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Date: 1880 - 1900

Reference: PA3-0367

Description: A card showing images from Opotiki in memory of Carl Sylvius Volker. Comprises: `Rev Volkner's house', `Rev Volkner's church', Memorial gravestone of Rev Volkner, `The Gallows Tree', 'Stern-post of war canoe', Baler, 'Head-gear of war canoe', and photograph of Opotiki Inscriptions: Recto - Memories of a martyr Carl Sylvius Volkner born in Kassel, Germany, trained as a missionary and was one of several missionaries sent to New Zealand by the North German Missionary Society. He arrived in New Zealand August 1849 and initially worked in Taranaki with fellow German Protestant missionaries before offering his services to the Church Missionary Society (1852). He took charge of the CMS mision station at Opotiki (August 1861). Despite hostilities and ignoring warnings he remained at Opotiki until 1865, when he was taken prisoner , charged with being a spy and was taken to a willow tree and hanged. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1888

By: Aubrey, Christopher, active 1868-1906

Reference: C-014-013

Description: Shows a view looking towards Wellington Harbour from the lower northern slopes of Kelburn, with part of the Bolton Street Cemetery at the left, and three horses grazing in the right foreground. Beyond the cemetery is the Parliamentary Library, with the spire of St Mary's Hill Street at the far left. In the centre are the old Parliament Buildings, and the wooden Government Buildings are on the right. Old St Pauls is beyond the Parliamentary Library, the Terrace Congregational Church (corner Bowen Street and the Terrace) is in the centre, and St Andrews-on-the-Terrace is at the far right. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 440 x 750 mm.

Date: ca 1868 and 1904

Reference: 1/2-003090-G

Description: Two images on one negative: Louisa Worsfold (nee Mair), daughter of Jane and Henry Mair, outside Pompallier House with a husky dog; and an early panorama of Russell taken before the Anglican church was re-roofed in 1871 and showing two wharves and Pompallier House at the end of the Strand. Photographer(s) unidentified. The husky dog is the off-spring of one which went to the Antarctic with Scott. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) with two images. Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1897

Reference: A-436-026

Description: Shows a view of the Supreme Court Buildings behind cabbage trees and other trees. The Avon River is in the foreground. Signed at lower left with initials: ICC, or CCI, or CIC Other Titles - March; New Zealand Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 170 x 255 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, October 2010.

Date: 1899

By: Gibb, William Menzies, 1859-1931

Reference: C-060-008

Description: Shows a view of the wharves from the water, with steamships, tug boats and a sailing ship. Buildings on Queen's Wharf can be seen. From: "New Zealand Illustrated". Christmas Supplement to the Weekly Press, Christchurch, December 1907 Print from an original painting held by Donald C Ellis Christchurch (later Sydney) This image was reproduced in "NZ's heritage", part 73, page 2024. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 386 x 762 mm

Date: [ca 1880s - 1920s]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-040916-G

Description: Copy negative taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Photographer of original unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, ½ plate Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.