Places

Date: [Circa 1880s to 1912]

By: Divis, Joseph, 1885-1967

Reference: PA1-o-531

Description: Very clear views of West Coast gold and coal mines (mainly in the Reefton subdivision), and mining towns, taken by unidentified photographers, except for one of "Wondrous Waiuta New Zealand" Jos. Divis Photo (p 27). Views on various roads include the Reefton to Blackspoint Road, Reefton to Westport Road, the Buller Gorge, the Maruia Road alongside the Inangahua River, Progress Road, and fording a river near Progress Mill. Images relating to mines include a winter picture of the old Wealth (of Nations) waterwheel covered in icicles; and gold batteries at various stages of development. Gold mines include the Progress Mine, Wealth of Nations Mine, Welcome Mine, the Mountain Battery at Boatman's Creek, the Blackwater Mine and the Globe Mine. Coal mines include views of Lanky's Creek Coal Mine, and the Lanky's Creek to Energetic coal tramway showing new bridges and coal miners. One photograph (p 9) shows several men "beach combing" for gold on the West Coast. There are a number of articles in The West Coast Times, Otago Witness and Otago Daily Times talking about the success or otherwise of seeking gold by this method in the 1860s to 1880s (see Papers Past paperspast.natlib.govt.nz, search under "beach combing" "west coast") Inscriptions: Album page - "To Messrs E & A Spencer with best wishes from D Turnbull, Reefton, N.Z., 13/10/1911, 2/6/1912" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark grey cover, entitled "Photographs" in gold lettering; 19.0 x 27.5 cm

Date: 1863

From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Wairarapa and Wellington sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-171-017

Description: A river crossing at the Featherston end of the Rimutaka Range Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink, 130 x 215 mm

Date: 1865

By: Toogood, Seymour Hood, active 1863-1866

Reference: A-049-032

Description: Looking down on the Waitotara River with a hill to the left, a swampy flat area to the right. There are mounted British troops on the flat land in the foreground, two men fording the river and several more on the far bank. Military tents and a flag are on the highest peak on the left; a larger number of military tents with camp fires are on the flat land in the middle distance Title from pencil inscription. Further annotation: "Camped here from Feb. 4th to 15th / 65". Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil 119 x 219 mm

Date: 1867

From: Hawkins, William Webster, 1842-1918 :Illustrations of New Zealand 1865?-1867

Reference: E-370-008-2

Description: The artist on the back of a horse hired at Masterton to visit Whareama (near Castlepoint) on the bank of the Whareama River, in conversation with two men on the opposite bank. The other men are telling Hawkins that he will need to make a lengthy detour in order to cross the river safely. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 98 x 205 mm

Date: 1880s

From: Main, William :Two photograph albums

Reference: PA1-q-638

Description: Views of farmland, homesteads, mountains, forest, and people associated with Merrivale, Blackmount, and other stations in Southland. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [Circa 1870s-1880s]

From: Sarney, H F (Mr), fl 1959 :Photograph albums of New Zealand scenes

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-065

Description: Album of landscapes taken by various photographers including Wheeler & Sons and the Burton Brothers, circa 1870s and 1880s. All the views are of New Zealand except the last sequence (p 33-37) showing Rio de Janeiro. Of particular interest are views of a wool wagon drawn by oxen, crossing a ford; a series showing an unidentified curved viaduct under construction (p 28-32); and a number showing a farm run by J F L Jetter at Te Puke when the land was partially cleared, with cattle grazing in paddocks, and Mr Jetter standing by a horse in a paddock in front of his home. Many of the images show uncleared land, with a deep ravine filled with native bush and tree ferns, and a stream running through (p 24-27). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green leather cover with embossed diamond shape pattern, bordered with gold; 32 x 38 cm

Date: 1852 - 1856

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

Reference: E-455-f-038-2

Description: Looking upstream, with steep bush-clad banks on both sides of the river. In the foreground is a ford, with two Maori in a canoe paddling downstream, a rock in the centre of the river and two cattle standing in the river Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink & wash, 114 x 190 mm

Date: [ca 1875]

Reference: 1/1-132922

Description: Part of a 2 part panorama showing ford over the Waiohine River, ca 1875. A horse-drawn vehicle, a man on horseback and dwelling houses can be seen across the stream. There is a pile of drift wood on the riverbed. Image of other part of this panorama to be found at Neg. no., G. EP. 1/2-1491 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1882

Reference: C-068-002-5

Description: One of nine wood engravings showing William Spotswood Green's attempt to ascend Mount Cook. Green with Swiss mountaineers Kaufmann and Boss are shown roped together, up to their waists in the Hooker River, crossing with sticks Page from The Graphic London, 29th July 1882 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 100 x 151 mm on sheet 405 x 587 mm

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-051-2

Description: A map showing a route for a ford across the Kakanui River Other Titles - Kakanui Southern District, New Munster, Otago Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 77 x 108 mm

Date: 1843

From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: E-216-f-129

Description: The Waipa River in the foreground, with nine Maori men crossing it with poles, a further group of six standing or seated on the left bank. Ferns or bracken in the left foreground, raupo at the river's edge, two tall slender trees on the right, a larger clump of trees in the middle distance to the left, and the hills of the Rangitoto Range in the background Merrett was in the Waipa River area in 1841 and joined Dieffenbach's party in its explorations of the area There is a similar drawing by Merrett in the Grey Album, British Library, Add. MS 19953, p. 79 plate 222, with title Waipa. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Black ink and wash, 162 x 258 mm

Date: 1870 - 1879

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook. 1870s?]

