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Kōrero: Taranaki region

More troops for Taranaki, 1860

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More troops for Taranaki, 1860

In Edwin Harris’s painting of 3 August 1860, lighters ferry ashore Major-General Thomas Pratt, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Carey and 50 men of the 40th Regiment from the steam sloop HMCSS Victoriato the beleaguered town of New Plymouth. Other vessels visible include the paddle-steamer Tasmanian Maid, the Airedaleand the George Henderson.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: C-030-013

by Edwin Harris

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ron Lambert, Taranaki region – Pākehā settlement, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/25303/more-troops-for-taranaki-1860 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ron Lambert, i tāngia i te 23 February 2010, updated 1 August 2015.