| Collection |
Brownlee Photographs |
| Photographer |
Brayshaw, Norman Henry |
| Description |
The Ronga sailing up Lyttelton Harbour with a load of timber. This was after her masts had been shortened.
Copied by Norm Brayshaw in 1963 from a photograph supplied by Mr. W. Brownlee, Havelock.
A scan of this photograph is to be used in the Changing European History Gallery 2 display in commemoration of the Marlborough Provincial 150th anniversary on 1 November 2009.
................................................................................................................................................................................Caption 47
The 93 ton, topsail schooner Ronga, part of Brownlee's timber fleet. Built in 1900, she suffered more than one capsize, and eventually was converted into a steamer, and re-named Wairau. The Blackball mill maintained a pigeon loft. Departing vessels always took one, or two birds, and released them when returning to Pelorus Sound. This alerted the mill, which would send out the tug Pelorus, to tow the ship into port against an outgoing tide, or sometimes against a flooded Pelorus River. 2008.165.0094
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| Year Range from |
1900 |
| Year range to |
1906 |
| Object ID |
2008.165.0094 |
| Object Name |
Photograph |
| Place |
Lyttelton Harbour |
| Subjects |
Ronga (ship)
Wairau (ship) see also Ronga (ship) |
| Title |
The Ronga in Lyttelton Harbour. |
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