Fort Buckley

Historic Photos

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Description: Photo of the temporary emplacement that was first built at Fort Buckley.

Reference: The holder of original image is the Police Museum. This version sourced from book: Capital Coppers: Captured Memories, Images And History of the Wellington Police District by Roland Theodor Hermans; Joseph Mervyn Kenneally; Betty May Kenneally.

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Description: To the right of the railway tunnel is the tramway up to the fort, 1880s

Kaiwharawhara, Wellington. Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera. Ref: 1/1-025848-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22566152

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Description: One of the gun emplacements at Fort Buckley, 1886

Reference: Sixty four pound gun at Fort Buckley, Kaiwharawhara, Wellington. Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera. Ref: 1/1-025892-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22868799

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Description: Kaiwharawhara, 1904. Fort Buckley can be seen on the hillside at the top right. Note the caretakers cottage and roof of building below it

Reference: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19040521-0042-01

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Description: Kaiwharawhara, 1908. Fort Buckley can be seen on the hillside at the top right. Note the caretakers cottage and roof of building below it

Reference: Kaiwharawhara, Wellington, during land reclamation. Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand. Ref: 1/1-019703-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22911945

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Description: Setting up one of the 64-pounders at the Palmerston North Square, 1909

Reference: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19090526-0032a-03

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Description: Spiking one of the 64-pounders from Fort Buckley at the Palmerston North Square, 1909

Reference: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NZG-19090526-0032a-04 

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Description: One of the 64-pounders in the Palmerston North Square, next to the duck pond, circa 1910

Reference: The Square, Palmerston North. Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives. Ref: 1/2-001416-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22695636

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Description: The second 64-pounder in the Palmerston North Square, 1912

Reference: Square, Palmerston North, 1912, Palmerston North, by Muir & Moodie. Te Papa (O.001739)

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Description: Fort Buckley visible at the left, 1930. Most notable is the caretakers house and the palisade

Reference: Wellington harbour and hills panorama, Unknown; photographer; 1906 / 1948; New Zealand. Te Papa (B.080560), https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1848445

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Description: Fort Buckley, caretakers house  visible at the right, 1951

Reference: Ships in Rotten row. Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: 114/286/09-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22750115

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Description: Fort Buckley, demolition of caretakers house, 1955

Reference: Demolition of old fort Buckley, above Ngaio Gorge, Wellington. Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1955/2561-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23022614

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