3-011-834 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The War in New Zealand: Tauranga Harbour, with the camp of the head-quarters of the 68th and 43rd regiments, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Colonel Carey of '...one of the finest natural havens and one of the greatest future cities of the north island...The Durham and Monmouth Redoubts appear at opposite angles of the...encampment...H.M.S. Miranda is seen lying at anchor, having disembarked a portion of the Tauranga field force; vessels of 300 or 400 tons may come up at all tides to the landing-place in front of the camp. The surrounding country is intensely cultivated...The singularly-shaped mountain which overlooks the water is Mount Monganui - a landmark visible far away...The harbour is magnificent, with accommodation for an immense amount of shipping...The tents of the soldiery are placed on the incline of a fine clover-clad bank...The Monmouth Redoubt has been formed from an old Maori path. It is situated on the edge of the cliff that overhangs the beach, three of its faces being surmounted with parapets with bastions, on one of which a 12-pounder Armstrong gun is posted...To the left of this redoubt, looking seaward, there are the rugged and broken remains of an old native work called The Tombs'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.