Balaena Bay

Date: 1905 - 1928

By: Forbes, Alexander, 1875-1945; Pearson, Joan, active 1940s-1990s

Reference: E-457-q

Description: Photocopies of pencil, pen & ink and watercolour sketches of Wellington scenes between 1905 and 1928, with some scenes from other parts of the country. Includes views of Island Bay, Evans Bay, Houghton Bay, Oriental Bay, Roseneath, Central Wellington, Melrose, Newtown, Kilbirnie, Carterton, Levin, Thermal area, Auckland and Gisborne. Includes introduction with biographical notes and copy of a photograph of the artist and his family, an index and location map for the Wellington sketches (the majority of the views). Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Photocopies (colour and black and white) of watercolours, ink and pencil sketches A4 size page in clear plastic covers with plastic spiral binding

Date: 1983

By: Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972

Reference: C-106-007/012

Description: Manners Street from Perrett's Corner, 1908 or 1909; The intersection of Courtney Place and Kent Terrace, 1911 or 1912; Basin Reserve, 1914; The intersection of Riddiford Street, Russell Street and Mansfield Street, Newtown Wellington, between 1910 and 1915; Oriental Bay kiosk, 1914; Balaena Bay, Wellington, 1914. Title from container, which also bears descriptive notes. Other Titles - Sydney Charles Smith (1888-1972). Alexander Turnbull Library photographic posters Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 6 photolithographs 254 x 345 mm, on sheets 400 x 450 mm, in container 390 x 530 mm. Provenance: Acquired through Legal Deposit.

Date: 1971

From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Wellington sketchbook]. 1971.

Reference: E-468-f-004

Description: Swimmers and buildings at Balaena Bay Other Titles - 1971 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 275 x 375 mm

Date: 1971

From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Wellington sketchbook]. 1971.

Reference: E-476-f-003

Description: Small launch up on dry ground at Balaena Bay Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 270 x 356 mm

Date: [ca 6 September 1973]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1973/3983

Description: Photographs of houses and boats on Balaena Bay, Wellington, taken ca 6 September 1973 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1983

By: Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972

Reference: C-106-007-a/012-a

Description: Manners Street from Perrett's Corner, 1908 or 1909; The intersection of Courtney Place and Kent Terrace, 1911 or 1912; Basin Reserve, 1914; The intersection of Riddiford Street, Russell Street and Mansfield Street, Newtown Wellington, between 1910 and 1915; Oriental Bay kiosk, 1914; Balaena Bay, Wellington, 1914. Title from container, which also bears descriptive notes. Other Titles - Sydney Charles Smith (1888-1972). Alexander Turnbull Library photographic posters Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 6 photolithographs 254 x 345 mm, on sheets 400 x 450 mm, in container 390 x 530 mm. Provenance: Acquired through Legal Deposit.

Date: 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-102

Description: Photographs taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: 16 November 1945

From: Wellington Regional Planning Authority: Maps from records

Reference: MapColl-WRPA-WELLINGTON-HARBOUR.Acc.56969

Description: Wellington Harbour Board, Balaena Bay. Proposed reclamation and extensions to foreshore licence (number 77) for craft construction limited and er-location of boatskids for messrs E Kerr and W King. Annotation reads "Vested in Wellington Harbour Board, March 1956". Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Negative diazotype on paper, 35.5 x 49 cm

Date: 1985

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

Reference: PA12-5017

Description: Photographs taken by John Bailey showing street views of Wellington harbour, Balaena Bay, Wellington Zoo, and waste oil trucks in Whanganui. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Delivered in a slide case titled "Z49 Oct 1985". Quantity: 6 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1985

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

Reference: PA12-5016

Description: Photographs taken by John Bailey showing the train journey from Johnsonville to Wellington, including stations, tunnels, views from the train, unidentified workers, and the Wellington railway yards. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Delivered in a slide case titled "Z49 Oct 1985". Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1973

From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Sketchbook]. 1967, 1971-1973.

