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[Miners' slab huts in a bush clearing, Coromandel district.]

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Date

[Between 1864 and 1867]

Artist

John Barr Clark Hoyte (1835-1913)

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23047085

Description

Four slab huts with raupo thatched roofs and slab chimneys in a clearing in New Zealand bush, with tree ferns and cabbage trees, as well as other large trees and dense bush in the background. There is a high rocky bluff to the right and tall hills in the background. Smoke is coming from the chimneys of the left- and right-most huts, there are steps leading to the central hut and the right-hand hut has a woman in a red skirt standing in the doorway. The top of the chimney for this last hut is formed by a barrel.

Bush combined with rock formations suggest the Coromandel district, visited by Hoyte during the gold-mining era. The settlement is likely to be of semi-permanent miners' huts.

Other Titles - Early settlers' camp. [title in auction catalogue]

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All Rights Reserved

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, New Zealand

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