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Drury naval camp

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Drury naval camp

In the early 1860s Drury became a base for the British invasion of the Waikato. This 1863 painting by Henry Scrivener shows the naval camp of HMS Harrier on the Pahurehure Inlet, Manukau Harbour. Supplies were shipped from Onehunga and then transferred to bullock trains (in the background).

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: B-061-020

by Henry Ambrose Scrivener

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Margaret McClure, Auckland places – Papakura and the rural south-east, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/16249/drury-naval-camp (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Margaret McClure, published 2 March 2009, updated 5 August 2016.