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Scenic photographs of New Zealand complied by the Scenery Preservation Board

Date: [ca 1880-1910]

From: Scenery Preservation Board :Scenic photographs of New Zealand

By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920; De Tourret, Ernest, active 1909-1912; New Zealand. Tourism Department; Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940; Scenery Preservation Board

Reference: PAColl-0444-1

Description: Photographs of the following: a set of seven photographs by Collis and annotated by F P Corkill, land agent, re landholding around the Waiwhakaiho River; scenic views such as waterfalls, lakes, and the Pink and White Terraces; bridges with annotations re height etc; sixteen numbered photographs mounted two to a card of scenic views in the Taranaki Region, Rotorua and the far north (including ones of Taumaha Gorge, Taranaki and Lake Ora - location unidentified); a set of seven photographs of the Waipu Caves including Lot's wife, the anvil and the sugar loaf in Morrison's Cave; a clipping of St Paul's Cupola and a photograph of Kauri Gully, Northcote with annotations on resolutions passed re the establishment of reservations; a panorama in two photographs of Flagstaff Hill, Dunedin with annotations re a potential reserve; and two of a tramping party of three men and five boys resting at a waterfall. Includes a recent hand-written list of the photographs. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted prints

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Blomfield, Charles, 1848-1926 :Maori village at Rotorua. [Postcard]. Waikato Art Museum...

Date: 1883 - 1970 - 1978

From: [Various artists] :Postcards of paintings and a carving in the Waikato Art Museum, London Street, Hamilton, New Zealand. [1970s]

By: Blomfield, Charles, 1848-1926

Reference: E-278-q-057

Description: Reproduction of Charles Blomfield's painting `Maori village at Rotorua' (1883) depicting dwellings and hot springs (with steam rising from them). There is a large weeping willow on the right and a lake in the distance. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 124 x 184 mm

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Blomfield, Charles, 1848-1926 :Maori village at Rotorua. [Postcard]. Waikato Art Museum...

Date: 1883 - 1970 - 1978

From: [Various artists] :Postcards of paintings and a carving in the Waikato Art Museum, London Street, Hamilton, New Zealand. [1970s]

By: Blomfield, Charles, 1848-1926

Reference: E-278-q-057-A

Description: Reproduction of Charles Blomfield's painting `Maori village at Rotorua' (1883) depicting dwellings and hot springs (with steam rising from them). There is a large weeping willow on the right and a lake in the distance. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 124 x 184 mm

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Blomfield, Charles, 1848-1926 :Maori village at Rotorua. [Postcard]. Waikato Art Museum...

Date: 1883 - 1970 - 1978

From: [Various artists] :Postcards of paintings and a carving in the Waikato Art Museum, London Street, Hamilton, New Zealand. [1970s]

By: Blomfield, Charles, 1848-1926

Reference: E-278-q-057-B

Description: Reproduction of Charles Blomfield's painting `Maori village at Rotorua' (1883) depicting dwellings and hot springs (with steam rising from them). There is a large weeping willow on the right and a lake in the distance. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 124 x 184 mm

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Kirk album

Date: [1880s]

From: Kirk, Thomas William, 1856-1936: Photograph album

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-138

Description: Photograph album of New Zealand and Pacific Island scenes. Most were taken by George Dobson Valentine, in the North Island of New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, and Tahiti; a few were taken by the Burton Brothers in the South Island. Within the New Zealand scenes there are a large number of views inside and out of the Waitomo Caves; and another group show the area around Lake Rotomahana with the Pink and White Terraces before and after the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. Pages 88 to 150 are blank. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown cover, mottled brown corners and spine, with gold lettering on black panel on spine `Kirk. Prints of New Zealand'; a bookplate inside the front cover reads `Thomas William Kirk'; 35.0 x 26.5 cm

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Travels in New Zealand / transcribed by J A Bell

