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Date: 1890

By: Laishley, Richard, 1816-1897

Reference: Micro-MS-0150

Description: Largely an autobiography of Laishley, Congregational minister at Auckland, Melbourne and Thames, with journal of a voyage to England, 1883 via Australia and the Suez Canal, and return voyage to New Zealand in 1884 Relationship complexity - For related drawings and notes see Laishley, R Micro-Art-18 (Drawings and Prints Section) Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) 98 frames.

Date: [Early 1880s?]

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Taber, Isaiah West, 1830-1912

Reference: PA1-q-153

Description: Photographs of New Zealand taken by various photographers, circa early 1880s. Images include several Maori groups, Maori kainga, meeting houses, carving; a large number of views of mud pools, geysers, hot springs, and in particular views of the Pink and White Terraces before the Tarawera eruption in 1886. Other views show areas of the South Island, including Dunedin City, Oamaru, Christchurch; and the North island including Auckland, Thames District (a number showing aspects of gold mining in the area). The last photograph, of the R.M.S.S. Zealandia was taken by Taber Photo, San Francisco. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with grey blue cover, black corners and spine edged with gold; 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Date: 1868

From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia

Reference: 1/2-096133-G

Description: View of Shortland, showing the New Caledonia Hotel, photographed in 1868 by Daniel Manders Beere. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 67 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches

Date: 1886

By: J H Bethune and Company Ltd

Reference: PAColl-1830

Description: Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envlope.

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: [ca 1828-1879]

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7888-117

Description: Letters received by Alfred Helps while he was resident in Thames, Gisborne and Auckland. The correspondents include his mother and other family members as well as friends, particularly in Invercargill, Lyttelton and Nelson. Cover a wide range social activity. Include copies of correspondence from 1828. Because of the illegibility of some signatures, not all writers have been indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 11 May-16 Jun 1847

By: Gisborne, William, 1825-1898

Reference: qMS-0844

Description: Gisborne and Petre went by sea to Coromandel and then by land, first up to Thames and travelling up the river, passing through pa, including Opita, then to Matamata, Tauranga, Rotorua, Lake Tarawera and Lake Rotomahana. They returned to Auckland by way of the Waikato River, passing through Maungatautari and Waipa. The journal includes interesting descriptions of Maori life and Gisborne meet the Revs Brown, Spencer, Chapman and Ashville [sic] and various prominent Maori. Variations in title - Binder's title: Gisborne journal The journal is loose in a cover with a typescript and index in an envelope at the back Quantity: 1 volume(s) (38 pages, 30 leaves)). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript (32 cm, blue linen)

Date: 11-12 Dec 1874

Reference: MS-Papers-2520

Description: Account of a meeting held at Thames on 11 and 12 Dec to discuss payment for the Ohinemuri goldfield. The meeting was attended by Sir Donald McLean, James MacKay, Edward Walter Puckey and chiefs and members of the Ngati Maru, Ngati Tamatera, Ngati Whanaunga and Ngati Paoa tribes. Source of title - Transcribed Authorship of the document is unknown Quantity: 1 folder(s) (28 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: No details about the provenance of the document are available other than that it was found under a pile of newspapers in a cupboard in a house at Te Anau in about 1975. How it came to be there could not be established at that time.

Date: [1890s]

By: Hemus and Hall (Firm); Pitt, S L (Miss), active 1975

Reference: PA1-o-418

Description: Album of photographs, chiefly showing scenes in Western Australia, particularly around Coolgardie and Norseman. Most of the identified views were taken by Hemus & Hall (a photographic firm in Bayley Street, Coolgardie between 1895 and 1906). A number of views show the use of camels and camel trains in Western Australia, with one showing the first steam train entering Coolgardie on 23rd March 1896. Many of the images are unidentified, but two are shown as being in New Zealand. One shows the Thames Pharmacy, owned by George Denby; and the other is a bush scene at Waikawau. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black buckram cover; 25 x 31 cm

Date: [ca 1868-1877]

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7888-120

Description: Letters between Alfred Helps, his family and friends. Both of a business and a family nature. Includes Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1800-1802

Reference: qMS-0706

Description: Describes the voyage past Three Kings, North Cape, Cape Brett, the Cavalles, Poor Knights and Great and Little Barrier Islands, and particularly the Coromandel Peninusla. The were in NZ waters from 13 April to 17 June 1801. Extract confined to the movements of the ship in NZ waters following the discharge of convicts at Port Jackson when the `Hercules' left for Otaheite Quantity: 1 volume(s) (18 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm, blue pam case)

