Places

Date: [ca 1860-1889]

From: Knight, Frederic Hardwicke, 1911-2008 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1713

Description: Album of carte de visite photographs. These include - Landscapes. Views of Dunedin. Business premises. Rothsay on the Island of Bute, Scotland. Portraits taken in Otago and Britain. Taken ca 1860s-1880s by various photographers. Most Otago photographs were taken by James Weaver Allen (b 1822). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1888

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Whangarei and Waiwera sketchbook. 1886-1888].

Reference: E-598-045

Description: Shows a general view of the plain on which the township is built. The foreground shows the road leading down to the town. Extended Title - from his Whangarei and Waiwera sketchbook, 1886-1888, page 45. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sketchbook page 145 x 223 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2002.

Date: [1880s]

From: Hawkins, C T, fl 1976 :Photographs, mainly New Zealand scenes by the Burton Brothers

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-37-25

Description: Elevated view of Nelson looking north towards the harbour. The cathedral is in the middle distance on the right. Photograph taken by Burton Brothers, ca 1880s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3980 - Nelson - From S. Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15 x 20.2 cm on mount 22.8 x 29 cm

Date: 1860

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. New Plymouth District Office

Reference: MapColl-832.295gbbd/1860/Acc.25842

Description: Shows list: 1. Hospital 2. J Reynolds 3.O Carrington 4. Mogridge 5. J Gyde. 6. R Chilman 7. ... Do ... 8. W Martin 9. J Flight 10. P Wilson 11. T Ibbotson 12. E Stockman 13. Ward 14. Chapel 15. W Stewart 16. E C Adams 17. Morshead. Ttile supplied by cataloguer Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Handwritten note states - Survey Office New Plymouth April 10th 1860 and `Copy sent to Brigade Office with letter of same date' Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on cream paper, coloured, scale indeterminable, 39.5 x 34.5 cm.

Date: 1885

By: Stewart, H, active 1885

Reference: PAColl-8715

Description: Photograph of Te Kuiti, taken 1885 by H Stewart. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Mount verso - centre - Taken by H. Stewart Te Kuiti 1885 T. A. Houghton Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 13.3 x 20.5 cm, mounted on cardboard Provenance: Donated by Mr W McRae, Wellington, 1977

Date: 1870s

By: Hobhouse family; Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-5788

Description: Photographs (some prints from Tyree collection) show views of Nelson, Bishopdale, gold sluicing, Clifton Motupipi, sluicing hose crossing a valley, scenes in Golden Bay, Bishop's School Nelson, St Michael's Waimea West, Wanganui ca 1876, SW suburbs of Nelson 1889, St Alban's Church Appleby, Brightwater Church, Maitai River, Bishopdale 1888, Settler's hut. Quantity: 32 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Between 1873 and 1880]

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-45-05

Description: Photograph of Lawrence taken probably in the 1870s by Herbert Deveril of Wellington. The Tuapeka River runs across the foreground. Another print of this image is at PA7-45-06. It is unclear from which print the copy negative was taken. Inscriptions: Mount verso - top left - Lawrence Tuapeka Otago Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 261 x 357 mm on mount of same size

Date: [ca 1876]

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-46-06

Description: Elevated view looking down over the township of Port Chalmers and across the Otago Harbour to Quarantine Island, Goat Island (with single men's quarantine barracks visible) and beyond to the Otago Peninsula (Mt Charles on left and Harbour Cone on right). In the immediate foreground (on left) is the old cemetery. In the foreground there is a railway wagon and large stockpile of rocks waiting to be shifted. In foreground to the right is the cutting for the main Trunk Railway. Retail shops and commercial premises in George Street can be seen, including those of James Menelaus, James Bosworth Taylor (painter & paperhanger) & Simmonds & Sons. On the hill to the left in Grey Street is the Port Chalmers Grammar School and Holy Trinity Church (only partially visible). Photograph was taken by Herbert Deveril and dated ca 1876. The new Port Chalmers Grammar School in the foreground (centre right partially obscured by trees) was built 1874-1875 and occupied from December 1875. The building in George Street on extreme left was not completed until March 1875. Alongside this building is a large excavation for buildings eg Marine Hotel completed in 1881. Accompanying material - Sketch with roads and the main buildings and features identified by Ian Church of Port Chalmers Museum, 2008 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 24.2 x 36 cm

