Bidwill, Charles Robert, 1820-1884

Date: 1885

By: Bidwill, William Edward, 1858-1933

Reference: qMS-0233

Description: Comprises copy of letter from Sir F A Weld describing journey taking sheep along the south coast from Wellington to Wairarapa and extract from letter from William Swainson describing an early survey party to the Wairarapa and extract from letter from W J Swainson reminiscing about Bidwill's father and describing the same journey along the south coast, both written 1885 Both letters are printed in W E Bidwill and A Woodhouse's `Bidwill of Pihautea' Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (16 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) (28 cm, ¼ grey cloth, light boards)

Date: 1848

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-078/079

Description: A two-part panorama of an extensive view of the Wairarapa across the plain formed by the Ruamahanga River in the Pihautea area, South Wairarapa (between the east shore of Lake Wairarapa and the Ruamahanga river, close to modern Martinborough). Hills, areas of bush and flat fern-covered plains are indicated. Hakeke (later Glenmorven) the run of Hugh Morrison, is indicated in the background of the left-hand side. Pukengaki, also known as Te Ngaki-a-Totara or Jury's Island, was part of C. R. Bidwill's run and appears as a conical hill in the centre horizon of the left-hand view, as well as other hills moving towards the centre of the view. In the right-hand portion, the Ruamahanga River curves past bush, forming an island, and there are two cabbage trees on the far right. On the recto of these two drawings is another panorama of the Wairarapa 'Morissons Run ...' 1848' (A-292-076/077). Other Titles - Glenmorven Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title. Other inscriptions written on the relevant features. The number of now untraceable Maori names on the view suggests that Collinson may have been supplied with local names by a Maori informant. Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink over pencil on 2 sheets, 263 x 357 and 257 x 361 mm (irregular) Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1863

From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Wairarapa and Wellington sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-171-016

Description: An extensive view of South Wairarapa. Bidwill's station, Pihautea, was at Kahutara, near Featherston Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink, 130 x 215 mm

Date: 1861

By: Knowles, John, 1838-1925; Bidwill, Brian Carne, 1922-2009

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/1861/Acc.25825

Description: Cadastral and topographic map of C.R. Bidwill's properties, with acreages, adjacent to the Ruamahanga River and Jury's Island, in the Wairarapa. Bidwill's homestead is marked. Other subdivisions include the names of Standen, Williams, Benton, Price. A native boundary is marked adjacent to Bidwill's property. C.R. Bidwill's station is called Pihautea Signature of John Knowles on bottom right of map below the scale Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Coloured laser photocopy, scale indeterminable, 33.4 x 28.8 cm.

Date: 1880 - 1889

From: Bidwill family :Maps

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/[188-?]/Acc.25510

Description: Cadastral map of land owned by the Bidwills, next to Lake Wairarapa. The land is coloured-coded as per the reference key, with J O Bidwill (green), W E Bidwill (red) and C R Bidwill (blue). Each land block gives acreage. One block is cited as Trustees of the late C R Bidwill, Mrs Bidwill, and one as C Jury, T Kennedy (occupier). Neighbouring land blocks are owned by, on the northern border: Native land - James Donald, F Goodrick, Mrs Bicknell, J Bicknell, W Bicknell, Williams Brothers, C R Fenwick, Joseph & Phillips, C Knapp, C Phillips, P McNeill (occupier), Mallery. On the southern border: Native land - Alex McKenzie; on the eastern border J C McKerrow, Bank of New South Wales, J Martin; and on the western border Williams Brothers, Mrs Tocker and A Tocker (occupier). Includes extra boundary lines (in brown) and blue lines with letters A-N. Includes ink and pencil annotations to acreage where land sold; blue coloured pencil annotations where properties subdivided, and pencil ticks beside other acreages. Indicates the Whakawouwou Creek and the Ruamahanga River in the south. Map signed by Mason Richmond. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scale [1:23 760], 52.8 x 58.9 cm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs J H C Bidwill, Wellington, September 1974

Date: 1840 - 1849

By: Williamson, John S, active 1840s; Bidwill, Brian Carne, 1922-2009

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/[184-]/Acc.25826

Description: Surveying map with topographical features of the Ngapuke area, with land occupied by C. R. Bidwill and Maori owners; also shows various Maori named land blocks. Some physical features are described. Includes the Ruamahanga River and Ngapuke Pah site. C.R. Bidwill's station is called Pihautea Inscriptions: Recto - centre left - I certify that the rules for the guidance of Native land Surveyors have been complied with in this Survey. The instrument used has been a 5 1/2 Inch transit theodolite . Signed John S. Williamson, Licensed surveyor. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Coloured laser photocopy, scale indeterminable, 26.6 x 39.4 cm.

Date: 1863

From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Wairarapa and Wellington sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-171-015

Description: View across the Wharekaka plains (Wairarapa), from a low rise (marked 'from Bidwill's hill) with the course of the Ruamahanga River marked, and 'Estuary, limestone hills, Hautotara' marked in the sky area above the distant hills. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink, 130 x 215 mm Provenance: Estate of Russell Smith, Masterton.

Date: 1848

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-076/077

Description: A two-part panorama of an extensive view of the Wairarapa across the plain formed by the Ruamahanga River in the Pihautea area, South Wairarapa (between the east shore of Lake Wairarapa and the Ruamahanga river, close to modern Martinborough). Wind-swept cabbage-trees to the left, and one cabbage tree that has been cut down and lashed upside-down (as a shelter?) to the trunk of another. Bush-clad plains, the gorge cut by the river, a swampy area to the right of the river indicated and hills in the background. Part of the name Ruam[ahanga] and "4 miles from Bidwill's" are also inscribed on the drawings. On the verso of these two drawings is another panorama of the Wairarapa 'The Wairarapa Valley, 1848' (A-292-078/079). Morissons appears to be a misspelling for Morrison's. The word could be read as Mousson's, except that there was no land-owner of that name in the Wairarapa in 1848, whereas Hugh Morrison was established in a run adjacent to Bidwills, close to the present site of Martinborough. Other Titles - Morrison's (Morison's) run, Hakeke, or Glenmorven Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title. Other inscriptions written on the relevant features. The name Te Tawai is crossed out and may be a mistake for Te Awaiti (Riddiford's nearby run). Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & ink over pencil on 2 sheets, 257 x 361 & 263 x 357 mm (irregular) Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1863

From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Wairarapa and Wellington sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-171-013/014

Description: An extensive view of South Wairarapa. Bidwill's farm, Pihautea, was at Kahutara Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink, 130 x 430 mm (double spread).

Date: [ca 1864-1972]

By: Bell, Gully & Company

Reference: MS-Group-0678

Description: Acc 73-126 comprises mainly letter books, 1864-1950. Acc 73-165 comprises two divisions of records (1) letter books and cost books (1941-1972) (2) papers from various estates including those on loan from Robinson and Cunningham, Masterton, and those from Bell Gully Acc 73-165 includes papers relating to the following estates: J C Bidwill, W E Bidwill, C R Bidwill and J O Bidwill, Mrs Oren Beetham, Anniedale owners, Wyvern Williams and Mrs A S T C Williams of Anniedale (under order of Robinson and Cunningham); and Simcox family, W H Simcox estate, N W Levin voluntary settlement, Spanish consul, Sir Charles Campbell, and Lady Sara Campbell estate and marriage settlement (from Bell Gully) Acc 86-081 comprises legal documents relating to J H Bethune & Co and estate of W H Bethune, 1872-1929, William Boyd and Walter Turnbull Source of title - Supplied title Arrangement: Acc 73-165 : Envelope with contents of each box in Back File (these are not numbered); also list of estates, with box numbers Wellington law firm Quantity: 144 box(es) (includes 4 hollinger boxes). 1228 volume(s). 4 folder(s). 118.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on November 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile.. Processing information: Acc 73-165 not yet listed (128 boxes). Collection descriptions updated on 19 December 2023 when the requirement to obtain permission of the Chief Librarian before access was removed.

Date: 1844-1860

From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1347-5/17/2

Description: James Howard Wallace to Vallance, 1844-1847; William Ellerslie Wallace to Vallance, 1844-1847; references to Okiwi, Te Kope and whaling inter alia; William E Wallace to J Howard Wallace, Nov 1844; John Wallace to his son William Ellerslie Wallace, Apr 1846. Papers to Vallance from F Beaven on Kaumingi run, 1854-1860. Includes depasturage agreements between Frederick John Burton of Kauminga [sic] and Charles Robert Bidwill; receipts for rent of Kaumingi run, pastoral licences to Vallance and deeds of sale, Burton to Vallance. Papers relating to Watts Peninsula and town acre No 177. Includes letter from Mrs Caroline Ashbolt (wife of Thomas Ashbolt, livery stable keeper), 1859, and documents re land in Cuba Street leased from Hon F Baring to Samuel George Pope, and later to Thomas Ashbolt, 1852 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1861

From: Bidwill, Brian Carne, 1923-2009: Maps

By: Knowles, John, 1838-1925

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/1861/Acc.39362

Description: Cadastral and topographic map of C.R. Bidwill's properties, with acreages, adjacent to the Ruamahanga River and Jury's Island, in the Wairarapa. Bidwill's homestead is marked. Other subdivisions include the names of Standen, Williams, Benton, Price. A native boundary is marked adjacent to Bidwill's property. C. R. Bidwill's station is called Pihautea Signature of John Knowles on bottom right of map below the scale Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and colourwash on card, linen backed, coloured, scale [1:15 840], 81.4 x 68.7 cm. Provenance: Note on bottom right of map: Donated by Mr. B. C. Bidwill, Sep 2002

Date: 1863

From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Wairarapa and Wellington sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-171-011/012

Description: A view of the hill shapes of South Wairarapa. Bidwill's farm, Pihautea, was at Kahutara Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink, 130 x 430 mm (double spread).

Date: 1840 - 1849

By: Dennan, James John, 1834-1892; Bidwill, Brian Carne, 1922-2009

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/[184-]/Acc.25824

Description: Cadastral map with topographical features showing Pihautea Estate and surrounding Maori land in south Wairarapa occupied by Charles R Bidwill. Identifies land blocks with Maori names and provides acreage and unnamed land blocks with acreage. Ruamahanga River, Te Maire Creek, Jury's Island and the Road to Kahautara are shown. Other bordering settler properties are named as G Goodrick, W Bicknell, B.W.O. and B Williams, W. Nichol, G. Hunter, Yule Maori land blocks include Maramamau. C.R. Bidwill's station is called Pihautea Station Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Coloured laser photocopy, scale indeterminable, 36 x 28 cm.

Date: 1847

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Crawford, Henry Nevay (Brigadier), 1907-1993

Reference: A-229-007

Description: A shed-like house made of upright wooden slats, with an open door and two small windows at the near end. Outside the front door are two pigs. There is bush behind the house. The property was called Pihautea, at Kahutara, near Featherston Displayed in "Paradise" (Gifts to the nation), National Library Gallery, January - April 2005. A wood engraving version of this drawing was published in Crawford, J C. Travels in New Zealand and Australia. p. 83 This view may show the first property built on the Bidwill's farm. A second group of buildings may be shown in William Mein Smith's drawing 'Pihautea. C R Bidwill Esqr' [1849 or later] (reference number A-035-005) Other Titles - Bidwill Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 114 x 193 mm

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-071-1

Description: A view on C. R. Bidwill's station at Pihautea, with two cows and large flax in a fenced area, the house just beyond a rise in the middle distance and a raupo farm shed and animal gallows to the right. Hills in the background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 100 x 170 mm

Date: 1843-1860

From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1347-5/17/3

Description: Correspondence with W Atlee of Sydney to Joseph Boulcott, Wellington, 1846; C Bidwill, undated; Richard Eager, Otaki, 1858-1859; Robert Hall re Oterongo and Terawhiti, 1856-1857; Joseph Kelly, Turanganui, 1844, 1848; G W Monteith, medical prescriptions for Vallance?, 1846; John Sculthorp, 1843; J E Shaw, 1843; John Varnham, accounts and disputes over horses, 1855-1860; Edward Jerningham Wakefield re Wellington Yeomanry Cavalry, 1860 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1840 - 1849

From: Bidwill, Brian Carne, 1923-2009: Maps

By: Dennan, James John, 1834-1892

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/[184-?]/Acc.39363

Description: Cadastral map with topographical features showing Pihautea Estate and surrounding Maori land in south Wairarapa occupied by Charles R Bidwill. Freehold and native land are referred to in a key. Identifies land blocks with Maori names and unnamed land blocks, both with acreages. Ruamahanga River, Te Maire Creek, Jury's Island and the Road to Kahautara are shown. Other bordering settler properties are named as G Goodrick, W Bicknell, B.W.O. and B Williams, W. Nichol, G. Hunter, Yule Maori land blocks include Maramamau. C.R. Bidwill's station is called Pihautea Station Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and colourwash on card, linen backed, coloured, 87.8 x 66.9 on sheet 99.96 x 72.4 cm.

Date: 1845

Reference: 1/2-053607-F

Description: Hand written deed, dated 1 September 1845, leasing Maramamau, Wairarapa, to C R Bidwill, signed by Wi Kingi, Manihera, Bidwill, and others. Photographer and date unknown. Note on back of file print reads: "[Deed dated 1st Sept 1845 leasing Maramamau to C R Bidwill, signed by Wi Kingi, Manihera, Bidwill and other Maoris]" - title of the reproduction of this in "Wairarapa, an Historical excursion" by A G Bagnall, published by Hedley's Bookshop Ltd for the Masterton Trust Lands Trust 1976." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1860 - 1869

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: A-034-008

Description: Shows a large totara tree standing amongst a stand of bush behind a dilapidated fence. The area in the foreground has been cleared and there is a tree-stump at the left. Pihautea in South Wairarapa was the station of runholder C R Bidwill Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 180 x 105 mm