Places

Date: 1860-1900

By: Masterton Historical Society

Reference: PAColl-7329

Description: Photographs of Masterton including: Bannister's farm on the north bank of the Waipoua River at Akura with Charles Bannister standing on the bank; the militia of 1866, presenting arms, led by Captain Walter Perry (all names given in the caption); the Coles' house on Bridge Street (now Queen Street) and a studio portrait of what may be the Coles family; views of Queen Street; a crowd in the street for the opening of the new Post Office with the Public Institute behind it; a sale of sheep at the saleyards; a procession by friendly societies past the Prince of Wales stables; James Wrigley and his family outside his bootmaking business; James Wrigley and his wife and son John; a cart travelling over the Te Ore Ore bridge; the Anglican church; the first Post Office next to Iorn's Bannister store ca 1856; panoramic views of the town; the Waipoua River near the site of the old Kaikokirikiri Pa; Masterton school picnic at Woodroofe's farm; a painting of Worksop Farm owned by the Dixons by Charles Barraud; a band and procession on Queen Street passing Westlake's saddlery and Winzenberg's photography shop; Masterton's first band outside the Royal Hotel with E Braggins, the licencee and conductor (other names given on the reverse of the print); a ballast train coming from the ballast pit near the railway train with men standing on the carts; the Wrigley family in a field of cattle at their farm; a baby show; an 1854 land receipt for a section purchased by Iorns; a group of eighteen blacksmiths holding their implements; Liberal Party celebrations at Solway Show Grounds after the 1905 election with Seddon, Ward and others (named on the reverse of the print); William Hodgson Donald; Sergeant Price of the Masterton police; Donald Solway Donald; Mr and Mrs Charles Dixon; W W McCardle; and a tinsmith, one of the early residents. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 30 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Processing information: Negatives were allocated at 1/2-003434 to 1/2-003471 and 003673 to 003674 (duplicate at 1/2-004343) although only sixteen of these were made. Replacement negatives for two images at 1/2-132742 and 151351. 1/1-000763 to 1/1-000778 may also relate to this collection.

Date: 1910

By: Jones, Priscilla, active 1994-1995

Reference: PAColl-4193

Description: Masterton Post Office opening day, J R Redstone's coaches, Gisborne, and house team at Waikaremoana power scheme Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Circa 1880s]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Lomer, Albert, active 1862-1900; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-262

Description: Album of Australian photographs of Brisbane and Tasmania, and views of a range of sites in New Zealand, taken by various photographers circa 1880s. Names and places identified in the album are listed above. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, black corners and spine; 30.5 x 25.0 cm

Date: 1987

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-362-160/191

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 31 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary.

Date: [ca 1900-1910]

By: Walker, A (Mr), active 1968; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; C M (Photographer), active 1905; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Pratt, A A, active 1900s

Reference: PAColl-6639

Description: Postcards of ferries at wharves in Auckland, interior and exterior of St John's Cathedral in Napier, Waihi from Martha Hill, bowling green on the Domain at Te Aroha, Lyttelton at regatta time, Lyttelton harbour, Opera House, St Luke's Danish Church and All Saints Church and the Municipal Buildings, Palmerston North; the Triangle, Dunedin; Auckland Hospital, Grafton Road; Palmerston North Post Office; a view over Auckland from Mount Eden; the bridge over to the Cafe Continental; Hastings Street, Napier; Perry Street, Masterton with a hall on the right; tea kiosk in the park, Masterton; two carts on the road to Lansdowne, Masterton; the tramline to Onehunga, Auckland; Queen Street, Auckland; and Auckland harbour and wharves. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negative at 151877 Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 16 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 14 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Postcards

Date: [between 1858-1887]

Reference: PAColl-6114

Description: Comprises: Hutt Road in 1868; Queen's Wharf ca 1860s; Wellington circa 1887; Thorndon circa 1860s; St John's Presbyterian Church, Wellington, 1858. Arrangement: Copy negatives at 1/4-016071, 1/2-075008 and 1/2-091405 Quantity: 5 b&w copy photographic print(s).

Date: 25 January - 5 February 1988

By: Aberhart, Laurence, 1949-

Reference: PAColl-3738

Description: Northland post offices closed in 1988 Arrangement: Negatives housed at 10x8-1859 to 1885 Quantity: 27 b&w original negative(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives 8 x 10 inches

Date: ca1875-ca1885

From: Swainson, Jane :Photographs of military forces in Taranaki, Nelson, Hokitika, Parihaka and Rotorua.

