Charles Heaphy
English-born New Zealand explorer, recipient of the Victoria Cross and artist (1820-1881) · New Zealand · Historical Figures · Died at 61
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Something wrong?Charles Heaphy VC was an English-born New Zealand explorer and recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest military award for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that could be awarded to British and Empire forces at the time. He was the first soldier of the New Zealand armed forces to be awarded the VC.
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A sketch by Heaphy of the Māori rangatira, Te Rauparaha
Birdseye view of Port Nicholson, the original name for Wellington; a lithograph by Thomas Allom based on information provided by Heaphy
A colour lithograph of the area on which the town of Nelson was founded, based on a painting by Heaphy
A colour lithograph reproduced from Heaphy's painting of a group of loggers clearing a tree in a forest of kauri
Naval attack at Rangiriri, 1863, a pen sketch by Heaphy
Heaphy's VC, which is displayed at the Auckland War Memorial Museum
Heaphy's headstone at Toowong Cemetery, BrisbaneAwards
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Charles Heaphy VC was an English-born New Zealand explorer and recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest military award for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that could be awarded to British and Empire forces at the time. He was the first soldier of the New Zealand armed forces to be awarded the VC. He was also a noted artist of the colonial period who created watercolours and sketches of early settler life in New Zealand.
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