Western Australia

Date: 21 Nov 1943-10 Jun 1944, 2004

By: Stubbs, James Athol, 1922?-1944

Reference: MS-Papers-8101

Description: Transcription by Colin Bassett of diary kept by Gunner James Stubbs in World War Two beginning with an account of his military service from 1940 to 1943 when the diary begins (21 Nov 1943) and finishing 1 Jun 1944, shortly before his death in Wellington 10 Jun 1944 Stubbs describes his enlistment and training from 1940 to 1943 when he left New Zealand on the `Nieuw Amsterdam', arriving in Egypt in Aug 1943; he describes the voyage, places visited, and Cairo, then sailing to Italy and serving there including Cassino. He returned to New Zealand on the `Wanganella' but became ill on board and died on his arrival in Wellington Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr C Bassett, Khandallah, Wellington, Sep 2004

Date: 1877

From: McIntosh, Alister Donald Miles (Sir), 1906-1978 :McIntosh Collections of antique maps

By: McIntosh, Alister Donald Miles (Sir), 1906-1978; Petermann, August Heinrich, 1822-1878; Justus Perthes Verlag

Reference: MapColl-830a/1877/Acc.33636

Description: Shows provinces, place names, topographical features of New Zealand, West Australia and Tasmania. Has inset of Auckland and Manukau Harbour. McIntosh Collection, item 7 Quantity: 3 map(s) on 1 sheet. Physical Description: Engraving, coloured, scale 1:5 000 000, 32 x 39cm

Date: 1982

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning Closer Economic Relations. Published in the Auckland Star 1981 - 1984].

Reference: A-331-123

Description: The cartoon shows a man, representing manufacturers, looking at a map. The map is titled, CER and shows all the states of Australia. However, added to the east coast is New Zealand, as if it were another state of Australia. Refers to CER. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 270 x 195mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1875-1887

By: Hales, George B, active 1875-1887

Reference: qMS-0905

Description: Comprises letters from Tonga and Samoa (1875); from New Zealand describing the South Island and Westland (1885 and 1886); from Western Australia and South Australia (1886 and 1887); describes voyage from Wellington to Derby, Western Australia in SS `Triumph' and trip thence to the Kimberley diggings with New Zealand horses and drays, with extract of diary (17 Aug 1886-1 Jan 1887) Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (199 leaves). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and mss (photocopies) (35 cm; brown hinged lid box)

Date: 1852-1863

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2326

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1829 - 1907

By: Allcot, John C, 1888-1973

Reference: B-037-004

Description: Ships at anchor are the "Parmelia", the H M S "Challenger" and H M S "Sulphur" Historical notes on mount Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of original painting 233 x 383 mm

Date: 1940-1942

From: Butler, Hugh Henry, 1912-1941 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1423

Description: Butler describes daily life in Maadi Camp, with notes on visits to Sydney, Perth, Cairo and Jerusalem and continual reference to friends recruited from the Petone area Quantity: 1 folder(s) (43 pieces).

Date: 1699

By: Allcot, John C, 1888-1973

Reference: B-037-009

Description: Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of original painting 304 x 388 mm Provenance: Copious explanatory notes on mount. "Presented to the Government of New Zealand through the Rt Hon. Sir Joseph Ward, by D Hope Hohnston, Pioneers Club, Sydney 5th Jul 1929

Date: 1840-1885

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2036

Description: Papers of General Sir Thomas Larcom, Under-Secretary for Ireland 1853-1868. Select papers from MS 7723 (continuation from previous reel) - Correspondence and cuttings, 1862. MS 7728 - Cuttings on death of T F Meagher, 1867. MS 7731 - Cuttings on C Gavan Duffy and Premiership of Victoria, 1871. Papers of P J Smyth - Select papers from MS 8216; MS 8221 (re Mary Mulvany, 1840); MS 8352 (Extracts from the shipboard journal of Thomas Locke kept during voyage to Port Chalmers, Oct 1863-Feb 1864, on board the `Cecilia'); MS 8404 (Complete copy - Minute by R R Madden, Colonial Secretary of Western Australia, recording his opposition to an ordinance giving magistrates summary jurisdiction over aborigines, 1848). Papers of Sir Richard Bourke, Governor of NSW 1831-1837. MS 8473 (continued on next reel). Account of livestock sold at auction in Sydney, 1838. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: For fuller details see piece level inventory.

Date: 1904-1917, [ca 1990]

From: O'Connor, Peter Selwyn, 1926-1994 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6262-1

Description: Research notes and typescript of a talk given by O'Connor on the career of the Australian state governor, Sir Gerald Strickland. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mrs Mary Ronnie, 1998

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2594

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1863-1868

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2035

Description: Papers of General Sir Thomas Larcom, Under-Secretary for Ireland, 1853-1868. Selected papers from the following: MS 7606 (continuation from previous reel); MS 7695; MS 7696; MS 7698; MS 7723 (beginning of). Mainly notes and cuttings on Irish emigration to Australia and United States; cuttings on Fenian convicts for Australia; cuttings on disturbances in New Zealand; cuttings and correspondence on death and funeral of W S O'Brien, 1864; reminiscences by J Mitchel of 1848 insurrection (1868). Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: For fuller details see piece level inventory.

Date: 1832-1907

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2061

Description: Comprise selected records of the Adams and Elwes families, the diaries of Dudley Cary Elwes, and the papers of E S Burton from the Daventry collection Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1846-1919

From: Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) : Records

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-10-54

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: See inventory for fuller description of the contents of this folder.

Date: 1868 - 1891

By: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925

Reference: E-326-f

Description: A few British and European scenes. The remainder show Lake Wanaka, Nelson, Timaru, Bluff, Dusky and Doubtful Sounds, Chalky Inlet, Lake Waihola and numerous other South Island scenes; Wellington, Napier, Rotorua, Bay of Islands Title from spine Inscriptions: Some signed: K.H. ; K. Holmes Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour drawings 145 p. 290 x 490 mm ¼ red morocco, red linen

Date: 1921-1922

From: Connell, Marjorie Bertha, 1907-1995 : Seed family papers

Reference: 88-051-56

Description: Printed material from Australian Forestry Conference held in Brisbane in 1922 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-094

Description: The essay covers the period 1842-1939 and details the lives of Mary Jane and Thomas Moses who came to New Zealand on the `Waikato' in 1878 and settled at Otaio, Canterbury; and David and Elizabeth Hampton who arrived on the Victory in 1859 and also settled at Otaio in Canterbury. The story then traces the lives of their off-spring Annie Moses who married Henry Hampton, and the couple eventually moved to Australia. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available. Photographs of David and Elizabeth Hampton; Henry and Annie Hampton; Ted and Ettie Smidt on their wedding day; Moses family in 1897 standing outside their home

Date: 1883

From: Vogel, Julius (Sir), 1835-1899 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2072-38

Description: Letters relating to Vogel's business interests re land and cables in Western Australia (Jan-Dec 1883); correspondence re `Contract journal' (June 1883), Wellington-Manawatu Railway Co to Vogel (Apr 1883), re mortgage of railway land; letters and documents re Universal Bond Building, Dunedin (Mar 1883); Australian Borneo Co to Vogel re lands in Borneo (Dec 1883); business papers including Eucla Railway syndicate, `Contract journal', NZ Land Mortgage Co Ltd, Trust and Agency Co of Australasia Ltd (1883) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1940s-1950s]

From: Unwin, William Henry 1909-1992: Photographs relating to the life and career of musician Harry Unwin

By: Ascot Photographers (Christchurch, N.Z.); Cabaret Candid Photography; Smith, Robert H, active 1952

Reference: PAColl-10379-6

Description: Photographs of various women in Harry Unwin's life, 1940s-1950s, some of whom he may have been romantically involved with. Taken by a range of photographers, many of whom are unidentified. - Contains portraits of women, many of whom have autographed and sent their image to Unwin. Includes studio portraits and glamour photographs. Some first names are given, including "Norma", "Glad", "Miskey", "Betty", "Mona", "Margaret", 'Joan", and "Elvie", but many are unidentified. One image features a topless woman on the beach. - Includes a series of images of dancer Billie Ponds. These include professional stage shots in costume and studio portraits that she has given to Unwin. Ponds has autographed or annotated the rear of a number of the images. Also includes images of Unwin and Ponds together by a fountain and at a railway station, and Ponds with an older woman [possibly her mother?]. Another series features a blond woman identified only as "Elese" and includes professional portraits in a swimsuit and high-heeled shoes on a beach as well as informal snapshots [possibly taken by Unwin?]. One portrait is signed "To Harry, with fondest regards, Elese". Elese and Unwin are photographed together holding a koala and with a koala sitting on the back of an Alsatian dog, drinking in evening wear, holding hands, and outside Christchurch Cathedral (with Elese in a [adult Girl Guide?] uniform). - Named photographers include Cabaret Candid Photography, 'Truth' and 'Daily Mirror' feature service, Capitol Studio (Brisbane), Doug Balmer, Ascot Photographers (Christchurch), Robert H Smith (Wellington), Maxim Studio (Western Australia), and Majestic Studios (Coburg, Melbourne). Quantity: 57 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: 1990 - 2009

From: Garland, Phil (Collector): [Posters and ephemera relating to folk music, popular music. 1960-2009]

Reference: Eph-D-MUSIC-Garland-1990/2009

Description: Ephemera and posters relating to folk music and to the career of Phil Garland: 1990?: Lynwood Arms Hotel presents Phil Garland's Bush Telegraph Band. Colonial bush dance. Friday 20th April. Tickets available at 588 Metcalf Road, Lynwood [Western Australia. 1990?] 1992: Jamberoo Valley Folk Festival 1992. Peggy Seeger, Ted Egan, Rua, Martin Wyndham-Read, Wongawilli, Graeme Dodsworth, Jim Haynes, Greg Champion .... Illawarra Folk Club. 28-29 February & 1 March [1992] 1993: Jamberoo Valley Folk Festival. Australian folk music ... (With Clair Hayes, John McCutcheon, Home Rule, Peggy Daroe-Smith, Eric Bogle, WWWs, Jackie Luke, Gillian Allcock, Bob Brown, Rob Fairbairn, Dennis O'Keefe, Col Buchanan, Utungan & more! 12, 13, 14 March 1993. 1999: The Folk Federation of South Australia proudly presents 1999 Victor harbor Folk Festival. October 1-4 [1999] 2001: Victor Harbor Folk Festival 2001. September 28, 29, 30 & October 1, Victor Harbor Oval, Victor Harbor [South Australia] (2 copies, one with programme details printed on verso) Quantity: 2 b&w art print(s). 3 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Screenprints and offset prints, sizes varying up to around 600 x 420 mm. Provenance: Donated by Phil Garland in 2015.