Beaches - New Zealand - Northland Region

Date: 1896

From: Walsh, Philip 1843-1914 :[Waimate sketchbook] 1896-1913.

Reference: E-363-q-012

Description: A beach scene at Opononi showing trees growing on the hillside above the beach Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 180 x 255 mm

Date: 1964

From: Einhorn family :Photographs

Reference: PA12-7979

Description: North Island trips. Trip north of Auckland. Includes - Cape Reinga. Whangaroa. Cooper's Beach. Kerikeri. Kauti trees. Helena Bay. An event at Waitangi. Photographed by Helmut Einhorn. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1896

From: Walsh, Philip 1843-1914 :[Waimate sketchbook] 1896-1913.

Reference: E-363-q-009

Description: Shows a rocky foreshore at Onoke, with a woman standing amongst the rocks. To her left is a shed surrounded by a fence and a large basket on the beach in the forefront. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 180 x 255 mm

Date: 1892

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Middle East and New Zealand sketchbook] 1883-1892.

Reference: E-369-123

Description: Shows part of the Hokianga Harbour with trees, water and hills. The name Parama (or Parania) is not in current use Walsh was in the Hokianga Harbour in January 1892. The views on the two previous pages of the sketchbook are of Rawene Other Titles - Parania Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 105 x 184 mm, in album

Date: 1953 - 1954

From: Angus, Rita 1908-1970 :[Sketchbook X. Loose sketches 1940-1960]

Reference: E-435-f-006

Description: View along a curving coastline at sunrise or sunset Identified as a scene in Northland, possibly Doubtless Bay, by Ron Brownson, Auckland Art Gallery, 1980s. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 128 x 180 mm

Date: 1976-1977

From: Einhorn family :Photographs

Reference: PA12-7977

Description: North Island trips. North of Auckland trip. Includes - Houses in Rawene. Mission House, Mangungu. Horeke. Ninety Mile Beach. Cape Reinga. Cape Maria Van Diemen. Beaches recorded as Wangamumu Beach, and Oke Beach (neither on map or gazettier). The Martin Family. Photographed by Helmut Einhorn. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1928

From: Haylock, Arthur Lagden 1860-1948 :[Sketchbooks]

Reference: E-292-q-4-063

Description: Rough sketch of two figures seated on a beach near trees with hills behind and in the distance. Artist's colour note on left. On loose sheet of writing paper, embossed at top lefthand corner "The Gables, Private Hotel, Russell, NZ", inserted at back of sketchbook Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 130 x 200 mm on sheet 260 x 200 mm

Date: 1896

From: Walsh, Philip 1843-1914 :[Waimate sketchbook] 1896-1913.

Reference: E-363-q-010

Description: Shows a rocky foreshore at Onoke looking towards Hokianga Heads Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 180 x 255 mm

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-043

Description: Shows a view from the beach looking out towards a bushcovered peninsula at the left. There are rocks in the left foreground, and the view is overarched by branches of a pohutukawa tree just coming into flower. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 128 x 178 mm.

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Adams, Doreen, fl 1927-2002 :Photographs from the collection of Bill and Doreen Adams

Reference: PA12-5468

Description: Views of Whangarei including a parade in 1964 and beach scenes, taken ca 1960s by Bill Adams. Also includes images of public buildings. Quantity: 21 b&w original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: 1.11.[19]12

By: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923

Reference: PA5-0031

Description: Whangarei Heads, Paradise of the North Island, showing the beach Verso contains message to `Dearest Laurance from mother' dated Whangarei 1.11.12. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photograph 88 x 135 mm

Date: Between 1910 and 1913

By: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923

Reference: PA5-0039

Description: Whangape beach looking towards the hills. Published by F G R between 1910-1913. Number on back: 1/2 3544 [no neg] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photograph 88 x 135 mm

Date: 1876

From: Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Sketchbook [of New Zealand views. 1871-1876].

By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908; Hamblett, Irene Beatrix, 1915-1995

Reference: E-400-f-017

Description: Shows the beach with line of houses along the shore, and jetty at far end. On verso of E-400-f-016. Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - [Title]; Recto - bottom left - [Signature and date]. Appears to be the preliminary drawing for Backhouse's watercolour [View of Russell] 1881 (E-052-q-009) Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, 261 x 370 mm.

Date: 1955 - 1956

From: Acres, Avis, 1910-1994 :[Original illustrations for "Opo the gay dolphin". 1955-56].

By: Acres, Avis, 1910-1994

Reference: B-087-019

Description: Shows Opo (a young female dolphin which frequented Opononi in the mid-1950s) in right foreground surrounded by children, two of whom are stroking her. Others watch from the pier and beach, and there is a two-storeyed verandahed guesthouse(?) in the left background. Extended Title - Illustration for "Opo the gay dolphin" (1956). Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - A.A. Dated 1955-56, as book, "Opo the gay dolphin" was published in 1956. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 370 x 280 mm.

Date: 1928

From: Haylock, Arthur Lagden 1860-1948 :[Sketchbooks]

Reference: E-292-q-4-043

Description: View of Limestone Island viewed across the water from Onerahi with a jetty in the middle distance on the right and a yacht beached in the foreground Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 140 x 233 mm

Date: ca 1900

Reference: 1/2-002914-F

Description: Postcard of a craggy island just off the beach at Matapouri. According to the caption the place is called Mimitu(?) and the photographer's initals are G E W. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1955 - 1956

By: Acres, Avis, 1910-1994

Reference: C-099-006

Description: Shows dolphin in centre of a ring of children, tossing a red ball above her nose. In left distance is beach with flowering pohutukawa trees. Extended Title - Illustration for "Opo the gay dolphin" (1956). Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Avis Acres Dated 1955-56, as book, "Opo the gay dolphin" was published in 1956. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 380 x 560 mm.

Date: August 1945

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-091144-G

Description: Large waves breaking over Mimitu rocks, photographed August 1945 by Robert E Wells. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1850 - 1851

By: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889

Reference: C-054-012

Description: Shows a view along a beach towards an uninhabited bay and headland and large trees, probably pohutukawa. The area is probably close to Russell Title, authorship attribution, and date written in by artist's grandson. Other Titles - Bay of Islands Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 265 x 370 mm

Date: 1955 - 1956

From: Acres, Avis, 1910-1994 :[Original illustrations for "Opo the gay dolphin". 1955-56].

By: Acres, Avis, 1910-1994

Reference: B-087-017

Description: Shows boy and girl on gently rolling sand, finding speckled eggs among sparse grass. Tern and dotterel wheel overhead, and other children play in the background, with the sea beyond. Other Titles - The children roamed about searching for nests of tern and dotterel Extended Title - Illustration for "Opo the gay dolphin" (1956). Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - A.A. Dated 1955-56, as book, "Opo the gay dolphin" was published in 1956. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 370 x 280 mm.