Places

Date: 1867 - 1870

By: Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913

Reference: C-174-003

Description: Shows the stamper battery established on the Golden Crown claim in Thames, about 1868. Features a single-storey building with a tall chimney. Other smaller buildings, likely to be miners' dwellings, and roadways are established on the hills behind. A flagpole bearing two flags stands to the right side of the painting. The scene is dotted with figures, all male Gold was first discovered in Thames in 1867. Thames soon had 693 stamper batteries pounding quartz rock as part the gold extraction process and by the 1880s, logging had also been established in the area Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - JC Hoyte / 18[?] [in brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 375 x 545 mm Provenance: Sold to Fletcher's at Webbs, 3 April 2001

Date: [ca 1901]

From: Chappell, George A, fl 1900-1928 :Negatives, chiefly of gold mining at Waihi

Reference: 1/2-023627-G

Description: View of Waiorongomai, circa 1901. Taken by unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative

Date: 1886

From: Goldie, Mr : Three negatives

Reference: 1/2-021476-F

Description: Settlement at the northern end of the railway tunnel at Porootarao, 1886. Photographer unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1884]

From: Ellings, E E (Mr), fl 1976: Photographs of Thames

Reference: 1/2-065412-F

Description: Grahamstown, circa 1884, taken by an unidentified photographer. Pollen Street is bottom left. Note on back of file print reads: "Grahamstown, Thames. Pollen Street in bottom-left corner. Large building was erected about 1880 and used from 1903 to present (1977) as Allan Adams Ltd Clothing factory. On right are post office and courthouse, Queen Street. Top-right is Wesleyan Church (now site of School of Mines Museum) with Holdship's Wharf. Chimney of Holdship's Timber mill to left of church. On extreme mid-left, building may be Cornwall Arms Hotel, with church-like building behind it the Masonic Lodge (and library). On left is Karaka Creek. As Wesleyan Church was shifted in 1885, and Clothing Factory was buildt in 1880, photograph was eveidently taken between those dates, possibly 1884." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1868

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

Reference: 1/2-096135-G

Description: Shortland (now known as Thames), photographed from the Hauraki Mission station in 1868 by Daniel Manders Beere. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top left - 69 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches

Date: 1867 - 1880

Reference: C-030-002

Description: Shows a view of a coastal settlement spread along the water's edge, backed by bush-clad hills, and seen from the water. Thames, originally named Shortland, was established in 1867 as a goldmining town, but had grown to the size shown here by 1870. The buildings depicted are likely to include miners' houses, hotels and stamper batteries Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 165 x 770 mm (trimmed)

Date: [188-?]

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

Reference: PICT-000160

Description: View of part of Ngaruawahia, taken by the Burton Brothers during the 1880s. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1898

Reference: 1/2-021948-F

Description: Paeroa during the 1898 flood. Taken by unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1868

From: Ellings, E E (Mr), fl 1976: Photographs of Thames

Reference: 1/2-065407-F

Description: View of Moanataiari Creek, Thames, showing the chimney of the Caledonian Claim up the Valley in the background, and buildings in the settlement along the shore of the Firth of Thames (including the Prince Alfred Hotel, the Melbourne Boarding House, and the butcher W L File). Photograph taken 1868 by Henry Frith. The negatives at ½-065407-F, ½-065408-F, and ½-065409-F fit together to form a panorama. Note on back of file print states `Mudflats in foreground have since been reclaimed'. Location also identified as Beach Rd, Shortland (now Thames). Prince Alfred Hotel on corner Coromandel St. The chimney previously identified as the Moanataiari Battery corrected to Caledonian Claim after contact from a researcher, 6 March 2021. See also 1/2-020789 The mudflats in the foreground have since been reclaimed. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1870]

From: Sherring, W W :Photographs of gold mining near Thames and view of the Wairarapa Plains

Reference: 1/2-004108-F

Description: Elevated view of Grahamstown, circa 1870. George Bull's Battery can be seen in the foreground and the Post Office Hotel in the centre. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1867

