mount Victoria / Taranaki Street / Te Aro Pā / Wakefield Street / Willis Street

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