Places

Date: 187-?

By: Hallet, Thomas, active 1869

Reference: MS-0927

Description: Hallet's account of discovering the bodies of Bay of Plenty cavalrymen surprised by Te Kooti at Opepe, Jun 1869, with a reconstruction of the incident Quantity: 1 volume(s) (7 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (carbon copy) (23 cm; ¼ maroon roan, grey boards)

Date: 1861-1870

By: Herring, Margaret, 1838-

Reference: MS-Papers-6902

Description: Mainly letters to family in England from Maggie describing the voyage out on the `Sir George Pollock' in 1861 to Nelson, and her time in New Zealand to 1870. The letters contain references to Bishop and Mrs Hobhouse, Bishop and Mrs Abraham, Rev Thatcher and Richard Barton of Upper Hutt where her husband Rev John Herring was a clergyman until 1870. Accompanying material - Letter from Mr Herring to Rev Oppenheim of St James' Church, Lower Hutt re provenance and family history Transcripts made from poor photocopied typed transcripts held by Mr Herring's cousin living in Perth in 1972, and are not as full as the copy of originals at qMS Relationship complexity - Photocopy of original letters at qMS-0952. The transcripts are not as full as the originals Quantity: 1 folder(s) (20 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcripts (photocopied) Provenance: The donor is the great grandson of Margaret Herring

Date: 1870 - 1889

By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908; New Zealand. Department of External Affairs

Reference: Curios-013-005-1

Description: Painting on a shell, showing a whare in the right foreground, a pool, and steaming ground beyond it. Several figures stand within the scene. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on shell. Physical Description: Gouache? on shell, 125 x 115 mm (irreg) Provenance: Presented through the External Affairs Department; previously on display at a New Zealand House (London) exhibition in 1956.

Date: 1870 - 1889

By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908; New Zealand. Department of External Affairs

Reference: Curios-013-005-2

Description: Painting on a shell, showing a section of Lake Taupo with a whare in the right foreground, a waka on the water near the shore, and the Central Plateau peaks behind, with Mt Ngauruhoe steaming. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - JB Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on shell. Physical Description: Gouache? on shell, 155 x 150 mm (irreg) Provenance: Presented through the External Affairs Department; previously on display at a New Zealand House (London) exhibition in 1956.

Date: 1862-1870

By: Wanganui Town Board

Reference: qMS-2117

Description: Variations in title - Cover title has dates 1862-1869 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (152 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (¼ maroon, light tan cloth)

Date: [1870s-1880s]

By: Norris, Joseph Foxley, active 1880s; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893

Reference: PA1-q-094

Description: Photographic album created by Joseph Foxley Norris, with many images of places visited in Great Britain, including castles, cathedrals, stately homes, ports, landscapes, and bridges. Joseph Foxley Norris was a founding member of the Cyclists' Touring Club in England, and was a member of the Pickwick Bicycle Club in England with one image being a group portrait of members of the club. A number of the English scenes were photographed by G.W.W. (George Washington Wilson). Other regions visited include Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro. Views of New Zealand are mostly in the South Island, with a few of Wellington (including Government Buildings, Parliament Buildings and Government House). One photograph taken by James Bragge shows a group of unidentified Maori standing outside a meeting house in Masterton. South Island views include a bicycle "meet" in Christchurch, with a large crowd gathered, and a number of penny-farthing bicycles visible. A number of images show men riding penny-farthing bicycles and the dangers of so doing, with posed views of two men underneath their bicycles and one clutching a fence, taken in and around Christchurch. On page 108 is hand-printed award `Anniversary Sports, Christchurch,N.Z. 16th December 1880. The following ten views taken from the Cathedral Tower, Christchurch, are the 3rd prize in the One Mile Champion Bicycle Race won by J. Foxley Norris, Pioneer Bicycle Club'. Other views include a group of about four men touring along the West Coast Road, and notable buildings in Christchurch and Dunedin. One image shows the "cage" crossing the Teremakau River. A group portrait in Christchurch shows members of Harper & Co. (Solicitors) Inscriptions: Album page - J. Foxley Norris. 1880 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with a black cover, spine title `Photo's'; 29.0 x 24.5 cm

Date: 1994

By: Davies, George Neville, 1921-2010

Reference: MSY-3842

Description: `Not beyond Redemption' by George Davies is a biography of Captain John Guard describing his early life in London, time in Newgate prison, work as a convict transportee, sealer, sea-captain and whaler based at Kakapo Bay in Port Underwood working between New Zealand and Sydney. John and Betty Guard and their two children were onboard the Harriet when it was wrecked off the Taranaki coast in 1834 and the biography details the subsequent experiences of the Guard family and the role the Alligator played in this incident, finishing with the subsequent farming career of John Guard at Kakapo Bay. The biography contains photographs and copies of illustrations of people and places mentioned. Source of title - title page Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and photographs (some photocopies)

Date: 1870-1872

From: Newman, William, 1820?-1909 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2507-32

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1870 - 1889

By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908; New Zealand. Department of External Affairs

Reference: Curios-013-005-4

Description: Painting on a shell, showing a section of Lake Rotoaira where a boat with a triangular sail oating. There are several Maori figures on the shore in the foreground. Beyond is the Central Plateau, with Mount Tongariro. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - JB Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on shell. Physical Description: Gouache? on shell, 150 x 170 mm (irreg) Provenance: Presented through the External Affairs Department; previously on display at a New Zealand House (London) exhibition in 1956.

Date: 1845 - 1863 - 1870

Reference: A-080-021

Description: Shows the 96th (Manchester rifles) Regiment marching in convoy in the foreground with a pa in the background on a hill. Possibly a reconstruction of an incident during the evacuation of Kororareka in 1845. Other Titles - their famous etc et cetera Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - H. G. Robley Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour 196 x 266 mm

Date: 1870 - 1886

By: Mair, Gilbert, 1843-1923; Phillips Bros & Son (Firm); Vane, Kathleen Airini, 1891-1965

Reference: Curios-009-008

Description: A silver New Zealand Cross suspended on a purple ribbon. The obverse shows gold stars and a gold wreath around the central circular boss, a gold crown on the upright arm of the cross, and gold laurel leaves on the bar to which the ribbon was sewn. The reverse is inscribed: "Lieut Gilbert Mair, Rotorua 1870, N.Z.M." Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Lieut Gilbert Mair, Rotorua [1870] N.Z.M. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Silver medal and bar 75 x 40 mm, suspended from purple ribbon, total dimensions 115 x 40 mm, in red leather case 150 x 82 x 30 mm, lined with violet velvet. Provenance: The medal was awarded on 1 April 1886, for Mair's action in combatting troops of Te Kooti near Rotorua in February 1870. The medal was previously displayed in a cabinet in a publicly accessible room at Turnbull House. After being missing for about 35 years, it was returned anonymously to Te Papa in March 2006; staff there recognised it as having previously belonged to the Alexander Turnbull Library. See newsclipping from Dominion Sunday Times, 13 October 1991, discussing the loss. Housed with packaging in which the medal was returned to the Library in March 2006. During its absence from the Library, the date "1870" on the reverse has been partially scratched out. Black and white photo negative 1/2-002631 shows the inscription intact.

Date: 1860-1880

From: Leask, Derek William, 1948-: Papers

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911

Reference: MSDL-2178

Description: Research digital photographs from the Photograph album of Lieut-Colonel Hamley (50th Regiment), held at the Centre of Kentish Studies, Maidstone, Kent, England. Quantity: 31 Electronic document(s).

Date: 1860-1880

From: Leask, Derek William, 1948-: Papers

Reference: MSDL-2177

Description: Research digital photographs from the Photograph album of M.A.C. (50th Regiment), held at the Centre of Kentish Studies, Maidstone, Kent, England. Quantity: 47 Electronic document(s).

Date: 1937 (1982)

By: Wol, Bhikshu Ham, active 1982

Reference: MS-Papers-5841

Description: A history of Chinese goldmining and settlement at Round Hill, Wallace County, Southland as told in 1937 by Dr Y Wong and Mr J Glade to Mr Colin Aberdeen. The 28-page handwritten notebook was edited and a typescript done by B H Wol, 1982. Other - Photocopy of the notebook is at the Wallace County Museum, Riverton Quantity: 1 folder(s) (11 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript

Date: Between 1870 and 1913

Reference: Objects-0002

Description: Nail maker unidentified. A large iron nail, slightly bent, with a large head. According to the accompanying note, 'House was originally in the Te Arai Valley - removed to Manutuke; removed to site some yards away and partly rebuilt, 1951-52. Peg used to secure the poupou to structure of house. Mana-a-turanga, Manutuki, 1951-2'. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 object(s). Physical Description: Iron, 178 x 18 mm. Processing information: Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survey, 2022. Previous reference:Curios-001-002. Previous title: Maker unknown :Iron nail. 19th century.