Places

Date: 2005

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

By: Pirie, David James, active 1982-2005

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-45

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by David James Pirie; one page extract from `100 years at Morton Mains'; certificates of title; photographs of William Pirie taken about 1920 and in 1942; letter from James Pirie of Invercargill. Original owner of the property was William Pirie who acquired 232 acres in 1900. In 1914 a further 212 acres were purchased from Colin Gerrard. In 2005 the land was farmed by his son James and grandson, David Pirie and was awarded the NZ Century Farm & Station award to mark 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, photograph

Date: 1920 - 1930

By: Southland times (Newspaper); Southland League

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-Southland-1920s-01

Description: Includes text and pictures covering aspects of Southland's tourist attractions. Covers "Paradise of sport", "Rail & Motor tours", "Beautiful Southern lakes", "The World's most famous walk". Other Titles - Issued by the Southland League, Invercargill, New Zealand. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Issued by the N.Z. Railways Publicity Branch. Dated from the appearance of similar picture in \"New Zealand railways magazine, October 1932, page 3. Second copy, received 1999, is annotated as having been obtained at the Dunedin Exhibition in 1924. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on both sides of sheet 590 x 890 mm.

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Collection of unidentified sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

Reference: A-213-070

Description: A stream in the foreground, with snagged logs, tall native bush in the middle ground and sheer mountains in the background above water, possibly Mitre Peak and probably in Fiordland Other Titles - [Mountain scene] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 300 x 155 mm

Date: [ca 1940s]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-003

Description: Photographs of Stewart Island, Westland, Southland and Nelson taken circa 1940s for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of road construction, towns, rivers, bridges, lakes, mountains and personalities. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 2007

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: fMS-Papers-9137

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Albert John Hamilton, grandson of the original owner; article about Springbank by A J Hamilton; article about A J Hamilton and his Romney and Southdown stud; land documents to support the application; photograph of the family of John Hamilton and his wife Mary (nee McIllwrick); brief notes on the family of John Hamilton and his wife Fay (nee Miller) Original owner was John Hamilton who immigrated to New Zealand from Scotland in 1860. He acquired 500 acres of virgin land at Forest Hill, four miles south-east of Winton in 1863 and farmed there for 46 years until he retired to Winton. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript, printed matter, photographs Photograph of John and Mary Hamilton and family; photographs of the garden surrounding the Springbank homestead; original homestead

Date: 1880s

From: Main, William :Two photograph albums

Reference: PA1-q-638

Description: Views of farmland, homesteads, mountains, forest, and people associated with Merrivale, Blackmount, and other stations in Southland. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1844-1873

Reference: PAColl-3690

Description: Photographs of maps created between 1844-1873, chiefly depicting Otago, but also including maps of Fiordland, Stewart Island, Southland, and the West Coast. Date of photographs unknown. Photographer(s) unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives at G23161-23177-1/1; G23179-80-1/1; G23182-86-1/1; G23189-92-1/1; G23194-G23202-1/1; F23178-1/1; F23181-1/1; F23187-88-1/1; F23193-1/1. Prints in this collection have been made from the following identified negatives: G23162-1/1; G23190-92-1/1; G23195-1/1; G23197-1/1; G23201-1/1. The rest of the prints are made from unidentified negatives in this collection. They could be matched up with the negative register entries Quantity: 33 b&w copy negative(s). 29 b&w copy photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1910s]

By: Shaw, Geoffrey C, active 1992

Reference: PAColl-2605

Description: Postcards of New Zealand scenes Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s). 7 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Postcards

Date: 1880 - 1889

From: Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921 :[Fiordland sketches. 1880s]

Reference: E-119-q-015-2

Description: View of Mount Sinclair with lagoon and vegetation in foreground. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title; Recto - top left - River Poseidon series Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 202 x 130 mm

Date: 2005

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-21

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Lindsay Tait Johnston; history of the Johnston families of Waikaka Valley; land documents; extract from book re 1874 & 1875 land sales (p 14); photographs The original owner was Adam Dickson Johnston who purchased 200 acres in 1874 in the Waikaka Valley, 8 km from Gore. In 2005 the property was owned by his great-grandson Lindsay Johnston and wife Valda. In the intervening years further land was added to the initial block making a total of 536 acres. It was awarded the NZ Century Farm & Station award to mark 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, maps, photographs (some photocopies) Four photopgraphs - Elmsleigh (1930 & 1940); original homestead (built 1888), taken in 1917; Lindsay Johnston with Romney sheep, 1989

Date: 1900

From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Canterbury, Central Otago, Southland and Stewart Island sketches - 1889-1920

Reference: A-026-01-018

Description: Peaks above Lake Manapouri Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 179 x 274 mm

Date: 2006

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-27

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by William George Gordon (great-grandson of William Gordon); record of the Gordon family burials, Garston Cemetery; History of Garston Presbyterian Church compiled by W A Gordon, 1992; extracts from `The Gordons of Garston' compiled by W A Gordon & J A Herron, 1996; aerial photographs of Mataura River flood damage, Nov 1999; `My recollections of the early days in the Kingston Riding of Lake County Council' by William Gordon, 1944; obituary of William Gordon, Aug 1921; certificates of title & cadastral map; obituary for Mrs Christina Wraytt, Feb 1931; photograph of farm and family members; other miscellaneous cuttings and notes. Original owner of the property at Garston was William Gordon (1834-1921), of Banffshire, Scotland who leased the original 200 acres in 1876 and purchased it in 1880. Awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, maps, photographs

Date: 2005

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-23

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by David James & Isobel Jeannette O'Hara; History of Cornelius & Margaret Edith O'Hara (original owners); land documents; aerial photograph of `Cloverdale', Otama (1950s); family and farm photographs. Original owner was Cornelius O'Hara who acquired the original parcel of land in 1877 (79 hectares). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, maps, photographs

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

By: Hunter, Norman Mitchell, 1859-

Reference: E-328-f-004-5

Description: Shows the South coast of the South Island, New Zealand from Foveaux Strait Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Middle Island from Foveaux Strait 10 am. (Centre Island) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 48 x 230 mm

Date: 1851 - 1852

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-115-3

Description: View along a coastline with the successive headlands and a distant island given their Maori names None of the Maori names given are in current use. The view may be looking south from Nugget Point, South Otago, towards Tuhawaiki Island. However the other drawings on the same page of the sketchbook are all in the Southland District. There is a Taumaka Island among the Open Bay Islands, south Westland, but Mantell is not known to have visited South Westland Inscriptions: Recto - above image - title in ink. The succeeding headlands are marked with bird shapes Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 56 x 143 mm

Date: 2005

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-22

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by George C Morrison (for Morrison Family Trust / T/A Morrison Bros); printed material - Chatton Survey District Block I (pp 97-98) & `George & Marjorie Morrison' (pp 106-107); map of properties in Waikaka Valley; photograph of Rosedale homestead, 1900. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, maps, photographs Photograph of Rosedale homestead taken in 1900 with William Cumming and his two sisters Isabella and Margaret and nephew George Morrison

Date: 1930 - ca 1950

By: Hughson, W G, active 1930s-1950s; Robertson, I G, -1995

Reference: PA1-q-380

Description: 140 photographs providing a survey of coal mines mining processes and working conditions Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1910

From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Canterbury, Central Otago, Southland and Stewart Island sketches - 1889-1920

Reference: A-026-09-002

Description: Shows pieces of wood on the foreshore of a body of water with grassland and hills and mountains in the background. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 182 x 277 mm

Date: 1932-1946

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-220

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1930s-1940s. First New Zealand women's basketball team to visit another country photographed on eve of their departure for Australia, 1938; M Matangi (captain) with autograph hunter. Mrs R M Smith (Secretary NZ Basketball Association) photographed with Mrs H D Muir (president) and Miss G Miles (Tournament secretary), Sep 1937. Group photographs of women's basketball teams, 1939 (all players named) - Canterbury (1st grade), Wanganui (3rd grade), Southland (Senior), West Coast (3rd grade), South Canterbury (2nd grade). Eastern Southland women's hockey team who were runners-up at NZWHA championship, 1939 (all named) Billiard players - Clark McConachy, Walter Lindrum, Horace Lindrum, Tom Newman, H F Mclean, C Mason, Willie Swinhoe (aged 10), A Bowie, Angus Duncan, A Albertson, A M Burke. Aqua-planing display at Mercer Regatta, 1937; women archers including members of Dunedin Archery Club, 1941; archers at Jubilee Park, 1940. Interior of The Moorings, 31 Glenbervie Terrace, Thorndon, Wellington, including nautical billiard room. Badminton players and teams - P Hawksworth & Miss M Edmondson, 1936; Misses N Fleming & M Kerr, 1938; badminton courts, Hamilton, 1938; Miss Ramsay & Mrs Wren, 1938; Mr Holroyd, Miss B Babbage, Mr N Hay-Campbell & Miss T Greaves (Wanganui team), 1938; Mr Lewis, Miss Kerr, Mr Pearce, Mr & Mrs Hawksworth, 1939; South Island & Otago Badminton Championships (J Steven, Miss Jane Hay, Mavis Kerr, L Swallow), 1939; Canterbury badminton team to meet Australia (all named), Jun 1938; women members of Australian badminton team, Jun 1938; Australian badminton team on arrival, Jun 1938; group photo of Australian and Hawke's Bay teams (undated); J D Shale & H Dallimore of Auckland (undated); Miss M Wade & Miss A Dempster (undated).. Quantity: 57 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 2005

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-28

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Peter Hume Chittock (on behalf of the P H Hume Family Trust), record of Chittock family ownership; original certificate of title made out to James Chittock, 1881; cadastral map showing location of the farm north of Gore; extracts from published book re Benjamin Chittock, and Stanley & Jill Chittock; aerial photographs of `Glengowrie'; photographs of various family members. Original owner of the property at Pinnacle Road, East Chatton, Gore District was James Henry Chittock of Brampton, Suffolk who purchased 200 acres in 1881. Awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, maps, photographs