New Zealand - Northland
- Overlooking the cement works, Limestone Island, Whangarei Harbour
- Men in rowboats are near the shore on the left
- Photograph taken by William A Price
- Between ca 1900-1930
Whangarei Harbour
- A large harbour on the east coast of the North Island
- Many early settlers and Maori used the harbour as a form of transport.
- From 1911-1933 the Onerahi Branch Railway crossed the upper reaches of the harbour to provide rail access to a new wharf built at Onerahi
- In 2006, two marine reserves were opened in Whangarei Harbour. Whangarei Harbour Marine Reserve is located in an inter-tidal area between Onerahi and Waikaraka.
(source - Wikipedia)
Image source; Overlooking the cement works, Limestone Island, Whangarei Harbour. Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives. Ref: 1/2-001783-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. natlib.govt.nz/records/22731079