Date: 1855 - 1865

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: B-084-009

Description: Shows a distant view of the town from the far bank of the Whanganui River. York and Rutland Stockades can be seen on the hills at the left, with the spire of Christ Church beyond the houses below. Shakespeare Bluff is across the river to the right. The peak of Mt Ruapehu rises in the distance Title appears to have been added at a later date. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in pencil in the hand of C D Barraud Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 255 x 355 mm

Date: 1856 - 1866

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Stone, (Mr), active 1953

Reference: MapColl-832.3991a/[ca. 1861]/Acc.333

Description: Drawn on a base map of the Waipawa Borough, the annotations depict properties with block number, acreage, Crown grant reference numbers and names of purchasers. The properties vary in size from 10 to 30 acres, and are made up of several streets of suburban sized sections. The names are Robert Mixer Skeet, James Fougere, Thomas Dawson Triphook and Edward George Wright, Louis Noel Du Noyer, William Fannin, Frederick Sedgwick Abbott, Christopher Lockyer, Thomas Gill, Allan MacMaster, Algernon Gray Tollemache. See accompanying one page note entitled 'Schedule of persons who purchased from the Crown the lands comprised in the township of Waipawa'. Patangata Crown Grant District.' Lists block number, purchaser, purchase date, Crown Grant reference, and includes annotated note regarding donor and annotated corrections. Base map: 'Plan of Borough of Waipawa' ([s.l], Lands and Survey Department, [s.d]). Stamp on top right hand corner of map: 'L&S' Series 25, no. 214. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale [1:4 752], 76 x 97 cm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Stone, Lands and Survey Department, 28.8.1953.

Date: 1871

By: Halcombe, Edith Stanway, 1844-1903

Reference: A-226-001

Description: A view from a low hill across the town of Feilding, with a scatter of houses, several sterets, stands of trees and hills in the background Original pencil sketch for lithograph, A-226-002 from, The Feilding Settlement, Manchester block, Manawatu, New Zealand. By A W F Halcombe This sketch has previously been attributed to John Buchanan Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 228 x 279 mm

Date: 1877

From: Seed Family, creator :Cuttings from the illustrated papers [Scrapbook of nineteenth-century illustrations and cuttings. 1870-1880s?]

By: Illustrated Australian news (Newspaper); Ebenezer & David Syme (Firm)

Reference: E-927-f-038-5

Description: Shows a view of Timaru from the south, with several ships in toe roadstead, The buildings of the town include a tall smoking chimney. At the left, and steam train travels southward. Date taken from State Library of Victoria catalogue (Retrieved from http://www.slv.vic.gov.au). This site also states that the engraving appeared in the Illustrated Australian news, published in Melbourne by Ebenezer and David Syme. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 106 x 228 mm.

Date: [198-]

By: Barnes, Olive Dorothy, active 1973

Reference: MSX-8060

Description: Typescript draft of a guide to New Zealand placenames and meanings. Each entry includes the postal district and location for the place, suburb or town mentioned. Also included is a descriptive meaning for each location. Some entries have been annotated at a later point in ink. Throughout the volume are examples of postmarks from New Zealand post offices. Many of the placenames cited are historic in origin, for example: Zalatown, which is a ghost town near Lyell. The inside cover depicts sketches of New Zealand Post Office buildings, old and new. Also included with the work is a useful bibliography. Source of title - Transcribed from item Other Titles - What's in a name? Origins and meanings of the place names used by the New Zealand Post Office. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with mss annotations

Date: 1869

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

Reference: E-106-f-025-2

Description: Elevated view of the township of Shortland looking north. Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, v 55, Sept 25, 1869, p300 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) stuck to page of scrapbook.. Physical Description: Wood engraving, 160 x 240 mm

Date: 1861

From: [Cookson, Janetta Maria] 1812-1867 :Auckland Wellington 1861 1851-1865

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866

Reference: E-340-q-041/042

Description: View of Auckland as seen from North Shore in 1861 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Auckland from North Shore 1861 August; Recto - top right - Annotation above hill `Too high' Quantity: 1 drawing(s) (double-page spread). Physical Description: Pencil, 175 x 520 mm.

