Slide, Opo Bay, Mayor Island

Maker
Robert Gale
Production date
1960s
Current rights
© In copyright
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Object detail

Description
A colour slide showing a beach scene. Recorded by photographer as ‘Opo Bay, Mayor Island’. "Mayor Island, tourist-wise one of the greatest assets which the Bay of Plenty possesses ... the island is a wild life sanctuary controlled by a board of trustees on behalf of the Crown and the Maori owners." Tauranga Photo News, 7 March 1964


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
1960s
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
0005/20/1053
Current rights

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