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

Reference: 1/2-096132-G

Description: View from Hauraki Mission Station at Parawai, over the Kauaeranga River, towards Shortland (an area later known as Thames) photographed in 1867 by Daniel Manders Beere. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top right - 66 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches

Date: [ca 1900]

Reference: 1/2-019708-F

Description: View of Karangahake, including the railway, G. M. Talisman Co. Mill, and the Main Road, circa 1900. Taken before the Tramway Hotel was destoyed by fire in 1906, by an unidentified photographer. From N.Z. Mines Reports, 1908, p.1. Sources: Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 11974, 18 September 1906, Page 3. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WH19060918.2.29.3 Ian Parlane. " Dorothy and Helen Bagnall, Turua, 1929 Dorothy and Helen Bagnall, Turua, 1929 Contents ►Images Journal 42 Adeline and Phil McWatters Bus Driving Days - Fred Carbutt Directory Edward Ernest James Kitching Francis James Young - Obituary Girl Guide Jamboree Gordon Bruce Scott Hamish Wilson - Obituary Harry Staples - Obituary Hauraki Battalion Hotel Advertisements Local History Books Available Maori Artefacts in the Paeroa Museum Marion Darley - Obituary Memories of Working Underground Mother's Day - Local Connection Norman Ernest Schaare - Obituary Notes 1998 Paeroa College 40th Jubilee Advert Paeroa Hotels and Accommodation Premises Radio Broadcasting in Thames Valley - an Update Radio Hauraki Random History - Time Refreshment Services Paeroa Station Ronald Stuart Nicol - Obituary Te Aroha Domain and Springs The Good Old Days in our Paeroa The Karangahake Battery Updates on Previous Articles Journals Journal 1, June 1964 Journal 2, October 1964 Journal 3, April 1965 Journal 4, September 1965 Journal 5, May 1966 Journal 6, October 1966 Journal 7, May 1967 Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - centre left - Railway; Marginal notes on negative - bottom left - Talisman G.M. Co.: Mill.; Marginal notes on negative - bottom centre - Main Road Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Copy negative from N.Z. Mines Reports, 1908. p.1 Processing information: Date and description changed 13 March 2023 following information provided by a researcher.

Date: 1850 - 1859

By: Hogan, Patrick Joseph, 1804-1878; Hill, Howard (Mrs), active 1950s?

Reference: MapColl-832.14gbbd/[185-?]/Acc.5057

Description: Cadastral map of the Whaingaroa River from Raglan Harbour, showing the township, Kaikatea Bush, Native Land, several named land lots, some of which give acreage. Named land lots include Davy, Chamberlin, Turton, Johnston, Johstone [sic], Wallis, Cox, Sutton, Moon, A.B.G., Jo. Harota, Stewart, Purgusson, J. Moon, G. Moon, Cogswell, J. Shimmin, Kescet, Sole and Forman. Extended Title - Whaingaroa Pencil annotation names harbour 'Raglan Harbour'. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, linen backed, 43 x 74 cm.

Date: [ca 1870]

Reference: 1/2-060669-F

Description: Overlooking Grahamstown, circa 1870. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [1880s]

From: Young, L R, fl 1972 :Photographs, including ones of Great Barrier Island and the timber industry

Reference: PAColl-5521-23

Description: The settlement of Tairua showing a group of dwellings on the waterfront. Ferns are visible in the bottom left corner. Taken in the 1880s by Walker. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print

Date: [189-?]

From: Waihi Arts Centre & Museum: Photographs of Waihi

Reference: 1/2-091053-F

Description: View of the township of Waitekauri, Waikato, taken ca 1894 by an unidentified photographer. Shows new buildings of the Waitekauri Battery under construction. Relationship complexity - This image forms a panorama with two other images. It is part 2 and the other parts are at 1/2-091052-F and 1/2-091054-F. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative