Artist’s impression, Mount Tarawera Eruption
Colour lithograph by Charles Blomfield of the dramatic eruption of Mount Tarawera, depicting Lake Tarawera in the middle ground and several Maori dwellings and fleeing figures in the foreground. Tarawera blew its top in the early hours of June 10, 1886 killing at least 150 people from nearby villages. Alexander Turnbull Library Ref: C-033-002.
Photo credit: National Library, ref no. C-033-002
Rotorua