By: Bayliss, Charles, 1850-1897; Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920

Reference: PA1-q-707

Description: Views of notable public buildings in Sydney dating from the late 1860s to the late 1870s. Nelson City during a public parade involving colonial soldiers. Soldiers in military encampments, parading, and firing Cannon. Views of Lake Rotorua, Parihaka at the time it was occupied by Government troops, Hokitika waterfront, floods in Greymouth, and a wedding in Nelson. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: ca 1900s

By: Ferrier, William, 1855-1922

Reference: PAColl-7397

Description: Set of photographs of Timaru and Waimate which have been cut to fit together for a magazine lay-out or similar. They are: interior of the Church of the Sacred Heart, Timaru; Timaru post office; Timaru Custom House with Quirk's Royal Hotel to the right; the new Primitive Methodist Church, Timaru; St Mary's Church, Timaru; the boys of the Main School, Timaru in their cadet uniforms on the playing field with visiting adults; the Boys' High School, Timaru; the Wesley Church, Timaru; Trinity Presbyterian Church, Timaru; two views of the Municipal Offices and Public Library, Timaru; Chalmers Presbyterian Church, Timaru; and the Waimate Court House. The photographer was William Ferrier. Due to irregular shapes they have been used for a magazine lay-out at some stage. Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: January 1988

By: Aberhart, Laurence, 1949-

Reference: PAColl-1298

Description: Photographs of post offices and post office agencies, scheduled to be closed in the 1988 Post office restructuring, photographed in January 1988 by Laurence Aberhart. Source of title - Title supplied by Library In 1988 the Alexander Turnbull Library commissioned eight New Zealand professional photographers to make a documentary record of some of the Post Offices that closed that year. Laurence Aberhart was one of these photographers. Quantity: 26 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1930s-1940s

Reference: PAColl-6610

Description: 9 views of Canterbury towns: Lincoln hotel, supply store and railway station; Hawarden Post and Telegraph Office; Waikari Post and Telegraph Office; street scene in Waikari; the promenade at Caroline Bay with a large hotel above it; the premises of the Dominion Compressed Yeast Company in Christchurch; and an unidentified town which is probably Timaru with boats moored in the harbour. Photographer unidentified. The image which is probably Timaru is identified in the negative accession register as Rotheram but this town is inland and near neither a lake nor a river therefore this is not likley to be correct. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-018080, 1/4-018082 to 018088, and 1/4-018170 Quantity: 9 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: [ca 1890-1945]

From: Estate of W Wilson :Photographs of the Wilson family and Eketahuna

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Thomson, Richard John James, 1890-1977; NZ Camera-Craft Company; Valerie Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931

Reference: PAColl-0436-1

Description: School photographs, one from Eketahuna District High School 1938; roll of honour for Eketahuna District High School; G Dawson and M(?) Ramsay in their navy uniforms 28th Feburary 1940; Mr Hornblow and Mrs Dickson at a formal dinner; the Queen Mother at a gala event on the upper gallery of a theatre; the Queen Mother with Bishop Owen; Mrs Wilson and Miss C M Wilson in front of radio equipment; John Dawson's graduation photograph; Mr Wilson leaving his house in a top hat; the post office at Eketahuna before 1934; two photographs of William Muir Wilson's grave; a group photograph of nine men in business dress (uncaptioned); and a postcard of Eketahuna in the snow. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-065853 to 065863 Quantity: 28 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera.

Date: 1986 - 1989

By: Darroch, Bob, 1940-; Christchurch star (Newspaper : 1958- )

Reference: A-316-060/084

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand social issues and politics. New Zealand switches from milk in bottles to milk in cartons. Hayley's Comet turns out to be disappointing for most star gazers. High number of requests for aid from sports and charity groups. Children deny tobacco advertising influences their smoking habits. Core samples are taken from the hull of the New Zealand entrant to the America's Cup. 1986 - the International Year of Peace - $1,746,000,000,000 spent on weapons. Mother's Day again. Burglar makes himself at home. General election candidates begin their hand-shaking tour of the rural areas. There's a big turnout for the rugby on election day. People are getting overloaded with the morning radio bad 'news'. Christmas shopping bedlum is upon us. ANZAC Day shows the difference between the self-sacrificing of the returned service men and women and the selfishness of youth. The French do another nuclear bomb test. Cups are shown off at the yacht club, some for winning races but mostly for winning court battles over yacht race rules. Parents supporting their children from the rugby sidelines are becoming increasingly violent. Over-crowding of New Zealand prisons. New Zealand's economic slump sees long ques of people waiting to get Government assistance through the Dept. of Social Welfare. Rogernomics puts the whole country into crisis. Post Offices are closed around the country. Children embrace cigarette smoking. Hospital emergency outpatients restrict their services in an effort to cut costs. Pakeha consider how they can benefit from the Maori land claim process. The law struggles to deal with complications of using force in your own self defence. Ozone layer threatened by fumes, smoke and smog. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). 24 photocopies. Physical Description: A4 size original and photocopies of ink and letraset drawings.

