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KINDER, JOHN - Te Papa, Tauranga, signed J. Kinder and dated Jan 7 1865.
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$1,000 - $1,500
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$1,250
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KINDER, JOHN
Te Papa, Tauranga, signed J. Kinder and dated Jan 7 1865.
Inscribed in the same hand along the mount. ‘The landing Place at Tauranga- Mission Station and Land. Mongonui – a circular hill 900 ft high marks the entrance to the harbour. Vessels of large size can anchor within almost a stone’s throw of the beach. On the Expedition landing at Tauranga in April 64 – The “Esk”, Harrier & Miranda anchored off Cemetery Point’.
On April 26, 600 sailors and Royal Marines disembarked from HMS Harrier, Curacoa, Esk and Miranda, on the 29th of April 1864 the Battle of Gate Pa at Pukehinahina began, it is remembered as the battle where hugely outnumbered Maori defenders managed to repulse an experienced British force. There was a great outcry in New Zealand and England that a force of 1,689 soldiers and sailors were defeated by 230 Maori warriors.
A rare and historic photograph of the period.
Provenance - Gerald Ellott MNZM postal historian.
Te Papa, Tauranga, signed J. Kinder and dated Jan 7 1865.
Inscribed in the same hand along the mount. ‘The landing Place at Tauranga- Mission Station and Land. Mongonui – a circular hill 900 ft high marks the entrance to the harbour. Vessels of large size can anchor within almost a stone’s throw of the beach. On the Expedition landing at Tauranga in April 64 – The “Esk”, Harrier & Miranda anchored off Cemetery Point’.
On April 26, 600 sailors and Royal Marines disembarked from HMS Harrier, Curacoa, Esk and Miranda, on the 29th of April 1864 the Battle of Gate Pa at Pukehinahina began, it is remembered as the battle where hugely outnumbered Maori defenders managed to repulse an experienced British force. There was a great outcry in New Zealand and England that a force of 1,689 soldiers and sailors were defeated by 230 Maori warriors.
A rare and historic photograph of the period.
Provenance - Gerald Ellott MNZM postal historian.
