Places

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-007

Description: Lake Browning in the centre, the Southern Alps beyond. Named features are Hall Glacier, Twin Peaks, River Arahura, Lake Browning, and Mt Harman. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 16 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. Original watercolour at C-097-035 Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - View of Browning Pass Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Hall Glacier; Twin Peaks; R. Arahura; Lake Browning; Mt Harman Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 100 x 275 mm.

Date: 1927

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

Reference: 1/2-047466-G

Description: Beach, Island Bay, Wellington, photographed in 1927 by Sydney Charles Smith. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - right of image - Box 170 1927 945 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1925 - 1926

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

By: Pickmere, Arthur Hereward, 1905-1973

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-1/1/4/ACC.54690

Description: Copies of coastal chart of Poor Knights Islands, compiled by Pickmere from notes obtained 27-29 December 1925, with the assistance of A M Clark-Walker. Showing islands named as Tawhiti Rahi, Aorangi, Aorangaia, and labels for numerous points along the coast. Original bears annotation 'A H Pickmere, Whangarei, 1926'. Positive copy shows additional information, including: - Date of photography - 13 Mar 1972 - Scale reference in chains and metres - Heading on map - 'Pt. Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park' - Reference on map - 'Reserved for Scenic Purposes N.Z. Statutes 1922 No. 50 (4)(1); Sanctuary for Native and Imported Game Gaz 1929 p. 445; Part Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park (482.2.00 approx) N.Z. Statutes 1967 No. 131 Sec 4 (1)(a)'. Both copies show former identifier '29179'. Quantity: 2 map(s) Negative and positive copy. Physical Description: Negative and positive photostat copies on paper.

Date: 1947-1952

From: Woods Family : Letters and journals of Samuel Edward Woods and other family papers

Reference: MSDL-1821

Description: Digitised journal which records typescript copies of correspondence from Edward Sydney Woods to his family during Woods' visit to New Zealand as the Bishop of Lichfield in 1947 and 1948. Also includes letter for 1952. The letters are addressed to Woods' family and children in England. Many of the letters begin "Beloved Kinders". Included at the beginning of the volume is an itinerary for Woods' visit which details locations visited in Australia and New Zealand as well as ports visited en route from England. The appendix includes copies of published letters sent to the Lichfield Diocesan magazine by Bishop Edward Lichfield. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Digitisation details - Original journal has been digitised by the Library.

Date: 1947-1948

From: Woods Family : Letters and journals of Samuel Edward Woods and other family papers

Reference: MSDL-1822

Description: Digitised journal which records pictorial images of Edward Sydney Woods' visit to New Zealand and Australia as the Bishop of Lichfield in 1947 and 1948. The journal comprises photographs, postcards, ephemera, newspaper cuttings, correspondence, first day covers and printed material. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Digitisation details - Original journal has been digitised by the Library. Pamphlets inside the journal have been opened out and digitised on subsequent pages.

Date: 30 April 1984

From: NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd: Mosaic aerial negatives, prints, transparencies, and index

Reference: PAColl-D-1451

Description: Photograph taken in 1984. Shows Havelock North and surrounds. The ocean can be seen in the top left of the image. A title block adhered to the image reads "30-4-84". Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Colour photographic print, 36.5 x 50.5 cm

Date: [ca 1830s-1860s]

From: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889: Sketches of New Zealand, European, and British landscapes and portraits

Reference: B-178-073

Description: Watercolour and pencil landscape depicting Mount Manaia at Whangarei Heads. Other titles (file print) - Wangari [near Whangarei Heads, Northland NZ c. 1850] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Wangari [watercolour] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, 395 x 256 mm.

