Great Britain. Royal Navy. Flying Squadron

Date: Jan 1870

By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Taylor, Robert H, active 1907-1910

Reference: PA7-57-12

Description: View looking over Thorndon Flat towards the harbour on Wellington's 30th Anniversary Day. Houses in Hobson Street are on the extreme left and Molesworth Street is on the extreme right. The Princess Hotel can be seen at the insection of Molesworth Street with Murphy Street. St Paul's Cathedral on Mulgrave Street is visible in the middle distance. Tinakori Road runs from left to right in the immediate foreground. The flying squadron of British warships which accompanied the Duke of Edinburgh in his visit to New Zealand are at anchor in the harbour. Photograph taken by James Bragge in Jan 1870 and printed by Robert H Taylor ca 1907. Identical image at PA7-57-10 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Protected R H Taylor No 95 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 30 x 37.5 mounted on card

Date: 1867

From: Government House Collection : Prints of Te Aro flat, Lambton Quay, Parliament Building, Government Buildings, Post Office and Governor's residence

By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908

Reference: PAColl-D-0325

Description: A view looking out to the harbour from the lower slopes of Tinakori Hill with a barracks in the centre and the Duke of Edinburgh's ships of the Flying Squadron in the harbour. Tinakori Road runs from left to right in the foreground; Hobson Street is on far left and Molesworth Street on far right. The Princess Hotel is on the corner of Murphy Street and Molesworth Street. St Paul's Cathedral can be seen in the distance. Photograph taken by James Bragge in 1867. Identical image at PAColl-4478. File prints available at 41.Wellington. Thorndon Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Thorndon Flat - 1867; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Protected [rest indepherible]; Recto - bottom left - Showing the Old Military Barracks in the foreground and at anchor the British War Vessels accompanying the Duke of edinburgh on his historical visit to New Zealand & Australia; Recto - bottom right - Note the earth crack running North from Molesworth St caused by the 1840 Earthquake Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 260 x 375 mm

Date: 27 January 1986 - 27 Jan 1986

By: Beamish, Harold Francis, 1896-1986

Reference: OHColl-0210/1

Description: Harold Francis Beamish discusses his childhood and school life prior to World War I, on the Whana Whana estate, where he was tutored at home and later attended Wanganui Collegiate and Huntly Boarding School. Describes in detail how he entered the Royal Naval Air Service in London 1915, his training at Crystal Palace, and Cranwell, and his service with 303 Squadron flying with Canadians over France. Discusses life as a World War I pilot in detail as well as flying techniques, dog fights and bombing by hand. Was awarded the DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross). Also discusses the history of Whana Whana Station; his family; his love of horses and farming life in pre and post World War I, in Hawkes Bay. Other topics discussed include: station servants, shepherds and farmhands; blade shearing; clearing of land and sowing; the 1900 flood in Hawkes Bay; transport; stock droving; stock sales; rabbiting and employment of full time rabbiters; hunting weka and hares; dances and other entertainment; swagmen; dependence on horses; delivery of newspapers and a detailed account of the Napier earthquake as it affected the farm. Talks about the advent of the first cars as well as the reduction to subsistence farming during the Depression in the 1930s. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Havelock North Interviewer(s) - Alison Webber Venue - "Kilkern", Havelock North Accompanying material - Backfile with photocopies listing Mr Beamish's wartime career and an account of the Whana Whana station Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-003960-003961; OHLC-000774-000776 Quantity: 3 C90 cassette(s). 2.45 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available. Search dates: 1914 - 1930

Date: 1786-1914

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-3085

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1867

From: Leask, Derek William, 1948-: Papers

By: Henderson, William Hannam (Sir Vice-Admiral), 1845-1931

Reference: MSDL-2176

Description: Research digital photographs from the Photograph album of Sir William Hannam Henderson, held at the National Maritime Museum in England. Quantity: 29 Electronic document(s).

Date: 1869-1870s

By: Fisher, Alexander, active 1861-1879; Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-f-021

Description: Album of views compiled by Alexander Fisher, MD RN, during his service as a surgeon aboard HMS Endymion. The album comprises: Photographs collected during the cruise of the Flying Squadron, under the command of Rear Admiral G T Phipps Hornby, during 1869-1870, which carried HRH the Duke of Edinburgh. Included are views of Plymouth, Portsea, Madeira, Brazil (Bahia and Rio de Janiero), South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Japan, British Columbia, Hawaii and Chile. Photographs collected during a cruise in the Mediterranean during the 1870s, including views of Malta, Syria, Jerusalem, Venice, Egypt (Alexandria, Cairo, Pyramids, the Sphinx), Gibraltar and Seville Photographers represented include William Thomas Locke Travers (1819-1903), James Bragge (1833?-1908), Felice A Beato (1825-1908?). Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), was captain of HMS Galatea and commander of the Flying Squadron, which visited New Zealand in 1869 and 1870. Inscriptions: Album page - `Cruize of the Flying Squadron under the command of Rear Admiral G.M. Phipps Hornby. 1869-1870. Photographs of places, natives, costumes and remarkable objects, collected by Alexander Fisher, MDRN, HMS Endymion'; Album page - `A summer cruize in the Mediterranean in HMS Endymion. 21. Capt. Chas Drake' Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth bound photograph album with leather corners, 41.2 x 35.5 cm

Date: Jan 1870

By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908

Reference: PA7-57-10

Description: View looking over Thorndon Flat towards the harbour on Wellington's 30th Anniversary Day. Houses in Hobson Street are on the extreme left and Molesworth Street is on the extreme right. The Princess Hotel can be seen at the insection of Molesworth Street with Murphy Street. St Paul's Cathedral on Mulgrave Street is visible in the middle distance. Tinakori Road runs from left to right in the immediate foreground. The flying squadron of British warships which accompanied the Duke of Edinburgh in his visit to New Zealand are at anchor in the harbour. Photograph taken by James Bragge in 1870. Identical image at PA7-57-12 Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Thorndon from Wadestown Hill 1869 [handwritten] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 29.5 x 38.5 mounted on card