Places

Date: [1914?]

By: Giles, Edmund Douglas, 1853?-

Reference: MS-0832

Description: Reminiscence of his early years in Somersetshire including details of the Giles forbears back to 1772; description of the voyage to Nelson on the `John Bunyan' in 1868; time spent in Westport where his uncle Dr Giles was the Resident Magistrate; gold mining on the West Coast; travel to Queensland via Sydney (includes descriptions of Sydney, Brisbane and Rockhampton); working as a bullock driver and later a ration carrier and drover, etc in Queensland; describes station life and his other outback experiences; Kanaka labourers in Queensland; Tasmania; return to Barcoo, Queensland; aborigines in Queensland; time spent on New Hebrides, Fiji and other islands in the Pacific; return to New Zealand; family and travel in the early 1900s. Edmund Giles immigrated to New Zealand with his brother Edgar on the `John Bunyan' in 1868. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (231 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; red linen)

Date: 2005

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

By: McLennan, Norman Allan, active 1997-2005

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-47

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Norman Allan McLennan; certificates of title and cadastral map; two photographs of farm outbuildings; research letter from professional genealogist, Elizabeth Parkes re research into the ownership of the land, 2000; 5-generational McLennan family tree showing descent from George McLennan and Barbara MacDonald (b 1700s) Original owner of the property was William McLennan from Scotland who acquired 54 acres in the Mawheraiti Survey District in 1886. In 2005 the property, and the additional land added over the years, was farmed by his great-grandnephew Norman and wife Wendy 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, map, photographs

Date: [ca1920-1992]

From: Leaker, Alice Margaret fl 1992-1995 : Mackenzie family papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5311-07

Description: An essay on the white kiwi, correspondence from Mum to Mary Phelan, land transfer documents, a family tree and miscellaneous documents Quantity: 1 folder(s) (28 leaves). Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)

Date: 1790-1939

By: Cumbria Record Office

Reference: Micro-MS-0113

Description: Includes 2 printed charts of Cook's discoveries, conveyancing details involving James Wilfred Marsden of Nelson, 1905; correspondence of Stephen Magden, miner of Greymouth 1866, 1972; obituary of Francis Jollie of Peel Forest, 1871 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [1939-1943]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11310-42

Description: Drafts, research papers and clippings on various topics, mainly Maori and New Zealand history. Includes draft of `The Waikato War. Defence of the Auckland frontier'. A film narrative `Pathfinders and treasure seekers: The story of the land of gold and greenstone'. A draft of `The lightning: A West Coast Iliad' and typewritten research notes relating to the early history of Westland including information about land purchases and excerpts and copies of correspondence by Ngai Tahu chiefs and James Mackay. Newspaper articles relating to South Island land purchases and the biography of John Tikao `The story of a Maori sailor'. Draft chapter `Gun-running in the King Country' and typewritten research papers and copies of correspondence relating to `Captain Mair's battles: His defeat of Te Kooti. 1870. Hard running fight near Rotorua' this includes a copy of a letter from Gilbert Mair to his brother Robert Mair, written from Ohinemutu in 1870 and copies of other letters. Newspaper articles relating to Te Kooti. Draft of `The story of the Mahuhu' which Cowan describes as a Maori-Polynesian immigrant vessel, also includes a copy of a published article by the same title. Typewritten draft of `Urewera notes: The valley of the bellbirds' (annotated by Cowan). Draft of `Little legends of Maori land: The message of the sea-shell. A story of the East Coast of New Zealand' (carbon copy). Arrangement: Contained in bundle 58 in original listing. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1950s]

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-6/13

Description: Research papers including papers relating to costings for construction of museum display cases, a speech on the value of museums; appeal to the Maori community; list of works printed by Colenso (1835-1852); notes on the meeting houses `Hauteananui-o-Tangaroa'; Te Kani-a-Takirau; Mariu-te-Rangi; issues and clippings from Whakatane & District Historical Society newsletter; `Peculiar pilgrimage, memories of W Bauke (Banke)', Otorohanga (1950s); and a copy of a letter from James W Stack and notes relating to Maori manufacture of greenstone [pounamu]. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1944

By: Penhale, Esther Mary, 1922-2000

Reference: Micro-MS-0775

Description: Thesis for MA in history; includes an analysis of the relationship between the whalers and Maori, the early Nelson settlers and their non-conformist sympathies, the gold rush and the condition of the Anglican church in England in 1840 with particular reference to the Oxford Movement. Describes the growth of the church in the individual parishes in New Zealand and the role of the church in education and Maori welfare leading up to the formation of the Diocese of Nelson on 29 Sep 1858. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (120 pages).