Places

Date: [ca 1904-ca 1970]

From: Stuart, Henrietta, fl 1950s :Postcard albums

Reference: PA1-q-1013

Description: Most of the cards date from ca 1904 to ca 1930. Most depict New Zealand cities and towns, and many are organised into groups. Cities and towns include - Balclutha. Clyde. Cromwell. Mataura. Geraldine. Pigeon Bay. Taumaranui. Dargaville. Bluff. Arrowtown. Oturehua (or Rough Ridge). Alexandra. Port Chalmers. Middlemarch. Gisborne. Duvauchelles Bay. Springburn. Lawrence. Riverton. Ohinemutu. Port Molyneux. Kaitangata. French Pass. Rangiora. Otautau. Marton. Invercargill. Timaru. Napier. Oamaru. Te Aroha. Auckland. Petone. Hamilton. Milton. Waimate. Sawyers Bay. Gore. Opotiki. Winton. Waipukurau. Picton. Blenheim. Hunterville. Nelson. Hawera. Pahiatua. Wanganui. Tai Tapu. Queenstown. Hastings. Palmerston North. Whakatane. Foxton. Southbridge. Hanmer. Portobello. Kaikoura. New Plymouth. Masterton. Kerikeri. Leeston. Seddon. Martinborough. Tauranga. Sefton. Te Awamutu. Wellington. Carterton. Whangarei. Oban. Dunedin. Ashburton. Mount Hutt Station, Methven. Another theme in the collection are bullocks. Cards depict a man ploughing with bullocks. Bullock team hauling a wagon load of wool bales, Cheviot. Bullock teams hauling logs, Catlins district. Two bullock teams hauling carts of timber, Dunedin. Bullock team hauling fencing materials. There is also a card depicting a man on a horse drawn mowing machine. Beaches and coastal scenes include - Half Moon Bay, Stewart Island. Ocean Beach, Stewart Island. Coastal cliffs, Waikouaiti. Takapuna Beach, Auckland. Home Bay, Motutapu. Kerpuru and Waitaria Bay, Marlborough Sounds. Smiths Bay. Lakes include - Lake Rotoiti. Lake Te Anau. Jellico point, Lake Taupo. Lake Pupuke, Takapuna. Sounds include Milford Sound. Dusky Sound. There are several dairy factories. These include - Kakanui Dairy Facory. Inglewood Dairy Facory. Factory of the Taieri and Peninsula Milk Supply Company Ltd. One card depicts the old and new shops of draper Thomas F Bussell, Failie. Another shows Hawkes' shop for stationary, fancy goods, fruit, and confectionary. Part of the same building is a Bank of New Zealnd. There are two greeting cards from Hamilton and Petone depicting a postman with the post bags added to the card. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1862

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

Reference: E-106-f-011-2

Description: Distant view of the Firth of Thames, etc as seen from a road through the Howick ranges. On the road in the foreground are three men and a woman on horseback, and a bullock team pulling a large log. Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news. Vol 41, No 1109, Oct 18 1862, p 401 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving 127 x 350 mm

Date: [193-?]

By: Phillips, T David, active 1981; Lockstone, Brian, active 2009

Reference: PA-Group-00521

Description: Photographs of Napier immediately after 1931 earthquake, and bullocks being unloaded from a ship at Foxton ca 1930, taken or collected by Mr T D Phillips. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 11 b&w copy negative(s). 6 b&w original negative(s). 10 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Film negatives, photographic prints

Date: [ca 1900-2008]

From: Ranger, Diana Rosemary, fl 1972-2009: Photographs taken by Murray and Stanley Vincent

Reference: PAColl-10028-3

Description: Photographs chiefly taken by Stanley Raymond Vincent (d 1991) and also his son Murray Francis Vincent (1944-2008). - Photographs by S R Vincent of the construction of the East Coast Railway (1937-1942). These feature the Waikura Tunnel, Tiki Whata Tunnel, Coast Tunnel, Kopuwhara Viaduct, Waipoa Bridge, [and Waratuha Tunnel] and illustrate bracing, lining, ventilation, electric lighting, and other construction techniques. Also shows unidentified workers, an anti-erosion technique, elevated tramway, steam engines, workers' camps (including at the south portal of the Waikura Tunnel) and the opening of the line on 3 Sep 1942 (with steam engines Ab' 710 and 750). Prints of unidentified railway yards [Gisborne?] and steam engine K900 are also included in collection. - Miscellaneous series show: the organ at Wellington Town Hall; Hamilton County Bluegrass Band anniversary concert group portraits; ships in the harbour (Straight Shipping), and trams; various family photos, including holidays (car and caravan), fishing, portraits, and unidentified houses; model steam boats at Pukekura Park (New Plymouth) and Taranaki Daily News steam train excursion (Inglewood to Midhurst). Also contains images showing a Fieldair Freight plane (ZK-BBJ) being loaded with fertilizer in Gisborne, Kihikihi Stores Ltd van and Murray Roberts & Co tyre distributors vehicle, Mount Aorangi and track at Buller Gorge, various [World War II?] images, including boats, fighter plane, and unidentified soldiers), an unidentified house, a sheep mustering scene, bullock train, and an early motorcar. Accompanying material - two sheets of paper with family history information Arrangement: Prints numbered 164 to 234 are in this box Quantity: 52 b&w original photographic print(s). 18 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1850

By: Clarke, Cuthbert Charles, 1818-1863

Reference: A-050-007

Description: Shows view from above Mechanics Bay, looking across to North Head with Rangitoto in the background. A clearing with native bush in the foreground, with a seated and a standing Maori man with a taiaha, a European on horseback, and a bullock-drawn cart. The roofs of several houses are visible below the clearing and at a higher point on the right. Dating: Clarke arrived in New Zealand in 1849. Supplied title Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed: C Clarke del Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Drawing ; pencil 249 x 348 mm

Date: 1865

By: Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: B-035-031

Description: View across the river from the right bank nearest to the sea, showing an ox cart descending the hill down a track to the river, soldiers preparing to cross, tents visible on top of the ridge. Other Titles - Ingahape Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and initials E.A.W in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 251 x 352 mm

Date: [191-?]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-010659-G

Description: Group of men digging a drainage ditch in Kaitaia. Shows men with oxen in a ditch. Photograph taken ca 1910s by Northwood Brothers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1863 - 1922

By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962; Norbury, G W, active 1863

Reference: A-389-017

Description: Shows a view, after a sketch by G. Norbury in 1863, of a fortified St Bride's Church, Mauku, surrounded by a tent encampment. The camp was the right wing of the Movable Column, generally known as the Flying Column, commanded by Colonel Marmaduke Nixon, and consisting of Imperial troops and Militia. In this scene they are engaged in patrol duty. A farmer passes through the encampment leading four oxen pulling a cart. The Flying Column flag flies to the right of the church, bearing the initials 'F' and 'C'. A number of soldiers stand guard The Church of St Bride's at Mauku was one of Auckland's 'Selwyn churches' (built by Bishop Selwyn) built in 1859 and named for London's St Bride's in Fleet Street. The church was fortified and loopholed for rifles during 1863 to 1864. Extended Title - Reproduced in: Cowan, James. The New Zealand wars: a history of the Maori campaigns and the pioneering period. Vol.1: 1845-1864. Chapter 32. The Titi Hill fight, 1863 (Wellington: R E Owen, 1955) Inscriptions: Verso - top right - Photographed [stamp in capital letters]; Verso - top centre - Whole page [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white, 180 x 250 mm on sheet 225 x 317 mm Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts.

Date: [ca. 1846]

Reference: A-465-021

Description: Shows bullocks pulling a cannon on wheels, with three soldiers. One soldier sits on the cannon; one drives the bullocks with a whip; the third walks behind the cannon, his rifle resting on his shoulder. In the background there are hills, and possibly a Maori pa Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Pukekawa [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Monochrome watercolour on paper, 123 x 190 mm