Wanganui. New Zealand. October 1847

1847

Hocken Pictorial Collections - 12,829

a259

Margin below image in ink: Wanganui. N.Z. Oct.r 1847; on mount in ink in Dr Hockenís hand: Wanganui 1847 showing stockades and settlers houses some of which were fortified. T.M.H.; label in ink in Dr Hocken's hand: The town of Petre which soon reverted back to the old native name of Wanganui, was surveyed in 1842 by Mr Frederick A. Sheppard an Assistant Surveyor of the N.Z. Company who came out in the ìBroughamî under Mr Samuel Charles Brees who succeeded Captain W.M. Smith as Principal Surveyor. T.M.H.

265 x 488 mm

watercolour on paper

Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.