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Date: [ca 1863]

Reference: 1/2-060122-F

Description: Wreck of the ship Oliver Lang, at Kaiwharawhara, Wellington, circa 1863. The tollgate, and a hotel (centre), are visible. Photographer unidentified. The toll gate was built in 1863. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [1880s]

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

Reference: 1/1-025761-G

Description: Looking out at Thorndon, Wellington, from inside the number 1 railway tunnel, in Kaiwharawhara, on the Manawatu line. Taken by William Williams in the 1880s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1917 - [ca1900-1906]

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by Joye Taylor. ca 1905-1915].

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-4-001-2

Description: Shows a view down the Gorge at Kaiwharawhara, looking towards Wellington Harbour. The area contains many industrial buildings. Verso of card contains a message to Master Tam Eggars from his friend Noel, and is dated 23 January 1917. The original photograph would have been taken before 1907, as the Rainbow Hotel seen in the distance, was demolished early 1907. Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Photograph dated by a researcher, June 2022 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, black and white with red lettering, 88 x 138 mm.

Date: ca 23 Jun 1934

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: PAColl-6301-03

Description: Photograph of a train on the new railway lines in Kaiwharawhara, showing the Hutt Road and Eastern Hills to the right. The Tawa deviation of the North Island Main Trunk Railway is under construction on the left. Taken by an unidentified photographer in June 1934. Source of descriptive information - Tawa deviation recognised by Library client Note on back of original print reads: Railway changes at Kaiwarra. E P Photo. 23 Jun 1934. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 1970

From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives

Reference: 35mm-72363-6-F

Description: Articulated Mobil petrol tanker at Kaiwharawhara, Wellington. Photographed by K E Niven & Co in 1970. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) Single image on 1/20 negative strip.

Date: [1930s]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955

Reference: 1/2-100360-G

Description: Looking south from Kaiwharawhara, over Wellington Harbour, in the 1930s. Shows the ship `Awatea' in dock. Photograph taken by William Hall Raine. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 22 January 1973

From: Scoble, Juliet Rosalie, 1955- :Chiefly photographs of New Zealand railway locomotives, rolling stock and stations

Reference: PA-Group-00257-399-0002

Description: Passenger carriage EA 3094. Photograph taken 22 January 1973 at Kaiwharawhara by Juliet Scoble. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 9 x 13 cm

Date: 23 Jun 1851

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0675E-9

Description: Letter written from Kaiwharawhara Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: ca 1860s

From: Creator unknown : Photographs of Wellington, from the Dorset album

Reference: 1/2-021195-F

Description: Kaiwharawhara flour mill, Wellington, circa 1860s. Photographer unidentified. Note on file print reads "Brees (1845) described this as 'Recently completed by the proprietors, Messrs Matheson and Schultz' It had two pairs of stones." Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 22 Jul 1851

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0675F-11

Description: Letter written from Kaiwharawhara Quantity: 1 piece (3 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: [ca 1885-1890]

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

Reference: 1/1-025848-G

Description: Kaiwharawhara, Wellington, photographed 1880s by William Williams. Includes the Waterloo Hotel, and Manawatu and Wairarapa railway lines. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Webb, Esther M, active 1938-1957

Reference: B-031-016

Description: Two Pakeha beaching a rowboat on the shore in the foreground, watched by a Maori man, a small child and a dog. Two further Maori and a dog are walking away in the distance. The view is from the western shore of Wellington Harbour, possibly close to Kaiwharwhara, looking towards Petone in the distance. The western hills are shown covered in bush Other Titles - View of Petone Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in brushpoint Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 228 x 470 mm

Date: 1844 - 1847

From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.

Reference: PUBL-0014-42

Description: Shows Maori crafted objects: 1. Carved image of Te Rauparaha in one of his war canoes at Kapiti Island. 2. Decorated head of a war canoe belonging to Te Rauparaha 3. Carved head of a canoe at Kaiwharawhara 4 & 5. Ornamented paddles belonging to Te Heuheu, principal chief at Taupo Lake 6. Handle of a canoe paddle from Taupo Lake 7. A canoe under sail, Cook's Straits Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured, 346 x 296 mm.

