Places

Date: 1881-1901

From: Mackay, Alexander, 1833-1909 : Maori land papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2089-1

Description: Contains detailed whakapapa tables of the Ngati Toa tribe, with cross links into Te Ati Awa, relating to the purchase of the top of the South Island by the Crown; a copy of the Royal Commission relating to Ngati Toa (published in the AJHR 1881); correspondence dated 1901 regarding McKay's retirement; notes and a schedule of Maori rents in Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough and Westland. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1868 - 1870

By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921; Schmidt, John Diedrich, 1839-1925

Reference: A-104-025

Description: Shows ship and paddlesteamer Title from inscription on verso of 25a. See Ellis, E M. Early prints of N.Z. 1642-1875. Christchurch, 1977. p. 192-193. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 210 x 300 mm

Date: 1881

By: Hall, John (Hon Sir), 1824-1907; Mueller, Gerhard, 1835-1918

Reference: MapColl-834.3at/1881/Acc.35942

Description: Shows Hokitika-Ross Road, area on both sides of Hokitika River, including Mathias Pass, Mt Meta Range and Whitcombe Pass, Wilberforce Road and Lake Coleridge. Memos relating to Mathias Pass route held in Manuscripts and Archives Section, MS-Papers-1784, folder 280 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - ... Gerhard Mueller 10.2.81 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colour drawing on linen. Scale 1: 63 360. 102.5 x 83 cm. Provenance: From the Sir John Hall papers, donated by the Hall family Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Sir John Hall papers MS-Papers-1784, folder 280.

Date: 1866

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902; Laing, Elizabeth, [1862?]-1950

Reference: A-102-008

Description: A broad stream amidst dense bush, including cabbage trees growing on the banks, and other taller, trees, probably kahikatea Other Titles - Hokitika Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch 127 x 178 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs E Laing, England, 18 July 1940

Date: [ca 1843]-2007

By: Ryan, Gwendoline Elsie, 1916-2012

Reference: MS-Papers-8822

Description: Account of the life of Henry Ryan, a Methodist minister, his wife, Beatrice, their descendants and the Sturton family, as recalled by Gwendoline Ryan, the daughter of Henry. Detailed account of their upbringing in England, their arrival in New Zealand in 1914, and life in the family of a Methodist minister in parishes at Tauranga, Hokitika, Tua Marina, Springston, Papanui, Remuera, Dunedin, Riccarton, Rangiora and Cambridge. Includes genealogical charts. Source of title - Transcribed from item Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Ms Gwen Ryan, 2007

Date: 1811-[ca 1894], 1933

Reference: MS-Papers-1907

Description: Two memoranda books include details of expenses for building a cottage, a bakers oven in 1862, rents received (1865-1866), accounts for family's shoes (1867), journey to Hokitika 19-30 October 1865 and recipes There is also a miners right issued to George Innes, Tuapeka (September 1861) and a manuscript of business notes (1860-1866) which includes costing of material in construction of brick house, Cashel Street (1863) and record of work done There is also a copy of Wellington Girls College Reporter, Jubilee number (May 1933) George Innes was a builder who lived at various times in Hokitika, Otago and Christchurch. He arrived at Lyttelton on the Fatima in December 1851. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 pieces, 3 volumes, 2 loose papers). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter

Date: 1877

From: Adams, Charles William, 1840-1918 :[Outline sketches of Mount Cook] 1877

By: Adams, Charles William, 1840-1918

Reference: A-215-025

Description: A profile of the peaks of Mount Cook / Aoraki and Mount Tasman looking south from Hokitika Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on tracing paper, 182 x 166 mm

Date: [Between 1899 and 1902]

From: Morice, Charles George Frederick, 1868-1966 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-162

Description: Views of South African war, showing activities of New Zealand and Canadian troops; many photographs of Afrikaners (including a portrait of Paul Kruger) and Zulu people; photographs of Richard and Louisa Seddon in South Africa, and on board ship en route to coronation of Edward VII in 1901. The album also includes views of Maori officers who travelled to the coronation as part of the New Zealand Army contingent. There are signed photographs of J R Taylor, and H Rees (p 69) Inscriptions: Album page - Charles G. Morice (Ex libris, signature inside front cover) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover, black leather corners and spine; 28.5 x 37.5

Date: 1866

Reference: A-159-012

Description: A view from the sea looking towards shipwrecks on the bar and the houses of the town to the left, hills in the background Other Titles - New Zealand Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - in pencil, spread from far left to far right: Channel. Hokitika N. Z. 1866 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 172 x 229 mm

Date: [1860s-1880s?]

Reference: PA1-q-166

Description: Scrap book of miscellaneous photographs, many of which have no captions and have not been identified. At the front of the album is an undated newspaper cutting showing the original building used for the Colonial Museum in 1865, which `has been revealed by the pulling down of the Dominion Museum, at the back of Parliament House. For many years this building has been used for a variety of purposes, museum exhibits being housed in adjacent quarters, but it is about to be demolished'. The first group show interior scenes of the Canterbury Museum, with exhibits of bird skeletons, and mounted birds. Other scenes show mounted animals, possibly not in Canterbury. Scenery includes views of the Franz Josef Glacier; and a number which are identified showing the gold-mining area around Ross and Donoghues, the Totara River and Mikonui River. One page has six photographs of mountainous regions in Switzerland; several show the area near the Wellington caves in Queensland, Australia; and two views show the breaking of the Cook Strait Cable. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, maroon spine and corners, entitled `Photographic scrap book'; 30 x 24 cm Provenance: No donor or provenance information available. Possibly part of a larger collection.

Date: 1872-1874

By: Ecclesfield family

Reference: MS-Papers-0397

Description: Most of the material relates to Esther & Robert Ecclesfield. Includes accounts with James Chesney, & receipts for payments on shares with the Bell Hill Water Race & Gold Mining Co The Ecclesfield family lived in Hokitika Quantity: 1 folder(s) (17 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: ca1875-ca1885

From: Swainson, Jane :Photographs of military forces in Taranaki, Nelson, Hokitika, Parihaka and Rotorua.

By: Bayliss, Charles, 1850-1897; Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920

Reference: PA1-q-707

Description: Views of notable public buildings in Sydney dating from the late 1860s to the late 1870s. Nelson City during a public parade involving colonial soldiers. Soldiers in military encampments, parading, and firing Cannon. Views of Lake Rotorua, Parihaka at the time it was occupied by Government troops, Hokitika waterfront, floods in Greymouth, and a wedding in Nelson. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1875

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook; Fiordland and West Coast views]. 1875

Reference: E-401-085

Description: Two details of the peaks of the Southern Alps Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on page of sketchbook, image size 105 x 180 mm.

Date: 1875

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook; Fiordland and West Coast views]. 1875

Reference: E-401-084

Description: A view from trees on the north bank of the Hokitika River, looking out towards its mouth. Ship masts sketched in on the right and a signal station is visible near the entrance Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on page of sketchbook, image size 105 x 180 mm.

Date: 1882

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

Reference: E-328-f-050-1

Description: A rural scene showing several horse-drawn coaches and passengers outside a building. Probably a West Coast scene, near or at Hokitika Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - coaches Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 150 x 203 mm

Date: [ca 1889-1914]

From: Worters, Ian, fl 1999: Photographs of Worters, Taylor and Havill families

Reference: PAColl-5967

Description: Copy photographs of Stafford, Westland, and members of the Bergman and Taylor families. Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Copy prints 10.2 x 15.2 cm

Date: 1849-1937

By: Hay family

Reference: MS-Papers-3779

Description: Collection consists of the papers of William Edward Hay; his wife, Mary Hay; his mother, also Mary Hay and his second son, Charles William Hay. Source of title - Supplied title William Edward and his wife, Mary Hay (nee Tindall) emigrated to Christchurch on the `Mermaid' in 1864. After eighteen months without steady work they moved to Hokitika where William tried his luck at the gold-diggings before taking up a permanent position with the `West Coast Times'. Late in 1871, the family moved to Melbourne but less than a year later they were back in New Zealand living in Dunedin, where William set up in business as a cabinet maker. In 1877, William's mother, Mary and eldest son, Benjamin, a dentist, came out to New Zealand. Shortly afterwards, William shifted to Auckland where he worked on the staff of the `Evening Post'. Quantity: 21 folder(s). 0.21 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss and printed matter Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1863-1870

By: Cooper, Thornhill, 1840-1940

Reference: MS-Papers-7106

Description: Comprises photocopies of newspaper articles on Cooper and typescript extracts from journals describing his travels from Hokitika to Panama in 1868, a walk from Dunedin to the West Taieri diggings in 1863 and an excursion by coach and foot from Hokitika to the Otira Gorge in 1870 Relationship complexity - See also MS-Papers-0279 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and printed (photocopies)

Date: 1867

Reference: PAColl-6666

Description: One image is a photograph of sailing ships at the port of Hokitika. It has been identified as being 41 ships moored on 16th September 1867. Photographer unidentified. See West Coast Times > 17 September 1867 > Page 2 > SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE on Papers Past at http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WCT18670917.2.3&e= -------10--1----2-- Source of descriptive information - Te Ara states this image is at Hokitika at September 1867 (http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/west-coast-region/5/5 accessed 23 Dec 2011). Library client has provided further detail and advises there are 41 ships and that the date is 16 September 1867. Also that the information is in the West Coast Times, 17 September 1867, page 2 at http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WCT 18670917.2.3&e=-------10--1----2-- (accessed 22 Dec 2011) Relationship complexity - West Coast Historical Museum has this image. Ref #270. Arrangement: Negative at 1/4-027767 Quantity: 2 b&w lantern slide(s).

Date: Between 1868 and 1890

By: Larkworthy, Falconer, 1833-1928; Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-140

Description: Photograph album of New Zealand scenes The first sequence contains views of the road from Christchurch to the West Coast, taken by Daniel Mundy in February 1868. Another group are of further scenes in the South Island taken by the Burton Brothers around the Dunedin area. There are several views of Scotland and England, including one of the Brendon Hill Incline, an iron-mining area in Exmoor, and a view of the Larkworthy family castle in Aberdeenshire (name of the castle not clear in album). Later views in the album are taken by unidentified photographers, and include scenes of the Franz Josef Glacier, with the Waiho River; sluicing for gold at Black Gully; a tubular flume at Donnellys Creek; the Totara Ferry; viaduct at Jones' Creek; bush at Donoghues; and views of Ross and Hokitika. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - Larkworthy album Relationship complexity - See also qMS-1129-1132 (donated at the same time) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, entitled `Scrap book'; 32.5 x 27.0 cm Provenance: Donated by Mrs W M Lowry and Mrs V M Matthews, England, 1956