Shipwreck victims

Date: 1990-1998

From: Watkins, Charles James, 1919- :Photographs relating to New Zealand Ex-Prisoners of War Association (Wellington branch)

Reference: PA1-f-274

Description: Photographs of events relating to New Zealand Ex-Prisoners of War Association, Wellington Branch, 1990-1998. Includes luncheons; National Reunion, Christchurch, Feb 1991; reunion for Nino Bixio survivors, Levin, 17 Aug 1992; RSA clubs; veterans' homes. Accompanying material - List of identifying individuals in each photograph in the album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 32 x 45 cm

Date: 2008, 2016-2018, and date unknown

By: Wahine 50 Charitable Trust

Reference: ATL-Group-00368

Description: Collection comprises documentation relating to survivor stories and/or recollections of passengers, crew, rescuers, witnesses, and locals concerning the "Wahine" ferry sinking and storm on 10 April 1968, as told by those persons and/or their family members. The stories comprise predominantly a paper copy of a statement by the persons and/or their families, which was sent by email (as an attachment or within the body of the email), copied by the Wahine 50 Trust into a Microsoft Word document, and then printed out by the Trust. The original date of the email correspondence has been annotated in pencil on the statement by the Trust. Some stories have accompanying material; such as photographs, newspaper cuttings, photocopies, DVDs, or electronic files (text and audio). A few of the stories are in the form of booklets created by the story contributor. The titles of the descriptive records for individual stories are as transcribed from the item, or as supplied by the Library to indicate the person(s) featured in the story. Arrangement: The materials relating to each story were arranged by the Trust staff as a separate file within a larger folder on delivery to the Library. That arrangement has been preserved by the archivist. Consent forms for 17 of the stories arrrived with the 2023 donation, and have been kept together in a separate folder. The Wahine 50 Trust was established in 2016 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the ferry "Wahine" in Wellington Harbour on 10 April 2018. Activities included public events, (memorial services, exhibition, and displays), a documentary, and the creation of a website (www.wahine50.org.nz) and database which would hold the stories of every survivor, rescuer, and person who played a support role on the day of the disaster. To that end the Trust solicited and collected personal recollections of the disaster. Quantity: 59 folder(s). 2 optical disk(s) DVDs. 2 Electronic document(s). 14 digital sound recording(s). 2 digital photograph(s). Physical Description: Typescript sheets, photocopies, colour photographic prints, DVD disks, and booklets Processing information: The story files were extracted from the original folder by the archivist and rehoused for conservation reasons.

Date: 1858 - 1859

By: Wyon, Benjamin, 1802-1858; Rofflin, (Mrs), active 1974

Reference: Curios-016-008

Description: Medal obverse shows a profile portrait head of Queen Victoria facing left, by Benjamin Wyon. The reverse shows a scene of shipwreck survivors attracting the attention of a lifeboat. This medal was awarded to George Edmonds for his part in saving life from the wreck of the "Admella" (wrecked on a voyage from Adelaide to Melbourne off Cape Northumberland, 6 August 1859). Inscription on leather case spells the recipient's name as "Edmunds". Other Titles - George Edmonds. Admella Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Bronze medal, 59 mm diameter, thickness 5 mm, in leather case, 85 x 87 mm (base missing). Provenance: Presented by Mrs Rofflin, of Otaihanga.

Date: 16 February 1909

By: Pablecheque, Kath, active 2011

Reference: PAColl-9910

Description: Postcard of a funeral procession for those who lost their lives in the wreck of the 'Penguin'. Shows the procession on Ghuznee Street, Wellington, 16 February 1909. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer. The postcard was sent by Will Chapman to May Chapman of Kaikoura on 17 February 1909. Chapman wrote of the funeral procession, including the McGuire children, and of family matters. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print postcard Provenance: Donated by Mrs K Pablecheque, Kaikoura, 2011

Date: 1980

From: Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[33 original cartoons published in the Auckland Star in 1980.]

