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Drawing of construction of road through Manawatū Gorge

A drawing by J T Stewart who was the District Engineer of the Public Works Department. Drawing shows construction of the road through the Manawatu Gorge. Entitled "Manawatu Gorge. Commencement of Road - looking up Gorge from westward", and is sign...

Creator:      J T Stewart
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          May 1871

Drawing of the construction of the Upper Manawatu Gorge bridge

A drawing by J T Stewart who was the District Engineer of the Public Works Department. Sketch shows the construction of the Upper Gorge Bridge (at Woodville end) over the Manawatu River. Entitled "Road Bridge Manawatu Gorge building 1874" and sign...

Creator:      J T Stewart
Place:          Manawatu/Wairarapa
Date:          1874

Drawing of the Manawatu Gorge road

A drawing by J T Stewart who was the District Engineer of the Public Works Department. Drawing shows the gorge road, looking westward towards Ashhurst. Entitled "Gorge Road Manawatu 1874". The drawing is in pencil and water colour. Drawn on paper...

Creator:      J T Stewart
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          1874

Back Issues: Parahaki Island - a statement of mana

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of Parahaki Island. Approximately 10 hectares, it is located at the confluence of the Pohangina and Manawatū rivers. It is a significant site for mana whenua. It was h...

Creator:      Virginia and Warren Warbrick
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          July 20, 2024

Back Issues: A pioneering town planner

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Life story of John Tiffin Stewart (1827-1913) town planner and government surveyor. He was responsible for the planning of Manawatū's towns in the 19th century, including the ...

Creator:      Tim Upperton
Place:          Manawatu-Whanganui
Date:          November 19, 2022

John Tiffin Stewart and his family in a garden

This image come from the papers of John Tiffin Stewart (1827-1913) a surveyor and engineer. Locally, he surveyed the Te Ahu Turanga Block (purchased from Rangitāne). He also laid out the townships of Foxton and Palmerston North. He planned the con...

Date:          circa 1900

John Tiffin Stewart and his family

This image come from the papers of John Tiffin Stewart (1827-1913) a surveyor and engineer. Locally, he surveyed the Te Ahu Turanga Block (purchased from Rangitāne). He also laid out the townships of Foxton and Palmerston North. He planned the con...

Date:          circa 1900

Gorge Road

This image is a black and white photograph of a watercolour drawing by John Tiffin Stewart (1827-1913), a civil engineer, surveyor and amateur artist. The original drawing is part of the J. T. Stewart papers donated to the Whanganui Museum by W. T...

Creator:      John Tiffin Stewart
Date:          1874 to 1875

Mr John Tiffin Stewart

Mr John Tiffen Stewart (1827-1913) was a surveyor and one of the earliest Europeans to see the 'Papaioea' clearing, on which Palmerston North was established, c 1858. Locally, he surveyed the Te Ahu Turanga Block (purchased from Rangitāne).

He w...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1896

John Tiffin Stewart

J T Stewart (1827-1913) was a surveyor and one of the earliest Europeans to see the 'Papaioea' clearing, on which Palmerston North was established, c 1858. Locally, he surveyed the Te Ahu Turanga Block (purchased from Rangitāne) and the route for ...

Creator:      F L Denton, Wanganui
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 18, 1907

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