Rimutaka RMS (Ship : 1900-1931)

Date: 1914-1915

From: Brocklebank, Norris Athol, 1904-1988 :Albums of scenes of New Zealand, and one album of shipboard life and views of Canada and England

Reference: PA1-q-051

Description: Photographs and postcards from a trip taken by Norris Athol Brocklebank to Canada and the United Kingdom, 1914-1915. Images at the beginning and end of the album are taken on board ships, the Makura en route to Canada, and the Rimutaka, returning to New Zealand. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown suede cover with painted illustration of the head of a Canadian Indian wearing a feathered headdress. Album labelled "Snap shot album", and on the back cover "Winnipeg, Canada", 29.5 x 34.5 cm

Date: ca 1909-1914

From: Dickie, John, 1869-1942 :Collection of postcards, prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0735

Description: Photographs of ships taken or collected by John Dickie including some duplicates. Quantity: 63 b&w copy photographic print(s).

Date: 1906-1907, and [1940s-1960s?]

Reference: PA1-o-029

Description: Photographs taken on a trip to New Zealand by Dr Freda Bage, 1906-1907; includes several photographs taken by unknown photographers at later dates, most of new Zealand, but one of Rotten Row in London, and one of the Victoria Dock in Sydney. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black hard cover, cream binding tape spine, 230 x 300 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-0115. Transfer information - MS-0115.

Date: [ca 1904-1905]

By: Haines, E S (Mrs), active 1984; Gould, Frederick Charles, active 1855-1904

Reference: PAColl-0727

Description: Photograph of the RMS Rimutaka moored at Tilbury. Photograph taken by F C Gould of Gravesend. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Mount recto - bottom left - Mr and Mrs S Haines to NZ 1904-5 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print 28.9 cm x 13.4 cm, on mount 32.5 cm x 18.5 cm

Date: 8 Oct 1902-3 May 1903

By: Woodridge, G Charles, active 1902-1903

Reference: MS-Group-0912

Description: Woodridge sailed to New Zealand in Oct 1902 and in his journal describes his voyage on the ss `Papanui' visiting the Spain, Tenerife, the Cape of Good Hope and Tasmania en route, his travels through New Zealand, his departure and voyage back to England on the `Rimutaka' via Cape Horn, Uruguay. He writes of his daily activities, the people he met, the various sights, social life and customs of the places visited and he has included in the volume stamps from the various ports they visited, photographs, pen drawings, dried plants, maps and a huia feather. His itinerary is summarised at the end of the book which also includes a brief address list of persons met and rough abstract of expenses. Woodridge visited Wellington, Napier, Rotorua, Auckland, Helensville, Dargaville, Kaihu, Mangawhare, Maropui, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Pipiriki, Palmerston North, Pohangina, Christchurch, Dunedin, Queenstown, Paradise, Skippers, Wanaka, Alexandra, Lawrence, Christchurch, Springfield, Otira, Reefton, Nelson and Picton A telegram and two greetings cards were also with the journal Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (111 pages). 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, photographs and printed matter Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Two photographs, one of Woodridge, the other of a family group with the name Mrs Forbes written on it. Throughout the text are inserted photographs, stamps and drawings

Date: 9 Apr-20 May 1908

By: Garlick, Thomas Wilfred Fletcher, 1883-1972

Reference: MS-Papers-11948

Description: 52-page diary written by Thomas Garlick on the voyage of R M S Rimutaka which left Wellington on Thursday 9 April and arrived in Plymouth on 20 May 1908. Mr Garlick was heading for England to study for his marine ticket. Includes observations on the weather, shipboard life, sermons and entertainment, progress of the voyage (latitudinal and longitudinal positions), ports of call and technical information on the ship's engines. Folder includes a copy of a black and white photograph of Garlick in a ship's engine room. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograh, photographic print Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Jennifer Garlick, Wellington

Date: [1900-1929]

From: Creator unknown: Photographs relating to life in the Wellington Region

Reference: 1/2-238908-G

Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer 1900 to circa 1929 showing a steamship 'Rimutaka' [probably 'Rimutaka' RMS 1900-1931] in Lambton Harbour, Wellington. In the background are the houses of Mount Victoria on the hillside, Te Aro foreshore, and the houses and boathouses along Oriental Parade. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Half inch dry plate glass negative

Date: 1907

By: Rayment, Sheila M, active 1987

Reference: PAColl-1352

Description: Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s) and. 1 photocopy/ies in one envelope.

Date: 1883, 1906-1907, 1980

By: Jones, Warwick J, active 1980-1990

Reference: MS-Papers-4283

Description: John Steel's diary covers the period 29 May-23 June 1883 and ends when the `Catalonia' was 4 days south of the equator. Mary Alice Bailey's diary covers the period 29 Nov 1906 - 23 Jan 1907. Included are biographical notes made by transcriber. John Steel, a 3rd cabin passenger, sailed from London aboard the `Catalonia' on 1 June 1883 bound for Lyttelton. Mary Alice Bailey sailed from London aboard the `Rimutaka' on 29 November 1906. She arrived in Lyttelton on 15 Jan 1907 and then transshipped to the `Tarawera', arriving in Auckland on 20 Jan. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (42 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcripts (photocopies)

Date: 1927

Reference: Eph-C-SHIP-1927-01

Description: Single sheet poster announcing the ship names and approximate sailings dates of ships sailing from Southampton to New Zealand and then on to Tasmania and Australia. There are nine scheduled sailings between 8 April and 17 November of 1927. At top centre is a coloured photographic print of the single-funnelled RMS 'Rotorua'. Text in smaller print concerns facilities for third-class passengers, booking a passage, baggage allowances, embarkation information, and the importance of obeying regulations. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print and letterpress on sheet 508 x 317 mm.

Date: between 1900-1931

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/1-003402-G

Description: S.S. Rimutaka, photographed in Port Chalmers harbour by David Alexander De Maus. S.S. Rimutaka of 8893 tons, was built in 1900 for the New Zealand Shipping Co. Sold to shipbreakers in 1931. See Ships with New Zealand Associations (Vol 3, p 39) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - S.S. "Rimutaka"; Marginal notes on negative - top left - 428 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Dickie, John, 1869-1942 :Collection of postcards, prints and negatives

By: Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928

Reference: 1/2-016092-G

Description: The steamship Rimutaka, photographed by David James Aldersley circa 1900, probably in Wellington Harbour. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - S.S. Rimutaka A7155. Copyright Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [Circa 1900s]

By: York Studio (Wellington N.Z.); Beattie, John Watt, 1859-1930; Muir & Moodie (Firm); New Zealand. Tourism Department; Dutch, F W, active 1900-1906; Bateman, J K, active 1945

Reference: PA1-o-035

Description: Album of views of Hobart, Australia, and of the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Taken by a number of different photographers, some unidentified, but those identified include the York Studio (Christchurch), John Watt Beattie (Tasmania), Muir and Moodie (Dunedin), and the New Zealand Tourist Department. The New Zealand images range from Lakes Te Anau and Manapouri in the south, to the Rotorua area in the north. Inscriptions: Album page - "Presented to the New Zealand Government by J.K. Bateman, Esq., 12 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1, 10 October 1945" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Donated by J K Bateman, London