Artist's Photographs from the Residency Whanganui New Zealand

Some Photos from Whanganui

Here are some photos from Whanganui where we spent the last month at the

Glasgow St Arts Centre.  The first one is an old one probably taken about

1923, it shows my Mother at Virginia Lake feeding the black swans and 

the ducks.

She was born in Whanganui in 1913 and lived there until 1925.  Here she is wearing

school uniform, is it the Girl's College uniform?  I know that she was attending there

when they left.

An image from Virginia Lake in January, now we could see only white swans.

Taken at the Bason Reserve where we went to visit the orchid houses and 

the gardens..

Some of the bush at Bush Park.  We were lucky enough to see hihi and  

tīeke as we walked through the bush to see Ratanui the giant rata tree.  So many

changes and improvements since our last visit.

Lastly but not least a picture of Wild Castlecliff, the wind was blowing off the

sea and it was impossible to walk far to take photos.  My Grandmother used to

tell me about catching the tram out to Castlecliff and having to walk on

flax mats down to the sea as the black sand was so hot.

Midnight Collective

All images copyright Frances Jill Studd 2019