A general view of the sulphur springs at Lake Rotorua

A general view of the sulphur springs on the south side of Lake Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand. The photographer was standing on the shore near Sulphur Point looking south towards the Puarenga Stream on the left and the sulphur terraces on the right.

The photograph is captioned 'Sulphur Springs. New Zealand'.

Frederick North was Assistant Paymaster on board HMS Barrosa (1860), a wooden screw corvette, while it was part of the Royal Navy Flying (Detached) Squadron that sailed from England in June 1869. The squadron visited New Zealand, arriving at Lyttleton on 16 January 1870, although Barrosa arrived at Wellington on 25 January from Melbourne. The Squadron left New Zealand around 10 February 1870.

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ID:	ALB0029.264
Type:	Photographic print
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	Circa 1860s-1870
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 107 mm x 165 mm
Parts:	Early career of Frederick North (Photograph album) A photograph of a painting called 'Socrates seeking Alcibiades at the House of Aspasia' (Photographic print) (ALB0029.71) A bare-chested, crouching South Asian man photographed in a commercial studio (Photographic print) (ALB0029.213) Studio portrait of a South Asian woman wearing a nose ring (Photographic print) (ALB0029.215) Studio photograph of two South Asian women with a hookah and other objects (Photographic print) (ALB0029.219) Portrait of a Black woman wearing a headwrap and crucifix (Photographic print) (ALB0029.223) A view across Creswick Creek, Clunes, towards the Port Phillip Gold Mines. (Photographic print) (ALB0029.233) A view of Fern Tree Gully. (Photographic print) (ALB0029.234) An Aboriginal group outside a domical hut. (Photographic print) (ALB0029.236) A group photographs of an Australian Aboriginal man, woman and child (Photographic print) (ALB0029.238) An Australian Aboriginal warrior posing for the photographer (Photographic print) (ALB0029.241) A view of a wooden house inside a defensive Maori village with the family in the foreground. (Photographic print) (ALB0029.254) A photograph of a painting of part of the Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand (Photographic print) (ALB0029.255) A half-length portrait photograph of a Maori Chief. (Photographic print) (ALB0029.260) A half-length portrait photograph of a Maori warrior (Photographic print) (ALB0029.261) A head-shoulder portrait photograph of 'William Thompson', better known as the Maori chief Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi (Photographic print) (ALB0029.262) A full-length studio portrait photograph of a Maori warrior (Photographic print) (ALB0029.263) A general view of the sulphur springs at Lake Rotorua (Photographic print) (ALB0029.264) A full-length portrait photograph of a female Maori servant (Photographic print) (ALB0029.265) Chinese artist working on a canvas in a studio, surrounded by other paintings (Photographic print) (ALB0029.314)

A general view of the sulphur springs at Lake Rotorua

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