Reference: E-030-q-2-008

Description: View across a river valley towards the Eyre Mountains. Several houses are on the opposite bank of the river Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on green paper, page size 137 x 223 mm

Date: 1852

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-053-3

Description: A map and two geological drawings on one sheet. At the top, a map of the Waitaki River with two named streams entering it and the crossing point marked. In the centre 'Whin rocks hollowed by water, 30 ft above present level, Waitaki Gorge' showing a water-shaped rock atop a cliff above the Waitaki River. At the bottom, a cross-section of a cliff above the Waitaki River showing gravel and drift sand and the location of 'many fragmentary bones' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 103 x 60 mm

Date: [1868?]

From: Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :Album. [1860s?]

Reference: E-297-007

Description: The Rimutaka Road, with both a ford and a low bridge over a stream, between low bush-clad hills, tall hills beyond Compare another watercolour version of this at A-029-064 with title Torohonga Creek, Rimutaka Road, Nov. 27th 1868, larger than the sketchbook version but probably a field sketch. The name Torohonga Creek is not currently used and the exact location of this scene is not known, although it may show Abbots Stream, South Wairarapa Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour (sepia) and gouache 99 x 151 mm glued to album page 177 x 225 mm

Date: 1886

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-007-016

Description: The river to the centre and right, with bush-clad banks and a ford in the foreground. To the left, a road cut into the cliff On the verso, a sketch of a man leading two horses, in conversation with another man on horseback The preliminary drawing for a finished watercolour of the same scene, with the same title, dated 1886. (C-007-006) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and sepia wash 252 x 355 mm; pencil (on verso) Provenance: Barraud family donation

Date: [Between 1880s and 1906]

From: Wairakei Album

By: McKnight, Robert M, 1853-1933

Reference: PA1-o-509

Description: Album of photographs relating to a trip taken by a group travelling on the first "Motor Reliability Contest" in 1906; probably created and in part photographed by Robert M McKnight. The contest involved ten cars (4 Daracqs, 2 Cadillacs, and 1 Rover, 1 steam car, 1 Oldsmobile and 1 Leyland) travelling 400 miles from Auckland to Taupo and back. Photographs relating to the contest, including scenes photographed during the trip are on even numbered pages from 2 to 36, possibly taken by R M McKnight in 1906; odd numbered pages from 1 to 63, were taken by unidentified professional photographers, circa the 1880s to 1890s; all relating to the route taken on the 1906 road contest. Most of the earlier photographs are scenes in the thermal area around the Wairakei and Bay of Plenty Regions and include images of the Pink and White Terraces taken before and after the 1886 Tarawera Eruption. One of these earlier images shows "Macandrew and party at Wairakei." Views of the Motor Reliablity Contest show scenes taken on the route; groups of people involved; lineups of all ten cars; and one car fording a river. Loose print of view of Huka Falls, from this album, at PA7-49-08. The "Motor reliability contest" was held under the ausspices of the Auckland Automobile Association (Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12451, 14 March 1906, Page 7, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19060314.2.31). contests of the same name were held in Melbourne, Australia, and other countires. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green leather cover, heavily decorated border pattern in gold; 28 x 38 cm

Date: 1865

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: E-106-f-014-2

Description: Four European men crossing a swift-flowing river at thigh height. The four are holding a long pole in front of them. All have small packs on their shoulders. Artist and engraver unknown Other Titles - Taramakau Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, Vol 47, 1865, p. 352, lower half Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 165 x 240 mm

Date: 1848 - 1849

From: [Turnbull, Henry Hume] d 1858 :[New Zealand and Pacific sketchbook, 1848 to 1856]

By: Turnbull, Henry Hume, -1858

Reference: E-454-q-011

Description: A small house and fence on the left bank, the stream, and Old Porirua Road running along the flat land on the right bank, looking into the hills of the Ngaio Gorge. There are two people faintly sketched on the left bank, so the area shown may be the ford. A horse and cart are moving along Porirua Road. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page 180 x 259 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Kate Kavanagh, England, 1993

Date: [1870s-1880s]

By: Whinray, William James Longmire, 1885-1961; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-534

Description: Photograph album entitled 'Views of New Zealand' by E Wheeler and Son, taken circa 1870s and 1880s. Views include landscapes; city views; one of tree ferns with a digger's hut in the Thames gold diggings; sheep mustering at Waireka Station; a wool wagon from Cheviot Station in North Canterbury hauled by an ox team across a river ford; a bush scene at Teremakau (Taramakau); and a pataka (storehouse) at Taupo. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - Views in New Zealand Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album in folded concertina form with dark brown cover, black corners and spine, entitled "Views in New Zealand. E. Wheeler & Son"; 24.5 x 31.5 cm

Date: 1864 - 1866

By: Nairn, Francis Edward, 1819?-1910

Reference: A-236-010

Description: Shows the wooden poles and wire across a stream, with one upright broken, the former supports for a punt. Bush-clad hills in the background. Probably drawn during the West Coast goldrush period Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on tissue paper, 237 x 140 mm (irregular) Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Nairn family collection, MS Papers 326..