Examples of New Zealand stagecoaches:
Examples of Maori waka [war canoes]:
Artist's impression of the Phantom Canoe as seen on Lake Tarawera;
Local guide Sophia Hinerangi (right in photo below); the Victorian woman on the left would be a good reference for Mrs Bagshott!
Paintings of the Pink and White Terraces:
Photographs of the Pink & White Terraces:
Visitors often bathed in the lower tiers of the terraces, where the waters were warm but not boiling:
Settlement of Te Wairoa before the eruption:
And after the eruption:
Rotomahana Hotel before and after the eruption:
The Terrace Hotel after the eruption:
Hinemihi Whare [meeting house] before the eruption:
Artist's impression of Hinemihi Whare during the eruption:
Hinemihi Whare after the eruption:
Hinemihi Whare was later repaired, restored and transported to Britain.
Here is what it looks like today, in the colours it would have had in 1886:
Here is what it looks like today, in the colours it would have had in 1886:
What the interior of Hinemihi Whare looked like:
An example of a cottage (left) in Te Wairoa before and after the eruption - use this as reference for Dr Vollmer's cottage:
You could use these photos as reference for Dr Vollmer, and Joseph McRae:
Artist's impression of the Tarawera eruption:
Aftermath of the eruption:
