Places

Date: 1846

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

Reference: A-190-014

Description: A small thatched cottage with a tall conical roof, propped up with branches on three visible sides. A man standing to the left and a barrel lying on the ground near the building, flax bushes in the foreground and the harbour and Western Hutt hills in the background. Probably the first Petone court house building. Compare the building illustrated on p. 12 of Louis Ward's 'Early Wellington'. A very similar building is shown with a caption indicating that this is possibly the court house of the The Settlement at Petone. A further almost identical view on sale at Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 18 April 2010 is titled First Court House, Petoni Beach ... 1846. Other Titles - [Courthouse at The Settlement, Petone?] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W. S. 1846. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 125 x 195 mm

Date: 1847

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

Reference: A-190-015

Description: View through wind-shaped trees from the northwest side of Petone Flat, looking towards the eastern hills. On the right is the palisade of Te Puni's pa with the roof of one whare rising above the fence-line and a single high-roofed house on the plain further into the valley on the left. There is a lone male figure, carrying a long spear standing in the middle ground, between two trees. A very similar drawing reproduced in Louis Ward's "Early Wellington" (Plate 25) is titled "Te Puni's new pa (Te Tatau-o-te-po) behind the Pito-one Pa" and shows the pa as close to the beach Other Titles - Pa of Honiana Te Puni, Petone, Te Tatau o te Po Inscriptions: Backing board recto - beneath image - Title and date Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 117 x 183 mm

Date: 1846

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-050

Description: Shows three huts with steep-pitched thatched roofs, rush walls and small windows. The central hut is enclosed by a small wooden fence. The one at right foreground has a high stone chimney. A man is repairing or reapplying flax or rushes to the walls. In extreme right foreground grows a flax bush. There are hills in the background. The furthest cottage may be the building used as the first courthouse; see note for image at A-190-014. Very similar to the work at A-190-013 Other Titles - Petone; New Zealand Inscriptions: Mat recto - top right - [Immediately beside mounted image] 60; [At extreme top right of mat] 7 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 133 x 212 mm, mounted on sheet 236 x 304 mm. Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.

Date: 1846

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-053

Description: Shows a raupo or flax hut with wooden batten structure to hold the raupo in place. There is a small window in the near wall which appears to be supported by two props. The roof is thatched and there is a slab chimney at the right side. There are hills in the background. A later hand has sketched in pencil a suggestion of a woman feeding four chickens. Other Titles - Petone Inscriptions: Mat recto - top right - [Immediately beside mounted image] 16; Mat recto - bottom right - [At extreme lower right corner of mat]: 8 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 172 x 130 mm, mounted on sheet 305 x 238 mm. Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.

Date: 1841 - 1848

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-023-013

Description: A settler's cottage with thatched roof and chimney close to the shore. The view looks east towards the Eastern hills. The palisade of Petone Pa is beyond the house. A flax is in the foreground. A man is seated in a small canoe just off the beach Inscriptions: Signed: W.S. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 3 x 5.25 ins

Date: 1846

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-051

Description: Shows a hut with a thatched roof and slab chimney, with clumps of flax in the foreground. In the right background is another hut with a more steeply pitched roof. There are hills in the distance. Other Titles - Petone Inscriptions: Mat recto - top right - [At extreme top right of mat] 9 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 130 x 164 mm, mounted on sheet 236 x 298 mm. Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.

Date: 1845 - 1846

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-186-049

Description: Shows two thatched rush cottages with steeply pitched roofs and slab chimneys, and with a stake fence between them. In the foreground is a pond or swamp with rushes. At the left of the left hut is a Maori figure standing with a spear. There are hills are in the background. Other Titles - Petone Inscriptions: Mat recto - top right - [Immediately beside mounted image] 58; [At extreme top right of mat] 6 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 132 x 193 mm, mounted on sheet 236 x 304 mm. Provenance: Previously held by descendants of the Swainson family.

Date: 1841 - 1849

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-024-004

Description: Petone with the Eastern Hills in the background, flax bushes and two wind-formed bent trees and two cows in the foreground. In the middle distance is a raupo whare with a conical thatched roof Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 4.5 x 6.5 ins

Date: 1847

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-023-018

Description: View across a plain, from a clearing in bush, framed with tree ferns. A man is seated on a log, looking out to the view. A large homestead with two chimneys is in the distance, possibly Herongate, Henry Petre's first home in the Petone area. A range of tall hills is in the distance, probably the eastern Hutt hills Inscriptions: Signed: W.S. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 4 x 6.5 ins