Steamer. Wrecked in 1862 off Uruti Point, near Castle Point (Ingram, NZ shipwrecks) (also D&P A-90-011)
White Swan (Ship)
Waiti Wana (Ship)
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Manuscript
Miscellaneous papers
Date: 1858, 1877-1878, n d
From: Bethune and Hunter Ltd (Wellington, N.Z.) : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-7437
Description: Consignment notice for good shipped by Bethune & Hunter for Messrs Nash & Scaife in the `White Swan', Master J McLean, from Wellington to Nelson, Oct 1858 (listed verso is `London cargo asper manifest' for D Rough, H Gaskell, A G L Campbell, Henry Lewis, C B Wither, Thomas Cross, R Cotton, Thomas Hill, A P Seymour, Jno Sheate, A Fell & Co, W Handcock, C G Bartlett, and passengers luggage for Mrs Beitt, F Handyside, Hadfield, M Rees); Bethune & Hunter money orders, dated Porangahau Station, Jul 1878; handwritten receipt made out to George Woodward, ploughman, Kanai Station, Jul 1878; `Evening post extra', re war in the Balkans, 25 Jul 1877; information re Hunter Fencing System, n d Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Searancke, William Nicholas 1817?-1904 : Letter
Date: 18 Jul 1862
By: Searancke, William Nicholas, 1817?-1904
Reference: MS-Papers-5832
Description: Letter from ?G Eliott Eliott (name indecipherable) to Searancke, from Auckland, re government matters, gold discovery in Coromandel and the wreck of the `White Swan' at Flat Point According to Ingram's `New Zealand shipwrecks', the `White Swan' was wrecked at Uruti. Accompanying material - Description of item from Bethune's catalogue and p 67 from `New Zealand shipwrecks' by C H W Ingram, describing the wreck of the `White Swan'. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 piece). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph
Manuscript
Letter from the Government Emigration Board to J. H. Fitzgerald
Date: 11 May 1860 - [ca 1990s s- 2020s]
From: Frankcom, Margaret, active 1991-2023: Collection of New Zealand missionary and pioneer mail
Reference: MS-Papers-12917-9-1
Description: Lot description from Spink Auction House: "1860 (11 May) entire letter from the Government Emigration Board to J. H. Fitzgerald, Superintendent's Office, Napier[...] The [...] letter thanks the recipient for passing on a letter. Carried on the Indus to Alexandria, thence to the Salsette at Suez, thence to Sydney where the mail transferred to the Lord Worsley to Auckland and finally on the White Swan to Ahuriri (Napier)". Item includes transcription. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Delivered to Library in a Spinks Auction House folder labelled with lot number "2163". Quantity: 1 folder(s) contains letter, and supporting research documentation.
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Image
Artist unknown :[Remains of the wreck of the White Swan Steamer, June 1863]
Date: 1863
By: Stewart, W H (Mr), active 1958
Reference: A-090-011
Description: View looking north along the east coast of the lower North Island, with a hill and rocky point in the distance. In the foreground, a man is seated amongst the shattered timbers and ship parts of the ship White Swan, with further scraps of wreckage still in the sea to the right. Possibly by Edwin Orriss Utting (1843-1870). Title from back Various notes on mount and back The White Swan was wrecked off Uruti Point, near Castle Point in 1862 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 5.4 x 10.1 in