A trooper bayoneting a Maori defender at the storming of Orakau. Von Tempsky non a Mention in Dispatches and promotion to major for his part in this battle.
“The bush becomes a brooding jungle and the fighting men mere caricatures..." Von Tempsky’s painting of the storming of Otapawa Pa, Taranaki, in 1866. This water-colour is owned by the Robert McDougall Art Gallery.
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Press, 20 July 1979, Page 13
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62A trooper bayoneting a Maori defender at the storming of Orakau. Von Tempsky non a Mention in Dispatches and promotion to major for his part in this battle. “The bush becomes a brooding jungle and the fighting men mere caricatures..." Von Tempsky’s painting of the storming of Otapawa Pa, Taranaki, in 1866. This water-colour is owned by the Robert McDougall Art Gallery. Press, 20 July 1979, Page 13
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