Reference: E-467-f-014

Description: Looking north. Shows group pf people watching two men with a boat. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 275 x 375 mm

Date: 2005

By: Sport Wellington Region

Reference: Eph-C-RUNNING-2005-01

Description: Shows illustrations of sights to be seen on the way around the run between Frank Kitts Park and Kilbirnie Park, via Balaena Bay. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 210 x 540 mm.

Date: From 1911 to 1949

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-o-007

Description: Black & white photographs of the Wellington area, Vol 1 (images 1-240), taken by G L Adkin between 1911 and 1949. Earlier images include the house Fern Hill (at 324 The Terrace), and views from the house; Kelburn Cable Car tunnel, and view of the cable car from Kelburn Park; Wellington Botanic Garden; inner city views of Willis St., Lambton Quay (1913); Lyall Bay, Kilbirnie isthmus, Wellington Heads, Oriental Bay (1913); Harbour and city; swimming carnival at Island Bay; city from Mt Cook trig station (1918); panorama of Thorndon with Pipitea Point reclamation from the Nth end of Barnard St (1923); interior view of the Wellington City Corporation Trams Shed at Newtown; Kemp Point Powerhouse, Evans Bay; Miramar Gas Works (1923); Wider views of the city with Tinakori Ridge from Roseneath, Oriental Bay, Lyall Bay (1926); loading the Maheno (1926). Laying Foundation Stone of new railway station by the Duke of Gloucester, showing steel frame of the building under construction (17 December 1934). Views around the city in 1936, including Worser Bay, Breaker Bay, Dorset Point, Queens Drive, the city (panorama from Karepa St, Brooklyn); "wilds of Wellington" Mitchelltown, Highbury, Taitville, and Kelburn (from Karepa St); snow on hills and at Mt Kaukau (2 August 1936). Centennial Exhibition (6 March 1940). Views around the bays in 1948, Lyall Bay, Evans Bay, Kilbirnie, Eastbourne, Days Bay, Lowry Bay. Comparative views from Mt Alfred (1 taken in 1948, the other in 1905). Pamir sailing ship at Aotea Quay (December 1948); railway yards; Kaiwharawhara Gorge (1948); and the first visit of the Solent flying boat Ararangi to Evans Bay, October 1949.

Date: ca1920-ca1940

By: Cox, Thomas George, 1887-1973; Lekner, Marjorie, active 1990-2000s

Reference: PAColl-5033

Description: Photographs of Balaena and Little Karaka Bays, and house at 59 Maida Vale Road including interiors T J Cox lived at Maida Vale Road from the 1920s until his death Arrangement: Negatives at F 72991 1/4 - F 73004 1/4; 1/2-177951 Quantity: 16 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1890 - 1920

From: Tanner, Cyril William :Photographs of Wellington Harbour

By: Tanner, Cyril William, 1860-1930

Reference: PA1-o-574

Description: Photographs show Tanner family, Silverstream, Wellington waterfront, Balaena Bay, Evans Bay, yachting in Wellington Harbour and Marlborough Sounds, and several photographs of waka. By examination of photographs and comparison with PO Directories, it was determined that they were the work of Cyril William Tanner. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Photographs purchased from junk shop by Mrs Thompson. The photographs of waka were sent to a Miss Tanner in 1939 by Te Puea Herangi, with a covering letter

Date: 23 December 1976

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1976/4675-F

Description: Three boys in a boat amidst flood debris floating in Balaena Bay, Wellington. They are from left, Nigel Rayson, John Campbell, and Lyall Hart, all from Roseneath. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 23rd of December, 1976. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: [Before 1912]

Reference: 1/2-068894-F

Description: Photograph of Balaena Bay, Wellington, before 1912, showing the shingle and yachts on the beach, with houses in the background. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [192-?]

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/1-020173-G

Description: Scene by a boatshed, possibly at Balaena Bay, Wellington. Shows a wooden shed on a rocky beach, with houses on the hills behind. Men, and a group of children, stand alongside boats, and a boat ramp. Photograph taken circa 1920s by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1 May 1965

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-64351-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate'

Date: 1956

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1956/2948-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches