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Hokitika 1921 Plate 01
Summary
Westland Explorers' Monument, a plate from the 1921 pamphlet Hokitika, N.Z. : the Birth of the Borough by D.J. Evans amongst others, a fundraiser for the Westland Pioneers' Memorial maintenance. Printed by the Hokitika Guardian. Caption: "This is the photograph of the Explorers’ Monument on its original site in Weld Street. It is now on Cemetery Hill, overlooking the Tasman Ocean. It is a memorial to Henry Whitcombe, Road Surveyor, drowned in Teremakau [sic] river, May 6, 1863; Charlton Howitt, Explorer, drowned Lake Brunner, September, 1863; Charles Townsend, Government Agent, drowned, Grey River, October 9, 1863; George Dobson, Surveyor, murdered, Grey-Arnold road, May 28, 1866."
Date
1880
Source
Evans, D. J. (1921). Hokitika, N.Z. : The Birth of the Borough and Street Nomenclature. Hokitika Guardian Print
Copyright info
public domain
