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Henry Atkinson

Windermere, England 1838 - 1921
chief engineer for the Auckland gas board and who donated a large amount of the land that Titirangi resides on; Pioneer in preservation of environment

Joe Janson
1914

Description

Granite statue.

Inscription(s)

HENRY ATKINSON

HENRY ATKINSON
1838-1921
a pioneer in
the preservation of
the environment

donor
native bush parklands
titirangi beach
and water catchment areas
in the waitakeres

Annotation

The statue originally stood on Mount Atkinson. It was replaced outside Lopdell House in Titirangi village due to repeat thefts of his nose.

Sculptor

Joe Janson of Janson and Moore in 1921

Sources & Information

titirangi.net, A Rough History of Titirangi and its Environs.
E-mail from Fiona Drummond, 24-9-2017: information about the sculptor from the book Atkinson Park and Life at Paturoa Bay: 1910-1980, Pg 50, by Lynnette Sollitt-Morris, information she sourced from a photo from the Atkinson Papers at the Auckland Libraries, West Auckland Research Centre.

Locatie (S 36°56'17" - E 174°39'20") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: nz018; Photograph: 3 February 2008 / updated: 27 September 2017
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