Norfolk Island - Description and travel

Date: 1841-1842

By: Webber, Edmund, 1817-1860

Reference: MS-Papers-10957

Description: Webber's memoirs were written while working as an unpaid clerk in the Treasury in Auckland in 1842. Covers his first 20 years and describes life while serving in the West African Survey under Sir Edward Belcher, return to England, and his 4 years on the Mediterranean Station. Webber's journal begins on the voyage to New Zealand 20 Aug and ends with Webber in Auckland, 22 Jun 1842. Describes departure from Sydney, life in Van Dieman's Land, meetings with members of the Ross Antarctic Expedition, visits to Norfolk Island, arrival at Bay of Islands, New Zealand landscape, attempts to obtain a government post, social life in Auckland and the barracks, land question, Governor Hobson, trial of Maketu, Auckland Maori. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - William Cocksworthy Museum, Kingsbridge, Devon via NZ High Commission (84-243)

Date: 1833-1834

By: Hügel, Carl Alexander Anselm Freiherr von, 1795-1870

Reference: MS-Papers-9870

Description: Journals of von Huegel's travels in New Zealand and Australia while serving as a guest scientist for the British Admiralty. Comprises a microfilm of the original journal held at the Mitchell Library, a photocopy printout, and a copy of a typescript translation, probably by Ruel Lochore. Source of title - Supplied title Other - Another copy of the translation, with additional pages 570-640, is in the Reuel Lochore papers, at 90-389-6/18 and 90-389-6/19. Notes about the process of translation are in 90-389-5/04. Quantity: 2 volume(s). 1 microfilm reel(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts, photocopies

Date: 2 Nov 1930-15 Feb 1940

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-0013

Description: The letters are to Sir Hubert's daughter, Mrs Mary Pinney, and to his granddaughter, Miss Maura Pinney. For five of the nine and a half years covered by the correspondence, the Pinneys lived on Norfolk Island, where Mrs Pinney's husband , Captain C R Pinney, M C, was Administrator. The letters provide intimate glimpses of the life and opinions of a man who presided over Papua for 31 years, and contain numerous references to Captain Pinney's career. Several letters from H Leonard Murray to Mrs Pinney are also included. H L Murray (1887-1963) was Sir Hubert Murray's nephew and Official Secretary of the Papuan Administration during the 1930's. he became Administrator of Papua after Sir Hubert's death. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 130 letters). Finding Aids: Full description in inventory, also in "Complete Annotated Catalogue" (Canberra: PMB, 1991) which has in index.

Date: [ca 1950-1975]

By: Jacques, James Anthony, 1901-1987; James, Frances M, active 1967-1988

Reference: PA-Group-00239

Description: Slides from ca 1950 to 1960 are mostly local, or of different parts of New Zealand. They include views of Wellington and the Hutt Valley, picnics, race meetings, children Fran and Jen and wife Gret, home, the garden, pets, family cars and the cars of friends, friends and the families of friends, weddings, collegues of J A Jacques at Colgate-Palmolive Limited and of his office there, a sequence of slides taken at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth the Second, the Royal Tour of 1953/53, Gret and the Girls dressed up for a Royal Garden Party, ships such as the Pamir and the Wanganella, the opening of the Wellington International Airport, and views taken on holidays in many parts of the North and South Islands of New Zealand. The greatest number of slides record holidays taken outside New Zealand. These start about 1954 when the family went to Norfolk Island for a holiday. In 1955 Jacques and his family embarked on the first of the world trips. For Jacques, the first part of this seems to have been to Hawaii with work collegues or friends, then through parts of Canada and the United States on the way to London where he joined his wife and daughters for a tour of England, Scotland, Belgium, the Nethelands, and Paris, returning to New Zealand via the Panama Canal. In 1956 the youngest daughter, Jen, left for Australia, and soon afterwards Australia becomes a frequent destination for Jacques and his wife periodically throughout the sequence. By 1959 both daughters are living in Australia. Between 1956 and 1959 Jacques and his wife make two more trips to Norfolk Island In 1959 they are on board the Johan van Oldenbarnevelt out of Auckland for a Pacific cruise to Fiji, New Caledonia and Sydney. Later in 1959/60 they are on the move again in this region. This time on the Orsova to Sydney, Suva, and Tonga. In early 1961 Jacques and his wife are on a cruise of the northern Pacific which includes Sydney, Japan, Alaska, Vancover, Seattle, San Fransisco, and back to Sydney. By 1962 J A Jacques must have retired. That year he and his wife started out on a world trip that took them out of New Zealand for over a year. They left on the Himalaya for Canada via Sydney, Hong Kong, Japan and Hawaii. The hard tourist work began in Canada and from there they went to Britian, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, then back for another go at England. From England they went to Ireland, Portugal and took a cruise to Brazil and Uruguay. Then back to Lisbon and London en route for Denmark and Sweden. They returned to London in time for Christmas 1963, and in 1964 they returned home via the Suez Canal. Their third world trip took place in 1965 and included Britain, Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, Scandinavia, South Africa, the Caribbean, and Turkey. In 1966 they went to Canada and made an extensive tour of the United States. In 1968 they went on a trip that included an extensive tour of Australia and from there to Hong Kong and the Philippines. The last trip made by J A Jacques and his wife was in 1970. It included Hong Kong, Macau, China, Taiwan and Japan for the Osaka International Exhibition Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Transparencies housed at PA12-2539 to PA12-2874 Slides taken or collected by J A Jacques Quantity: 7800 colour original transparency/ies Some Dufaycolor transparencies from the early 1950s. Finding Aids: Photocopies of information from original slide boxes housed with photographers' registers in Photograph Archive. Transfers: Information from the slide containers has been photocopied and is housed at PAColl-2616. Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 2003. Reference number changed from PAColl-2616 to PA-Group-00239 in 2008.

Date: 24 Dec 1955-1 Apr 1963

From: Letters relating to New Zealand

Reference: MS-Papers-7057-5

Description: Letters from Hilda Longworth to her friends Eileen and Mrs McLellan, written from Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Waitomo Caves, Lyttelton, Stewart Island and the SS `Rotti' of her cruises to New Zealand, 1955-1956, with impressions of Fiji, New Zealand hotels, the baths at Rotorua, Maori village, friendliness of New Zealanders a cruise on the `Rotti;' to New Guinea in 1963, loading up with wool for France, train journey to Invercargill and steamer to Stewart Island Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1860, 1932-1941

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-076

Description: Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, 1860. Also loose clippings that were laid in to the volume. One of these articles relates to Rosalind Young, described as 'Pitcairn's poet' published in 'Woman's Budget' (3 August 1932). Quantity: 1 folder(s). 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Printed volume with loose papers

Date: [ca 1972-1980]

From: Smith, Shirley Hilda Stanley, 1916-2007 : Papers

Reference: 2013-045-37

Description: Arrangement: Preliminary box listing only. Contains partial contents of original box 10. Quantity: 1 box(es). Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: 25 Aug 1846

By: Gage, John Owen, active 1846

Reference: MS-Papers-3536

Description: Gives a brief but vivid account of Norfolk Island, its settlers, economy and agriculture, and short references to other islands on the passage through Torres Strait to the Philippines. These include a note on the Spanish military establishments at Zamboanga and Mindanao Cartwright, Gage's future son-in-law, was to join Diggles, Rawson & Co in Hong Kong. He wrote the letter on board the schooner 'Sisters' during a voyage from Norfolk Island to Manila, Philippines to Gage who was then resident in Van Diemans Land (Tasmania) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (16 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1858

From: Bent, Thomas, 1833?-1887 :[Fifteen watercolours mainly of Pacific views. 1857-1858].

Reference: A-282-021

Description: Shows a view looking down on a clearing between pine trees, where women and children stroll in parklike surroundings. There is a gently sloping peak in the central distance. Numerical inscriptions were made by an Auckland conservator in 1999. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 214 x 286 mm.

Date: 1855

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

Reference: E-296-q-142-3

Description: A view of a bay at Norfolk Island, with stands of what may be Norfolk pines. There is a building on the waterfront at the right. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pen and ink, 65 x 110 mm.

Date: 1841-1842

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

By: Webber, Edmund, 1817-1860

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1640

Description: Webber's memoirs were written while working as an unpaid clerk in the Treasury in Auckland in 1842. Covers his first 20 years and describes life while serving in the West African Survey under Sir Edward Belcher, return to England, and his 4 years on the Mediterranean Station. Webber's journal begins on the voyage to New Zealand 20 Aug and ends with Webber in Auckland 22 Jun 1842. Describes departure from Sydney, life in Van Diemen's Land, meetings with members of the Ross Antarctic Expedition, visits to Norfolk Island, arrival at the Bay of Islands, New Zealand landscape, attempts to obtain a government post, social life in Auckland and the barracks, land question, Governor Hobson, trial of Maketu, Auckland Maori Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (2 volumes). Physical Description: Holograph (Microfilm) Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1984

Date: 1783-1793

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

By: Southwell, Daniel, 1764?-1797

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1538

Description: Correspondence and diaries cover voyage of "Sirius" to and from New South Wales and Norfolk Island, with accounts of the establishment of the settlements and their difficulties, shipwrecks, La Perouse's expedition, aborigines, and discovery of Lord howe Islandshipwrecks and the local fauna, Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1983

Date: 1867-1882

By: Codrington, Robert Henry (Rev), 1830-1922

Reference: Micro-MS-0101

Description: Three journals, 1872-1875, and letters to his brother Tom reflect wide interests, including anthropology, linguistics, and natural history; describes life among Mota people of Santa Cruz, New Hebrides, and of Norfolk Island; travels to Auckland, Australia and in Melanesia; blackbirding; whaling; visits of `Basilisk' and `Sandfly'; visit of Lord Pembroke; death of Bishop Patteson Source of title - Transcribed Codrington was an Anglican missionary and headmaster of St Barnabas' College, Norfolk Island 1867-1887 Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s). Physical Description: Holograph (Positive microfilm) Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1908-1932

By: Blencowe, John Walcot (Rev), 1886-1964

Reference: Micro-MS-0447

Description: Contain various printed items, a Mota vocabulary, letters to his parents 1909-1911 describing his voyage to the Pacific, his stay on Norfolk Island, and life as a missionary on Santa Cruz; incoming letters including several in a Melanesian language 1910-1915, lists, drafts of speeches and letters, photographs etc relating to the Melanesian mission. Blencowe went to the Solomon Islands as a missionary in 1909 for three years. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 380 pages). Physical Description: Negative microfilm Finding Aids: Inventory available; detailed list of contents at beginning of the reel.

Date: 1718-1928

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2515-2518

Description: Selected papers from the Army and Naval History libraries. Include letters of General Sir Alexander Godley and papers on the Gallipoli campaign, and papers on naval exploration in the Pacific, including logs, charts and pamphlets. Quantity: 4 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1990