Artist unknown :New Zealand warfare - attacking a pah [Storming the Waireka Pah, Taranaki ... 1863]

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Artist unknown :New Zealand warfare - attacking a pah [Storming the Waireka Pah, Taranaki ... 1863]

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Collection

TAPUHI

Description

Shows an event of 1860 in which British soldiers are attacking the wooden palisades of a pa on a small hill, with hand-to-hand fighting and rifle-shooting in the foreground. A large flag flies from the palisades. Mount Taranaki is shown in the left distance. From an illustration published in the "Illustrated Melbourne post" 20 October 1863, and possibly the "Illustrated Sydney news". The Waireka pa was attacked in 1860. Drawings & Prints has a file print of the image from the "Illustrated ...

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Image

Date created

1860 - 1863 - 1940

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23074257

Locations

Taranaki Maunga / Waireka Stream

Related subjects

Illustrated Melbourne post (Periodical) / Battles / New Zealand / Taranaki Region / Haki / Pā / Taranaki War, N.Z., 1860-1861 / Taranaki Maunga / Waireka Stream

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