Brunner, New Zealand
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Brunner, originally called Brunnerton, is a town in the northwest of New Zealand's South Island. It is 12 kilometres east of Greymouth, on the south bank of the Grey River. It is on the Midland Line r
Brunner in 2012
Thomas Brunner
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Thomas Brunner was an English-born surveyor and explorer remembered for his exploration of the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.
Brunner, New Zealand
…The population was 1,144 in the 1956 census but is very small now. The town, formerly called Brunnerton, was named after the explorer Thomas Brunner, who discovered coal there. Reed, A. W. (2002). The Reed Dictionary of New Zealand Place Names. Auckland: Reed Books. ISBN 0-7900-0761-4…
William Fox's painting of a scene from his February 1846 expedition with Brunner and Charles Heaphy. Brunner and Heaphy rest in the front of a crude hut while the expedition's Māori guide, Kehu, snares a weka with a lure of food on a stick and a long pole with a noose
A view of a section of the West Coast, and typical of the terrain (and weather) encountered by Brunner and his companions during their journey
A sketch by Heaphy of Brunner ascending the cliffs at Te Miko, north of Punakaiki, with the dog Rover being raised by a flax rope.
St Michael's Church in Waimea West was designed by Brunner in 1866