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Date: 3 April 1916

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/2-017112-G

Description: Shows the ship 'Aurora' arriving at Port Chalmers on 3 April 1916 with a tugboat alongside. After damage at sea. Photographed by David Alexander De Maus. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - "Aurora" arriving at Port Chalmers. April 3. 1916. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: November 1874

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/2-014374-G

Description: View of the SS Easby in dry dock at Port Chalmers, November 1874, with small hulk, and dinghies in foreground. Photographed by David Alexander De Maus. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - left of image - S.S. "Easby." Nov. 1874.; Marginal notes on negative - top left - S.S. Easby. Nov. 1874 Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 17th September 1873

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/2-003212-G

Description: Reclamation at Mussel Bay, between Port Chalmers and Sawyers Bay, 17 September 1873. Photographed by an unidentified photographer. The mayor Hugh McDermid, wheels the first barrow to begin reclamation at Mussel Bay for the proposed railway workshops. However Dunedin opposition won the workshops for Hillside, and the site became the 'old' recreation ground. See "Port Chalmers and its people" by Ian Church (p 70) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Old Port Chalmers. No 24.; Marginal notes on negative - top centre - Reclamations of Mussel Bay. Sep 17th 1873. Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 2] 1848

Reference: E-333-106/107

Description: Looking across the bay towards the Port Chalmers settlement. Identifies H M S Dolphin, Martin & McKay, and Anderson & Co's offices. A Maori man is squatting in the foreground near rocks and a European man is sketching on the rocks to his right Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on sketchbook page, 135 x 230 mm.

Date: 1901

By: Schmidt, William Shaw Diedrich, 1870-1968; Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-ROYAL-1901-01

Description: Invitation shows four vignettes (of Wellington Harbour, Lyttelton Harbour, Auckland Harbour, and Port Chalmers Harbour), inset portraits of Their Majesties, and figures of a European soldier and a Maori chief. The British crest is at top centre. Two copies of this work at this reference number. Each differs slightly, one having been printed with slightly larger, heavier dots of colour, giving a darker overall effect (easily studied through a strong magnifying glass). Exhibited in 'Petone Days; Photographs by Percy Godber 1900-1920 (Exhibition)' Other Titles - His Majesty's Ministers for New Zealand request the honor of the presence of [Mr and Mrs G N Goldie] to witness the ceremony...by Their Royal Highnesses. Extended Title - Brett Printing Co. Ltd., Auckland, 1901. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W S D Schmidt Des; Recto - bottom right - Litho. by the Brett Printing Co. Ltd. Auckland. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 280 x 360 mm.

Date: 3 April 1916

Reference: 1/2-012189-G

Description: Shows the ship 'Aurora' at Port Chalmers on 3 April 1916 with a small launch alongside it. Photographed by David Alexander De Maus. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Photographer's title: Arrival of "Aurora" at Port Chalmers. April 3. 1916. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1870 - 1880

From: Welch, Joseph Sandell, 1841-1918 :[South Island sketches, 1870-1888]

By: Welch, Joseph Sandell, 1841-1918

Reference: A-120-030

Description: A panoramic view over Port Chalmers and Otago Harbour, looking out to sea to the sea beyond the Otago Peninsula on a calm day. There are ships in the water at Port Chalmers, and the houses of the Port on the side of the hill below. Quarantine Island can be seen in the harbour waters in the centre. Larnach's Castle (built 1873-1876) may be the building visible in the distance on the hills opposite. Aramoana is the low-lying sandy area on the far left. Detached from: Welch, J. S. [Album of Sketches] 1876 The tunnel referred to in the title (not visible) is the railway tunnel above Deborah Bay. Welch was responsible for much of the surveying for the railway northwards of Dunedin Inscriptions: Album page - bottom right - title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 244 x 389 mm

Date: 1870s

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/2-003207-G

Description: Side view of Port Chalmers wharf and shipping in the 1870s, with a sailing ship flying bunting in the background berthed alongside the Shaw Savill & Albion Co. Export Stores, and a yacht and dinghies in the foreground. Photographed by David Alexander De Maus. Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1848

By: Kettle, Charles Henry, 1821-1862; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company

