Thatched roofs - New Zealand - Otago Region

Date: 1872

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, including sketches of Dunedin, Australia, and Central Otago] 1872 [and] 1878

Reference: E-032-2-048

Description: A cottage with a thatched roof, a chimney at one end, in a bush clearing. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, on sketchbook page, page size 113 x 188 mm

Date: [Circa 1900s to 1910s]

From: Mercer, Robert, fl 1964 :Photographs and albums of Maori, New Zealand views, and illustrations

Reference: PA1-o-338

Description: Album of photographs taken in the Otago and Southland Regions, by unidentified photographers. All the locations are well identified. Some of the images are related to railways, including railway tunnels (e.g. The Caversham Tunnel when under construction circa 1909), and the Hunts Road Tunnel; the Clutha Railway Bridge; the Wingatui Signal Box; the Balclutha Railway Station, railway yards, and sales-yards; railway barns; D-class engine (New Zealand Railways steam-engine No. 355); the Owaka Express; and bush tramway tracks, one sawmill typical of small mills in the Catlins area. Many of the images are taken with an emphasis on atmosphere, including sunsets, stormy days on the coast near Dunedin, evening at Ocean Beach, storm clouds at Lawyer's Head, and "By beach and sand-hill". There are a large number of views of the Dunedin Botanic Gardens and the Winter Gardens, and the Dunedin Reservoir. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover, gold lines down spine and across corners; 19.5 x 26.5

Date: [Circa 1870s to 1890s]

From: Yeldham, A (Mrs), fl 1976 :Photograph albums containing views of New Zealand

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-542

Description: Photograph albums entitled 'Views of New Zealand', containing Burton Bros photographs of New Zealand scenes, as well as views in Tonga and Samoa. These island views include one of Princess Anaziene (grand-daughter of King Tupou I of Tonga) outside the palace at Nukualofa; another taken near Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu; one of Neiafu (Vava'u, Tonga); and one in Apia, Samoa. Places in in the North Island of New Zealand include the Pink and White Terraces before the Tarawera Eruption of 1886; Mangarewa Gorge (named as Mongarewa Gorge in the album); Rotokanapanapa, Lake Rotomahana; and Waiwera with the Waiwera Hotel centre left. The South Island images show Lake Moke; Wet Jacket Arm; Passage Point Cove in Dusky Sound; and Cabbage Tree Grove (Halfway Bay, Lake Wakatipu) in which a log hut with thatched roof is seen behind a large flax bush, surrounded by cabbage trees. Other Titles - Views of New Zealand Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon leather cover with gold decoration, entitled "Views of New Zealand" in gold lettering; 23.5 x 31.5 cm

Date: 1875 - 1876

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, including sketches of Lake Wakatipu, Banks Peninsula, Dunedin and its outskirts, Central Otago, Lake Wanaka, Oamaru, 1868, 1872, 1876, 1878]

Reference: E-016-5-095

Description: Two cottages with thatched roofs, a shed at the back of one, alongside a road amidst low hills. 'Deep Dell' is modern Deepdell Station, Macraes Flat Other Titles - Deepdell Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, page size 98 x 154 mm

Date: [Circa 1890s to 1901]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-296

Description: Photographs, probably taken by G W Barltrop. Scenes in the first part of the album are of the South Island, mostly around the Dunedin area, and further south, in Invercargill and Bluff. There are two panoramas, one of Port Chalmers and one of Lumsden. Most are landscapes, but a few show groups of people, including five young girls in the Dunedin Botanical Gardens, and a man driving a horse and buggy at Manuka Creek, with two young women sitting beside him, and a third woman standing by the horse's head. A graveyard scene is a close-up view of two headstones, one for Catherine Louisa Schaw (widow of John S Schaw), who died in 1874 aged 71. North Island scenes show a church at Levin; and views of the countryside, a bullock pulling a laden cart, and at the Rimutaka Summit all taken on a train journey. Group portraits include one of a large family group, with two young boys in the foreground with a cricket bat and cricket pads; and two large groups of men and women associated with the Missions to Seamen. One image show a plaque erected `In memory of twelve officers and seamen who were drowned or died from exposure, by the wreck of the Barque Lizzie Bell near the Oeo River, July 24 1901, erected by members and friends of the Missions to seamen, Wellington, New Zealand'. There is also a photograph of the wreck of the ship Antiocco Accame, which was stranded at Katiki Beach, Otago, on 31 October 1901. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark green cover, entitled `Photographs'; 16.0 x 22.5 cm

Date: 1868 - 1872

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, including sketches of Lake Wakatipu, Banks Peninsula, Dunedin and its outskirts, Central Otago, Lake Wanaka, Oamaru, 1868, 1872, 1876, 1878]

Reference: E-016-5-004

Description: A cottage with thatched roof 'near Mount Pisa', probably on the road to Wanaka along the Cardrona River. The back view of a man with spear and Greek helmet. A pencil and wash drawing within a circle of mountain peaks and clouds. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash on sketchbook page, page size 98 x 154 mm

Date: [Between 1870s and 1880s]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-090

Description: Album containing photographs of the Southern Lakes District, taken by Burton Brothers. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - N.Z. Scenery Other Titles - New Zealand scenery Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Brown coloured album with black corners and spine, entitled "N.Z. scenery", 22 x 28 cm

Date: Circa 1926

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0872-1/2-G

Description: The old homestead at Taioma; a cob cottage with thatched rood, in a state of disrepair. Two women wearing cloche hats stand alongside, possibly Laura Godber and her daughter Phyllis. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber circa 1926. Original print in Godber Album Vol 109, p 252 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - The old homestead. Taioma. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches