Places

Date: 1920

By: Connell, Nigel Douglas, -1951; Barnard, Frank Allen, 1886-

Reference: D-041-002

Description: Photographs of Henry James Barnard and his wife Helena Marian (nee Brown) with six of their eight sons. The parents are shown against a background of painted flags, with an oval cutout showing a pastel on canvas board of Mt Egmont beyond a farm landscape, upper centre. The six sons are shown in uniform, their photographs arranged around a painted decorative border. An address in Gothic script praises the Barnards for their work in providing a field ambulance for the First World War. A photograph of the ambulance is placed centrally at the base of the address. The text includes a reference to the death in World War I of two of the Barnard's sons. Signatures include that of W A Wilkinson, M P. See TL 3/1/1/, 8 March, 31 March 1985 & 9 May 1985 for identification of family members depicted, etc. The Barnard sons shown, clockwise from top right are Henry (1890-1915), Joseph William, (b 1893), Alfred Montague, (1898-1945); Charles Valentine (1896-1917); James (b 1897); Frank Allen (b 1886) Inscriptions: N D Connell Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink, watercolour, pastel on canvas board, and 9 photographs adhered, all on card, 734 x 554 mm

Date: 1863 - 1921

By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962; Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: A-138-043

Description: Shows armed Maori surrounding a barricaded church This drawing was made for James Cowan's "New Zealand wars" , volume 1 (1922) Inscriptions: Signed: A H Messenger Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 230 x 350 mm Transfers: Transferred from Manuscripts and Archives, 1979.

Date: ca 1890

From: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920 :Negatives of Taranaki

Reference: 1/1-006469-G

Description: Site of the Waireka battle (1860), Taranaki. Photograph taken by William Andrews Collis between 1875-1910. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Where the Waireka Battle was fought. Taranaki.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - No 45 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1915

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by various cartoonists

By: Bowring, Walter Armiger, 1874-1931; New Zealand free lance (Newspaper)

Reference: A-312-5-001

Description: Two Maori soldiers are performing a haka as they leap into a Turkish trench, stupefying the occupants. Extended Title - How Wiremu and Tamihana, of Waikanae, all on their own captured a Turkish trench at Gallipoli. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopy from newspaper.

Date: 1938

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by Fox (A-313-2), T Ellis - ie Thomas Ellis Glover (A-313-3), J. C. Blomfield (A-313-4) and John McNamara (A-313-11). Also folders of cartoons by various artists published in New Zealand Free Lance (A-313-6), in The Guardian (A-313-7), in Xrays (A-313-8), in the New Zealand Observer (A-313-9), in The Standard (A-313-12) and in various publications (A-313-1).

Reference: A-313-1-028

Description: A man is relaxing in a hammock strung between two palm trees on the islands of New Zealand, which are labelled 'Pacific paradise'. His hammock is shaded from the rays of a Japanese military sun by a long shadow cast from a gun barrel labelled 'Singapore'. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy from newspaper.

Date: 1865 - 1937 - 1939

By: Downes, Thomas William, 1868-1938; Bathgate, Charles McLelland, 1893-1970

Reference: A-076-013

Description: Shows six canoes, some near, some distant, on a stretch of the Wanganui River. One canoe approaches the bank where a man stands. Depicts an incident that took place in 1865 during fighting between Maori and Pakeha around the Whanganui River Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 210 x 309 mm.

Date: 1917

From: [Christmas cards sent during the First World War, from soldiers and other service personnel. 1917-1918]

By: Bell, William Frederick, 1895-1920

Reference: Eph-A-CARDS-Christmas-WWI-1917-01

Description: Shows New Zealand soldier sitting on the ground resting on a milestone which reads: "France to New Zealand 13,000 miles". Behind him at the right is a bombed building, but he contemplates the central panel wherein the smoke of his pipe has formed the word "AOTEAROA" combined with a map of New Zealand. Printed as a Christmas greeting card for soldiers in France to send home. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W F Bell Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on Christmas greetings card 1917.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on folded card 180 x 135 mm.

Date: 1863 - 1921

Reference: PUBL-0054-1-270

Description: Shows armed Maoris surrounding barricaded church Inscriptions: Signed: A H Messenger Drawings & Prints, ATL, has original ink drawing at A-138-043. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on page of volume.

Date: 22 Feb 1921

By: Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: PAColl-4306

Description: Captain Gilbert Mair, 22 February, 1921, photographed by James Cowan. He is standing next to the grave of Captains Travers and White and others of the armed constabulary who were killed in the Ruatahuna campaign of the New Zealand Wars on May 4th to 6th 1869. This image was used as a frontispiece to "Reminiscences and Maori stories" by Captain Gilbert Mair. See "The New Zealand Wars" by James Cowan, Vol 2. p 344 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 18.2 x 12 cm

Date: 1916

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by Minhinnick (A-311-1), Mack (A-311-2) and Bird (A-311-3).

Reference: A-311-2-001

Description: Shows two women wearing helmets, swords and togas (Australia and New Zealand). They have their arms around each other and one of them (New Zealand) is placing a wreath on an ANZAC memorial. Refers to the first anniversary of ANZAC Day. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopy, 420mm x 240mm. Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1918

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to cinemas, movies, films and film screenings in New Zealand]

By: Wright & Jaques Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-CINEMA-1918-01

Description: Flyer advertises a showing of a film authorised by Sir James Allen, Minister of Defence, involving 5000 New Zealand soldiers, and based on Barrie Marschel's poem "The Kid from Timaru", about a soldier with the surname Kidd. Barrie Marschel recited his poem "as the films unfold". The flyer states that the film had already had seasons in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. The front of the flyer shows a reproduction of a advertisement for the movie with an oval portrait of Barrie Marschel in a straw hat. The border of the flyer shows a design based on laurels. The verso reproduces the poem "The kid from Timaru". A rubber stamp shows the name of the name, place, and theatre where the screening was to take place (Waihi Academy Theatre, 25 April 1918 - ie Anzac Day) "The flame of the Yukon" was a 1917 silent film starring Dorothy Dalton and directed by Charles Miller. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print of flyer 220 x 141 mm.

Date: 1863 - 1922

By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962; Norbury, G W, active 1863

Reference: A-389-017

Description: Shows a view, after a sketch by G. Norbury in 1863, of a fortified St Bride's Church, Mauku, surrounded by a tent encampment. The camp was the right wing of the Movable Column, generally known as the Flying Column, commanded by Colonel Marmaduke Nixon, and consisting of Imperial troops and Militia. In this scene they are engaged in patrol duty. A farmer passes through the encampment leading four oxen pulling a cart. The Flying Column flag flies to the right of the church, bearing the initials 'F' and 'C'. A number of soldiers stand guard The Church of St Bride's at Mauku was one of Auckland's 'Selwyn churches' (built by Bishop Selwyn) built in 1859 and named for London's St Bride's in Fleet Street. The church was fortified and loopholed for rifles during 1863 to 1864. Extended Title - Reproduced in: Cowan, James. The New Zealand wars: a history of the Maori campaigns and the pioneering period. Vol.1: 1845-1864. Chapter 32. The Titi Hill fight, 1863 (Wellington: R E Owen, 1955) Inscriptions: Verso - top right - Photographed [stamp in capital letters]; Verso - top centre - Whole page [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white, 180 x 250 mm on sheet 225 x 317 mm Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts.