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Date: 1840 - 1850

Reference: B-009-013

Description: Two men resting beside a narrow road newly cleared through native bush, including a tall tree fern, with a river to the left. Could possibly be the Karori or Porirua areas, but more likely to show the making of the road between Petone and Taita Gorge in 1842, overseen by the artist, who was then Chief Surveyor. Reproduced as a Turnbull Library Print in 1972 - see C-028-036. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 315 x 228 mm

Date: 8 May 1963

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-60224-F

Description: Aerial view of the upper Hutt Valley looking north east. Includes Manor Park, Manor Park Golf course, Haywards, Haywards electrical sub station, the railway line and Silverstream railway bridge, the Hutt River, Keith George Memorial Park, and in the distance Upper Hutt and the Tararua Range. Photographed 8 May 1963 by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 13.8 x 13.2 cm Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation Box Blue 231, Lower Hutt.

Date: 1848

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018

Reference: A-187-030

Description: Shows curve of road from point on west of Wellington Harbour, close to Petone and looking towards it and the Hutt Valley. One standing and two seated Maori figures are on the track by the harbour. Two shags are on a rock in the water. Other Titles - Entrance to the Hutt Valley, Tararua Mountain Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - `W. Swainson' and dated. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 110 x 172 mm

Date: 1844 - 1850

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-024-002

Description: Looking along the Hutt River with a high narrow track skirting the steep hills on the right. Several figures are on the track Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 98 x 160 mm

Date: 1850

By: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889; McClintock, Madeleine, active 1985

Reference: B-159-024

Description: Shows a Maori man and woman with a child on the woman's back, walking beside their packhorse on a road at the left. The packhorse is laden with red saddlebags. The road continues into the foreground and curves away again to the right, disappearing into a bushcovered hilly area. The couple are passing a central rata tree in flower, and there are bushcovered hills in the distance. In the foreground in front of the rata is a pool or section of a river. Location suggested to be the Hutt Valley, but may be one of the gorges off the western side of the harbour, possibly near the old Porirua Road. Letter of authentication dated 24 August 1983 on backing board. Sometimes known as "Maori travellers ..." Other Titles - Maori travellers with packs and horse, pack horse, Hutt Valley [former title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 375 x 262 mm. Provenance: Formerly owned by the artist's great granddaughter, Mrs Madeleine McClintock. Auctioned at McArthur & Company Auckland in October 1983 (lot 28)

Date: 1842 - 1845

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

Reference: B-031-029

Description: View from the Hutt Gorge, with a road to the left, a man leading a horse and a dog into a bush-clad area, the Hutt River meandering between bush-clad banks in the distance See Illustrated London News, p 37 Jan 16 1847 for a wood engraving from this watercolour Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 228 x 373 mm

Date: 1849

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-024-014

Description: A figure on a high track, looking down over rolling hills towards the Hutt Valley Other Titles - Mangaroa Inscriptions: Verso - Title from pencil inscription also inscribed: "Road very distant/3d Valley of the Hutt"; bottom right - Signed and dated Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 113 x 171 mm

Date: 1930s

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

Reference: 1/2-048847-G

Description: Shows relief camp for unemployed workers at Akatarawa. Roads were built in the area by these men. Baigent Mill can be seen on the right, also shows Akatarawa Road. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith circa 1930s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1848

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-189-020

Description: View from the Hutt Road on the western shore of Wellington Harbour, looking north towards the Hutt Valley and the Tararua Range. Two European travellers have paused on the road at the foot of the cliffs and are looking toward the Hutt Valley. Seagulls are on a rock at the water's edge to the right Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 5 x 7.5 ins

Date: 1849

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Leeper, Janet, active 1960s

Reference: A-189-012

Description: Three Maori figures on a track cut into a bush-clad cliff, leading into a gorge. Possibly Taita Gorge. See Brees Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand, plate 7, no. 22 and text p.15. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 5.7 x 4.5 ins

Date: 1963

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

Reference: MapColl-WRC-C8/8A-J-Acc.

Description: First map (A) shows Hutt Valley - Wairarapa express route proposal and b-j shows Pokeno - Wellington State Highway no. 2 express routes Silverstream / Rimutaka Seciton. Quantity: 10 map(s) with annotations bound in book. Physical Description: Ink on cream paper. each 51 x 74.5 cm.