Curtis Island

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: 1887

From: Smith, Stephenson Percy 1840-1922 : Notebooks on the Chatham and Kermadec islands, and Niue

Reference: MS-2025

Description: Diary of expedition to the Kermadec Islands, with list of geological specimens, map of islands in relation to Kermadecs, calculations, many drawings of the islands and parts of New Zealand the ship passed, such as Three Kings Island, Cape Reinga, Sunday Island, Curtis Island and list of indigenous and introduced vegetation on Sunday Island Source of title - Supplied title Arrangement: MS-2024-2027 are boxed together Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph (14x20cm, black roan) Includes geological profiles and cross-sections and many drawings of promontories, landforms, with some mapping. Particularly good drawings of the crater of Sunday Island and Curtis Island

Date: 1920

From: Duncan, June (Mrs), fl 1997 :Photographs from the estates of Joseph and Frank Duncan

By: Duncan, June, active 1997

Reference: PA1-o-827

Description: On 15 August 1920 the auxiliary (with an engine as well as sails) schooner "Jubilee" left Auckland for Niue. She never arrived. By late October/early November the Government steamer "Hinemoa" had searched the Kermadeck Islands for her without success. HMS "Veronica" made enquiries at Niue on her way to Suva. On November 12 the Minister for Marine announced in Parliament that the Government steam ship "Tutanekai" would be used in a search for the"Jubilee". The "Tutanekai" left Auckland early in the morning of November 23. She called into Whangarei later on the same day to pick up bunker coal and left in the evening. She carried a party of men and women who were all probably relatives or friends of the crew and passengers of the "Jubilee". Two were mentioned in the NZ Herald of 23 Nov. as Mr E B Vaile (brother in law of one of the passengers, Mr Head), and Mr M Champion (son of the "jubilee's" Captain). From Whangarei they sailed for the Minerva Reef and Tonga. From Tonga they went to Niue and returned to Auckland via the Kermadeck Islands. There is no indication from the album that they found or discovered what had happened to the "Jubilee". Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [27 October 1900]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-633-47

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-633-47-1) shows the entrance to the crater on Curtis Island, 27 October 1900. The lower photograph (PA1-q-633-47-2) shows Macauley Island, as seen from HMS Mildura, 27 October 1900. As indicated in Hill-Trevor's account (PA1-f-143, p 32), the party did not land on Macauley but sailed on to Curtis. Physical Description: Two photographic prints mounted on album page, 253 x 314 mm (page size)

Date: 1852

From: Rees, William Gilbert, 1827-1898 : Papers

Reference: E-199-q-011

Description: Shows Curtis Island, one of the Kermadec Islands Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash 98 x 146 mm

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-633-43

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-633-43-1) shows Macauley Island as seen from HMS Mildura, 27 October 1900. The lower photograph (PA1-q-633-43-2) shows Curtis Island, as seen from HMS Mildura, 27 October 1900. As indicated in Hill-Trevor's account (PA1-f-143, p 32), the party did not land on Macauley but sailed on to Curtis. Physical Description: Two photographic prints mounted on album page, 253 x 314 mm (page size)

Date: [27 October 1900]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-633-45

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-633-45-1) shows Charles Hill-Trevor clapping his hands to startle the nesting birds on Curtis Island, 27 October 1900. The lower photograph (PA1-q-633-45-2) shows the birds rising in response. Occasion identified from PA1-f-143, p 34. Physical Description: Two photographic prints mounted on album page, 253 x 314 mm (page size)

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)

Date: 1911

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

By: New Zealand Geographic Board; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Humphries, Thomas, 1841-1928; Mackay, John, 1851-1937

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-5/27/350/Acc.55036

Description: Map of the North Island of New Zealand showing the state of the public surveys in 1911. Published by the Department of Lands and Survey, under T Humphries, Surveyor General. John Mackay, Government Printer. Inset map - Cook Islands. Inset maps - Kermadec Islands: Raoul or Sunday Island, Macauley Island, Curtis Island, l'Esperance Rock. Map features extensive annotations with place names inscribed in ink, pencil and colour pencil, giving names in English, French, and Maori. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed map on linen-backed paper, scale 15 English miles to 1 inch, 92 x 69 cm

Date: 1939

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-03414-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative ¼ plate

Date: 1939

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-03413-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative ¼ plate