Places

Date: 1790 - 1800

By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771

Reference: A-111-001-2

Description: A war canoe off Gable End Foreland Compare with Parkinson's pen and wash drawing (In: Bernard Smith's European Vision and the South Pacific, pl.11) and the engraving after this (In: Hawkesworth's Voyages, 1773, v.3, pl.14, op. p 466).i Compare also with A-111-004. Also see A-111-001-2a, a 2nd copy of the war canoe, trimmed from page and hand-coloured. Engraver unknown. On same sheet: A-111-001 Head of Otegoowgoow; A-111-001-a The head of a chief of New Zealand... Derived from the first published engraving by R.B. Godfrey (after S. Parkinson) in: Parkinson's Journal, 1773, pl.xviii, op. p 93. The original was made on Cook's first voyage. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on sheet 7 x 9.5 inches

Date: 1793-1895

From: Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) : Records

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-10-28

Description: Further Antarctic papers re the expedition under Ross, notebooks on the flora of Bay of Islands, 1841; proposed expedition to the Antarctic 1887-1901; Transit of Venus expedition, 1874; lecture notes. Also selected letters from the inwards letterbooks, including indexes, 1793-1895. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: See inventory for fuller description of the contents of this reel.

Date: 1792 - 1839

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-5/10/4-Acc.37944

Description: Identifies: Enforced settlement (marooned sealers); Sealing station; Seasonal and permanent whaling stations; General farming settlement; General trade (flax, timber etc) and Ship building. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on grey linen. Scale [ca. 1:1 584 000] 58 x 45 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1810 - 1793

By: Piron, Jean, active 1791-1794; Warren, Charles Turner, 1762-1823

Reference: A-111-095

Description: Half-length portraits of a Maori man and a woman Trimmed inside plate marks. The original drawing by Piron was of two men, since only men came out to D'Entrecasteau's ship when it visited New Zealand waters in 1793. Later engravers turned the right-hand figure into a woman 2nd state. (The first state, published 1806, lacks the imprint P. Jackson, London). Extended Title - From Cavendish, Pelham. The world, or the present state of the Universe. London, Stratford, 1810. Vol. 1. Derived from engravings by Copia after drawings by Piron on d'Entrecasteaux's voyage in: Labillardiere, J.J. Atlas du voyage. Paris, 1800. Pl. 25. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Print (two ill.); engraving, b&w 167 x 220 mm

Date: 1836-1849

By: Turner, Nathaniel (Rev), 1793-1864

Reference: qMS-2062-2065

Description: Personal narrative in 2 vol; 1793-1835 & 1836-1846. Autobiography written from memory, and available records. Includes accounts of mission work at Kaeo (Whangaroa) and Mangungu, also lists Turner children & birth dates. Journal, 1836-1846. Letterbook, 27 May 1836-14 Apr 1849 Quantity: 4 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (36 cm; green buckram)

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-031

Description: The essay details the life of Andrew Brown from 1797 to 1854, and his family. Brown migrated from Dundee to Perthshire, and then to London and finally to New Zealand on the Aurora, arriving at Wellington in Jan 1840. It describes the family's life on Kapiti Island in the 1840s, Brown's election to the Wellington Provincial Council in 1853, his efforts to secure title to land; the arrival of his daughters in 1855. Includes information about his 5 children and their descendants and an index to people mentioned. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available.

Date: [ca 1792-1867], 1994

By: Davies, George Neville, 1921-2010

Reference: MSX-4068-4069

Description: Unpublished and illustrated biography of Henry and Marianne Williams, especially with regard to mission work in New Zealand; includes detailed history of early New Zealand missions among the Maori Publication - Published privately as `The Shield of faith; the life and times of Henry and Marianne Williams' [Gisborne, ca 2000] Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 2 volume(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Illustrated with colour photocopies and photographs

Date: 1795 - 1805

By: Hodges, William, 1744-1797

Reference: A-111-026

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of a Hawkes Bay chief, Tuanui or Rangituanui, principal chief of Ngati Hikatoa Derived from engraving after Hodges on Cook's 2nd voyage Other Titles - Man of New Zealand [translation] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 140 x 87 mm

Date: [1985-1994]

By: Ollivier, Isabel, 1949-2020

Reference: MS-Group-0078

Description: Translations and transcripts of manuscripts on French explorers in New Zealand including Adolphe-Pierre Lesson's botanical notes on the voyage of the `Astrolabe', (Astrolabe Harbour, Jan-Mar 1827); Lesson's medical report on the voyage of the `Astrolabe',(Toulon 3 Apr 1829); a report (Mar 1826) and instructions for Dumont D'Urville, Captain of `La Coquille' (re-named `Astrolabe') on his voyage of exploration, with a covering letter signed by Count de Rosily of the French Admiralty; report by Dumont d'Urville (Bay of Islands 14 Mar 1827) on the voyage of the `Astrolabe' and a report by Dumont D'Urville on possible sites for a colony in New Zealand. Also a transcript of pages 389-859 of Lesson's Journal Historique, the original of which is in the Bibliotheque Municipale de Rochefort. Electronic material of these transcripts and translations accompanied this material. Source of title - supplied title Material supplied by Isabel Ollivier for `Early eyewitness acounts of Maori life'; volume five. Quantity: 57 folder(s). 8 microfilm reel(s). 5 megabyte(s) textual material. 0.60 Linear Metres.

Date: [ca 1839]

By: Smales, Gideon, 1817-1894

Reference: MS-1953

Description: Discourse on missionaries, especially Wesleyan, and their part in the colonisation of New Zealand, followed by discussion on other aspects of settlement. Smales reports on Hokianga, Auckland, Hobart Town, Port Nicholson and Pakanae; he makes observations on Maori society, whaling and Maori language with translation. The episode is divided into several episodes which may have been intended to be part of a longer study. Language - Smales translated a chant and includes notes on Pacific atua Quantity: 1 volume(s) (30 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (21cm, grey boards)

Date: 1798-1883

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1663

Description: The Montgomery papers include the shipboard diary kept by Charles C Greenfield during his voyage to Port Chalmers on the `Antares' (misspelt in inventory as `Andares'), May-Sep 1879, and return voyage to England in 1880 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1994

By: Davies, George Neville, 1921-2010

Reference: MSY-3842

Description: `Not beyond Redemption' by George Davies is a biography of Captain John Guard describing his early life in London, time in Newgate prison, work as a convict transportee, sealer, sea-captain and whaler based at Kakapo Bay in Port Underwood working between New Zealand and Sydney. John and Betty Guard and their two children were onboard the Harriet when it was wrecked off the Taranaki coast in 1834 and the biography details the subsequent experiences of the Guard family and the role the Alligator played in this incident, finishing with the subsequent farming career of John Guard at Kakapo Bay. The biography contains photographs and copies of illustrations of people and places mentioned. Source of title - title page Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and photographs (some photocopies)

Date: 1793 - 1839

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-5/10/8-Acc.37948

Description: Pre 1840 European Settlement giving dates Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on grey linen. Scale indeterminable. 58 x 42.5 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1790-1870

Reference: Micro-MS-0102

Description: Chiefly family correspondence concerning William Swainson's decision to emigrate. Letters home from sons 1840-1848, describing life in the Hutt Valley and Wairarapa, 1846 earthquake and current disturbances; also journal of Mary Marshall on voyage to New Zealand on the barque `Jane' 1840-1841 Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Physical Description: Holographs (Positive microfilm) Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1944

By: Penhale, Esther Mary, 1922-2000

Reference: Micro-MS-0775

Description: Thesis for MA in history; includes an analysis of the relationship between the whalers and Maori, the early Nelson settlers and their non-conformist sympathies, the gold rush and the condition of the Anglican church in England in 1840 with particular reference to the Oxford Movement. Describes the growth of the church in the individual parishes in New Zealand and the role of the church in education and Maori welfare leading up to the formation of the Diocese of Nelson on 29 Sep 1858. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (120 pages).

Date: 1790 - 1800

By: Benard, Robert, 1734-

Reference: A-327-025

Description: Shows illustrations of four birds, with the "Poe" or tui, at lower right. Source: Plate 106 from Abbe Pierre-Joseph Bonnaterre's "Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature. Ornithologie", published in Paris, by Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, 1790-1791. Other Titles - Natural history, ornithology Other Titles - Bee-eater, chestnut and blue bee-eater, red and green bee-eater of Senegal, yellow bee-eater of Coromandel Other Titles - Tui Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Handcoloured engraving, platemark 258 x 178 mm, on sheet 290 x 215 mm.

Date: 1793-1890

By: Scottish Record Office

Reference: Micro-MS-0437

Description: Includes material from the following collections: Ailsa re transportation to Australia. Breadalbane collection - Letters re post of assistant surveyor in NSW, 1834; re decision of government to suspend emigration to Australia, 1841; re Colonial Office's policy towards NZ, 1845. Campbell of Jura - Papers re affairs of William Caddell; letter re squatters being obliged to buy up their land or have it sold by auction, Melbourne, 1859; and letters from A C McDougall of Victoria, Australia, 1835-1861. Clerk of Penicuik papers - Letter re Mr Haywood (Bounty mutineer), 1793; letters re magnetic observations, 1844-1845, letters re George Clerk, a partner in an Australian cattle station, 1840s, letter from Alexander Clerk in Auckland, NZ, 1858, etc. Cunninghame of Thorntoun collection - Letters from George Wrey describing his travels in various countries including Australia and NZ, and including a short period of sheep farming in NZ, 1876-1879. Also letters of George Wrey's trip to Canada and NZ, 1880-1883, etc. Dalhousie collection - Copy of Sir George Grey's letter to Glastone re mutiny at Porirua and the general conditions of service in NZ, 1846; memo on formation of local companies of prisoners in NZ, undated, etc. MacPherson of Cluny papers - Letters and papers re estate of deceased Colonel Duncan Macpherson in Australia, 1855-1866. Murray of Lintrose collection - Letters etc re Western Australia, 1837-1890. Riddell papers re Drummond Riddell, member of Executive Council, NSW, 1848-1854. Robertson of Kindeace papers - Abstracts of accounts and bills for Robertson's Company of 96th Regiment at Auckland, NSW and Launceston, Tasmania, 1842-1844. Seaforth collection - printed pamphlets published by Commissioners for Emigration re emigration to North America and Australian colonies; letter on suitable emigrants for NSW, 1836 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Physical Description: Positive microfilm Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.