Acacia

Date: 1853

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-023-007

Description: A slender tree in an open landscape of low hills Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 181 x 111 mm

Date: 1977 to 1979

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA1-q-279

Description: Photographs of family and friends, mostly taken in New Zealand by Rhoda McWhannell. There is one group of scenes relating to Rhoda McWhannell's brother and his family in the Kloof and Drakensberg Mountains areas of South Africa. The New Zealand scenes include friends at Rozel, the home of Rhoda and Frederick McWhannell at Ohaupo; numbers of different varieties of gum trees, which Frederick McWhannell had specialised in; friends' gardens; photographs of flowers including roses, dahlias, eucalypts, water lilies, acacia and irises; and the rose garden and fountain at Te Awamutu Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with purple vinyl cover; 35 x 30 cm

Date: Between 1959 and 1974

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA12-8848

Description: Views of the gardens and trees at Rozel, the forest farm owned by Mac (Frederick Brayshaw McWhannell) and Rhoda McWhannell. They include poplars, eucalyptus trees, a 1951 model Austin A40, sunflowers, lemon trees, Japanese maples, Rhoda McWhannell standing outside with a stormy sky, a row of small trees in the nursery, Judas trees, the back lawn, hydrangeas, views from the porch, an oak on the driveway with cattle in the background, an acacia in bloom, and their dog named "Wee Dug". Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: 1871

From: Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961]

Reference: E-932-015/016

Description: Shows a view of a lone mature acacia or boxthorn tree, also known as a thorn tree Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - The old thorn tree 1871 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 360 x 180 mm Provenance: Artworks created by the family of Wellington architect William Alington, donated in 2011 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.

Date: Between 1958 and 1960

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA12-8834

Description: Nests of hedge sparrows (one abandoned), goldfinch, linnet, fantail, blackbird, and lark, most of the images showing eggs in the nests. The second sequence shows tree flowers and foliage, bark and berries. These include a black walnut tree, liriondendron blooms, idesia berries, redwood trees in Rotorua, tristania conferta bloom, the bark of a eucalyptus tree, chestnuts, acacia blossom, and abies firma flowers (a Japanese fir tree at Cambridge). Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: Between 1954 and 1984

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA12-8852

Description: This sheet of slides is entitled "Trees". It includes images of acacia nobilis; Judas trees at Rozel; eucalyptus varieties grandis, microcorys and maculosa at Rozel; eucalyptus seedlings and "Mac's nursery" (i.e. Mac McWhannell's tree nursery at Ohaupo); a melia azedarach tree; kauri wood; kauri seed; a tree at Waipoua Forest Park; sowing kauri at Waipoua; the Waipoua nursery; one kauri, two branching kauris; green kauri cones; trees at Rozel; black walnut trees; and two views of ginkgo seeds in flesh at Rozel. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: 1853

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-023-005

Description: A large tree in the right foreground, two men seated and standing beneath it. Other trees and cattle in the middle distance and a church (?) and a long low building on the skyline on low hills Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 118 x 181 mm