Slide, Matakana Island, Tauranga Harbour

Maker
Robert Gale
Production date
17 May 1905
Current rights
© In copyright
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Object detail

Description
A colour slide showing an aerial view of a settlement at the tip of a peninsula jutting into a body of water. Ōmokoroa in distance (aerial). Identified as Matakana Island in Tauranga harbour. Recorded by the photographer as ‘Matakana – Mill’. The mill is identified as Bunn Brothers Ltd who arrived on Matakana Island in 1951.

The Tauranga Heritage Collection has more than 2000 photographic slides taken by Robert Gale. Robert and his family moved to Tauranga in the early 1960s and he taught at Merivale School until retirement. Robert was a member of the Tauranga Photographic Society for many years. We ask that you publish an acknowledgement, or 'attribution', to Robert Gale when using this image.
Maker
Robert Gale
Production date
17 May 1905
Production place
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Measurements
50mm (width), 50mm (height)
Credit line
Gifted by the Gale family and Alf Rendell
Accession number
0005/20/1051
Current rights

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