This photograph is described as the 'First Port [Family] Home' on the back of the print supplied. However, this is almost certainly a 'bush shanty', a temporary shelter made by timber workers. The use of split palings to form the walls is common among these structures, and the roof of the hut could well be a tent. Several of the men in the photograph are holding axes.

The date and creator of the photograph are unknown, but it has been suggested that the photographer was Charles Wildbore.

This image shows George Port standing on top of a load of wool bales on a wagon.

The print used to make this image has "Wildbore?" written on the reverse, suggesting that the creator was Charles Wildbore, a photographer, bee-keeper, and dairy farmer from the 1890s to 1920.

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The print from which this image was taken has 'Badger House' written on the back. However, this looks more like a 'bush shanty' than a temporary home, as the roof has been made from a tent, and the walls from punga logs. Bush shanties were commonly constructed by timber workers as a form of shelter whilst on the job, and many similar to this can be found in books on the early history of the industry.

While the photographer and the date are unknown, it has been suggested that Charles Wildbore was the creator. His work often display a quirky sense of humour, such as posing bushmen in front of a shack reading newspapers as if they were members of a gentlemen's club.

A south-west view of a bush fire in Pohangina Valley, taken from the second terrace above the river. The burn took place on the property of Mr. Roberts of Mount Richards, between Coal Creek and the site of the present Pohangina Valley West Road.

It is believed that Wildbore, the photographer, was notified of the burn by Mr. Roberts as he had expressed a desire to photograph a bush fire.

Duplicate of POC:16

The original Pohangina School in 1894 with HM [Headmaster] A.E. Welsh and pupil teacher.

This is the house shown in POH:39. It is more than a temporary bushmen's hut, having windows with net curtains. It is also set on piles and the line of the floorboards can be made out along the lower edge of the wall facing the camera. Many hastily built shelters at the time simply had an earth floor. Simon Johnson 2013

This photograph was part of the accumulation making up the Pohangina Collection. There was no information accompanying it so the image may not even be of the Pohangina area. The photograph is almost certainly one of a family farm rather than a temporary bush dwelling. Five people can bee seen - a bearded man to the far right, a younger child to his left standing between two cattle, a woman standing close to the cottage and a young man and woman centre left. The young man sits astride a cow with his arms folded, the woman beside him has her hands on her hips. It is tempting to see these gestures as proprietorial - we've felled the trees, sowed grass seed, brought in the cattle and mean to stay. The dwelling - shown more clearly in POH:40 - has net curtains at the windows, unlikely if this were a 'bush shanty.' Simon Johnson (2013)

On reverse of print from which this image taken: Pohangina C.C. [County Council] records Raumai Rifle Range? Charlie? [presumably Charles Wildbore].

See also POC:18|The De Havilland Tiger Moth was a popular aircraft for aerial topdressing. The age of the truck in background suggests that the photograph was taken after 1950. See also POC:18

On reverse of print: 'Edwards Place Gardner Bros. Ashhurst 1880s Raumai - on left opp. woolshed. Wildbore?' [i.e. Pohangina photographer Charles Wildbore]

Left to right: Mrs. W.G. Cullington (seated), H. Fraser J.P. (standing), James A. Fraser (standing in doorway), Masie Fraser, Elsie Fraser, Maude Wilkinson, Mrs. Hugh Fraser (seated in front of Maude Wilkinson), ? Hills (next to Mrs. Hugh Fraser), John D. Fraser (seated on chair in front of Mrs. Hugh Fraser).

The Thornycroft truck is almost certainly the same vehicle shown in POC:19. Both have solid rubber tyres and an identical cab. (Simon Johnson 2013)

'Wycherley's Transport?' is written on the reverse of the print from which our copy was taken.

School was on Arthurs Road. First Headmaster Mr. T.F. Reeve.

The reverse of the print from which this image was taken states: 'Stone crusher loading road metal. Pohangina County Council truck.' The same truck, a solid tyred Thornycroft, can be seen in POC:29. Simon Johnson 2013

Photograph probably taken after floods in the 1940s. The two children appear to be wearing masks, or perhaps paper bags.

The school was located on No. 4 Line about fifty metres from the junction with Awahou South Road. The memorial entrance is still standing (2013).

Standing, left to right: Cr. H.G. Arbon, County Overseer H.E. Pitt, Cr. J.W. Brown, Cr. J.H. Cowan, Cr. H.C. McIntyre, Cr. P.W. Jensen, Cr. H.B. Clapham. Sitting, left to right: Miss Jennifer Klink (County Clerk/Typist), Chairman N.H. Moar, County Clerk A.W.E. Bragg.

Church located on Pohangina East Road. Still standing (2013).

On reverse of print used to create this image: Alistair MacDonald now owns farm (sold 1987) (From Paul Stuckey's collection June '85)

The aircraft is a De Havilland Tiger Moth, popular with aerial topdressing companies after the Second World War. It is probably the same aircraft illustrated in POC:37. Simon Johnson 2013