Date: [1870s]

From: Smith, Helen Rachel Mary, 1974-: Collection

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ka/[187-?]/Acc.39863

Description: Copy of part of an unidentified cadastral map of Karori, Wilton, part of Ngaio and sections adjacent to the Makara Stream in the Hutt County. Subdivisions are numbered and include acreages and names. Includes some roads and names of the Karori and Parkvale roads have been added at a later date. Streams are marked but are un-named. Otari Scenic Reserve is named. Names include Graeme Hari?, E.G. Wakefield, R. Ker, Thos. Raku, Sir J.I. Coleridge, Rev. I.I. Penrose, S. Lancaster, B. Sorell, S. Brooks, T. Dyke, R. Farr, W.H. Rawson, Jas. Wallace, Edward Batterson?, John Crawford, Frederick Ibbotson, C. Cass, J.B. Reading, E. Irons, C. Broderick, Joseph Hurley, Stevens, Robt. Pemberton, J. Carroll, Burnard, J. Higginson, William Quilter, I. Robinson, J. & H. Kilminster, R.H. Huntley, Fillis, E.S. Halswell, Edward Hinton, J.E. Wainhouse, J. Thompson, Wm. Fowler, W. Shepherd, J. Fray, J.White, B.M. Smith, W. Finnimore, J. Semp, W. Barnes, J. Johnston, Samuel Maxton, Robinson, B. Holmes, Thos. Lewis, J.T. Wingfield, Henrietta Johnston, E. Standen, T. Benton, R.D. Mangles, S. Gawith, J. Diamond, R. Canian, E. Allington, June Burrows, E.R. Burnett, J. Campbell, G. Graham, John Pirbie?, G. Burnard, G. Baker, J.E. Boulcott, Mitchell Title provided by Library. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale not given, 29.3 x 20.2 cm.

Date: 1886

By: Weekly press (Newspaper); Buckland, Francis Edward, active 1886

Reference: B-055-021

Description: Includes: 1858: The whole of the township - Turton's Accommodation House. 1866: Travelling facilities - The Christchurch-Timaru Coach 1886: Travelling facilities - Traffic bridge; Railway bridge 1886: Part of the town- View in East Street. Extended Title - Supplement to the Canterbury "Weekly press", September 10th, 1886. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - (On each image): Whitcombe & Tombs Ld. lith. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Four black & white lithographs on sheet, 288 x 445 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath in 2002.

Date: [ca 1885]

From: Christie, Hettie Florence, 1902-1988 :Photographs and album of New Zealand scenes

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA7-41-08

Description: View of the township from Napier Hill looking south to Cape Kidnapper. In the immediate foreground at the base of the hill are the premises of Larce & Townley (furniture makers). Photograph taken by Frank Arnold Coxhead in 1880s Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Napier, N.Z. 662; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - F.A.C. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.6 x 20 cm

Date: Between 1873 and 1880

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-45-06

Description: Photograph of Lawrence taken probably in the 1870s by Herbert Deveril of Wellington. The Tuapeka River runs across the foreground. Another print of this image is at PA7-45-05. It is unclear from which print the copy negative was taken. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 238 x 359 mm mounted on paper same size

Date: 1865

Reference: MapColl-832.295a/[ca.1865]/Acc.7827

Description: Cadastral map of New Plymouth. An area outlined in red, possibly the approximate trench line which denoted the older settlement, which extends from the landing place adjacent to the naval camp to the hospital to Liardet Street and Molesworth Street. Rivers and camps are marked, streets are named. Includes sections with the sites of buildings, some of which include names of Watson, Webster, H. Halse, Perry, Superintendent, Land Office. Note on catalogue card states: Removed from - The history of Taranaki / B. Wells. New Plymouth, N.Z. : Edmondson & Avery, 1878. Purchased Bethunes 1966. This map is not included in the book. Title supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, linen backed, coloured, scale [1:4752], 23.6 x 28.7 cm.