Preservation Inlet

Date: 1860 - 1880

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

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: E-297-002

Description: Four men and a boy seated in a rowboat by a rocky shore, a bush-clad hill behind Photograph numbered 66 Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph 142 x 195 mm glued to album page 177 x 225 mm

Date: [Early 1880s?]

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Taber, Isaiah West, 1830-1912

Reference: PA1-q-153

Description: Photographs of New Zealand taken by various photographers, circa early 1880s. Images include several Maori groups, Maori kainga, meeting houses, carving; a large number of views of mud pools, geysers, hot springs, and in particular views of the Pink and White Terraces before the Tarawera eruption in 1886. Other views show areas of the South Island, including Dunedin City, Oamaru, Christchurch; and the North island including Auckland, Thames District (a number showing aspects of gold mining in the area). The last photograph, of the R.M.S.S. Zealandia was taken by Taber Photo, San Francisco. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with grey blue cover, black corners and spine edged with gold; 30.5 x 25.5 cm

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

Reference: PA7-32-18

Description: Duplicate of PA7-32-17 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card.

Date: 1875

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Collection of sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-107

Description: Storm clouds over Preservation Inlet Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 170 x 350 mm

Date: 1925

From: Living, John Frederick, d 1978 :Photographs of the South Seas Exhibition and holidays

Reference: PA1-o-1052

Description: Album recording a motoring and camping holiday through the South Island of New Zealand. This took in the New Zealand South Seas Exhibition in Dunedin and included the West Coast, Otago, and Canterbury. The central part of the album has images of Khandallah, Wellington, and the family home in that suburb. Family photographs include Doug on his Norton Motorcycle, and Jack and Neville similarly posed on a Douglas Motorcycle. Rene and Frank stand at the net holding tennis rackets, and mother has several images with young Joyce. The last part of the album recordes something of a holiday to Auckland where the family camped at Brown's Bay and took a trip to Kawau Island. A group shot on Mt Messanger on the way back and some views of Pukekura Park New Plymouth complete the album Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1875

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

Reference: E-401-010

Description: Looking back into Preservation Inlet, with Treble Mountain noted in the background, bush-covered headlands and islands Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on two pages of sketchbook, image size 105 x 360 mm.

Date: 1870 - 1879

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Collection of sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-105

Description: The rugged coastline viewed from the sea Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 70 x 230 mm

Date: 1896

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1891-1896]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898; Monson, John Robert, 1829?-

Reference: E-496-q-051

Description: Two views, one showing a view along Preservation Inlet, the other a fisherman in a fishing boat. The latter view may be by W. M. Hodgkins Quantity: 2 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen prints glued to sketchbook page, page size 111 x 183 mm Finding Aids: Shelf-list available.

Date: 1896

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1891-1896]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-496-q-046

Description: Two views, one showing the ship Mararoa steaming into Cuttle Cove, Preservation Inlet, the other showing another part of Cuttle Cove Quantity: 2 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen prints glued to sketchbook page, page size 111 x 183 mm Finding Aids: Shelf-list available.

Date: 1890

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Middle East and New Zealand sketchbook] 1883-1892.

Reference: E-369-102/103

Description: View across a lake framed with trees and rocks on one side and mountains on the other side Quantity: 1 drawing(s) (double page). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 105 x 368 mm, in album

Date: 1978-1985

From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 : Papers

Reference: 87-208-232

Description: Includes the Campbell Island management plan; speech by Fleming on biogeography and physical data and correspondence relating to Preservation Inlet on Stewart Island Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1889

From: Lister, Joseph Jackson 1857-1927 :[Lister album] 1886-1890 [Watercolours by Joseph, and possibly Isabella and Gulielma Lister]

Reference: E-394-f-034-4

Description: The Fiordland coastline from the sea Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 31 x 77 mm

Date: 1860 - 1890

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898; Hodgkins, Percy D'Esterre, 1873-1956

Reference: E-405

Description: p.1. [Street scene in ?Dunedin with tram, hansom cab and a reference to the BNZ]; p.2 [Two elderly men]; p.3 Geo McLeod, Star bg [i.e.building?]; p.4 [Man reclining in chair with his feet up]. p.5 [Two men, one carrying a large basket on his shoulder]; p.6 [Two men's faces, with red colouring]; p.7 Sketch for "Land carriage ...". The eleven mile swamp between ?Madialloc and Western port in Victoria. Light carts bring the fish across the neck to Melbourne - 1860. p.8 Coastal steamer entering Preservation.; p.9 [Man in bowler hat and overcoat with walking stick]; p.10 [Three portraits of the same bearded balding man]; p.11 [Sketch of dinghy] Inscriptions: On cover in pencil: W.M.Hodgkins. Several sketches titled, but not all titles fully legible Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s) Green card covers, inscribed "The reporter's notebook ... J.Wilkie & Co ... Dunedin". Physical Description: 11 pencil sketches in album of 37 pages, page size 113 x 818 mm Provenance: Hodgkins family by descent to Percy D'Esterre Hodgkins. Transfers: Transferred from Manuscripts & Archives 1989. MS acc. no. 73-129.

Date: ca 1920s-1940s

By: Wellington Studios

Reference: PAColl-4421

Description: Photograph of the head of Long Sound in Preservation Inlet with some people in rowing boats near the waterfall; the corner of Cambridge Terrace and Courtenay Place in Wellington showing the tram lines and cabbage trees planted in the centre of the street; and men at a formal dinner annotated on the reverse as a dinner for closer relations between the USA and New Zealand although the only flags visible are for Britain and New Zealand (taken by Wellington Studios). Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1890

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Middle East and New Zealand sketchbook] 1883-1892.

Reference: E-369-106/107

Description: Shows part of Preservation Inlet nestled between trees and mountains Quantity: 1 drawing(s) (double page). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 105 x 262 mm, in album

Date: 1875

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

Reference: E-401-006

Description: Looking into Preservation Inlet, with a coal mine noted at the southern entrance, Solitary Peak and Forgotten Peak in the background, an arrow pointing south to the location of Puysegur Point (beyond the view) Other Titles - Puysegur Point Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on page of sketchbook, page size 105 x 180 mm.

Date: 1896

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1891-1896]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-496-q-049

Description: Three views, showing close-up and more distant views of a fisherman in his boat, with one view apparently from a building on land Quantity: 3 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen prints glued to sketchbook page, page size 111 x 183 mm Finding Aids: Shelf-list available.

Date: 1893

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to ships and shipping companies, mainly on voyages to New Zealand. 1890 -1899]

By: Coulls, Culling & Company

Reference: Eph-A-SHIP-1893-01

Description: A programme for a concert, probably on board the ship "Tarawera" in Preservation Inlet. Performers included an orchestra, Mr E Packer (singer), Mr J Jago (singer), Mr Barth (piano), Mr Jesse Timson (piano) and W Ibbotson, Mr A F Anthony (singer), Mr C H Humphries (singer), Mr H J Williams (violin), Mr T McConnell (cornet). Accompanist and musical director was Mr Jesse Timson. Web search reveals that Mr A F Anthony was a crew member on board the Tarawera in 1887. It is likely that most of the performers were crew members. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on folded programme with hand-torn edges, 150 x 115 mm.

Date: 1882

From: Commons, Jeremy Paul Axford, 1933- :Postcards of the ANZACS during World War I ; photographs of New Zealand, and of the Suez Canal

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

Reference: PA7-32-17

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

Date: 1927-1951

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-143

Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance between 1927 and 1951. Includes: Number of photographs relating to Port Craig; roadmakers huts at Puysegur Point, 1940; Waikaia (including Jimmy Hamer's house), taken by J D S Roberts, 1951; Howell Memorial, Riverton, 1937; Queen's Park & Anderson Park, Invercargill; Gore WWI war memorial, 1951; Bluff oysters; many aerial photographs of places (all listed in Place Field), including Mataura township and freezing works. Quantity: 47 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints