Places

Date: 1864 - 1965 - 1978

From: [Various artists] :Postcards of reproductions of original watercolours in the Hocken Library, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ. [1970s]

By: Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-278-q-071

Description: Reproduction of Williams' original watercolour showing the Manukau Harbour and settlement at Onehunga, 1864. Woman on horseback in foreground (lower left), and several sailing ships in the harbour. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photo-lithograph, 95 x 152 mm

Date: 16 February - 21 March 1958, 1960

From: Tomsett, Maurice William Henry :Colour slides of New Zealand

Reference: PA12-7766

Description: Phase 8 continued - 170. Cornwall Park, sheep grazing; 171. One Tree Hill Memorial, Sir John Logan Campbell (Early settler); 172-173. Overlooking Ellerslie, Penrose; 174. Onehunga, Manukau Harbour; 175. Memorial, Mt Hobson in background; 176. Royal Oak, Epsom, Memorial; 177. Volcanic crater below memorial; 178. Auckland airport. Three slides of views of Auckland in 1960. Includes views of the Winter Garden (Auckland Domain), and aerial views over the city Quantity: 12 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [ca 1908]

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6408

Description: Postcards of St Mark's Church, Remuera; the Waikato River at Hamilton; HM fleet in Lyttelton harbour; two of the Pavilion baths and grounds in Rotorua; the view from the grounds from the tower of bath house, Rotorua; an evening view of the Marine Parade gardens, Napier; the anglican church at Onehunga; a commemorative postcard of the dash to the south pole by Shackleton in 1908; Ferry Bridge over the Waiau River at Hanmer taken by Muir & Moodie; three views of boating at Hamurana Springs; Lakelet in the park, Queenstown; main street in Cust; Auckland Exhibition Grounds; Somerville Memorial Church at Remuera; Myers Park and Kindergarten; St David's Presbyterian Church; beach at Sumner, Christchurch; sanatorium and band rotunda, Te Aroha. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Prints also housed at PA5-0109 and PA5-0085. Quantity: 8 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 8 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 14 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Circa 1900s]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-301

Description: Photogprahs of New Zealand circa 1890s to 1900s, probably taken by George William Barltrop. The first sequence includes scenes around Auckland harbour, including Rangitoto Onehunga, with one view of passengers on board the ferry `SS Takapuna'. One photograph shows a group of young Maori standing on the bank of the Whanganui River (four young men under an umbrella). Wellington area views of Pahautanui (Pauatahanui), Horokiwi, Lyall Bay and the Wellington Heads. On page 873 (the album pages run from 856 to 895), there is a postcard with heads of George William Barltrop and his wife Emma Jane Barltrop, with a collage of images relating to the Missions to Seamen. Slipped beneath the postcard is the death notice for Emma Jane Barltrop (died 24 September 1954). There are views of the Rimutakas from the railway line; a flock of sheep being herded along a road in palmerston North; three people standing outside a wooden bungalow in Palmerston North; and there is a view of another house in Feilding. The river mouth at Oroua; the grounds of the Wanganui Race Course (with white swans on the lake; a woman feeding a peacock, and a woman under an umbrella, walking on rail tracks beside the sea at Castlecliff; followed by three views from a boat on the Whanganui River, one a view of Upokongaro, with the church spire just visible, and two of groups of Maori waiting on the riverbank. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover entitled `Photographic views'; 20.5 x 17.5 cm

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: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-050

Description: Shows a view over the red iron roofs of houses in a hilly suburban area, with the Manukau Harbour in the distance. A building on the crest of the hill in the middle distance has a tower and may be a church. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 203 x 142 mm.

Date: 1905-1909

From: Berwick, S W (Mr) :Albums of New Zealand scenes and coastal towns

Reference: PA1-o-833

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1907 - 1913

By: Harry H Tombs Ltd; Art in New Zealand (Periodical)

Reference: Eph-A-POST-TM-1907/1913

Description: Christmas greeting cards sent by the telegraph messengers and postal workers, mainly in the South Taranaki district (Eltham, Stratford, Waverley, Patea, Opunake), but also from Wanganui, Woodville, Dannevirke, Marton, Foxton, Onehunga, Christchurch, Hokitika, Nelson, New Plymouth, Wellington, Feilding, Hastings and Thames. Quantity: 43 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Embossed cards, sizes varying up to 90 x 140 mm. Transfers: Collection accessioned in Ephemera, and photographic cards transferred from there to Photographic Archive PAColl-9266..

Date: 1977 - 1871

By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908

Reference: C-079-049-a

Description: A panoramic view across undulating volcanic hills towards Manukau Harbour. A man in a Scots bonnet stands in the right foreground. A goat stands in the left foreground. A church and a few scattered houses can be seen in the middle distance Reproduced from pen and wash drawings in Backhouse sketchbook, 1870-1871, for the centenary of Onehunga. Limited edition of 250 copies The sketchbook, on loan to the Onehunga Public Library, was donated to the Alexander Turnbull Library in 1989 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 249 x 707 mm

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-039

Description: Shows a small cave in a diagonally stratified rock face, topped with clinging coastal shrubs. At the left is a section of Manukau Harbour with Onehunga and possibly Mount Hobson beyond. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 252 x 176 mm.

Date: [ca 1910]

By: Perkins, G, active 1966; William Beattie & Company

Reference: PAColl-4690

Description: The junction of the rivers at Cromwell; horse and cart driving past a cricket match in the Basin Reserve, Wellington. Postcards of Lake Tarawera, the Waimangu Geyser basin and the desolation around Waimangu published by W Beattie & Co. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: One print housed at PAColl-5744-21 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 7 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Provenance: Donated by Mr G Perkins, Wellington, 1966 Transfers: Print at PAColl-5744-21.

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

Reference: PA12-10836

Description: Energy: photographs relating to the petroleum industry in New Zealand. Includes views of the Marsden Point oil refinery, and holding tanks at Onehunga, Auckland. Quantity: 10 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1983

By: British Petroleum Company; Fox, William, 1812-1893; Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Babington, Thomas A, active 1860s; Horsfall, John Atherton, 1819-1900; Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898; Packe, William, 1840?-1882

Reference: C-086-1983-03

Description: Reproductions on a calendar of six watercolours from the Alexander Turnbull Library: C D Barraud's White Terraces, ca 1880; William Fox's Onehunga, ca 1863; Thomas Babington's Sterndale, the home of C R Shaw at Totara Valley, 1860s; John Horsfall's Taita, 1875; J C Richmond's Lake Tennyson (later reidentified as Lake Guyon), ca 1869; William Packe's Huts on Mesopotamia, ca 1868. Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs in calendar

Date: 1972, 1977, 1979-1980, 1982

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11667

Description: Transparencies of industrial structures in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the subject (type of structure and sometimes name of owner/company/building) and location. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Title transcribed from item. Some slides are not dated. Arrangement: The first of two boxes of slides labelled 'Industrial'. Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, plastic case, and slides of similar structures were grouped together. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 1980 - 1982

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

Reference: H-743-020/047

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. 028 and 042 also published in 'Alternative Medicine', 1992. Quantity: 28 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-047

Description: A view in the Gardens in Onehunga. Shows a driveway in the centre foreground, curving around a bed of yellow and orange flowers (possibly chrysanthemums) on the left. Beyond the bed, is a tree and a white red-roofed house on the slope beyond. Further away down the hill can be seen roofs of other houses, with a distant view of the Manukau harbour and hills beyond. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 196 x 216 mm.

Date: 1980

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

Reference: A-336-007

Description: Two dejected looking men stand on a wharf. One is fishing, the other is smoking a cigarette. Refers to watersiders in Auckland, Onehunga and Whangarei going on strike over award delay. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card 260 x 170 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: [Circa 1890s to 1910s]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-288

Description: Photographs probably taken by George William Barltrop, circa 1890s to 1910s. The first few are of New Plymouth, including the Sugar Loaves & breakwater, and New Plymouth Gardens (now Pukekura Park). The rest of the album contains views of the Auckland region, including Onehunga (one showing cattle being loaded onto a ship), Mangere, Albert Park, Mount Eden (with one scene of the interior of the Mount Eden crater), Hobson Bay, Parnell, St Stephen's Avenue, St Paul's Church (Symonds Street), and Auckland Harbour. Inscriptions: Album page - Geo W Barltrop Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, impressed title `Photographic views'; `McIntosh IV' lettered in gold on spine; 17.5 x 24.0 cm.

Date: [ca 1915-1921]

Reference: PAColl-9140

Description: Stereoscopic views of Epsom and Onehunga, Auckland, taken ca 1915-1921 by various photographers, including F G Radcliffe and J D Richardson. Includes views of Onehunga Public School, Hillsborough, Onehunga wharf, Queen Street in Onehunga, Onehunga tannery, Mangere Bridge, Ihumatao, Onehunga lime kiln, Auckland ferry building, Lake Rotoiti, and views of a flower show. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Stereographs

Date: March 1956, May 1956, January 1958, February 1959

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7715

Description: Transparencies of aerial views of Jellicoe Park, Onehunga, and Mangere Mountain, taken 1956-1959 by Whites Aviation Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies