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Canterbury Plains, Waimakariri

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Date

[5 December 1850]

Artist

Frederick Aloysius Weld (1823-1891)

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22872743

Description

Shows a tent and shelter with camp fire on the nearer (south) side of the river. On the far side are two Maori whare and two food storage platforms. A range of foothills of the Southern Alps, including Mount Grey, is in the distance. In the centre foreground by the tent, are a European man, woman and child, probably the Godley family. Two further people are by the campfire and tent on the right. There are flax bushes and scrub on the south side of the river, and a cabbage tree on the north side

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Canterbury Plains, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Mountains
Rivers

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Landscapes & Seascapes

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