Reference: A-130-055

Description: Cartoon shows a man on a raft labelled Air New Zealand, clutching the albatross called DC 10. He is waving and calling for help from a Boeing aircraft flying overhead. See article in the New Zealand Herald, 11 April 1980, relating to the low morale of Air New Zealand staff after the grounding of DC-10 aircraft. The article states: "The last chance for the airline will be when the new Boeing 747 jumbo jets come into service in June". See http://www.nzalpa.org.nz/erebus/Resources/AudioVisualFootage/NewspaperArticles/ tabid/292/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/13/Low-Morale-Topples-Air-NZ-From-G race.aspx Other Titles - April Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 215 x 293 mm.

Date: [ca 17 February 1986]

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

Reference: EP/1986/0779-F

Description: Survivors from the cruise liner 'Mikhail Lermontov'. Photographs taken ca 17 February 1986 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: [ca 1909]

Reference: 1/2-031776-G

Description: Memorial anchor, in honour of lives lost when the S S Penguin sank in 1909. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1878 - 1884

By: Ross & Sons (Firm)

Reference: PA2-1590

Description: Inscriptions: Verso - Mr & Mrs Yewell who were castaway on the Auckland Islands. Mrs Yewell was the only woman saved. This photo was taken after their arrival at the Bluff which was the first port they were taken to when found and not Melbourne as often stated. The name of the boat wrecked was the General Grant - Sigled L. Paul Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [between 1866 and 1880s]

From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district

Reference: 10x8-2094-G

Description: Copy negative taken by William Henry Whitmore Davis. Source of descriptive information - Negative register. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 10x8 inches

Date: 1911

From: Whiteman, Alan L, fl 2005 :Photographs relating to the Australasian Antarctic Expedition

Reference: PAColl-8261-10

Description: Portrait of seven men from the shipwrecked 'Clyde' on board the ship 'Toroa'. Back from left to right: Limberg, Barter, Anderson, Bengtsson. Front from left: Martin, Day, Kristensen. Title and names transcribed from item Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Processing information: Access statement changed from "Partly restricted - Digital content available only in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room" to "Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original" on 26 October 2022.

Date: [ca 1909]

From: Dickie, John, 1869-1942 :Collection of postcards, prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-3037-1-05

Description: Montage of images in memory of Miss Toomer, Mrs Toomer and Ivy Toomer, who lost their lives in the wreck of the steamship `Penguin' on the 12th of February 1909. The three members of the Toomer family and the S S Penguin are pictured. Photographer(s) unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print

Date: 4 January 1910

Reference: 1/2-152806-F

Description: Passengers from the wreck of the Waikare, Dusky Sound, 4 January, 1910. Photograph taken by Muir & Moodie. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: February 1909

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

Reference: 1/1-020152-G

Description: Men hauling wreckage and a body from the surf on the beach at Cape Terawhiti, Wellington, after the wreck of the ship Penguin in February 1909. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [between 1880-1939]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/2-140464-G

Description: Photograph taken by William Williams Other - plank of wood reads "Want Relief. Ship Gen Grant wrkd Auckland Islands May 14 1866 10 Survive on Enderbys Island No" - original object held by Southland Museum Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by curator John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Stereographic dry plate glass negative

Date: 1955

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

Reference: EP/1955/0667-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 6.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [between 12-14 Feb 1909]

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

Reference: 1/1-020148-G

Description: Beach scene, Wellington, between Cape Terawhiti and Sinclair Head, with bodies from the wrecked ship 'Penguin'. Photograph taken between 12-14 February, 1909, by Sydney Charles Smith. Scene includes a lifebuoy and other floatation equipment. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Location and dates from other images at 1/1-020144 to 1/1-020152. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: Sep 1877

By: Thompson, David, 1828-1914

Reference: PA2-1773

Description: Shows photgraphs of 8 people and has inscription lost in the Avalanche Sep 1877 Inscriptions: Recto - In Memory of (photographs unidentified) and underneath Lost in the 'Avalanche' Sept 1877 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 2006

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0000590

Description: A man stands in rags on a desert island. His boss rings him on his cell phone reminding him that he is due back at work today and sarcastically suggests that his excuse might be that he is marooned on a desert island. Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: February 1909

From: Dickie, John, 1869-1942 :Collection of postcards, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/2-015474-F

Description: Lifebuoy, and bodies from the wreck of the ship Penguin, on a beach between Sinclair Head and Cape Terawhiti in February 1909. Photograph possibly taken by John Dickie. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative