Suburbs - New Zealand - Wellington Region

By: Adams, Barbara, active 2001

Reference: OHColl-0596

Description: Interviews with 12 women in the Tawa/Linden area who arrived there prior to 1960 and who still live there at the time of the recordings. Includes interviews with Margaret Amey, Margaret Balneaves, Mavis Clare, May Cuttle, Robyn Gundesen, Sophia (Fia) Hawinkels, Joyce Horne, Lorna Kelly, Margaret Reid, Phyllis Sexton, Win Taylor, Enid Turner. Quantity: 23 C60 cassette(s). 12 printed abstract(s) all but one bound with photographs and/or copies of photographs. 1 report. 12 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: [ca 3 May 1967]

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

Reference: EP/1967/2425-F

Description: Photographs of a new housing subdivision in Southgate, Wellington, taken ca 3 May 1967 by an Evening Post staff photographer Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1924

By: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948

Reference: PAColl-8196

Description: Panorama of the suburb of Wadestown, Wellington, photographed by Robert Percy Moore in 1924. Other - This panorama has been copied in two parts. It was originally one image Relationship complexity - A print of the entire panorama is at PA6-046 Quantity: 2 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 1955 - 1965

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department. Housing Division.

Reference: MapColl-832.47964gbbd/[ca 1960]/Acc.11811

Description: Cadastral map of the Porirua East subdivision, Block 12, from Hampshire Street southwards to Carnavon Place. Streets are named and sections numbered; shows recreation reserves. Written on map: HDW 31911 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 73.8 x 74 cm.

Date: 1968

From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Wellington sketchbook]. 1967-1968.

Reference: E-461-f-020

Description: View of houses looking south-east from Chartwell towards Somes Island Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and ink, 324 x 395 mm

Date: ca1860-1989

From: Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-2012 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-7365

Description: Collection comprises: Photographs of Thorndon, including one of The Wedge, Glenbervie Terrace, taken in 1984 by Howard Allingham of Melbourne. Photographs of 81 Karori Road and old St Mark's Church, Clive, taken in 1989 by Margaret or W H Alington. Copy of print of Bellingham House. Royal Terrace, Dunedin, made on 23 July 1988 by W H Alington. Six carte de visite portraits Photograph of the bell being raised at Old St Pauls, Thorndon, Wellington Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s). 7 colour original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A2001-319 - From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-pps-7285-34 - Transfer from MS-Group-1061: Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-. Further Papers.

Date: 2004 - 2005

From: [New Zealand calendars of quarto size]

By: Newtown School (Newtown, Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-2005-01

Description: Calendar with 12 openings, showing scenes in Newtown: South Wellington Fire Station 1922, St James Presbyterian Church 1910, Newtown Park Easter Carnival 1913, Nattrass Churn Company on Adelaide Road 1911-1914, General Hospital 1885, cnr Hall & Hanson Streets 1893, Constable Street 1910, Public Library in Riddiford Street 1905, Ewart Hospital and Coromandel Street 1909, Newtown School 1912, Tram tracks in Riddiford Street ca 1910, Caledonian Hotel 1910, the old Newtown School. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 Other printed ephemera item(s) calendar (plus duplicate). Physical Description: Photolithographs on calendar, 210 x 295 mm.

Date: 1920 - 1945

By: Matthews, Marmaduke, 1885?-1949; Hird, Edward James, 1924-2002

Reference: A-197-051

Description: A view of Worser Bay from Seatoun Heights, with people on the beach and small boats anchored nearby. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 195 x 266 mm. Provenance: Estate of Mr Edward James Hird, 2002.

Date: 1960 - 1965

From: Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973 :Old homes & sheds, farms made by pioneers in Norsewood. [1950s-1964].

By: Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973

Reference: E-029-q-073

Description: View of Evans Bay Road (Parade) lined with telegraph posts, looking east towards the Hutt Valley in the far distance. Evans Bay and the harbour are on the right. In the immediate foreground is the foreshore with a dinghy upturned at the water's edge and further away a boatshed with a red roof. A ship is in the distance heading to the entrance to the harbour. Other Titles - Evans Bay Parade Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour and gum arabic, 245 x 315 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist available.. Provenance: Donated by Mrs J. Brenkley in 1964.

Date: 1970

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

Reference: EP/1970/2928-7-F

Description: Preparation for underground electric cables, Breaker Bay Road, Wellington. Caption reads: "These wooden poles will soon be removed as underground electricity and telephone cables are laid in Breaker Bay Road, the second area in Wellington where residents have agreed to contribute towards the costs of underground reticulation." Photographed for the Evening Post newspaper by an unknown photographer in 1970 This image was published in the Evening Post on 10 July 1970 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative

Date: ca 1890-1911

Reference: PAColl-7376

Description: Photographs of Khandallah: from Aplin's farm looking south west with Woodmancote Road centre left; from behind Gorsy Knob looking south with the Presbyterian Church at the junction of Khandallah and Cockayne Roads on the left and the Catholic Church at the end of the row of houses centre right - the former Anglican Babies' Home was in the trees to the right of Presbyterian Church April 1911; from the school, Clark Street in the foreground and the Catholic Church in the centre April 1911; from near the top of Box Hill looking north with a house on Woodmancote Road and others in the distance on Baroda Street; from near the top of Box Hill with Burma Road in the centre and Rangoon Street running to the top right; Aplin's farm from Sunnybank with Burma Road running across the centre with Maldive Street at right angles; and from Te Kainga (top of Jubilee Road) looking west. Others are entered as child records. Photographer unidentified. The image at 1/2-003774 (not included in this collection) is Crompton Smith (PAColl-4073) so this collection may be related. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-003765 to 003773 and 003775 to 003779 Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: ca 1930s

From: Hird, Edward James, 1924-2002 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-7754-2

Description: Loose photographs extracted from album (PA1-o-1549). Includes photographs of a hill climbing sports car event, sports car club meeting, Wellington beaches, Wellington suburbs and housing developments, and the construction of a house. Mr Hird was an electrical designer, involved in the development of television, designing radios for Sir Edmund Hillary in Antarctica, and was apparently in radio surveillance in WW2. His father taught at Seatoun school. Mr Hird lived most of his life in the house at Mantell Street. See 'Freedom' newspaper, 25 Nov 1953, p.6 re his involvement in developing television. He was also a jazz musician. Quantity: 79 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [192-?]

From: Knight, J A : Photographs

Reference: 1/1-025274-G

Description: View of Northland Road, Noerthland, Wellington. Photograph taken 1920s by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1960 - 1965

From: Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973 :Old homes & sheds, farms made by pioneers in Norsewood. [1950s-1964].

By: Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973

Reference: E-029-q-067

Description: View looking east towards the Orongorongos in the far distance, and houses in Miramar in the distance. Evans Bay Wharf and the benzine tanks are in the middle distance across the other side of the bay. A sailing ship is in the bay. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour and gum arabic, 245 x 315 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist available.. Provenance: Donated by Mrs J. Brenkley in 1964.

Date: 1925

From: Living, John Frederick, d 1978 :Photographs of the South Seas Exhibition and holidays

Reference: PA1-o-1052

Description: Album recording a motoring and camping holiday through the South Island of New Zealand. This took in the New Zealand South Seas Exhibition in Dunedin and included the West Coast, Otago, and Canterbury. The central part of the album has images of Khandallah, Wellington, and the family home in that suburb. Family photographs include Doug on his Norton Motorcycle, and Jack and Neville similarly posed on a Douglas Motorcycle. Rene and Frank stand at the net holding tennis rackets, and mother has several images with young Joyce. The last part of the album recordes something of a holiday to Auckland where the family camped at Brown's Bay and took a trip to Kawau Island. A group shot on Mt Messanger on the way back and some views of Pukekura Park New Plymouth complete the album Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1890s

Reference: 1/2-003754-G

Description: View over Hataitai with Evans Bay, the Miramar peninsuala and the Orongorongo mountains behind. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: [ca 1930], 1946-1960

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-175

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, ca 1946-1959 Kapiti coastline (including view looking north from Paekakariki); Lower Hutt - St James' Church; council buildings; Riddiford Baths; library; St Stephen's Presbyterian Church; aerial view of southern end of Lower Hutt (over Moera); elevated view of Naenae (showing Rata Street School in foreground). Rimutaka Hill Road; Kaitoke, 1948 (shows swing bridge); filtration plant site (Hutt River) re Kaitoke Waterworks construction; bridge at Pakutatahi; Akatarawa Valley road (with Morris Minor at roadside); house in Akatarawa Valley; Hutt Valley Pony Club members with their ponys on Akatarawa Road; Kapiti coast looking north from Paekakariki. Middle Run, Gladstone in Wairarapa - Daffodils in paddocks at Middle Run (owned by Mrs W H Booth), and view of homestead Elevated view of Miramar looking south-west; Lambton Quay with Kirkcaldie & Stains on left; Pigeon Park; Wellington Botanic Garden and tulip beds; view from Mount Victoria looking towards the Basin Reserve, Mount Cook and Brooklyn, with houses in Mount Victoria in foreground (taken ca 1930). Demonstration house at Karori designed and built by The Architectural Centre, 1949 Quantity: 44 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1968

From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Wellington sketchbook]. 1968-1969.

Reference: E-464-f-005

Description: Hilly rural landscape showing broken fence beside a road. Flowering gorse and other plants are gowing on the far side of the fenced area. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and charcoal, in sketchbook 320 x 410 mm

Date: [ca 31 May 1969]

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

Reference: EP/1969/2302-F

Description: Road and city commuter train in the suburb of Khandallah, Wellington, in 1931. Photographs taken circa 31 May 1969 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1999 - 2000

From: [New Zealand calendars of quarto size]

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-2000-01

Description: Twelve openings each showing an historical sepia photograph of a scene in Island Bay. Quantity: 1 calendar. Physical Description: Calendar of 12 pages, 210 x 297 mm (closed)