Date: 1852 - 1848 - 1857

By: W E & F Newton (Firm); Taylor, Richard (Rev), 1805-1873

Reference: Curios-042-013

Description: Shows view of Wanganui wharf, Christ Church, and Rutland Stockade, framed by cave entrance, with three Maori figures in the foreground. All have rifles in their posession, and are dressed wrapped in cloaks or blankets. Native foliage frames the mouth of the cave Impressed into the wooden frame on either side of the image: W E & F Newton, opticians & globemakers to the Queen, 3 Fleet St Temple Bar London Loosely based on Richard Taylor's 'Wanganui, NZ' (1848), at E-296-q-159, combined with the wood engraving in the Church Missionary Gleaner (1884, p. 83, a re-illustration of an 1850s view) 'The mission station at Wanganui, as seen from a natural cave in the rocks'. The Library also holds Wanganui and pier [?] from cave, New Zealand [185-?], published by W E & F Newton (Curios-021-007), showing the scene in a similar way, by an unknown artist. It would appear that the reverse of the slide is the correct orientation of the image Other Titles - Wanganui and pier [?] from cave, New Zealand [185-?] Inscriptions: [On top edge of wooden frame, in ink] Wanganui and cave New Zealand Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured glass, 103 mm diameter, in wooden frame 150 x 203 mm

Date: 1852 - 1833 - 1857 - 1835

By: Williams, Henry, 1792-1867; W E & F Newton (Firm)

Reference: Curios-042-015

Description: A group of war canoes racing, some with sails. In the centre of the group is the missionary schooner, Karere, flying a red and blue ensign. A headland is in the background. Reprinted in the Quarterly papers of the Church Missionary Society in 1849. The image was also used to illustrate Rev. William Yate's 'An account of New Zealand' (London, 1835) opp. p. 184, with title The mission boat accompanying a New Zealand war expedition. Engraved by S. Williams. Engraved from a drawing by Henry Williams titled Expedition on its way to Tauranga in 1833 (Publ-0031-1835-1) It would appear that the reverse of the slide is the correct orientation of the image Other Titles - Expedition on its way to Tauranga in 1833 Other Titles - New Zealand war expedition Inscriptions: [On top edge of wooden frame, in ink] War canoes, New Zealand Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured glass, 103 mm diameter, in wooden frame 150 x 203 mm

Date: 1913

By: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926

Reference: Curios-041-001

Description: Silver-plated, ovoid-shaped tureen, probably for holding vegetables. Features a roll-top lid with an ivory handle, and decorated legs and carrying handles. Fitted within is a removable shallow oval dish with separate perforated draining tray. Inscriptions: [On front of roll-top lid] Presented to Joseph Lowthian Wilson on his journalistic jubilee, August 13 1913, as a mark of esteem from his co-workers on the staffs [sic] of the Christchurch Press Coy., Ltd.; [On underside of the tureen] EP [three five-pointed stars within the shape of a three-leaf clover] NS 37594 Joseph Lowthian Wilson was the north Canterbury reporter and agent for the Christchurch Press, based in Kaiapoi. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Silver-plated metal and ivory, ca. 220 x 345 x 250 mm Provenance: The tureen was likely to have been a retirement gift presented to Wilson, though this is not entirely clear. Transfers: Part of a collection transferred from Photographic Archive. Other material from the collection transferred to Manuscripts. - From Photographic Archive - Accession number PH-2011-077 Photograph albums of Joseph Lowthian Wilson. Processing information: Digitised February 2012, with five shots of various aspects of the object, including removable trays

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-013

Description: Two men in the left foreground on the banks of a rocky stream, with Mount Whitcombe on the upper left, Whitcombe Pass in the centre and Mount Martius on the upper left. Low scrub and possibly tussock on the mountains. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 14 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. See also NON-ATL-0188 Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - Whitcombe Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Mt Whitcombe; Whitcombe's Pass; Mt Martius; View of Whitcombe's Pass from the banks of the Pass Stream [ink]; Backing board recto - bottom right - Dr J. Haast del [pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 143 x 248 mm, on mount with caption, 277 x 380 mm.

Date: [ca 1865]

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-012

Description: Drawing of a mountain range. There are notes which describe the colouring of the hills, as this appears to be a preparatory drawing for a painting. There is water in the foreground. Reproduced in: Burrows, Colin James. 'Julius Haast in the Southern Alps'. Canterbury University Press, 2005, page 63. Title based on information provided by Colin Burrows, 2001. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on brown tracing paper, 135 x 623 mm.

Date: 1852 - 1880 - 1857 - 1890

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; W E & F Newton (Firm); Brackenbury, Carole, active 1989

Reference: Curios-021-006

Description: Shows interior of church with Minister giving sermon, and congregation standing or sitting on floor. Features red columns and carved rafters. Lantern slide after Barraud's "Interior of Otake church, New Zealand", lithograph, published by Day & Son, London, 1852. Dating: the firm W E & F Newton was based at 3 Fleet Street (the address printed on the wooden frame) between 1852 and 1857 Other Titles - Interior of Otake church, New Zealand Inscriptions: Verso - (Embossed on frame at left and right of image): W.E. & F. Newton / OPTICIANS / & GlobeMakers / TO THE QUEEN / 3 Fleet St Temple Bar / LONDON; (Number in ink on frame): 77 Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured glass, 80 mm diameter (sight), in wooden frame 101 x 165 mm.

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

Reference: 1/2-046483-G

Description: Part 3 of a 3 part panorama of Dunedin, looking out towards the sea. The business premises of Murray Roberts & Company and the Southend Garage can be seen in the distance. Different types of housing can be seen, along with what seems to be a large playing field. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Forms a panorama with 1/2-046481 and 046482 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - right of image - D3B Box 39 3 pr pano Dunedin D3B Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-001

Description: Shows the headwaters of the Rakaia River and Ramsay Glacier, surrounded by mountains, which include Mt Kinkel, Mount Goethe, and Mein's Knob. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 11 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. The field sketch for this watercolour is at C-097-042-1, with title "From Griffith's hut, Rakaia, towards sources, 17 March 1866". Title transcribed from item. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Meins Knob; Mt Goethe; Ramsay Glacier; Mt Kinkel Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 106 x 214 mm.

Date: 1845

By: Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885

Reference: A-079-005

Description: A group of six red-coated soldiers (with part of a seventh on the far right) and one "friendly" Maori in the foreground, behind a low shelter, loading and shooting towards the extensive palisades of Hone Heke's pa at Ohaiawai. The palisades are shown with rifle holes continously along the base to enable firing from behind protection; the English soldiers and their companion, on the other hand, are having to raise their heads above their shelter to fire, with the exception of those on the far right, who are behind a Maori-style palisade. There is a flag flying to the far left of the pa. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title, date and signatue Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 166 x 237 mm

Date: 1830 - 1880 - 1852 - 1832 - 1890 - 1857

By: W E & F Newton (Firm); Brackenbury, Carole, active 1989

Reference: Curios-021-008

Description: Shows missionary settlement at Rangihoua, Bay of Islands. After an almost identical image (which however has 2 larger sailing ships in the foreground) "Church missionary settlement at Rangihoua, N.Z.", published in Church Missionary Quarterly Papers, midsummer 1832, no. 66, cover page; and, "[Missionary settlement at Rangihoua on the North side of the Bay of Islands c.1830]", an oil painting in the Rex Nan Kivell collection. This latter also features two vessels in foreground sea. Dating: the firm W E & F Newton (stamped on the wooden frame) was based at 3 Fleet Street from 1852 to 1857 Other Titles - Church missionary settlement at Rangihoua Inscriptions: Verso - (Embossed on frame at left and right of image): W.E. & F. Newton / OPTICIANS / & GlobeMakers / TO THE QUEEN / 3 Fleet St Temple Bar / LONDON; (Number in ink on frame): 30 Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured glass, 80 mm diameter (sight), in wooden frame 101 x 165 mm.

Date: 25 January 1860

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-108-034

Description: Panoramic view in two sections, the left showing the Humboldt Range from Lake Rotoroa, the right with Mount Mackay. Rotoroa is in the centre of the view with mountains surrounding it and the view is taken from a high standpoint. The lighter patch on the hillside at the right has been identified as a Maori fern garden. Page 22 & 23 of double leaf from survey notebook, with notes in Haast's hand; cf. his Report of a topographical & geological exploration ... Nelson 1861 Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - Humboldt Range Inscriptions: Recto - above image - E[ast] [pencil]; hell landslip; Mount Cradoc [ink]; W[est] [pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on two sheets of paper, 111 x 356 mm.

Date: 13 March 1861

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-022

Description: Shows a range of mountains (Cloudy Peak Range?) and the Havelock and Clyde rivers. Title transcribed from item. Inscriptions: Verso - centre right - No II Southern Branch of Havelock of Rangitata [ink]; Recto - bottom left - JH [Julius Haast, ink] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, 130 x 660 mm.