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James Bragge's photo of Wairarapa, 1870s (2 o 5)

James Bragge's photo of Wairarapa, 1870s

Professional photographer James Bragge expertly recorded the transformation of the environment that followed in the wake of 19th-century colonisation. His photograph of the Wairarapa plain from the Rimutaka Range, taken some time in the 1870s, shows a partially denuded hillside framed by ragged trees in the foreground. The Rimutaka road curves through the valley like a river.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PA7-30-05
Photograph by James Bragge

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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Peter Ireland, 'Photography - Early photography, 1840–1880s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/43204/james-bragges-photo-of-wairarapa-1870s (accessed 19 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Peter Ireland, i tāngia i te 22 Oct 2014