Skippers Range

Date: ca 1900-ca 1925

From: Cox, Thomas George, 1887-1973 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-6712-4

Description: Most of the images in this collection are photographic postcards. The largest group are of the Wairakei thermal area taken by Frederick George Radcliffe. Others are of Kawaroa Park, New Plymouth, McRae's Hotel, Te Wairoa, Shannon, a view of the Wellington wharves and Custom House, Mount Egmont, and the Skippers road. One group are of the war memorial erected by Roseneath School, Wellington. Quantity: 27 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1875

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

Reference: E-401-057

Description: Looking east from the sea towards the curve of Martin's Bay and the mountains beyond it Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on two pages of sketchbook, image size 105 x 360 mm.

Date: 1870 - 1880

From: Welch, Joseph Sandell, 1841-1918 :[South Island sketches, 1870-1888]

By: Welch, Joseph Sandell, 1841-1918

Reference: A-120-010/015-2

Description: Individually titled: 10. South Head; 10a. North Head & the Bar; 11. Lake McKerrow from Gravel Cove; 11/1. Lake Alabaster; 12. Junction of Pyke's Creek with Hollyford River; 12/1. Hollyford Valley taken from 5 miles above Lake McKerrow; 13/1. Steamer "Charles Edward" snagged in Hollyford River. Feb. 1870; 14. Tutoko, from Pyke's Creek; 14/1. Part of Darren Range Hollyford Valley; 15. Pyke's Creek part of Lake Alabaster & Hollyford River; 15/1. Skippers Range, Lake McKerrow. In: Welch, J. S. [Album of Sketches] 1876 Quantity: 12 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolours, 138 x 228 mm

Date: 1870

From: Welch, Joseph Sandell, 1841-1918 :[South Island sketches, 1870-1888]

Reference: A-120-015-2

Description: View looking down into part of the Hollyford Valley with Lake McKerrow in the foreground, the half-moon bay on the left being the site of Jamestown, the bay on the right being the Gravel Cove, with the Hakuri Stream emerging to the right. The steep snow-capped range in the background is the Skipper Range In: Welch, J. S. [Album of Sketches] 1876 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour with scratching out, 139 x 226 mm

Date: 1880 - 1890

By: Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921

Reference: B-002-017

Description: View from the lake shore with a tree to the left, mountains across the lake Lake McKerrow is currently part of the Southland Region, not of Otago Region. In the nineteenth century the whole southern area was classified as Otago Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash, 264 x 360 mm