Kōrero: Floods

Damage to the Aglionby Arms (2 o 2)

Damage to the Aglionby Arms

This watercolour shows the Aglionby Arms hotel leaning off its foundations after being damaged when the Hutt River flooded. The date is uncertain, but it may have been in 1858, when a large flood caused loss of life in the Hutt Valley.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: A-032-024
Watercolour by Robert Park

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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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Eileen McSaveney, 'Floods - 19th-century floods', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/artwork/4876/damage-to-the-aglionby-arms (accessed 3 October 2023)

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006, reviewed & revised 1 Aug 2017