Clearing of land - New Zealand - Hawke's Bay Region

Date: 1903

By: Bargh, J, active 1903

Reference: MapColl-832.3gcr/1903/Acc.12626

Description: Map showing area of land under bush felling contract on the Orouawharo Estate, being 153 acres of bush near the Waikopiro Stream, Central Hawkes Bay District. Also shows Maori land, a whare, and William Rathbone's property. Other Titles - Esquire Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 51 x 34 cm.

Date: 1891

By: Robertson, John A, 1858-1911

Reference: MapColl-832.3gbbd/1891/Acc.12627

Description: Relief map of the area bordered by Rangitoto mountain, Waikopiro Creek and Maraeakeke Creek in the Hawke's Bay Region. Includes the boundary fences of John Johnson's property which is divided into numbered land blocks with total acreages and acreages of scrub, some of which are referred to in a key as 'green' or 'manuka'. Other land block owners are listed as Nelson and Russell. A site of a hut in Russell's property is marked. Handwritten at bottom left corner: Approved, Chief Surveyor Original map was drawn on headed paper of the General Survey Department of New Zealand. A note under this name states: Survey under section 171 of the Land Transfer Act, 1886 Handwritten not on top left corner of the original: Received at Land Transfer Survey Office 18?? Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale ca. [1:15 840], 45 x 27.3 cm.

Date: 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Ellis, Herbert S, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-2362-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down from a grassy hillside to a homestead and farm buildings, partially obscured by trees, in a narrow valley. Areas of trees include poplars, willows and conifers. There is an area of cultivation on the far left. Cleared hills all around. Photograph taken by R P Moore. Source of descriptive information. Date from other images taken by Moore in the Napier area Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - H.S. Ellis. Belmont. Eskdale H.B. 3 B&W. Print from left of film; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Ellis Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 130.2 cm

Date: 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Hutchinson, E Y, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-1441-F

Description: Panoramic view across a narrow, sloping farming valley. Ruakituri River in the left foreground. Stands of trees in the right foreground. Large woolshed centre left middle distance; road visible, running from the left in front of the woolshed and another farm building, leading towards a single-storeyed farmhouse which is partially hidden by trees in the centre of the image. Verandahs visible. Pockets of trees around the house, steep cleared hills behind. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Pihanga" 1928; Marginal notes on negative - E.Y. Hutchinson. Box 40. Wairoa. H.B. 3 oils. Title. "Pihanga" 1928. River in foreground. Woolshed & shed plain iron, no paint. Homestead bright red roof. Plain bldg in background. Print from where 2 hills meet on right of view; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Hutchinson Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 120.8 cm

Date: 1930 - 1933

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-026

Description: Shows two men working on establishing a fenceline through bush, possibly in the Hawke's Bay area Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 157 x 106 mm

From: W B Chennells :Collection of maps

By: Masterton Public Library

Reference: MapColl-832.3gbbd/[n.d.]/Acc.36804

Description: Cadastral map in the Weber Survey District (twenty miles southeast of Dannevirke) from the proposed government road, southwards to the road south of the Akitio River and the Totara reserve. Depicts J. Ingley's property (Section I, Block XV Weber S.D - 1445 acres), Section I Blk X (1598 acres) and Section II Blk II (412 acres), other named properties including Wardell, Rosenbech, Herbert, Framers, the Mongatoro Estate. Several areas are marked 'cleared land'. Also shows Waipatiki Creek, the road to Weber, the main road to Dannevirke (20 miles) and a homestead. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, part coloured, on dressed linen, scale [1:7 920], 69 x 81 cm.

Date: 1853

From: Pharazyn, Edward de C 1810-1879? :[Sketchbook]

Reference: E-293-q-007

Description: A space cleared in native bush with two whare close to the ground, and a third on poles in the background. Hills in the distance and either a bush-covered lower area or a stream to the right. Inscriptions: Opposite page: title in ink; Verso - Te Aute site of R. Pharazyn's House in 1853 [in ink, the title of an eighth drawing removed before the volume was acquired by the Library] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil with ink inscriptions 142 x 231 mm

Date: 1855

By: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869; Mouton, W J (Mr), active 1969

Reference: A-235-003

Description: A small raupo house with shingled roof, bush behind it and cleared land around it, with a large clump of cabbage trees in the left foreground. Two men are carrying large sacks on their backs into the house Title by J Lavin Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in ink, in the hand of John M. P. Lavin (d. 1869), Cooper's neighbour & friend Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia ink & wash, 157 x 193 mm

Date: 1856

By: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869; Mouton, W J (Mr), active 1969

Reference: A-235-007

Description: A cleared site with several trees. Two tents on the left, a door-frame being held up by a man, some planks stacked up ready for building and an enclosed shed on the right. Note on mount by J Lavin: Same as No 4, taken from a different spot. The hill behind has been cleared and burned. The shed and fence to the right is an enclosure for pigs Other Titles - Same as No. 4 taken from a different spot. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 139 x 226 mm

Date: [191-?]

From: Walkley, Mr : Photographs

Reference: 1/2-035197-F

Description: Horse drawn cart hauling a load of lengths of timber, Hautapu district, Hawke's Bay, circa 1910s. Huts in the background, amongst a deforested area. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [1880s]

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

Reference: 1/1-025773-G

Description: Scene in a paddock at Matamau, taken in the 1880s by William Williams. In the centre, alongside one of the tree stumps is a (family?) group: a woman holding a bucket, a man and a child. Cattle and sheds are behind the group. A house is on the right. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1855

By: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869; Mouton, W J (Mr), active 1969

Reference: A-235-004

Description: Shows cleared fields, the Maori kainga Te Arakanihi in the distance with cleared fields, burned tree-trunks and hills and fences Other Titles - View of native settlement from our front window. No. 1 Inscriptions: Mount verso - [in Lavin's hand] View of native settlement from our front window. No. 1 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 139 x 228 mm

Date: 1885

From: [Doubleday, William and John], fl 1880s :[Twenty-three watercolours of New Zealand and the Pacific. 1884-1885]

Reference: C-150-010

Description: Shows smoke over a hill or headland seen across the water. The hill shows denuded trees, as a result of the fire. There is a house at the foot of the hill beside two trees. The location may be Hawkes Bay. Other Titles - Hawkes Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 120 x 186 mm.

Date: 1856

By: Cooper, Alfred John, 1831-1869; Mouton, W J (Mr), active 1969

Reference: A-235-006

Description: A flat cleared area with several trees. A large tent on the left with four men outside. A dog and a fifth man close to a fenced shanty with poultry in front in the centre. A further construction on the right and hills behind. Other Titles - Living in a tent before I got a house. No. 4. The middle shanty is a cookplace Inscriptions: Mount verso - [in Lavin's hand] Living in a tent before I got a house. No. 4 - the middle shanty is a cookplace Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monochrome wash 127 x 226 mm

Date: 1868

By: Inglis, Alexander St. Clair, 1829-1906

Reference: A-458-019

Description: A clearing of an unidentified piece of land, possibly in southern Hawke's Bay. In the foreground a wooden pen has been constructed around two saplings. In the background, a forest and a range of mountains can be seen Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - 3 April 1868 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 177 x 258 mm