Wellington Zoological Gardens

Date: [Circa 1900s to 1910s]

From: Clift, Charles William :Photographs relating to Clift family

Reference: PA1-o-103

Description: Clift family photographs, including views of Wellington, the Clift family home at 143 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn; four unidentified Wellington College Boy Scouts; views of the Wellington Botanic Gardens; and a number of views of the Wanganui Region. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album in brown card cover tied with cord, and embossed with pattern of flowers in a vase, 19 x 18.5 cm

Date: 10 January 1985

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1985/0172-F

Description: Cart, specially made for Wellington Zoo, taking visitors for a ride. The cart is pulled by Joy, a Clydesdale horse. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Greg King on the 10th of January 1985. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative

Date: 1918

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023190-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 25 January 1988

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1988/0403-F

Description: Summer City ethnic food barbeque at Wellington Zoo. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 25th of January 1988. Quantity: 3 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strips comprising 9 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negatives, 35mm

Reference: 1/2-036187-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1905 - 1928

By: Forbes, Alexander, 1875-1945; Pearson, Joan, active 1940s-1990s

Reference: E-457-q

Description: Photocopies of pencil, pen & ink and watercolour sketches of Wellington scenes between 1905 and 1928, with some scenes from other parts of the country. Includes views of Island Bay, Evans Bay, Houghton Bay, Oriental Bay, Roseneath, Central Wellington, Melrose, Newtown, Kilbirnie, Carterton, Levin, Thermal area, Auckland and Gisborne. Includes introduction with biographical notes and copy of a photograph of the artist and his family, an index and location map for the Wellington sketches (the majority of the views). Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Photocopies (colour and black and white) of watercolours, ink and pencil sketches A4 size page in clear plastic covers with plastic spiral binding

Date: 8 January 1979

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1979/0074-F

Description: Wellington Zoo keepers Paul McAlister (left) and Cliff Oaten photographed while working on a new monkey cage. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 8th of January 1979. The cage was built to house three African Diana monkeys purchased by the Zoo the previous year (1978). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1993

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :The Dominion cartoons 16 December 1992 - 11 January 1993

Reference: H-068-007

Description: Shows an enormous monkey cage overlooking Athletic Park, in which men are climbing a tree trunk and swinging like monkeys. The floor of the cage is littered with beer cans and a policeman is admonishing a boy poking a banana through the bars of the cage. A cricket match is in progress in the park. Refers to the loutish behaviour of cricket fans at a recent match. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: ca1855-ca1940

From: Nisbet, Eleanor M, fl 1980s-1990s :Photographs taken by Charles William Clift

By: Clift, Charles William, 1896-1984

Reference: PAColl-4889-1

Description: Clift and Jones family photographs. New Zealand towns and landscapes, in particular Wellington and Brooklyn. A record of the British aircraft carrier Indefatigable when it visited Wellington in November 1945. New Zealand houses and a very good wedding breakfast laid out in a private interior of the 1890s. There is a photograph of the Clift house in Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, and of a Christmas gathering at a house in Patanga Crescent associated with the Holm family of the Holm shipping line. Brooklyn and Makara churches and the interior of the Anglican cathedral in Dunedin Quantity: 1 container(s) photographic prints.

Date: 5 June 1973

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1973/2473-F

Description: Manager of Wellington Zoo, Koenraad Kuiper, with three female fallow deer killed by marauding dogs. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 5th of June 1973. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1968

From: Clothier, Barry, 1940-2017: Photographs of musical groups in Wellington

Reference: PAColl-7031-2-30

Description: Images of the Wellington based musical group, Simple Image, taken at the Wellington Zoo. Photographed by Barry Clothier in 1968 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) contact print comprising 8 images. Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: [10 Aug 1950]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/191/15-F

Description: Trainer working with an elephant at the Wellington Zoo. Photographs taken in 10 Aug 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 2 images. Physical Description: Film negative, 35mm

Date: 10 September 1990

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1990/3194-F

Description: Interior view of the lecture room in the Archibald Centre at the Wellington Zoo. In the picture are a goat, a peacock, and a toy panda. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Jon Hargest on the 10th of September 1990. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1918

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023184-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1948

From: Ephemera of octavo size relating to zoos and zoological gardens in New Zealand

By: Wellington (N.Z.). City Council; Geo Deslandes Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-ZOO-1948-01

Description: Booklet explaining the hours, admission, fees, feeding times, catering, band performances, conducted tours, photography, communications (trams and buses to zoo). Gives a short history of the zoo, whose curator was Mr C J Cutler at that time. Most of the brochure is taken up with a description of the various types of animals, with photographs of baboons, tiger, lion, polar bear, Bobo the tame honey bear, llama, pelican, and penguins. The central spread shows a map of the zoo. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 24 pages, each 134 x 215 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Jill Goodwin, Wellington, in 1998.

Date: [1918 to 1921]

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA1-o-553

Description: Family photographs relating to the McCurdie family. Many are groups of friends and family, some of whom are identified with both Christian and surnames. These include wedding photographs of Marjorie Whitton who married J.W. Nicolls on March 31, 1921 at Oamaru, with Betty and Mary Whitton as bridesmaids. Several views of homes include Woodcroft (the home of Dr John Kinder), Werneth (a house at Atawhai, Nelson), The Moorings (the home of W. & Lucy Churchward at Springlands, Blenheim), and Stonycroft (home of Mr & Mrs Free, at Masterton). One view is of snow in Christchurch city in July 1918, and one shows decorations in the interior of Dunedin Hospital for the visit of the Prince of Wales in May 1920. Other scenes taken in 1920 show Hanmer Lodge and Hanmer Military Hospital. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mottled green cover, entitled `Photographs'; 25 x 32 cm

Date: 1978 - 1981

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[27 boxes of cartoons drawn for the "Dominion", 1970-1980s?].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-

Reference: C-132-435/444

Description: Includes cartoons about the reduction in numbers of chimpanzees at the zoo, the Oriental Bay fountain, graffiti vandals at the railway station, sewage in Titahi Bay, hoteliers jump for charity, apathy in local body elections at Lower Hutt, high cost of burial at Karori, rise in rates, and demolition on Lambton Quay. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist. Arrangement: Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged at around the estimated date. Quantity: 10 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 510 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Reference: 1/2-036186b-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1918

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023273-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1994

By: Wellington Zoological Gardens

Reference: Eph-D-ZOO-1994-01

Description: Zoo handout brochure in the form of a folded sheet. One side shows a map of the zoo, and the other has text giving a brief history and the future aims of the zoo. The Adopt An Animal scheme is explained and various groups of animals are described with illustrations of: chimpanzee, tiger, giraffe, weta, sun bear, kiwi, meerkat, tuatara, otter and kea. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on both sides of sheet, 420 x 595 mm.