item details
NameWild Missouri Battery, Fiery Creek, Thames Gold Fields
ProductionDaniel Mundy; photographer; 1870s; Thames Valley
Messrs. F. Bradley & Co.; publisher; circa 1897; Christchurch
Messrs. F. Bradley & Co.; publisher; circa 1897; Christchurch
Classificationphotographic prints, albumen prints, vintage prints
Materialsalbumen, silver, printing-out paper, mounting board
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, albumen silver print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
DimensionsImage: 210mm (height), 146mm (length)
Registration NumberO.020928
Credit linePurchased 1999 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds
Overview
Spectacular view of gully with battery featured. Fluming and water wheel structure carved into surround bush and landscape.
Suggestion has been made that this a photogrpah of the Wild Missouri battery, located about 100 metres up Fiery Creek, Fiery Creek being about 150 metres upstream (on the Tararu Creek) from Russell's battery (that was itself located at the junction of Tinkers Gully with the Tararu Creek).