Places

Date: 1846 - 1847

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :[Sketchbook]

Reference: E-346-1-070

Description: View looking east along the Whanganui River from the opposite bank, with Putiki in the foreground, military tents on the town side, churches including Christ Church, houses, Rutland Stockade not yet complete and a fenced area around what was later York Stockade on the left. Jetties can also be seen. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

Date: 1855 - 1865

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: B-084-009

Description: Shows a distant view of the town from the far bank of the Whanganui River. York and Rutland Stockades can be seen on the hills at the left, with the spire of Christ Church beyond the houses below. Shakespeare Bluff is across the river to the right. The peak of Mt Ruapehu rises in the distance Title appears to have been added at a later date. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in pencil in the hand of C D Barraud Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 255 x 355 mm

Date: 1841 - 1847

By: Gilfillan, John Alexander, 1793-1863; Avon Fine Prints

Reference: C-061-012

Description: Shows a Maori family in the foreground, a "crofter's cottage", ships and canoes on the river and the buildings of the town, including Christ Church, on the opposite side of the river Painted during Gilfillan's stay in New Zealand, 1841-1847. Reproduction of an original watercolour held by the Dixson Galleries of the State Library of New South Wales. No. 69 of a limited edition of 750 copies Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 325 x 493 cm on sheet 495 620 mm

Date: 1850 - 1860

Reference: 1/1-007263

Description: View from the south bank of the Whanganui River, looking towards the town. Christ Church and the Rutland and York Stockades can be seen, as well as houses Physical Description: Photograph of oil on canvas

Date: 1861

By: Stewart, John Tiffin, 1827-1913; Chapman, George Thomson, 1824-1881

Reference: A-104-006-a

Description: Shows view across river to hills and fortifications on north bank, with houses, Rutland and York stockades and Christ Church, the first Anglican church. Other Titles - South Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Wanganui, New Zealand from the S. bank of the River. 1860.; Recto - bottom right - J. T. S.; Recto - bottom right - Chapman Lith. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 830 x 244 mm on sheet 150 x 280 mm.

Date: 1848

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1849-1850s. [Additional Manuscript 19954. File prints].

By: Wyatt, Alfred Francis William, 1810-1869

Reference: E-144-027

Description: View from the opposite side of the Whanganui River, looking towards Whanganui township with Rutland and York Stockades on their hilltops, European houses, Christ Church and other buildings on the lower land above the river. A waka in the stream Other Titles - Whanganui Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Signed: A Wyatt del. Title bottom centre in the hand of the artist Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of pencil drawing

Date: 1847

By: Park, Robert, 1812-1870; Power, William James Murray Tyrone (Sir), 1819-1911; McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877

Reference: E-078-q

Description: 1. Wash drawing of a Maori family, seated outside a tent, beside a whare, probably near Wanganui. 2. Prelimary pencil sketch of two houses, with a river beyond, probably Whanganui River looking west. 3. Pencil sketch panorama of Wanganui from the opposite bank of the river showing Rutland and York Stockades (built 1847) and the first Christ Church. 4., 5., & 6. Unfinished sketches, including a further view of Rutland Stockade, small drawings of groups of Maori, houses and a balloon-like object. Attributed to Robert Park on stylistic grounds. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Pencil and monotone wash & pencil (6 drawings), 253 x 185 mm

Date: 1860s-1900s

Reference: PAColl-6239

Description: Photographs relating to the family of Rev Basil Kirk Taylor. These are part of a larger collection which includes correspondence to and from members of the Taylor family, mainly Rev Basil Kirke Taylor and his wife Edith. There is a typeset letter from Rev Richard Taylor to his daughter Laura, 1847. Diaries and notebooks, mainly kept by Rev Basil Kirke Taylor, although the earliest ones were kept by Rev Richard Taylor and his wife Caroline. The diaries of Basil Taylor record his time in England before ordination, and later when he joined his father at the Wanganui Mission, and up until his premature death in 1876. The privately printed reminiscences of Richard Basil Taylor, the grandson of Rev Basil Taylor, entitled `Family recollections'. These memoirs give details of his missionary forebears, as well as describing his diplomatic career and own family. Includes many photographs and family trees Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1851 - 1859

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :[Sketchbook]

Reference: E-346-1-058/059

Description: A view from east Wanganui (Aramoho area) looking west along the river towards the town and Durie Hill. Rutland Stockade and Christ Church can be seen, as well as a number of houses. There is a two-storied house on flat land on the opposite side of the river. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on 2 sketchbook pages, 129 x 260 mm

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Taylor, Richard 1805-1873 :Drawings and sketchs[sic]. 1830.

By: Gilfillan, John Alexander, 1793-1863

Reference: E-273-q-019

Description: Shows a Maori couple sitting in the foreground looking down over rolling country to a small township with a church, probably Whanganui with Christ Church. There is a toitoi bush in the right foreground. Dating: drawn before 1847, when Gilfillan left New Zealand Other Titles - Sketch of Maoris [former title] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - J A Gilfillan Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on album page, 177 x 256 mm. Processing information: Transferred from Manuscripts in 1965.

Date: 1847 - 1864 - 1848 - 1865

By: Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: A-036-018

Description: View from the south bank of the Whanganui River, showing York Stockade, Rutland Stockade, Christ Church, Yankee Smith's Hotel, Gilfillan's house. Attributed by the vendor to Edward Arthur Williams although the style does not appear to be his and the view seems more likely to date from the 1840s than the 1860s. Williams visited Wanganui in 1864 and 1865. The church and both stockades were erected in the 1840s. Gilfillan left Wanganui in 1848 and Yankee Smith's Hotel was run by Alva G. Smith only in the 1840s Inscriptions: Verso - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 178 x 252 mm Provenance: Pharazyn family ownership previously.

Date: 1861

By: Stewart, John Tiffin, 1827-1913; Chapman, George Thomson, 1824-1881

Reference: A-104-006

Description: Shows view across river to hills and fortifications on north bank, houses, Rutland and York stockades Christ Church, the first Anglican church. Other Titles - South Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Wanganui, New Zealand from the S. bank of the River. 1860.; Recto - bottom right - J. T. S.; Recto - bottom right - Chapman Lith. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 830 x 244 mm on sheet 150 x 280 mm.

Date: 1841 - 1847

By: Gilfillan, John Alexander, 1793-1863; Avon Fine Prints

Reference: C-061-012-a

Description: Shows a Maori family in the foreground, a "crofter's cottage", ships and canoes on the river and the buildings of the town, including Christ Church, on the opposite side of the river Painted during Gilfillan's stay in New Zealand, 1841-1847. Reproduction of an original watercolour held by the Dixson Galleries of the State Library of New South Wales. No. 68 of a limited edition of 750 copies Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 325 x 493 cm on sheet 495 620 mm

Date: 1848

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

Reference: E-296-q-162-1

Description: Sketch shows a view of the stockade on the hill at the left, and Christ Church in the hollow to the right. At the extreme right foreground is a flagpole, and two Maori regard the scene from the left foreground. Other Titles - September Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and ink, 100 x 170 mm.