Kōrero: Beach culture

On the beach, 1840s

On the beach, 1840s

This watercolour of the coast, by Samuel Charles Brees, is probably of Paekākāriki, looking south. The beach was an important route for travellers. The route along the west coast of the lower North Island was especially well used.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: B-031-004
Watercolour by Samuel Charles Brees

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:

Jock Phillips, 'Beach culture - Travellers on the beach', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/artwork/9098/on-the-beach-1840s (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006