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Awapuni Lagoon as painted by Christopher Aubrey. Not much is known about Christopher Aubrey, the Evening Standard (12/12/1979), writes of him as possibly a remittance man earning extra money from his paintings.

The house in the painting was called 'Awa-Puni" and was built by A Southley Baker in 1887. It was bought by Alan Strang in 1902. The Strang family lived there until 1926 when it was sold to William Lovelock, a friesian breeder, who renamed it Friesland Park. After being sold to Albert Candy in 1930, it burned down, c.1931.

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Object type
Image
Relation
Public Collection Awa 4
Date
1893
Digitisation ID
2014Sl_AWA4_009358
Format
Slide
Held In
Coolstore

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awapuni lagoon,
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Related items

Square Circular - October 2013
L. G. West, Plan for Man's Whare at Old People's Home Site, Awapuni
"Racing Conference Head at Awapuni"
"One Week in New Zealand" [Awapuni Races]
"Fashions at Awapuni"
Awapuni Memorial Rededication
NZASC 2nd Field Ambulance Group at Awapuni Racecourse
Awapuni Medical Memorial Restoration
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Army Drill at Awapuni Racecourse