Places

Date: 1924

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1306-1/2-G

Description: Improvements to the Rimutaka Road showing the old road to the left, with a new cutting straightening the route. A Ford motor car is rounding the bend. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1924. A print of this image is in Godber album Vol 109, p 209 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Improvements to Rimutaka Road. Old road on left. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1843

From: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.

Reference: PUBL-0011-08-1

Description: An extensive view of the Wairarapa Plain with Wairarapa Lake on the left, Rimutaka Range and Tararua Ranges in the background. A boar hunt is underway in the foreground, with one Maori man and a dog to the right. The Maori man is dressed in traditional costume, and appears to be carrying a rope. Bracken and ferns in the foreground and clumps of bush on the plain. The accompanying text reads: This district lies about fifty miles from Wellington by the nearest road. Mr Charles Kettle, one of the Company's Assistant-Surveyors, ascended the Manawatu River, which flows along the other side of the Tararua Mountains, and entered this plain by rounding the low spurs at the extreme right of the view. The forest consists of the largest trees. The open tracts are covered with grass, feern and tutu bushes. Wild hogs abound in this plain. The Ruamahanga flows through the midst of it, and passes through Lake Wairarapa into Palliser Bay. The plain of the Ruamahanga is about sixty miles in length, with an average breadth of twelve miles. There is one small native village at its northern extremity, and another on the beach at Palliser Bay, as well as a whaling station supplied from Wellington. Lake Wairarapa is ten miles long, and from two to three miles broad. Between the lake and the sea several settlers from Wellington have recently squatted with large herds of cattle, which they drove along the sea-coast. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 238 x 460 mm

Date: 1952

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

Reference: EP/1952/4265-G

Description: Men seated at a table having a meal, Rimutaka Tunnel. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer in 1952. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 10.5 x 8cm

Date: 1843

From: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.

Reference: PUBL-0011-08-2

Description: An extensive view of the Wairarapa Plain with Rimutaka Range and Tararua Ranges in the background ("the snowy range in the distance is the Tararua Mountains"); a wild boar hunt in the foreground, with 4 Maori, 3 Pakeha men and four dogs. The dogs are worrying the boar. The Maori are wearing traditional Maori clothing, and all are carrying firearms. Bracken and tree ferns in the foreground and clumps of bush on the plain. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 238 x 495 mm

Date: 1950

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

Reference: 114/117/02-G

Description: View of men working to construct the Rimutaka Tunnel, Wellington, photographed in 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: [23 July 1951]

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

Reference: 114/326/26-G

Description: Work being done on the Rimutaka Tunnel track deviation photographed circa 23 July 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 6 centimetres

Date: [between 1952-1955]

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

Reference: PAColl-8557-52

Description: Railway track for the Rimutaka tunnel line. Shows the first 350 ft length being transported into the tunnel. Photograph taken by an unidentified staff photographer for the 'Evening Post'. Source of descriptive information - Notes on print. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 11.4 x 16.7 cm

Date: [ca 1913]

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-q-913-03-4

Description: View of a shallow valley with areas of native forest, and the Wharepapa River flowing through it. In the background are mountains of the southern Rimutaka Range. Photographed by Hubert Earle Girdlestone in about 1913. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - The Wharepapa Stream and the lower Rimutaka Ranges Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 13 x 7.3 cm

Date: 3 Nov 1955

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

Reference: EP/1955/2480-F

Description: Photograph taken 3 November 1955 for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Source of descriptive information - 3 November date from NZ Railway Observer, Volume 12, November-December 1955 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: [187-?]

By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908

Reference: PA7-30-05

Description: Photograph of Wairarapa from Rimutaka Range, taken ca 1870s by James Bragge. The Rimutaka Hill Road runs through the centre of the image. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Looking down upon the Wairarapa Plain from the Rimutaka; Mount verso - top centre - Bragge Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 21.8 x 29.2 cm, mounted on paper

Date: 1952

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

Reference: EP/1952/4277-G

Description: Interior view of the Rimutaka Tunnel under construction showing rockfall, and a man climbing into the area. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer in 1952. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 10.5 x 8cm

Date: 1924

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1307-1/2-G

Description: View of the Rimutaka Hill Road from near the top showing the Hutt Valley side. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1924. A print of this image is in Godber album Vol 109, p 209 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Road over Rimutaka. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: ca 1910

From: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 : New Zealand post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-006668-G

Description: Rimutaka Valley, and Hill Road, at sunset, circa 1910. Photograph taken by (Allen M)?. This is a copy negative of a postcard Inscriptions: On original postcard: The Long [?]. Sunset Rimutaka Valley. Tourist Series 157. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1950

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

Reference: 114/117/04-G

Description: View of men working to construct the Rimutaka Tunnel, Wellington, photographed in 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: ca 1880s

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-3039-1-033

Description: Train on Ladle Bend, Rimutaka Incline, circa 1880s. Shows an S class Fairlie steam locomotive, wagons, and carriages, crossing a viaduct. Photographer unidentified. Note on back of file print reads: "Bridges on Kaitoke side of Rimutaka Range. Wgton-Woodville Rly" Inscriptions: Verso - [Written in A P Godber's handwriting] Ladle Bend 2 "C" cars and 4 wheelvan; Verso - Stamped in ink - A P Godber Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 8.8.x 14 cm Processing information: Formerly filed in Turnbull Library Pictures at 385. Railways. Lines. Wairarapa

Date: 1911

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Map collection

By: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918

Reference: MapColl-832.4cbum/[ca.1911]/Acc.46382

Description: Topographic map of the southern part of the Rimutaka Ranges and part of the Wairarapa south of Lake Wairarapa. Shows tracks. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on dressed linen, colour, 44 x 64 cm.

Date: 1842 - 1847

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

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: B-049-018

Description: 'Otiwera Pass' the valley leading down the Rimutaka Road towards the Wairarapa, with the plain in the distance In the text accompanying this illustration, Brees writes: 'This represents a low part of the Remutaka mountains and the valley of the Otiwera, with the plains of the Wairarapa in the distance. The author passed down this ravine on the 7th and 8th February 1843, accompanied by A Kuri and party, while exploring the road from Port Nicholson.' The name Otiwera, no longer in use, may refer either to Abbot's Stream, near the base of the Rimutaka Road, or to Cross Creek, or another small stream on the Wairarapa side of the Rimutaka Hill Other Titles - Rimutaka Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured, 55 x 90 mm

Date: 1849

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: G-001-1

Description: A view of Wellington hills and gullies, with evidence of bush clearing in the foreground. The Rimutakas are visible in the centre distance. Title supplied by vendor. The artist arrived in Wellington in August 1849, the year this painting was done. He and his family lived at the property Homewood in Karori while waiting for his house to be built. This painting may show a view from the Karori area, possibly from Johnston Hill, above Homewood Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C D Barraud 1849 Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 205 x 280 mm (sight 190 x 265 mm)

Reference: 1/2-055137-F

Description: View of the old coach road on the Rimutaka Range in Featherston. A bridge can be seen crossing the river, and the road can be seen disappearing off into the distance. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1950

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

Reference: 114/117/03-G

Description: View of men working to construct the Rimutaka Tunnel, Wellington, photographed in 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches