Arthur River

Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-386

Description: Photographs of New Zealand scenery taken by various photographs of whom Wheeler & Son and the Burton Brothers are identified. There are a number of images of Mount Tarawera and surrounds both before and after the eruption on 10th June 1886. A few other images show the volcanic areas around Whakarewarewa and Wairakei in the North Island; all the rest are in the South Island. Two interesting images show people transported across wide rivers by flying fox, one with a woman sitting in the `cage', across a river near Lake Wakatipu (probably Deep Creek or the Shotover, near Skippers), and one with two people crossing the Hooker River. Most of the views of people are distant views, but several near the end of the album show close-up views of men climbing on glaciers with ropes and ice picks. Other - "Apparently only part of an album", note in album register Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with grey card covers, tied with cream tape; 17.5 x 29.5 cm

Date: [193-?]

From: Jansen, Nancy (Mrs) : Tourist Dept lantern slides

Reference: PA11-213

Description: Quantity: 13 b&w original transparency/ies.

Date: [1880s]

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA7-42-08

Description: View of the still waters of the Arthur River with mountains of Milford Sound in the distance to the left. Photograph taken by F A Coxhead. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 19. Arthur R., Milford Sd.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - F.A.C. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.1 x 19.3 cm on mount

Date: 1883

From: Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921 :West Coast and Otago. 1883, 1891

Reference: E-179-f-084

Description: View of mountains with lake in foreground Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 168 x 335 mm

Date: 1883

From: Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921 :West Coast and Otago. 1883, 1891

Reference: E-179-f-087

Description: View of mountain with river in foreground. Includes artist's colour. On verso: View of mountains. Inscription reads `The foreground for this is on the other side'. Other Titles - Barren Peak Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 333 x 165 mm

Date: [Circa 1937]

Reference: PA1-f-054

Description: Publicity photographs taken for New Zealand Railways between 1937 and 1938 by unidentified photographers. Photographs in the North Island include tours between Stratford and Ongarue; Ngaruawahia celebrations in 1938 (including views of King Koroki's house which was built in 1938); Rotorua and six lakes trip; and opening ceremonies for the Hutt Railway. In the South Island views include Caroline Bay with events at the soundshell; in Timaru, views of a two-storied clubhouse and men playing bowls, a person practising croquet, and several games of tennis on a series of tennis courts; areas in Queen Charlotte Sound, Portage, Pelorus and Kenepuru Sounds and Blenheim Aerodrome; Tasman and Franz Josef Glaciers; Milford Sound; Punakaiki; and Cromwell. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, dark green spine, entitled `Tours 5'; 40 x 60 cm

Date: 1870-1890

From: Saxby, Stephen Hector, 1907- :Photograph albums

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Hart, Campbell & Company; Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?; Ring, James, 1856-1939; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-q-213

Description: Album of photographs of New Zealand and Pacific scenes, compiled ca 1870s-1880s. Includes views of Nelson. Bridge over the Waiau River near Hanmer. Hutt Valley (showing junction of Belmont Road), Manaia (showing Dr Hector, and oysters in foreground). James Hector's house `Ratanui,'near Petone, his family, and views from the house. Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu (showing flooding, acclimatisation ponds, and the road between Queenstown and Martin's Bay). Greymouth. Castle Hill. White Island. Mount Ruapehu. Otira Gorge. Arthur River. Milford Sound (with steamship Rotorua). Christchurch. Auckland (including a series of interior views of Kilbryde, the home of Sir John Logan Campbell). Cable car over Taramakau River. Hawks Crag. Brunnerton. Arnold river. Arthur's Pass. Buller River. Denniston (showing coal mines and incline). Mount Cook. Wellington (including views of the Botanic Garden). Lake Mapourika. Sutherland Falls. Tahiti. Wanganui. The Wainuiomata Reservoir. Napier. Photographers represented include W T L Travers (scenes on Waiau river), Hart, Campbell & Co (Queenstown and Wakatipu), James Ring (Greymouth, Castle Hill, and Buller), H T Lock (Hawks Crag and Denniston), Wheeler & Son (Christchurch), Connolly & Co (Wellington Botanic Garden) and Burton Brothers (Sutherland Falls). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded maroon cover, entitled "New Zealand ferns"; 30.5 x 25.0 cm

Date: ca 1930s

By: Thiem, Benno, -1934

Reference: PAColl-7974

Description: New Zealand scenes taken by Ben Thiem of Hokitika ca 1930s. Comprises scenes in the thermal district, Maori portraits, mountains and glaciers, pastoral scenes, rivers and lakes, and bush. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Purchased from John Arnold, book and antique dealer, February 2004

Date: [Between December 1943 and February 1946]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-205

Description: Photographs from three expeditions in the Homer area, between the Upper Hollyford Valley and the Cleddau Valley, December 1943-January 1944; December 1944-January 1945; and the Homer Tunnel Museum Expedition in February 1946, all taken by John Tenison Salmon. Many of the photographs are landscapes, but others show native plants growing in the area. Two sequences show the damage caused by avalanches, one showing damage to bush and to a bridge in 1944; the others show damage from a major avalanche which buried the eastern portal of the Homer Tunnel which was under construction at the time (September 1945). Members of the first two expeditions include George Howes and Murray Smith, and Walter Reginald Brook Oliver and Ray Forster. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 30 x 24 cm

Date: 1885

By: Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921

Reference: A-232-031

Description: A view across Milford Sound towards the Arthur River gorge Inscriptions: Recto - top right - Arthur River Gorge from slip or crevasse near Bowen Falls Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink 209 x 350 mm

Date: February 1882

From: Burton Brothers, 1868-1898 (Firm, Dunedin) : Photographs

Reference: PA7-32-14

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card.

Date: [1930-1931]

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: PA1-f-055

Description: Publicity photographs taken for New Zealand Railways circa 1930 to 1931 by unidentified photographers. Some subjects have images dotted throughout the album, including the arrival in New Zealand of Lord and Lady Bledisloe in March 1930; the arrival in 1931 of Sir Francis Chichester after his crossing of the Tasman in his bi-plane; various activities at the Hillside Railway Workshops, including a group portrait of staff; and various images relating to Railways ticket offices, advertisements for railway tours and excursions, photographs of tickets, and an advertisement for house removals by train. A series of views show athletic sports including running races, hurdles, cycle racing, and long-jump. There are scenes showing the international sportsman Dr Otto Peltzer winning the 880 yards, handicap race at Wellington, on 8th February 1930. Team sports are shown in two views of a women's hockey team playing on the field below Victoria University College, and a series on rugby football, including views of the 5th test between Britain and New Zealand at Athletic Park in 1930. Railways head office picnic, including races by men, women and children (p 35-36), and a huge crowd at Paekakariki Beach, picnicking and swimming (p 70). Official occasions include scenes of the Empire and Australian Farmers' Tour, a view of the cortege at Sir Joseph Ward's funeral outside Parliament Buildings, the opening of Massey Memorial, and various views of unidentified railway officials in personal and group portraits, including one of the members of the New Zealand Railway Commission. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, green spine, entitled `Miscellaneous Book. C1'; 36 x 52 cm

Date: 1883

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-062-1

Description: A scene in Milford Sound showing Bowen Falls (540 ft) and Barren Peak from Arthur River Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - In Milford Sound - Bowen Fall (540 ft) - Barren Peak from Arthur River Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 150 x 205 mm

Date: [Between 1880 and 1889]

From: Burton Brothers :New Zealand Through the Camera

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

Reference: PA4-0005

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Arthur River taken in the 1880s by the Burton Brothers of Dunedin. Inscriptions: mat verso - bottom left - New Zealand through the camera. Burton Brothers, Photos., Dunedin, N.Z. Milford Sound - Arthur river Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1861-1889

By: Tatlock, (Mr), active 1975; Dougall, William, 1845-1924; Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA1-f-144

Description: Comprises a photograph album containing images taken William Dougall and Frank Coxhead between 1861 and 1889 showing views of Otago and Fiordland, and a voyage to Campbell, Auckland and Antipodes Islands. Dougall's account of the voyage on the 'Stella' was published in The Southland Times between 15 to 21 February 1888 under the column heading "Far South". Negatives and photographic prints taken by William Dougall are also held at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand. Two copies of the 'Far South' pamphlet which accompanied the photograph album are held in the National Library of New Zealand catalogue at PAM 919.31 DOU 1888 and Pam 1888 DOU 1545 (Alexander Turnbull Library copy). Photographer William Dougall travelled as official photographer on the New Zealand government steamer CGS 'Stella' to the Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes and Bounty Islands in 1888. His account and photographs of the voyage were published as set of a bound photograph album and a pamphlet titled 'Far South: Stewart Island, The Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes and Bounty Islands: Notes' in 1888. Photographer Frank Arnold Coxhead was based in Dunedin circa 1864 to circa 1890s. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1875

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook; Fiordland and West Coast views]. 1875

Reference: E-401-090

Description: Looking from Freshwater Basin, Milford Sound, up the Arthur River valley towards mountains, with heavy rain falling Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on page of sketchbook, image size 105 x 180 mm.

Date: 1860 - 1880

From: Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :Album. [1860s?]

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: E-297-012

Description: View of a steep bush-clad peak through the branches of a tree Photograph numbered 1430 Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph 203 x 136 mm glued to album page 225 x 177 mm

Date: [Circa 1900s]

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department

Reference: PA1-o-501

Description: Photographs of the South Island, chiefly showing the are around Fiordland and Stewart Island, taken by the New Zealand Government Tourist Department Other Titles - New Zealand scenery Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, entitled "New Zealand scenery" in fold lettering; 26.0 x 34.5 cm

Date: 1928

By: Wilson, Laurence William, 1851-1912; Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Company Ltd

Reference: B-161-004

Description: Shows a view looking up a stream that runs swiftly over large boulders, with mountains and bush in the background. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 330 x 458 mm, on sheet 407 x 530 mm. Transfers: From Ephemera Collection - PR-03-0591. Transferred from Ephemera accesssion PR-03-0591..

Date: 1906

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper); Otago Witness (Newspaper)

Reference: C-065-014

Description: A reproduction of a photograph showing the Arthur River among bush-clad mountains. Part of the Milford Track Extended Title - Supplement to: The Otago Daily Times and Witness Christmas Annual. 1906. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 410 x 585 mm