Kororarika Beach, Bay of Islands, New Zealand.

Title

Kororarika Beach, Bay of Islands, New Zealand.

Description

View showing the town of Kororāreka in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand as seen from below the summit of Maiki Hill to the north, overlooking the town. Thomas Gardiner's well-known works are all prints of works by other artists. Earle's lithograph was also reproduced in the Illustrated London News in 1856, and the latter is the most likely source for Gardiner's print.

ca. 1856

Artist

Gardiners

Historical Description

At the end of the 18th century, Russell was still a settlement of the local Māori and was called Kororāreka. Kororāreka was renamed “Russell” in honor of the former Colonial Secretary of State and later British Prime Minister Lord John Russell. Before 1840 the main areas of contact between Māori and Europeans were at opposite ends of the country. Sealers and whalers frequented the shores of Foveaux Strait, in the south. They also called in Russell ist ein kleiner Ort im Far North District der Region Northland auf der Nordinsel von Neuseeland to the Bay of Islands in Northland. There, Kororāreka (now Russell) developed as New Zealand’s first, rough and ready, European town.