Date: 1886, 1993

From: McNab, John, b 1855 : Diary and travel account

Reference: MS-Papers-6235-3

Description: Title continues:`...off for a holiday, or, Glimpses of Maoriland'. McNab recounts his journey with technical details about the transport he took, various points of interest such as lengths of tunnels, Windy Wellington, and he includes poems; he names and describes each geyser at the Pink and White Terraces, particularly notes churches visited and people he met. Relationship complexity - Photocopy of original volume at MS-Papers-6190 and microfilm at Micro-MS-0930 In Feb 1886 McNab left his home in Timaru for a tour of the North Island travelling by train, steamer, and coach from Christchurch, Wellington to Napier, Tauranga, the Pink and White Terraces, Auckland, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Masterton, back to Wellington, Lyttelton, and home to Timaru Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

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Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928 : Group photograph of cricketers and their friends outs...

Date: [ca 1890-1910]

By: Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928

Reference: PA7-50-06

Description: Photograph of cricketers and their friends sitting in front of the pavilion in the Tauranga Domain. Tauranga Cricket Club played Opotiki Cricket Club, the match being won by Opotiki. Photograph taken by Thomas Edward Price in 1890-1910? Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 173 x 277 mm

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Site of the destroyed village of Moura, Lake Tarawera, taken after eruption on 10 June ...

Date: [after 10 Jun 1886]

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

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-41-25

Description: Photograph of the desolated area on the shores of Lake Tarawera where the village of Moura had been before the eruption of Mount Tarawera. Photograph taken by Alfred Burton shortly after the eruption of Mount Tarawera. Identical image at PA7-39-30. Same image held by Te Papa [C.010747]. View online. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Title on negative - The site of the destoyed village of Moura, Tarawera, NZ. 890; Recto - bottom right - On negative - F.A.C. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.8 x 20.2 cm

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Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911 :General view of Ohinemutu

Date: [before 1885]

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-45-44

Description: View of the Maori village of Ohinemutu looking towards Lake Rotorua. There are a large number of people near the foreshore looking towards the photographer. St Faith's Church has not yet been erected. Photograph taken by Herbert Deveril in 1870s or early 1880s St Faith's church building was consecrated on 15 Mar 1885 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 26.2 x 35.5 cm

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James Valentine & Sons (Dundee) :St Faith's Church, Ohinemutu

Date: [ca 1880s]

By: James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA7-53-11

Description: Photograph taken from Ohinemutu looking across Lake Rotoura to Mokoia Island. St Faith's church is on the far right. Photograph taken by George Dobson Valentine or a representative of the firm of James Valentine & Sons. Similar view at PA7-53-11 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - The sunken pah. Lake Rotorua and Mokoia Island. N.Z. 17283. J.V. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 19 x 29 mm

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Tuttle & Co :Lake Tikitapu after the eruption of Mount Tarawera, 10 June 1886

Date: [after 10 June 1886]

By: (W N) Tuttle & Company

Reference: PA7-52-10

Description: View of volcanic ash covering the land showing the effect of the volcanic eruption on trees near the shores of Lake Tikitapu. In the foreground to the right is a man wearing a long white scarf and a hat. Two small wooden buildings are near the newly-formed lake's edge. Two figures can be seen beside the building on the left in the middle distance. Photograph taken by shortly after the eruption of Mount Tarawera on 10 Jun 1886. Compare with image at PA7-37-27 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Tuttle & Co for Simpson & Co; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Tikitapu Lake & Mt Tarawera eruption Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15.5 x 21 cm on mount 24.4 x 27.5 cm

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[Photographer unknown] :Bush scene on the Ohinemutu-Tauranga Road. [1883]

Date: 1883

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-084-1

Description: A bush scene on the Ohinemutu-Tauranga Road Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - A bush scene on the Ohinemutu-Tauranga Road Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 150 x 202 mm

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Burton Brothers, 1868-1898 (Firm, Dunedin) :McRae's Hotel, Te Wairoa

