Waitākere River

Date: [ca 1880-1922]

By: Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959; Lennard, Leslie Maurice Wyn, 1903-1988

Reference: PAColl-0398

Description: Photographs by Edward Le Grice of Piha and Huia showing the coastline, streams and the houses of early residents including Le Grice's boarding house. The collection also includes photographs of sawmills and bullock teams hauling kauri logs. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 29 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Copies of original prints Provenance: Donated by Maurice Lennard, Pukekohe, 1983

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: Willis, Archibald Dudingston (Firm) :N. Z. Christmas cards. - Wanganui ; A.D. Willis [1886 or later].

Reference: E-068-031

Description: The Waitakere Falls, a view framed with trees, left and right A sample Christmas card, including text, lower right, reading 'A merry Christmas' Other Titles - Waitakere Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chomolithograph, 105 x 145 mm on album page ca 137 x 180 mm

Date: 1880 - 1998 - 1890

By: Archibald Dudingston Willis (Firm); National Library of New Zealand

Reference: E-498-052

Description: A circular view of Waitakere Falls, framed by a cabbage tree on the right Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on card.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on folded card 179 x 121 mm. Provenance: Acquired from the publisher in 1998.

Date: [Between 1880 and 1890]

From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia

Reference: 1/2-096243-G

Description: The Waitakere River, showing native forest, photographed in the 1880s by Daniel Manders Beere. Dated from other photographs in sequence. Identified as Ngaruawahia from typescript of photographer's negative register held at TL 6/1/62. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 111 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: Willis, Archibald Dudingston (Firm) :N. Z. Christmas cards. - Wanganui ; A.D. Willis [1886 or later].

By: Archibald Dudingston Willis (Firm)

Reference: E-068-016-2

Description: A circular view of Waitakere Falls, framed by a cabbage tree on the right Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chomolithograph 104 x 72 mm on album page ca 137 x 180 mm

Date: 1870

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 :Maps from papers

Reference: MapColl-832.1a/[ca.1870]/Acc.1819

Description: Hand-drawn map of the area from just south of Kawhia Harbour across to Cambridge, extending northwards to Rangitoto and Waiheke Islands and across to the Waitakere River. The area bordering on part of the Kawhia Harbour is marked 'Land offered for sale'. Includes a partial boundary marked 'Confiscation line'. A dashed line marked by the compiler refers to the route taken on his journey. Includes references to: his father's farm, gig turned over here coming out, Mr. Todd's. A coal mine is marked on the Waikato River, north of Ngaruawahia. Includes the Waipa River and named settlements. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, linen backed, coloured, 29 x 14 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 Papers - MS-Papers-0032.

Date: [between 1880 and 1899]

From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia

Reference: 1/2-096244-G

Description: Photograph taken by Daniel Manders Beere. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and photographer's notes. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [1888-1892]

By: Bourke, Edmund G, active 1888-1892; Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Connolly & Company; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919; Hart, Campbell & Company; Butcher, Pablo, active 2004

Reference: PA1-f-242

Description: Album compiled by Captain Edmund Bourke RN of HMS Hyacinth, on voyages in the Pacific ca 1888-1892. New Zealand views include Auckland, Tikitapu Bush, Waitakere Creek, Pink & white Terraces, Atiamuri, Ohinemutu, Wairakei, Napier, Wellington, Upper Hutt, McNab's Gardens (Lower Hutt), the Teremakau river and cable car, Nelson, Westland, Otira Gorge, Taipo, the Waimakariri River, Christchurch, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Dunedin and Invercargill. Pacific views include Rarotonga, Samoa, Fiji (including Suva), New Caledonia, Tahiti and Hawaii. Photographers represented include George Valentine, James Connolly, Wheeler & Son, J R Morris, and Hart, Campbell & Co. Includes of gold mining and sluicing in Westland, HM ships Ringarooma and Hyacinth, and games of croquet and polo in Hawaii. HMS Hyacinth, a 3rd class cruiser commissioned in 1886, cruised in the Pacific under the command of Captain Edmund G Bourke RN. In October-November 1888 Bourke sailed around the Cook Islands with the Vice-Consul, hoisting the flag in Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, Mitiaro and Mauke. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Finding Aids: Manuscript list of images housed with album.

Date: [Ca 1900]

From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia

Reference: 1/4-034533-G

Description: The Waitakere Falls, on the Waitakere River, photographed ca 1900 by Daniel Manders Beere. Dated from other photographs in sequence. Identified from typescript of photographer's negative register held at TL 6/1/62. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 376 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1880 - 1887

From: Hands, Alfred Watson, 1849-1927 :[Scenes in New Zealand] 1865, 1881, 1887

By: Hands, Alfred Watson (Rev), 1849-1927

Reference: A-254-019

Description: A small hut made of raupo and punga logs, with a curtain across the door and smoke rising from a slab chimney on the left. It is at the edge of water and is surrounded by cabbage trees. Bush and hills rise to behind it. There is a small flat-bottomed boat moored at the edge of the water Other Titles - digger's New Zealand Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 180 x 120 mm

Date: 2 Apr 1957

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-44019

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

Date: 26 Mar 1957

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-43111

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