New Zealand - Gisborne - Wreck of the schooner Spray, on Waikanae Beach, Gisborne, Poverty Bay - 1895 - Daniel Manders Beere photo A schooner - A type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of 2 or more masts and, in the case of a 2 masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast - A common variant, the topsail schooner also has a square topsail on the foremast, to which may be added a topgallant. Differing definitions leave uncertain whether the addition of a fore course would make such a vessel a brigantine. - Many schooners are gaff-rigged, but other examples include Bermuda rig and the staysail schooner. (Reference; Wikipedia) Gisborne - Gisborne is a city in northeastern New Zealand and the largest settlement in the Gisborne District. - The settlement was originally known as Turanga and renamed Gisborne in 1870 in honour of New Zealand Colonial Secretary William Gisborne. - The Gisborne region has been settled for over 700 years. For centuries the region has been inhabited by the tribes of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri and Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti. (source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisborne,_New_Zealand) ----------------------- Image source: Wreck of the schooner Spray, on Waikanae Beach, Gisborne, Poverty Bay. Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia. Ref: 1/4-034267-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23165847 https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23165847