The Cornwallis Memorial after it had been struck by lightning.; TC8639

The Cornwallis Memorial after it had been struck by lightning., TC8639
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The Huia Settlers Museum

Name/Title

The Cornwallis Memorial after it had been struck by lightning.

About this object

John McLachlan gifted Cornwallis Park to Auckland city in 1910 to commemorate the early settlers. A monument was erected at the highest point of the Puponga Peninsula to commemorate the memory of his mother Isabella, and the first immigrants on the ship Brilliant in 1841. In 1934 the monument was split asunder by lightning.

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Photograph

Object number

TC8639

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Ship "Brilliant"

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