From: Evans, Norma Mae, 1924- :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-1324

Description: Postcard of Otorohanga Railway Station shows two photographs on the one card, showing view of station with train pulled into station, and view of empty station, taken from vantage point Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s) and. 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Postcards

Date: ca 1870s

Reference: PAColl-7479

Description: Francis Joseph (sic) Glacier near the outlet of the Wai-au River; tabular flume, Donolly Creek, Ross height 98 feet length 800 feet - a flume supported on poles above the creek; Aylmer Street, Ross showing the Junction Hotel, Dunedin Hotel, and Dr Bush's consulting rooms in front of the Morning Star mining claim; the viaduct from the creek at Ross height 167 feet; Bond Street, Ross with a church and what may be the Star Bakery in the foreground and along the street from the left, Provincial Hotel, J Manson & Co, Shamrock Hotel, Gay and Green Hall of Commerce, Bank of New Zealand(?), Post Office, Post Office Hotel, a wholesale wine merchants and the Camp Hotel; and the few buildings of Lagoon Town between Ross and Hokitika. Photographer unidentified. From the same unidentified album Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-004615, 004646 to 004649 and 004654 Quantity: 6 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 1892-1896, [ca 1948]

By: Tustin, B, active 1988; Tustin, William Henry, 1880-1970; Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972

Reference: PAColl-1281

Description: Collection comprises postcards of Wellington views, views of Karori, panorama of Wellington taken 1892, photographs near Gladstone, bush scene, railway scene, and Raumati store Quantity: 20 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card and. 9 b&w original photographic print(s) and. 7 b&w original photographic print(s) (postcards) and. 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera in one box.

Date: ca 1930s

Reference: PAColl-6528

Description: Photographer unknown. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-018094 to 018119 and 1/4-018121 to 018134 Quantity: 40 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 7 August 1993 - 07 Aug 1993

From: Women in a Mining Town, Waihi 1883-1993, Oral History Project

By: Mann, Elsie Margaret, 1921-2000

Reference: OHInt-0067/037

Description: Elsie Margaret Mann born Reefton. Moved to Greymouth when six weeks old. Outlines family background - paternal grandfather was Rev John Mann who worked for the Charles Wesley Missions in England and moved to Australia. He met and married a widow (Mrs Fry) and came to find gold in the West Coast. Explains that when the Waimungaroa river ran out of gold, father moved to Waihi for more prospecting. Talks about mother's family who ran a boarding house (Gordon's boarding house) at Waitekauri. Describes happy childhood and work experience on leaving school - got contract for delivering post and the Herald to farms at Waitekauri on horseback - eventually becoming postmistress of Waikino Post Office until it was closed down ca 1944. Recalls working for a Government Home Aid Service in Auckland for two years - going to homes helping mothers who had babies. Recalls the closing of the mine in Waihi (1952) and describes the effect it had on the town. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Waihi Interviewer(s) - Rose MacBeth Venue - Waihi Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005848B; OHLC-002317; OHV-0277 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 videocassette(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available AB-1658.

Date: [1890s]

From: Dunford, Graeme Wilmor, fl 1980 :Photographs

By: Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-068

Description: Album of photographs taken by T W McKenzie or H R Morns. Some taken by Wrigglesworth & Binns. Album includes a photograph of retirement certificate presented to Stephenson Percy Smith. Views include a copy of a print by W&B of an early settler's home in the Manawatu; Kaiwarra [i.e. Kaiwharawhara] Creek; canoeing on the Otaki River; sailors on a path between nikau palms in Lower Hutt; a man wearing a formal suit with bow tie, and fuschia flowers in his buttonhole; a number of large houses (possibly in the Canterbury area); views of buildings in Blenheim, Christchurch and Dunedin, including the Thomas Burns memorial in front of the Town Hall in Dunedin; and the Waimate Anglican Church. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album of photographs, red cover entitled `Album', decorated with a gold tui, 30.5 x 26.5 cm

Date: Ca 1926

From: Griffin, Norman, fl 1926 :Photograph album of trip to Urewera and Lake Waikaremoana undertaken by Norman Griffin and party

Reference: PA1-o-202-17

Description: Comprises photographs of Ruatahuna Post Office with horse outside, Maori man with spinal deformity, and campsite. Quantity: 1 album page with 3 photographic prints. Physical Description: Three photographic prints mounted on album page