Petone Settlers Museum

Previously solely a memorial. 1840-1940 settlers memorial on Petone foreshore designed by H L Massey in 1939. Features a replica of the 'Aurora'. Converted into the Petone Settlers Museum, in stages, between 1977-1989.

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Petone Settlers Museum :Patrick Street Petone; an architectural and social experiment. ...

Date: 1989

By: Petone Settlers Museum

Reference: Eph-E-MUSEUM-1989-01

Description: Shows a combined illustration incorporating a photograph of a row of wooden houses, and an architectural plan of workmen's homes. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph 890 x 620 mm. Provenance: Donated by Te Manawa Museums Trust in 2004.

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People bottling pure water from a tap at the Petone Settlers Museum - Photographs taken...

Date: 24 March 1989

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

By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-

Reference: EP/1989/1852

Description: Two men and a woman bottling pure water from a tap at the Petone Settlers Museum, Wellington. Photographed 24 March 1989 by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

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Petone Settlers Museum :Pacific pattern; photographs by Glenn Jowitt. 24th November 200...

Date: 2000 - 2007 - 2008

By: Petone Settlers Museum

Reference: Eph-E-PHOTO-EXHIBITION-2007-01

Description: A poster advertising a photographic exhibition shows a reproduction of Glenn Jowitt's pportrait of a Rapanui (Easter Island) performer during the 8th Festival of Pacific Arts, Noumea, New Caledonia in 2000. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 840 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated by Wadestown Public Library, in 2008.

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Travel in New Zealand

Date: Probably March 24 - 25 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

Reference: PA12-8792

Description: Transparency slides of Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams') travel in New Zealand in 1959. This sheet of slides was probably taken earlier than those on some of the preceding sheets (information from his diary). This sheet contains images of Wellington, including Wellington Airport; views from Mount Victoria; around the Wellington coast including shore with marram grass and black-backed gulls; the Petone Settlers' Memorial; Marine Parade around Miramar, with the Monowai sailing through Wellington Heads; buildings in the city including Parliament Buildings, Government Buildings, Wakefield House at 90 The Terrace, used by the Founders Club; and an old two-storeyed wooden house on the Terrace; the Corinthic loading various goods at Wellington Wharves; Lambton Quay; Cable Car terminal and views of Wellington; and the Carter Observatory. Slides on this sheet are numbered 505-528, with a gap for no. 506. Arrangement: Image no. 506 (showing the view from Mount Victoria in Wellington) was taken as part of Williams' representative collection on New Zealand for various lectures which he gave when he returned to England. The lecture series are filed in later sequences. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

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[Posters advertising exhibitions of photographers, photographs and photography. 1984. F...

Date: 1984

Reference: Eph-C-PHOTO-EXHIBITION-1984-1

Description: Includes: An Exposure for Christmas [annual Christmas exhibition of a select group of Wellington photographers]. Exposures Gallery, Wellington (2 copies). Ans Westra Retrospective: Maori Portraits 1960-1965 (as selected by William Main, author of `Maori in Focus.' Exposures Gallery, Wellington, 12-31 March 1984 (2 copies). Ans Westra: Retrospective II: Early 70s. Exposures Gallery, Wellington, 1-20 October (2 copies). Born to Run, Motorcycle Art: Colour photography by Steven La Plant. Exposures Gallery, Wellington, 27 April-12 May (2 copies). But is it Art: An exhibition of snapshot photography taken between the wars. Exposures Gallery, Wellington (2 copies). Elizabeth Leyland. Exposures Gallery, Wellington, 12 November-1 December 1984 (2 copies). Eye Pieces: Colour photographs by Martin Taylor. Exposures Gallery, Wellington, 9-29 July '84 (2 copies). Foster: Aside Show. Exposures Gallery, Wellington, 10th-29th September 1984 (2 copies). From Sloth to Chaos: Fiona Pardington and Patrick Reynolds. Real Pictures, Auckland, 6-17 August (2 copies). Gary Baigent: Dancers and Boatbuilders. Exposures Gallery, Wellington, 23 October-10 November (2 copies). Greg Burke: Installation. Real Pictures, Auckland, 19-30 March 84 (2 copies). The Last River's Song: Small photographs of the Clutha and Kawarau Rivers by Lloyd Godman. Marchall Seifert Gallery [Dunedin], 1 September-28 October 1984. New Zealand First Time Round by Peter Blok. Government Bookshop, Wellington, 16 August-3 September (2 copies). 27th New Zealand International Photography Exhibition: Slide Showing. Wellington Cultural Centre, 27 October. NZ Landscape Photographs, 1875-1908. Exposures Gallery, Wellington, 25 June-7 July. [Includes photographs by] Burton, Deveril, Moodie (2 copies coloured, 1 black & white). Old Buildings of the Porirua District. Porirua Museum. Paul Thompson Photos. Exposures Gallery, Wellington, 2-26 April 1984 (2 copies). Peter Black: Made in New Zealand. Exposures Gallery, Wellington, 31 July-18 August. (2 copies). Photo Exhibition. Art Attack Cafe, Wellington, 10-22 July (2 copies). PhotoForum Calendar, 1985. The Queen's Dragoons: Photographic images by Bryan Staff. Exposures Gallery, Wellington, 14 May-2 June (2 copies). Real Pictures House show. Real Pictures Gallery, Auckland, 25 June-6 July. [Includes] Mark Adams, Paul Barton, Julian Bowron, Sue Gee, Rob Giles, Michael Jeans, Megan Jenkinson, Ian MacDonald, Steven McLeod, John Miller, Marie Shannon, Geoffrey Short, Trish Sole, Jenny Urquhart, John Willis. Stills & Movies: Paul Thompson. Wellington City Art Gallery, 2 November-2 December. Tripping U.S.A.; colour photographs and sounds by Stuart Page, presented by the manawatu Art Gallery with assistance from QEII Arts Council of NZ, Air New Zealand, Cibachrome [ca 1984] Up One's Street: An historical and contemporary view of Jackson Street, Petone, 1900-1922 and 1984. Petone Settlers Museum, 7 April-31 May 1984. The Wanganui has come to Porirua: The Wanganui, An exhibition of photographs by Anne Noble. Porirua Museum, October '84-January '85. Quantity: 16 colour and black & white prints. Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters, sizes varying up to 500 x 350 mm. Provenance: Donated at various times.

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Wellington

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-6992

Description: Photographs of Wellington taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Includes views of construction of the Wellington urban motorway; Massey Memorial; Evans Bay road; upper reaches of the Hutt River; Wahine storm damage at Keith George Park; Wellington city and harbour; groups of Forest & Bird members on walks on Raumati Beach, and the Cross Creek track; fishing boats and the ferry from Island Bay; Paremata coast; painters at Houghton Bay; lifeboat in Wellington Harbour; hut in the Tararuas; the Hall of Memories in the carillon tower; Parliament Buildings and a pathway in the grounds; Petone Settlers Museum; and the Dominion Museum. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

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Evening Post art reviews - drafts 1983 to 1989 (2 of 5)

Date: 1987

From: Wedde, Ian Curtis, 1946- : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11624-084

Description: Comprises drafts of art exhibition reviews written by Ian Wedde for various publications in 1987. Drafts are mostly dated, and annotated with name of publication. Arrangement: Folders MS-Papers-11624-083 to 11624-087 were received as one pile of loose pages. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript Processing information: Names selectively indexed.

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[Ephemera up to A1 size concerning advertisements, advertising techniques, companies an...

Date: 1970-1999

Reference: Eph-D-ADVERTISING-1900s

Description: Includes: 1970: A N White Advertising: 1970 the New Zealand market. Chart (2 copies) 1983: Television New Zealand. Test the pulling power of television; sit closer to your set during a commercial break! [1983] 1989: Petone Settlers' Museum. Industrial advertising labels: Wills New Zealand 22 April - 23 July 1997; Gear Meat Company 29 July - 29 October 1989; Unilever New Zealand 4 November 1989 - 4 February 1990. Poster (2 copies) 1994: Bruce Sterling. Free, @punnet 1.2. From the Agitprop Disk. Acceptable use policy [1994] New Zealand Film Archive and Wellington City Gallery. Selling New Zealand; it ain't famous for its paintings ... World famous at City Gallery; open till 20 November [1994] (3 copies) 1996: The Evening Paste. The Stick Up wins poster war! (2 copies) 1997: Cochrane, Steve :The Stick Up! Steve Cochrane, poster & flyer production & distribution. Entertainment management, 69a Manners Mall, PO Box 11-662, Wellington, New Zealand. [ca 1997]. (2 copies) 1998: New Zealand Direct Marketing Association. Will technology kill off direct mail? This is not a debate; it's world war. Star Boating Club, Wellington, 11 February [1998] Other related material may be found at subject location GRAPHIC ARTS Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on posters sizes up to 760 mm.

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Petone Borough Council. Settlers' Museum & Heaphy Gallery :Festival exhibition, October...

Date: 1980

By: Petone Settlers Museum

Reference: ArtEph-1980-E-01

Description: Catalogue for an exhibition of 35 works by Frederick Vincent Ellis. Quantity: 1 catalogue.

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O'Brien, Gregory, 1961- :[Collection of posters, fliers and other ephemera. 1996-1999].

Date: 1996 - 1999

From: O'Brien, Gregory, 1961- :[Collection of posters, fliers and other ephemera. 1980s-2000s].

Reference: Eph-B-ARTS-OBrien-1996/1999

Description: Includes fliers and pamphlets illustrated by Gregory O'Brien or featuring his artworks or poetry. 1996: Birth notice for Felix August, 1996. "Subsequent positions" relief artworks printed by hand on Waitakere slab paper; works by eight contemporary New Zealand poets. Tara McLeod, printer; John Mitchell paper maker. Lopdell House Gallery, Titirangi, Auckland. 21 June - 21 July 1996. [Catalogue] "Winter I was". Gregory O'Brien. Bowen Galleries, 25 March - 13 April 1996. Flier. 1997: "TARANAKI; Mount Egmont mon enfant". Gregory O'Brien. Bowen Galleries, 24 March - 12 April 1997. Card (2 copies) Unity Books. Christmas hours. 1997 (2 different versions) "The changing shape of the book". NZ Book Council's 25th AGM. Wednesday 28 May 1997. Flier. "To Rudi, Congratulations. Order of the Lion. Lost Guston drawing, collection of Wellington City Gallery. Knight Studio. Fuchs Stedelijk. 1998. (Flier) Petone Settlers Museum. "The tall tangled and impervious forest". [Lecture series]. Petone Town Centre Community Room, June 1997. Programme / Flier. "Taranaki / Towards evening". Gregory O'Brien. Bowen Galleries, 17-29 August 1998. Flier (2 copies) "Poetry and modernism; to the heart of the world". A presentation of poems by writers associated with painters in "The Exhibition of the Century. City Gallery Cinema, Sunday 10 May. Presented by Jenny Bornholdt and Gregory O'Brien. Programme. "Church in the world", compiled by Chris Orsman & Peter Zwart. 1997 [Cover proof]. 1999: Birth notice for Carlo Victor, 1999. "All the roary night". Gregory O'Brien. Bowen Galleries, 15-27 November 1999. Card (2 copies) "Straight", by Michael O'Leary. Three postcards of illustrations by Greg O'Brien, taken from the novel "Straight" by Michael O'Leary. (Title card; "The photograph was of three men ..."; "Suddenly Hine and I felt really stupid ..."). 1999. It's a gift; "Art History Dept, Victoria University [swastika]"; "Sturm Warnung";a centennial year T-Shirt available in 3 attractive shades of black. Order immediately form J Harper, Secretary, Art History Dept. [1999]. Flier. Quantity: 18 colour photo-mechanical print(s) (some black & white). Physical Description: Fliers and pamphlet, sizes varying up to 300 x 210 mm. Provenance: Donated by Greg O'Brien, Wellington, in 2004 and 2005.

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GRINZ yearbook

Date: 2000

From: Genealogical Research Institute of New Zealand Inc : Records, including family history research essays

Reference: MS-Papers-9084-51

Description: Articles submitted by Wendy Adlam, Museum of Wellington, City and Sea; by Grace Hutton, Petone Settlers' Museum Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Petone Settlers Museum Te Whare Whakaaro o Pito-one. Autumn Programme 1995. (Newsletter)

Date: 1995

Reference: ArtEph-1995-P-03

Description: Quantity: 1.

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Petone Settlers Museum :Patrick Street, Petone; an architectural and social experiment....

Date: 1989

By: Petone Settlers Museum

Reference: Eph-E-HOUSING-1989-01

Description: Shows a montage of a photographic view of the street, and a plan of the "York" workman's home, with background of coloured pencil shading. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster 890 x 621 mm.

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[Posters relating to trade unions, industrial disputes, etc, collected by H. O. Roth, o...

Date: 1985-1987

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: Eph-D-ROTH-Labour-1985/1987

Description: Includes: 1985: New Zealand Federation of Labour. Childcare is a union issue! / Design, Wellington Media Collective. Overpasted with a sticker "Equality for child care workers!" / E.C.W.U., PO Box 466, Wellington New Zealand Seamen's Union. Support New Zealand Shipping. Don't leave New Zealand crews on shore. Design Wellington Media Collective; photo Brian Davis. Published by the New Zealand Seamen's Union ... 1985 New Zealand Engineering Union. "If you think a 17% wage increase isn't reasonable, read this" [1985] Trade Union Health and Safety Centre. Trade Union health & safety 1985 [Calendar] 1986: Trade unions in New Zealand history. Compiled by bert Roth for the Education Subcommittee of the Auckland Interim Committee of the Council of Trade Unions ... 1986 1986/1988: Bob Kerr, 1951- . There's been a lot of talk lately about "freeing up the labour market" and "labour market flexibility" - don't be fooled. ... Join your union, fighting low pay. [ca 1986-1988]. 1987: Auckland Trades Council. May Day Committee. May 1 1987. Rally and march. Assemble 12.00 at Aotea Square and march to Albert Park 1.00 pm NZ Engineering Union. Labour market flexibility. Just how flexible do you have to be? ... [1987?] Petone Woollen Mills strike 1890. Strike! Trouble at t' mill. Petone Settlers Museum ..., 8 August - 10 December 1987 Workers Peace Festival. Victoria Park, Sat 28th Feb. Fly high with Herbs. 1251 ZM Total Music [1987] Quantity: 10 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Prints, relief prints and photolithographs, varying sizes. Provenance: Part of the Roth acquisition, 1990-1994.