The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume I (1845–64)
From a photo, 1903] — The Flagstaff, Russell, Bay of Islands
From a photo, 1903]
The Flagstaff, Russell, Bay of Islands
The signal-mast occupied the site of that cut down by Hone Heke. The remains of the olden trench which surrounded the small blockhouse of 1845 are seen at the foot of the flagstaff.