Places

Date: 1861

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

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866

Reference: E-340-q-045/046

Description: Image on left; A view of Auckland in Aug 1861 showing dwellings, picket fences etc. and right image shows dwellings and kauri forest in the background, Sept 1861. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Auckland, August 1861; Recto - bottom right - Tree Kauri Forest. Sept 1861 Quantity: 1 drawing(s) (double-page spread). Physical Description: Pencil, 175 x 520 mm.

Date: 1863-1878

By: Pearce, Edward, 1832-1922

Reference: MS-Papers-0645

Description: Milling and shipping of kauri timber by Kopuru Sawmilling Co, Kaipara, 1875-1878; business papers, Wellington and Wairarapa land transactions, personal letters and others dealing with his political career and church affairs, 1863-1878 Quantity: 17 folder(s). 0.17 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms (some photocopies) Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 23 November 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..

Date: 1867-1868

From: Cooke, I V :Photographs of New Zealand and Australia

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA1-f-045

Description: Photographs taken in 1867 and 1868 by Daniel Louis Mundy. Collection comprises: moa skeletons on display in the Canterbury Museum, Maori man sitting in front of a flax plant in the Hokianga, a black pine forest in Westland, miners' whares at Tararu creek in the Thames goldfield, Punch Bowl Falls, Otira Gorge, fern trees at Governor's Bay, waterfall at Waihi at the head of lake Taupo, tramway at Moanataiari in the Thames goldfield, bush at German Bay (Akaroa), Waitohi creek in the Thames goldfield, Onoke (Hokianga), kauri forest at Wairere Stream (Hokianga), Wild Missouri and Russell's batteries at Tararu Creek, waterfalls at Banks Peninsula and Otira Gorge. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album bound in green morrocco, with gold tooling, 41.2 x 30.2 cm

Date: 1867 - 1888

From: Bloch, Theodor Thorlacius, 1844-1935 :Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: PA1-q-035

Description: Chiefly photographs of Nelson and surroundings; also includes images of Wellington, Port Chalmers and Mitre Peak. Photographs taken by Theodor Bloch, circa 1867 to 1888 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green covered album with ornamental decoration in black and gold, containing albumen prints of varying sizes; 285 x 250 mm

Date: 1868, 1871 etc

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA1-f-041

Description: Photographs of the North Island of New Zealand taken by Daniel Mundy during the 1860s to 1871. Captions hand-written by Mundy on verso of each page. (Information from handwriting and signature `D.L.M.' in this album at p. 51) The Thames goldfields are shown in a number of images, including some with captions Shortland and Grahamstown (now part of Thames); the Moanataira [i.e. Moanatairi] wire tramway, with the Rainbow Hotel nearby; Hunt's claim (known as the Shotover Mine); the Missouri Battery; the Bank of New Zealand building at Grahamstown; and miners' huts. The timber industry is shown with kauri logs being transported by bullock teams and awaiting transport by water. Photographs associated with Maori include military outposts at Terewera (i.e. Tarawera) and Ormond; "Kawiti's Runanga, or court houses, now `tapu', Waiomeo, Bay of Islands" (p. 21); "limestone caves at Waiomeo [sic], Bay of Islands; the burial place of the Mangakahia tribe. Strictly tapu" (p. 22); "Group at Waimeo feast, Bay of Islands" (p. 20); "Native feast - or bone-scraping at the burial of the remains of several chiefs at Waiomeo, Bay of Islands" (p. 46); "Waipawa Valley, Poverty Bay, scene of the massacre by Te Kooti" (p. 47); "Here the moa feet impressions were found, Poverty Bay, Sept. 1871, D.L.M." (p. 51). There are two-image panoramas of the Thames goldfields and Napier. In this album they are not on following pages, but are separated. (Thames goldfields, Mundy numbers 121 & 120, here seen on pages 9 and 15); Napier (Mundy numbers 164 & 165, here seen on pages 50 and 52). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green leather cover, geometric pattern, gold decoration, entitled `New Zealand' in gold; 30.5 x 42.5 cm

Date: 1861

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

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866

Reference: E-340-q-035/036

Description: Shows kauri forest in the foreground, with Manukau Harbour and the Heads in the distance. The forest is part of Titirangi, with Little Muddy Creek below and Laingholm in the centre. The house shown on the right is likely to be the first farmhouse in the area, that of John Bishop and family. There are also several smaller houses or farm buildings in the right middle distance Other Titles - ... Manukau Heads Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Kauri Forest Manaukau Heads August 1861; Recto - top centre - 1861 Manaukau Heads Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 175 x 520 mm (double-page spread)

Date: Between 1860 and 1870

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA1-f-039

Description: Photographs of New Zealand, both North and South Islands, taken by Daniel Mundy between 1860 and 1870. Captions hand-written by Mundy on verso of each page. (Information from handwriting and signature `D.L.M.' in Mundy Album III, p. 51). The views include a number in the Thames goldfields, with scenes of gold batteries, miners' huts, and a tramway. Mundy includes two rivers which are now differently named, the Tekihe River [i.e. Taheke River], and Tiremakau River [i.e. Taramakau River]. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue buckram cover; spine title "New Zealand scenery, 1860-80. Mundy. 4638-4685"

Date: 26 Jun - 10 Oct 1860

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2575

Description: Daily log and diary of William Hodkinson, passenger on the sailing ship Phenix of the White Star Line, from Auckland to Liverpool. Covers farwell visit from his late business partners, John Booth, F Sheppard and William D Wilkie, fire at Denny's hotel and at clothier shop of Mr Poole, a stowaway, fights and quarrels among crew and passengers, kauri cargo being ditched because of ship's leaks. Includes some reference to the war in the Taranaki Source of title - Supplied William Hodkinson originally went out to Australia but had subsequently spent some years in New Zealand before sailing for Liverpool with his family Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1991