Date: 1860-1884 (1894)

By: O'Halloran, George S, 1844?-

Reference: MS-Papers-1345

Description: O'Halloran arrived in Australia in 1860 from Ireland and held a variety of jobs in Melbourne and Victoria before coming to New Zealand in 1861. He worked at gold mining in Otago, hotel and store-keeping, driving and contracting in the Thames, Auckland, and central North Island. He spent nine years with the Mounted Militia, 1865-1874, in Taranaki, central North Island and East Coast and saw frequent action. O'Halloran returned in Australia in 1884. This autobiography was completed in 1894. Quantity: 2 folder(s) (132 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: [Circa 1880s-1900s]

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-013

Description: Views of New Zealand taken by various photographers including the Burton Brothers, Tyree Brothers, James Ring, Josiah Martin, and Henry Thomas Lock. Includes images of flooding in Blenheim, and a wire cable tram across the Taramakau River (West Coast). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Red cloth bound folio album, 415 x 300 mm

Date: 1871-1883

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7888-116

Description: Letters received by Alfred Helps while he was resident in Thames, Gisborne and Auckland. The correspondents include his mother and other family members as well as friends, particularly in Invercargill, Lyttelton and Nelson. Cover a wide range social activity. Because of the illegibility of some signatures, not all writers have been indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1840-1950

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949; Heron, George Charles, 1923-1972; Johnston, Owen, active 1940-1987; New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Palmer, Albert Noel, 1920-1972; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955

Reference: PA1-o-1036

Description: Contains photographs and photographic copies of paintings illustrating Te Rangihaeata's house on Mana Island, Waitahanui Pa at Lake Taupo, meeting houses at Waihi (Taupo), Wairoa, Te Wairoa (Rotorua), Otaki, Ohinemutu, Morrinsville, Waiomatatini, Pokai, Whakarewarewa, Tokaanu, Koroniti and Thames. Also shown are a gateway at Te Teko and the gateway to a church at Nuhaka. The artists and photographers represented are G F Angas, A P Godber, A N Palmer, William Hall Raine, George Heron, Owen Johnston, E Edwards, and the New Zealand Railways Publicity Department. A number of images were provided by the Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Graphic drawing book 23 x 31 cm

Date: 1886-1895

Reference: MS-Papers-8059

Description: Five communications in Maori relating to sheep farming, mostly in Thames and Hauraki; includes financial transactions and a letter Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (five pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1882-1967

By: Hetherington, Jessie Isabel, 1882-1971

Reference: MS-Papers-0644

Description: Draft mss and annotated typescript of her autobiography `Numbering my days'. In this work she recounts her childhood in Thames district and Auckland, and Girton College, Cambridge; teaching in Australia; Wellington Teachers' Training College 1915-1923; work as an inspector of secondary schools 1927-1942; journeys to Europe including Coronation 1937. Includes an incomplete report to Director of Education on education in Australia, 1937. Quantity: 5 folder(s). 0.05 Linear Metres.

Date: ca 1890

By: Schaef, Arthur Waldemar, 1867-1940

Reference: PA4-0890

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Main Street, Thames, taken by A W Schaef ca 1890 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Main Street, Thames; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Photograph by A W Schaef Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1868 - 1870

Reference: A-036-024

Description: Flat-topped mountains in the background, bush and swampy ground with flax near a river in the foreground. Probably the work of a goldminer Grahamstown was the earlier name for Thames Other Titles - Grahamstown Inscriptions: Verso - title in ink; also recto, bottom left, artist's monogram in red watercolour (indecipherable, but the last initial is a P) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 162 x 257 mm

Date: 1897

By: Holman, Elizabeth Ann, 1824-1917

Reference: qMS-0993

Description: Most of the reminiscences describe life at Whangarei where her husband was mainly engaged in the flax industry. He also spent some time mining and working as a builder at Thames. Elizabeth recalls Hone Heke's sacking of Kororakea in 1845 and subsequent evacuation of Whangarei settlers to Auckland. The Holmans eventually returned to Whangarei where Henry operated a flax mill until the family moved to the Thames goldfields in 1867. A revival of the flax industry saw them once again return to Whangarei. They retired to Auckland where Henry died in 1894 Relationship complexity - Holograph with ms annotations at MS-Papers-3881 Mrs Holman first came out to Hokianga in 1840. In 1841 she married Henry Charles Holman at Kororareka, and they spent some time at the Bay of Islands, and in Auckland where Henry was appointed Superintendent of Public Works. He later bought land at Mimiwhangata in Whangarei County. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (52 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; green linen)