Date: [Before 10 Jun 1886]

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

Reference: PA7-37-14

Description: Photograph of McRae's Hotel, Te Wairoa taken by the Burton Brothers before the eruption of Mount Tarawera on 10 Jun 1886. In the foreground are two small Maori boys and areas fenced off for the growing of vegetables. The area in the immediate foreground has one wall constructed from blocks of earth while the other sides of the fenced enclosure are made from wooden stakes. Identical image at PAColl-7344-89 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3848 - Wairoa. Burton Bros, Dunedin; Mount recto - beneath image - Pans with 4082 (written in ink) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14 x 20.2 cm on mount 22.8 x 29.3 cm

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[Architect unknown] :Plans of Woodlands House, the residence of William Shaw, Esq. 1885.

Date: 1885

Reference: Plans-80-2289

Description: Plan for Woodlands House, Katikati Owner in the 1970s, (and donor of plan?), Mr F M Voyce, Woodlands Katikati Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on white paper Provenance: Donation: Mr F M Voyce, Katikati, 1970s?

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[Map of] Rotomahana Rift. A sketch of the original position caused by volcanic eruption...

Date: 1886

By: Way, Herbert Fitzwilliam, 1842?-1913

Reference: MapColl-832.18cbh/[1886]/Acc.6719

Description: Quantity: 1 map(s) photocopy. Physical Description: 35 x 26 cm. Scale 1:17 500

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View of the Maori village at Te Wairoa taken after the eruption of Mount Tarawera on 10...

Date: [after 10 Jun 1886]

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

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA7-41-17

Description: Photograph of whare and the meeting house partly covered with volcanic ash. Photograph taken by F A Coxhead shortly after the eruption in 1886. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Wairoa (Destroyed), N.Z. 894 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.8 x 20 cm

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Medley, Mary Catherine (Taylor) b. 1835 :[Rotorua Lake from Ohinemutu]

Date: 1884 - 1886

From: Medley, Mary Catherine 1835- :Mary C. Medley's sketch book ; visit to Rotorua before Tarawera eruption [No.] 12. 1884-1886.

Reference: E-377-013

Description: View of Rotorua Lake showing a church by the lake Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 125 x 210 mm.

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Burton Brothers, 1868-1898 (Firm, Dunedin) :Lake Tikitapu after the eruption of Mount T...

Date: [after 10 June 1886]

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

Reference: PA7-37-27

Description: View of volcanic ash covering the land and effect of the volcanic eruption on trees near the shores of Lake Tikitapu. In the foreground to the right is a man wearing a long white scarf walking towards the photographer. Two small wooden buildings are near the newly-formed lake's edge. Two figures can be seen beside the building on the left in the middle distance. Photograph taken by Burton Brothers, shortly after the eruption of Mount Tarawera on 10 Jun 1886. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 4070 - Tikitapu Lake - after eruption June 10 1886. Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.2 x 19.8 cm on mount 22.7 x 29 cm

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Burton Brothers, 1868-1898 (Firm, Dunedin) :Site of the destroyed village of Moura, Lak...

Date: [after 10 Jun 1886]

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

Reference: PA7-39-30

Description: Photograph of the desolated area on the shores of Lake Tarawera where the village of Moura had been before the eruption of Mount Tarawera. Taken by Alfred Burton shortly after the eruption of Mount Tarawera, 10 Jun 1886. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 5703 - Site of the destroyed village of Moura, Tarawera; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.4 x 20 cm on mount 22.8 x 29 cm

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Harper, Laura, 1833-1887 :Mud holes at Rotorua No. 1. [ca 1884]

Date: 1884

From: Harper, Laura 1833-1887 :Laura Harper's sketchbook. No. 10 1884

Reference: E-376-021

Description: Shows a bubbling mud hole in Rotorua Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Mud holes at Rotorua No 1 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 140 x 230 mm. (page size)

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