Places

Date: 1852

By: Pelichet, Charles Harris Louis, 1820-1855; Park, Robert, 1812-1870; Wilson, J G, active 1850s

Reference: MapColl-832.3gbbd/1852/Acc.3010

Description: Topographic map, with some described features, of the area from Mohaka Whaling Station following the coast to Cape Kidnappers to Porangahau, including the Rua Taniwha Plains, the Kaweka Range and the Mohaka River. Includes the South, Totara, Aorangi, Otapahi, Hapuka, Mohaka and Ahuriri blocks in Central Hawke's Bay, with acreages and marked boundaries. Mountains, rivers, swamps, bush and settlements are named. Native reserves and pa sites are marked, as are native paths, also horse and walking tracks and supposed courses of rivers. A Roman Catholic Mission is marked between Napier and Cape Kidnappers, as are some churches. Land belonging to Harawira and Te Waka, Aram, Moananui, Kranama is marked, as is land to be granted to Wi Turoa. Other names include Beer and Rigby. Note on map states 'copy of tracing lent by J.G. Wilson, Esq., Hautama' signed by G.R. and dated May 23rd 1931. It is possible that the tracing was lent to Dept of Lands and Survey, Napier Office where a copy was made but this is unconfirmed Some parts of map are difficult to read - the copy is not a good one Title taken from handwritten note mounted on left of original map signed by J.G. Wilson Scale of original: [1:31 680] Handwritten note mounted on left of original map: Ahuriri Block surveyed by [name obliterated]. 'Napier' and 'Chameers' had been added in a different hand at a later date on the original map - J.G.W. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, linen backed, scale [ca.1:130 000], 37 x 59.5 cm.

Date: 1859

By: Park, Robert, 1812-1870

Reference: MapColl-834.2bj/1859/Acc.22566

Description: Map of the land surrounding Pelorus Sound, Cloudy Bay and the Wairau River. Coastlines and rivers are shown in blue ink. Identifies survey stations Tinline, Waka Marina, and Kaituna. Inscriptions: Inscribed "Mr John O'Sullivan, Pelorus, 1859" Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, coloured, scale [1:120 000], 40.5 x 59 cm.

Date: 1852 - 1848 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

By: Park, Robert, 1812-1870

Reference: E-455-f-053

Description: E-455-f-053-1 = Ground opened near Hutt Bridge, from remembrance, showing slips and rifts near the Hutt River; E-455-f-053-2 = Mr Biggs' House, Hutt, from remembrance, showing a house with two fissures in the ground, one extending into the house's structure; E-455-f-053-3 to 6 = [Hickson & Co]; [Colonial Hospital]; [Ordnance Store] and [Fitzherbert's Store], 4 lithographs cut from a single sheet, the illustration to: An account of the earthquakes in New Zealand (Sydney, Printed by D. Wall, 1848 - Pam 1848); These lithographs are thought to be after drawings by Robert Park. E-455-f-053-7 = Notes on the geology of New Zealand, especially in reference to the Province of Wellington, by Chas Forbes, late of H. M. S. Acheron, p. 84-89. Pearse has included on page 54 of his album a second copy of the lithographs showing the 1848 earthquake damage. (E-455-f-054). The copy on page 54 is intact and in one piece. The copies on page 53 have been cut into three separate sections Other Titles - Colonial building styles Quantity: 2 drawing(s). 4 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash drawings, each 92 x 174 mm on sheet measuring 184 x 174 mm; Four hand-coloured lithographs cut from a single sheet measuring 210 x 130 mm; printed text.

Date: 1865

By: Park, Robert, 1812-1870

Reference: A-215-021

Description: Indicates Twin Peaks and Lake Browning. Signed lower right. Fragmented, with extensive losses, removing part of the title. Source unknown. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on tracing paper 260 x 312 mm

Date: 1847

By: Park, Robert, 1812-1870; Power, William James Murray Tyrone (Sir), 1819-1911; McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877

Reference: E-078-q

Description: 1. Wash drawing of a Maori family, seated outside a tent, beside a whare, probably near Wanganui. 2. Prelimary pencil sketch of two houses, with a river beyond, probably Whanganui River looking west. 3. Pencil sketch panorama of Wanganui from the opposite bank of the river showing Rutland and York Stockades (built 1847) and the first Christ Church. 4., 5., & 6. Unfinished sketches, including a further view of Rutland Stockade, small drawings of groups of Maori, houses and a balloon-like object. Attributed to Robert Park on stylistic grounds. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Pencil and monotone wash & pencil (6 drawings), 253 x 185 mm

Date: 1858 - 1859

By: Park, Robert, 1812-1870; Deans, William, active 1976

Reference: C-071-013

Description: Shows a view looking down to a hollow area between hills, with raupo huts and tents collected in and around the hollow. Soldiers in red jackets stand around in small groups. There are walking tracks going up the background slopes, and a fence has been made going up the hill on the left. This painting is not titled by the artist, and bears a strong resemblance to another watercolour by Park, entitled in pencil at lower right "Napier". Both works are shown (on pages 74 and 76) of Nola Easdale's "Kairuri; the measurer of the land" (1988), held at NZ&P q526.9 EAS 1988. Randal Springer, Wanganui historian, (AT 13/14/1, 30 April 1997) said that there was no military encampment "near Wanganui" in 1847; it was all in Wanganui itself, at the Rutland and York stockades. The topography is also wrong for Wanganui. The evidence suggests that the view is of Napier in the late 1850s, rather than of Wanganui. It is not known whether the title was assigned by Library staff or by the donor Dating: likely to date from the 1858 or 1859, when the 65th Regiment was in Hawkes Bay and Park was working with Donald McLean Other Titles - Military encampment, Wanganui, 1847 [attributed title on donation] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 250 x 355 mm Provenance: Donation: William Deans, Knockdolian, Darfield, 17.2.76.

Date: 1842

By: Park, Robert, 1812-1870; Donne, Thomas Edward, 1860-1945

Reference: A-215-004

Description: View from the west bank of the Hutt River, looking across to the east with a bridge on the left, several houses and a church amongst trees. Possibly the earliest view of the beginnings of Lower Hutt. Inscription on mount: 'The first lithograph executed in Wellington in the year 1842. By Robt. Park, Surveyor to the N.Z.L.Co. ex S. D. Parnell'. The assertion about this being the first lithograph executed in Wellington is not correct. Jones and Bluett lithographed a Chart of Port Nicholson by E M Chaffers in May 1841, followed by other maps in August 1841. They also lithographed W M Smith's view Lambton Harbour and Mount Victoria in June 1841. See The first New Zealand lithographs by R P Hargreaves in Art New Zealand, 24, Winter 1982, p. 50-51 Richmond is said to have been the particular part of the Hutt district where Mr Parnell first asserted the Eight Hours Principle. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 200 x 249 mm Provenance: Purchased by T.E. Donne at the sale of S.D. Parnell's effects, Wellington 1891.

Date: 1860 - 1869

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 :Maps from papers

By: Park, Robert, 1812-1870

Reference: MapColl-832.41gbbd/[ca.186-]/Acc.3310

Description: Map of land subdivisions near Mt. Featherston, Puketutu adjacent to the Wanganui River. This area is close to Kaiwhaiki and across the river from the Trafford Trig. Includes numbered sections, a boundary line and Native Land. A survey line indicates the land claimed by Natives. Names include: I.E. Featherston, John Gibson. Title handwritten on map at a later date McLean has been handwritten in pencil at top of map Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colour wash on card, linen backed, coloured, 19.6 x 29.8 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 Papers - MS-Papers-0032.

Date: 1847 - 1848

By: Park, Robert, 1812-1870; Deans, William, active 1976

Reference: A-215-009

Description: View from Durie Hill, Wanganui, looking towards blockhouses; Maori and settler in foreground. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 220 x 260 mm

Date: 1840 - 1850

By: Park, Robert, 1812-1870

Reference: A-032-024

Description: Shows the Aglionby Arms in Lower Hutt leaning dangerously off its foundations. Park's only other known Hutt drawing is dated 1842, but the drawing could have been done as late as the 1850s. The hotel's proprietor, Robert Burcham died in 1854 and his address was given as Aglionby Arms. In 1858 a severe flood in the Hutt caused loss of life. Walter Mantell also records a flood at an earlier date. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 120 x 175 mm

Date: 1851

By: Park, Robert, 1812-1870

Reference: A-114-012

Description: Shows, from left to right: Hine Paketia, Puhara, Alice Kranama, Te Uri He Kahekakariki, Hine Rangia, and Patuware. The group were all members of the Ngati Kahungugnu tribe. The women on the left was Queen Hineipatekia, sister of Te Hapuku. She was mentioned as "our Queen" in Te Hapuku's 1851 letter to Governor Grey disputing the price offered by the Crown for the land. His "favourite wife of 13 wives, Hine Rangia" is second from the right and his daughter is on the far right. Te Hapuku (Te Ika Nui o te Moana, paramount chief of the Ahuriri/Napier area) was responsible for selling the tribe's land to the Crown. This led to intertribal warfare for many years. Figures drawn on separate sheets and pasted on to background. Descriptive note signed: R. Park. Some Maori names spelt incorrectly. Note on back. A very similar watercolour is in the Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia. It is titled Natives of Ahuriri (Hawkes Bay) alive in 1851 and is signed by Robert Park Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title and names and roles of the subjects, in ink. The notes were added later than the drawing was made, since they include death dates after 1851 for a number of the subjects Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 10 x 13 1/2 inches