HMS Mildura (Ship : 1889-1906)

Date: 30 Sept 1900 - 31 Oct 1900

From: Trevor, Charles Edward Hill-Trevor, 3rd Baron, 1863-1950 :Photographs of New Zealand and Cook Islands compiled during Vice-regal term of Lord Ranfurly

By: Ross, Malcolm, 1862-1930; Crummer, George R, 1868-1953

Reference: PA1-f-143

Description: Arrangement: The album consists of Hill-Trevor's diary of the cruise, with the photographs interspersed with the text. This album documents the cruise of Lord Ranfurly, Governor of NZ, aboard HMS Mildura to the Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga and the Kermadec Islands, in October 1900, in the course of which he annexed the Cook Islands and Niue for the British Crown. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [8 October 1900]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-633-08-2

Description: Lord Ranfurly landing at Rarotonga, prior to the annexation of Rarotonga for New Zealand, photographed on 8 October 1900 by Malcolm Ross. HMS Mildura may be seen in the background. The date in the album caption is incorrect. The correct date was supplied by Charles Hill-Trevor's diary (PA1-f-143). Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Landing Rarotonga 7 Oct 1900 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 110 x 152 mm mounted on album page 253 x 314 mm

Date: [October 1900]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-633-20-1

Description: Lord Ranfurly (left) and Captain Baynes taking a turn around the deck of HMS Mildura. Photograph taken in October 1900 by Malcolm Ross on the cruise of HMS Mildura to the Cook Islands, Niue and Tonga during which the Cook Islands and Niue were annexed on behalf of New Zealand. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Exercise on board; Album page - right of image - Capt. Baynes Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 109 x 151 mm mounted on album page 253 x 314 mm

Date: [8 October 1900]

From: Ross, Malcolm 1862-1930 :Photographs by Malcolm Ross of New Zealanders in the Great War, Maori, mountaineering, New Zealand scenery, etc

Reference: 1/2-021253-G

Description: Sailors landing on Rarotonga from HMS Mildura, prior to the annexation of Rarotonga for New Zealand by Lord Ranfurly. Photograph taken 8 October 1900 by Malcolm Ross. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1900

From: NZ Parliamentary Library :Two albums. Construction on the Dunedin and Moeraki Railway, and the annexation of the Cook Islands

By: Baynes, Henry Compton Anderson, active 1900; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); May, Percival, active 1900; Muir & Moodie (Firm); T B Banks and Company

Reference: PA1-q-632

Description: Views of annexation ceremonies, of the local people and their leaders, of Lord Ranfurly and his party which included Naval personel from the Mildura who added presence to the occasions and raised flags during the ceremonies. There are photographs of two lepers on Molokani Island in the Penryn group and the Governor on a pearl shell diving boat on Manihiki. On the way back to New Zealand the Mildura stoped at the Kermadec Islands. Photographs were taken of Sunday (Raoul) and Macaulay Islands, and of the crater on Curtis Island. This part of the album ends with the Mildura in Lyttelton Harbour and the Governor coming ashore in a boat. Most of the rest are scenic shots of the Tourist highlights of New Zealand. There are three photographs of women crossing the Tasman Glacier and boiling a billy. The album ends with a group of photographs of the Channel Islands According to a note at the front of the album, all photographs, other than the New Zealand scenic tourist shots, were taken either by Captain Baynes or P M May, Surgeon, both of HMS Mildura. However, this is one of several albums recording the annexation of the Cook Islands held in the Photograph Archive. Many of the same images occur in all of them and a large number of these came from negatives held in the Malcolm Ross Collection. Malcolm Ross was a New Zealand Journalist who as the correspondent for the Times news paper, accompanied Lord Ranfurly's party on the Mildura, and was responsible for photographing the occasion. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: This album was offered to the National Library of New Zealand by Isabel Baynes, probably the widow of Captain Baynes. It was selected with some other items in July 1935 by Dr Scholefield, New Zealand Parliamentary Librarian, during a visit to Hampton Court Palace where Isabel Baynes lived. From 1935 to 1998 the album was housed in the New Zealand Parliamentary Library.

Date: 1899

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-68

Description: The top photograph, (PA1-f-195-68-1) shows a group of men outside Queen Makea's palace in the Cook Islands. 1899. The second photograph, (PA1-f-195-68-2) shows a villa in the Cook Islands. 1899. The third photograph, (PA1-f-195-68-3) shows a group of Cook Islanders sitting on benches perhaps preparing for a welcoming ceremony. 1899. The fourth photograph, (PA1-f-195-68-4) shows Lord Ranfurly and Walter Gudgeon standing under a marquee at a formal ceremony in the Cook islands. 1899. The photos were taken by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Four photographic prints mounted on album page 416 x 286 mm (page size).

Date: [26 October 1900]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-633-41

Description: Two photographs taken by Malcolm Ross on the cruise of HMS Mildura to the Cook Islands, Niue and Tonga, October 1900, during which the Cook Islands and Niue were annexed on behalf of New Zealand. The upper photograph (PA1-q-633-41-1) shows Raoul Island as seen from HMS Mildura, 26 October 1900. The lower photograph (PA1-q-633-41-2) shows HMS Mildura lying off Raoul Island, the cliffs of which may be seen in the foreground, on 26 October 1900. As indicated in Hill-Trevor's account (PA1-f-143, p 32), the Governor's boat was swamped while attempting to return to the ship from Raoul Island. this incident was alluded to by Malcolm Ross in "Through Tuhoe land; Lord Ranfurly's farewell to the Maori people" (Christchurch Press, 1904). Physical Description: Two photographic prints mounted on album page, 253 x 314 mm (page size)

Date: [7 and 8 October 1900]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-633-06

Description: Three photographs taken by Malcolm Ross on the cruise of HMS Mildura to the Cook Islands, Niue and Tonga, October 1900, during which the Cook Islands and Niue were annexed on behalf of New Zealand. The upper photograph (PA1-q-633-06-1) shows Walter Edward Gudgeon, British Resident in the Cook Islands, on board the Mildura. The centre photograph (PA1-q-633-06-2) shows a scene in Rarotonga. The lower photograph (PA1-q-633-06-03) shows the church at Avarua, Rarotonga, where the vice-regal party attended a service on 7 October 1900. Physical Description: Three photographic prints mounted on album page, 253 x 314 mm (page size)

Date: [26 October 1900]

From: Ross, Malcolm 1862-1930 :Photographs by Malcolm Ross of New Zealanders in the Great War, Maori, mountaineering, New Zealand scenery, etc

Reference: 1/2-021254-G

Description: Photograph of Raoul Island taken by Malcolm Ross on Lord Ranfurly's visit to the Cook Islands on board the HMS Mildura, which may be seen in the background. As indicated in Hill-Trevor's account (PA1-f-143, p 32), the Governor's boat was swamped while attempting to return to the ship from Raoul Island. this incident was alluded to by Malcolm Ross in "Through Tuhoe land; Lord Ranfurly's farewell to the Maori people" (Christchurch Press, 1904). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [10 October 1900]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-633-18-1

Description: Sailors from HMS Mildura watching the annexation ceremony on Mangaia. Photograph taken 10 October 1900 by Malcolm Ross on the cruise of HMS Mildura to the Cook Islands, Niue and Tonga during which the Cook Islands and Niue were annexed on behalf of New Zealand. Although the inscription indicates that the event took place on October 9; Charles Hill-Trevor's diary of the cruise (PA1-f-143) makes it clear that the Mildura arrived at Mangaia at 5.30am on Wednesday 10 October, and sailed for Aitutaki at 2pm the same day. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Annexation Ceremony Mangaia Oct 9th 1900 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 102 x 150 mm mounted on album page 253 x 314 mm

Date: 24 Oct 1900-11 Jul 1902

By: White, Robert Almond, 1879-

Reference: MS-Group-0554

Description: White describes life on board HMS `Mildura' while on a voyage to the Pacific Islands, including New Zealand, 24 Oct 1900 to 14 Jul 1902, and summarises from until Sep 1902. He recorded almost daily, noting his work schedule, stops made, places visited (mostly in New Zealand and Australia) and other events. Ports included Picton, and the Sounds, Auckland, Akaroa, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Norfolk Bay and Milford Sound and he describes reaction to the death of Queen Victoria in Jan 1901 and Naval Day celebrations in May 1901 at Neutral Bay, Sydney. White describes time while on the `Mildura', Jun-Oct 1900, en route to annex Rarotonga Accompanying material - Includes covering letter from transcriber and notes `From written reminiscences' in which White his positions during WWI Source of title - Supplied White served on board HMS `Mildura', 1900-1902 Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with corrections (photocopy)

Date: [7 and 8 October 1900, and 31 October 1900]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-633-05

Description: Two photographs taken by Malcolm Ross on the cruise of HMS Mildura to the Cook Islands, Niue and Tonga, October 1900, during which the Cook Islands and Niue were annexed on behalf of New Zealand. The upper photograph (PA1-q-633-05-1) shows Lord Ranfurly (middle row, left) and Charles Hill-Trevor (top row, 2d from left) with officers of the Mildura aboard the vessel in Lyttelton at the end of the cruise, on 31 October 1900. The lower photograph (PA1-q-633-05-2) shows the Mildura at Rarotonga on 8 October 1900. Physical Description: Two photographic prints mounted on album page, 253 x 314 mm (page size)

Date: 1900-1902, 1996

From: White, Robert Almond, b 1879 : Diary on board HMS Mildura / transcribed by Eira White

Reference: MS-Papers-5774

Description: Comprises transcription of diary kept by White while in the British navy serving on HMS `Mildura' on a voyage to the Pacific Islands including New Zealand, 24 Oct 1900 to 14 Jul 1902. White recorded almost daily, noting his work schedule, stops made, places visited (mostly in New Zealand and Australia) and other events. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [October 1900]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-633-30-1

Description: A scene on the deck of HMS Mildura, photographed in October 1900 by Malcolm Ross, during her cruise to the Cook Islands, Niue and Tonga.. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - H.M.S. Mildura, General Quarters Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 103 x 153 mm mounted on album page 253 x 314 mm

Date: 1900

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

By: Ross, Malcolm, 1862-1930

Reference: PA1-q-633

Description: Album documenting the Pacific Cruise of Lord Ranfurly on HMS Mildura in October 1900, during which the Cook Islands and Niue were annexed for New Zealand. The album documents the annexation ceremonies on Rarotonga, Mangaia, Aitutaki and Niue, and also records visits to Penrhyn (including the leper colony) and Manihiki (where they went out on a pearling lugger) in the northern Cook Islands, Tonga, and Raoul, Macaulay & Curtis Islands in the Kermadec Group. All photographs were taken by Malcolm Ross, who accompanied Lord Ranfurly as correspondent for the Press. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [19 October 1900]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-633-38

Description: Guard of Royal Marines from HMS Mildura, after the proclamation of annexation of Niue had been read by Lord Ranfurly. Photograph taken 19 October 1900 by Malcolm Ross. Date established from PA1-q-633-37, taken on same occasion. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Guard of Marines of H.M.S. Mildura; Niue Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 95 x 150 mm mounted on album page 314 x 253 mm