Reference: C-012-002

Description: Shows Barque `Philip Laing', Coasting schooner, Site of town Port Chalmers, NZ Co's storehouse, Ship `John Wickliffe', warehouses Inscriptions: Recto - top left - New Zealand Company stamp, date "21 Dec. 1848"; Verso - In pencil: "284", title repeated 4 times in ink and pencil; date only on verso Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 221 x 535 mm on sheet, 261 x 570 mm Provenance: Purchased by A H Turnbull from Francis Edwards, London, 1915 with other New Zealand Company material

Date: 1919

From: Creator unknown :Photographs of merchant navy convoys

Reference: PA1-o-1395-40-1

Description: View of the SS Tahiti in the Otago Dock (dry dock), Port Chalmers, Otago. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1919. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - SS Tahiti in Otago Dock Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.4 x 6 cm

Date: Between 1875 and 1900

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/4-010215-G

Description: The sailing ship Wellington at Port Chalmers. Copy negative taken by David Alexander De Maus off one of his own prints. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - D A De Maus; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Photographer, Port Chalmers; Marginal notes on negative - top centre - Wellington Built in 1874. With Albion Co, then Shaw Savill and Albion Co, from 1874-1904. Sold to Norwegian buyers 1904. Foundered 1906. Made 12 voyages to Port Chalmers, between February 1875 and January 1900. Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: 1850

By: Ritchie, Elizabeth, 1832?-

Reference: A-090-016

Description: A view from the Harbour looking south towards Port Chalmers, with a small yacht in the bay and a dozen houses on the lower slopes of the hill, below cleared forest. The rest of Otago Harbour can be seen in the distance to the left. The view is a naive one, with imperfect perspective Title from ink inscription on mount Inscriptions: bottom right - Signed Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, chinese white image 188 x 255 mm on sheet 240 x 300 mm

Date: 1877

From: Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive. The illustrations by C. D. Barraud. Edited by W. T. L. Travers. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1877

By: Picken, T (Mr), active 1870s

Reference: PUBL-0016-33

Description: According to the accompanying text "Our illustration is taken from the hills north of the harbour, a few miles from the port, and above the line of railway connecting it with Dunedin". A man is standing on a piece of open ground amongst bush, looking towards the township of Port Chalmers and the harbour entrance. There are several sailing and steam vessels in the harbour. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 258 x 357 mm

Date: 1870s

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/2-003203-G

Description: General view of wharves and shipping at Port Chalmers in the 1870s. Photographed by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Port Chalmers. Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: June 1883?

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/1-002488-G

Description: The sailing ship Wellington at Port Chalmers, photographed by David Alexander De Maus probably in June 1883. Photograph appears to have been taken at the time as 1/1-002487-G, which had the date written on the back. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - "Wellington."; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 512 Built in 1874. With Albion Co, then Shaw Savill and Albion Co, from 1874-1904. Sold to Norwegian buyers 1904. Foundered 1906. Made 12 voyages to Port Chalmers, between February 1875 and January 1900. Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: Between 1878 and 1879

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/2-014388-G

Description: The sailing ship Electra berthed at Port Chalmers. Photographed by David Alexander De Maus, in 1878 or 1879. According to the Comber Index, the Electra visited Port Chalmers twice, in 1878 and in 1879. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - "Electra."; Marginal notes on negative - top left - Electra. Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 1881-1882]

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/2-017188-G

Description: The ship `Waikato' in dry dock at Port Chalmers. Photograph taken by David Alexander De Maus ca 1881-1882. The Waikato was built by Blumer & Co. Sunderland in 1874 and later sold to the Germans who renamed it `Pfluger'. It was re-named `Coronado' by the Americans. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: ca 1883

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/1-002564-G

Description: View of Port Chalmers harbour, with sailing ships and steamships beflagged for some ceremonial occasion; the third Presbyterian Church, joined to the second Presbyterian Church at centre left of image. Photographed ca 1883 by David Alexander De Maus. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Port Chalmers. N.Z.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 22 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1867

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/2-003205-G

Description: View of old Port Chalmers from the flagstaff, looking over Koputai Bay in 1867. The topmost building is the first Presbyterian Church; the hulk Thomas and Henry is at anchor, fitted out as a quarantine station; and a stone lighter is in the foreground. Photographed by an unidentified photographer. Full details from similar photograph reproduced in "Port Chalmers and its people" by Ian Church. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Old Port Chalmers. No 1. Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: Circa 1926

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0944-1/2-G

Description: View across hills, partly in farmland, and partly in bush, to Port Chalmers in the centre and Otago Harbour beyond. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber circa 1926. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches