![]() Wellington Land District Fieldbook No.891 Image 6 - https://linz.recollect.co.nz/ |
The drawing by James Daniel Climie is dated 16 Jan 1882. Two buildings and a local trig are named for the Dick family. Also shown nearby are a tunnel, the post office and school. Further east is the Sinclair Mill and to the north the home of George Wood. The named peaks are Pukeatea, Lowry, Round Hill, Round Peak, Fitzherbert, Grassy and Mowlem. There are three watercourses - Wainuiomata River, an un-named creek that remained un-named (later known as Hair Street Stream) and Goldmans Creek. Goldmans Creek Could this name be a reference to gold found in the area in June 1879 by George Knight, the manager of the Lowry Bay Property? See Evening Post 06 June 1879. The Main Road from the Hutt Valley crosses the bridge near the school and is shown in a William Williams photograph taken in the 1880s. |
| Land over time: Mata Cheese Factory Wainuiomata 1839-NZCoLO-1061 → 1853-CG-88 → 1858-DR-v1p618 → 1863-Map → 1872-Map → 1880s-Ph-Williams → 1882-FB-891 → 1894-DR-v113p97 → 1895-CT-v76p150 → 1900-FB-2246 → 1919-Ph-Jenkins → 1928-Map → 1940-Ph-Todd → 1941-Ph-Aerial → 1942-Ph-Aerial → 1944-Ph-Museum → 1954-Ph-Aerial → 1961-Ph-Aerial → 1969-Ph-Aerial → 1974-Ph-Aerial → 1980-Ph-Aerial → 1983-Ph-Alexander → 1984-Ph-Foster → 1984-Ph-Todd → 1984-Ph-Foster → 1988-Ph-Aerial → 1995-Ph-Aerial |