Volcanoes - Kermadec Islands

Date: 30 Sept 1900 - 31 Oct 1900

From: Trevor, Charles Edward Hill-Trevor, 3rd Baron, 1863-1950 :Photographs of New Zealand and Cook Islands compiled during Vice-regal term of Lord Ranfurly

By: Ross, Malcolm, 1862-1930; Crummer, George R, 1868-1953

Reference: PA1-f-143

Description: Arrangement: The album consists of Hill-Trevor's diary of the cruise, with the photographs interspersed with the text. This album documents the cruise of Lord Ranfurly, Governor of NZ, aboard HMS Mildura to the Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga and the Kermadec Islands, in October 1900, in the course of which he annexed the Cook Islands and Niue for the British Crown. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [27 October 1900]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-633-46

Description: Two photographs taken by Malcolm Ross on the cruise of HMS Mildura to the Cook Islands, Niue and Tonga, October 1900, during which the Cook Islands and Niue were annexed on behalf of New Zealand. The upper photograph (PA1-q-633-46-1) shows steam rising from boiling pools of mud and water on Curtis Island, 27 October 1900. The lower photograph (PA1-q-633-46-2) shows jets of steam rising from vents in the ground on Curtis Island, 27 October 1900. Identiifed from PA1-f-143, p 34. Physical Description: Two photographic prints mounted on album page, 253 x 314 mm (page size)

Date: 1900

From: NZ Parliamentary Library :Two albums. Construction on the Dunedin and Moeraki Railway, and the annexation of the Cook Islands

By: Baynes, Henry Compton Anderson, active 1900; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); May, Percival, active 1900; Muir & Moodie (Firm); T B Banks and Company

Reference: PA1-q-632

Description: Views of annexation ceremonies, of the local people and their leaders, of Lord Ranfurly and his party which included Naval personel from the Mildura who added presence to the occasions and raised flags during the ceremonies. There are photographs of two lepers on Molokani Island in the Penryn group and the Governor on a pearl shell diving boat on Manihiki. On the way back to New Zealand the Mildura stoped at the Kermadec Islands. Photographs were taken of Sunday (Raoul) and Macaulay Islands, and of the crater on Curtis Island. This part of the album ends with the Mildura in Lyttelton Harbour and the Governor coming ashore in a boat. Most of the rest are scenic shots of the Tourist highlights of New Zealand. There are three photographs of women crossing the Tasman Glacier and boiling a billy. The album ends with a group of photographs of the Channel Islands According to a note at the front of the album, all photographs, other than the New Zealand scenic tourist shots, were taken either by Captain Baynes or P M May, Surgeon, both of HMS Mildura. However, this is one of several albums recording the annexation of the Cook Islands held in the Photograph Archive. Many of the same images occur in all of them and a large number of these came from negatives held in the Malcolm Ross Collection. Malcolm Ross was a New Zealand Journalist who as the correspondent for the Times news paper, accompanied Lord Ranfurly's party on the Mildura, and was responsible for photographing the occasion. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: This album was offered to the National Library of New Zealand by Isabel Baynes, probably the widow of Captain Baynes. It was selected with some other items in July 1935 by Dr Scholefield, New Zealand Parliamentary Librarian, during a visit to Hampton Court Palace where Isabel Baynes lived. From 1935 to 1998 the album was housed in the New Zealand Parliamentary Library.

Date: [27 October 1900]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-633-44

Description: Two photographs taken by Malcolm Ross on the cruise of HMS Mildura to the Cook Islands, Niue and Tonga, October 1900, during which the Cook Islands and Niue were annexed on behalf of New Zealand. The upper photograph (PA1-q-633-44-1) shows one of HMS Mildura's boats near the entrance to the crater on Curtis Island, 27 October 1900. The lower photograph (PA1-q-633-44-2) shows (from left) Surgeon Percival May, Lord Ranfurly, Charles Edward Hill-Trevor and Captain Baynes ashore on Curtis Island, 27 October 1900. In the album caption Lord Ranfurly notes that the ground on this volcanic island was hot, and liable to break under their weight. Individuals identified from PA1-f-143, p 33. Physical Description: Two photographic prints mounted on album page, 253 x 314 mm (page size)