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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

Date: ca 1898-1905

By: Parker, Daniel, active 1890-1911; Main, William, 1934-2023

Reference: PAColl-7431

Description: Photographs of Kamo (Whangarei), Rodney County and Coromandel, taken, probably in the 1900s, by Daniel P Parker of Coromandel. Includes views of the construction on a timber dam (probably in Coromandel), Coromandel Public Hospital, Kennedy Bay (Coromandel), a stream crossing between Opitonui and Coromandel, bush camps in the Coromadel district and a traffic bridge in Rodney County. Daniel P Parker is recorded in the Wise's Post Office directories as an engineer in Coromandel from 1902 to 1930. Between 1906 and 1911 he is also recorded as a photographer. Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s).

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

Date: 1843

From: Ashworth, Edward 1814-1896 :Sketchbook [1844]

By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896

Reference: E-042-016/017

Description: An extensive view from a high point over fenced and partially cleared land, with a house and shed, and a stream to the right, the Waitemata Harbour in the background. Possibly the Tamaki area Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink 137 x 310 mm Provenance: Purchased Sotheby's auction, London, 1966

Date: [1975-1980]

From: Hill, Irene Faye, 1923-2014: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7872-8

Description: Clippings and other papers relating to Hill's work to preserve dendroglyphs; includes article from the `Press' about her work Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1852 - 1856

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

Reference: E-455-f-040-1

Description: A view from the Western Hills above the Hutt Road, looking towards the end of the Miramar Peninsula with the Wellington Harbour entrance to the left in the distance. Bush in the foreground and Cook Strait in the background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 121 x 171 mm

Date: 1893

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbooks] 1890-1893

Reference: E-315-q-6-018

Description: A slab hut on the right amongst bush, half overgrown, with a new larger house next-door Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 151 x 251 mm.

Date: 1884

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Coromandel sketchbook] 1882-1897.

By: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914

Reference: E-360-q-030

Description: A small waterfall and a rocky stream amidst native bush, either in the Coromandel area or Waimate North Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 348 x 180 mm

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Collection of unidentified sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

Reference: A-213-070

Description: A stream in the foreground, with snagged logs, tall native bush in the middle ground and sheer mountains in the background above water, possibly Mitre Peak and probably in Fiordland Other Titles - [Mountain scene] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 300 x 155 mm

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-043

Description: A red clay road on a steep hillside through dense bush, including tree ferns. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.

Date: 1878

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: A-084-018

Description: Shows plain in foreground with trees and stumps, and the range of the Hector Mountains behind with Ben Nevis in central distance. Stamp CDB is sometimes attached to back of works by W.F.Barraud. However, this work is attributed to C.D. Barraud on grounds of date/style. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title]; Verso - (Stamp): CDB Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 185 x 278 mm

Date: 1848 - 1850

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

By: Turnbull, Henry Hume, -1858

Reference: E-454-q-009

Description: Road in left foreground with stumps at its edge, a tall tree and lower bushes with the harbour and hills visible in the background. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page 180 x 259 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Kate Kavanagh, England, 1993

Date: October or November 1849

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Bell, Francis Dillon (Sir), 1822-1898

Reference: A-292-091

Description: A view from Tuamarina Hill, looking south towards the Wither Hills and White Bluffs, with the Wairau Plain below. Spring Creek winds towards the sea in the foreground, and a large stand of bush is marked in with solid pencil in the middle distance On the verso is T. B. Collinson's pencil drawing [Tropical port with banana plantations] (A-292-092). This drawing relates to a privately-owned watercolour 'Part of Wairau, July 1845'. The watercolour shows the far hills at a greater distance and includes a section of 'Massacre hill' with two European men in the foreground. The details of the Wairau Plain are very similar in both works. The date on the watercolour is earlier than the date on this view but Bell possibly made a copy for T. B. Collinson, in whose sketchbook this drawing appears. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date and attribution in ink in the hand of T. B. Collinson. Bottom centre title in pencil, probably in the hand of Francis Dillon Bell Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 164 x 236 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: [1886]

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA7-54-18

Description: View in the Tiki Tapu bush, near Blue Lake, Whakarewarewa, after the Mount Tarawera eruption of 10 June 1886, taken by George Dobson Valentine in October 1886. The two men in the foreground are possibly Charles Chapman and Joseph McRae who are known to have accompanied Valentine at this time. Indentical image at PA7-54-03 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Tiki-Tapu Bush. After eruption. 119. GV Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 28.9 x 18.7 cm

Date: 1883

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Coromandel sketchbook] 1882-1897.

By: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914

Reference: E-360-q-016

Description: Milled tree trunks with growth covering them Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 180 x 250 mm

Date: 1878

By: Halcombe, Edith Stanway, 1844-1903

Reference: A-226-012

Description: View from a low hill looking down to a plain with a train passing and streets along several roads, a stand of bush and hills Lithograph from: The Feilding Settlement, Manchester block, Manawatu, New Zealand. By A W F Halcombe Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph (two-tone) 109 x 195 mm

Date: 1850 - 1880

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: A-030-008

Description: Shows an unfinished watercolour painting of a river valley among mountains, with a bush-covered slope at the left. Thought by Fergus Collinson (28/4/1983) to show the Richardson Mountains, from either Greenstone or Kinloch on Lake Wakatipu. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Wash drawing 127 x 178 mm

Date: 1870 - 1879

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-006-009

Description: Shows a view down on to part of the river from wooded banks, with mountains in the background. Other Titles - Manapouri Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 267 x 369 mm

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: 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).