Date: 1842 - 1847 - 1845

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: PUBL-0020-02-2

Description: View from the north side of the Ngaio Gorge looking towards Wellington City, with Kaiwharawhara in the middle distance showing the Kaiwharawhara Hotel, a ship at a wharf and several small buildings. The entrance to Evans Bay and Miramar Peninsula are in the background. Two men are chopping trees in the foreground Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, 91 x 189 mm

Date: 1842

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 2] 1848

Reference: E-333-090

Description: View from Kaiwharawhara Pa, looking along one bank of the stream, with a rowboat tied up and part of the pa visible on the far (south) bank. A Maori man is seated in the foreground, alongside the stream. The ribs of a partly built ship can be seen by the waterfront Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title only partially legible Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 135 x 230 mm.

Date: 1924

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-045572-G

Description: Wellington's first trolley bus, or trackless tram, at Kaiwharawhara. Photographed by Sydney Charles Smith in 1924. This trolley bus (or trackless tram) was built by Associated Equipment Co. Ltd, London, for Inglis Brothers (New Zealand agents). Inglis Brothers had received it by 10 September 1924. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1849

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: B-103-006

Description: Bush clad hillside, probably around Ngaio Gorge, showing the effects of the 1848 earthquake in Wellington, with deep valleys Geologist Gaye Downes suggests that this scene is likely to be drawn from Old Porirua Road, about 2/3 of the way up from Ngaio Gorge, looking upwards Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 175 x 250 mm

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/1-019696-G

Description: Express train crossing the bridge over the Hutt Road just south of Kaiwharawhara, photographed ca 1910 by S C Smith of Wellington. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Main trunk express leaving Wellington N.Z. S.C. Smith photo Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1848

By: Baker, Richard, 1810-1854

Reference: C-014-015

Description: Shows a view across the flowering gardens of Major Baker's house in Thorndon Quay, to Wellington Harbour, Somes Island, Ward Island, the Hutt Valley and the snow-capped Tararuas. The view is from the verandah two of whose posts divide the view. The Kaiwharawhara Hotel and a moored ship at Kaiwharawhara can be seen at the left. A small child in a dress holds picked flowers in his apron and offers some to a Maori man seated with a basket beside a flower bed. A Maori figure in a red cloak stands over the fence at the left, and another carries a load on her back at the right. There are three tall sailing ships in the harbour and three smaller craft including a waka carrying four figures, in the near left portion of the harbour. According to a note on the back of the work, the small child is Baker's eldest son Frederick Arnold Baker, born 30 December 1845. In 1848, Major Baker owned a two-storeyed building at Kaiwharawhara, and this may also be shown in the picture. (See Ward's "Early Wellington", page 150). Inscriptions: Backing board recto - centre - [Vie]w of Wellington [(Ne]w Zealand) Harbour from Major Richard Baker's verandah, painted by himself about 1848. The child in it was his eldest son Frederick Arnold Baker born 30 December 1845. Baker won prizes for "Bouquet flowers" and turnips, in the Wellington Horticultural Show, 22 January 1842. (See Winsome Shepherd "Wellington's heritage, plants, gardens and landscapes", Wellington 2000, pages 151-153) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 205 x 555 mm.

Date: Sep 1945

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: PAColl-8557-15

Description: Buildings at Kaiwharawhara Military Camp on the Wellington Harbour. Shows barracks which were to be turned into temporary housing at the end of World War II. Photograph taken in 1945 by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Copyright / Photograph / Sep 25 1945 / "The Evening Post" / Wellington, N.Z.; Verso - centre - Original caption attached: Buildings at Kaiwarra Military Camp which are to be turned into temporary; Verso - top right - 3 col x 5 / Tues / late news page; Verso - bottom centre - 25 Sep 1945 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16 x 20.5 cm