Places

Date: 24 November 1884

By: George, Godfrey Thorne, 1879-1958

Reference: MS-Papers-4047

Description: Letter from Sir George Grey to his nephew, Grey Thorne George, on his fourth birthday. Describes Sir George's garden, presumably on Kawau Island. Source of title - Supplied Accompanying material - Holograph transcript written by Godfrey Thorne George Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 items). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr D D Hamilton, Auckland, 1986

Date: 1864

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook. Mainly Northland scenes] 1864

Reference: E-125-019/020

Description: An extensive landscape view from a high point looking out to sea Other Titles - Kawau Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on paper 135 x 180 mm in album

Date: 1860 - 1870

By: Martin, Albin, 1812?-1888

Reference: A-160-003

Description: A view from a low hill looking down into a bay on Kawau Island, possibly behind Mansion House. Part of the back of a large house can be seen in the centre near the beach and there is a long low building to the left Inscriptions: Title in ink in the hand of the artist, on label below work Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 120 x 222 mm

Date: 1864

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook. Mainly Northland scenes] 1864

Reference: E-125-011/012

Description: Kawau Island from the sea Other Titles - Kawau Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on paper 135 x 180 mm in album

Date: Between 1880 and 1900

From: Harris, Esme Enid, 1913-1993 :Photographs

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916

Reference: PA11-042

Description: Scenic views in the northern half of the North Island, mostly by Josiah Martin, showing Sir George Grey's house on Kawau Island, yacht and waka raced at the auckland Anniversary Regatta, and the aftermath of the eruption of Mount Tarawera. Quantity: 6 b&w original transparency/ies lantern slides.

Date: 1886 - 1888

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Whangarei and Waiwera sketchbook. 1886-1888].

Reference: E-598-018

Description: Shows a pencil sketch of the Mansion House before the verandah was built around it. Extended Title - from his Whangarei and Waiwera sketchbook, 1886-1888, page 18. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page 145 x 223 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2002.

Date: Aug-Sep 1868

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-046

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letter from Kawau Island listing non-indigenous birds (African geese, English pheasants, California quail) and animals (kangaroos, silver grey rabbits) and decoy ducks available to Hall; letter from [?] J W McGowan, Melbourne Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1867

By: Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898; Atkinson, Dorothy Alison, 1892-1986

Reference: A-245-005

Description: A beach with bush-clad hills, a rocky outcrop and buildings on the shore Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 90 x 260 mm

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-037

Description: The essay details the McDonald family story around the life of the youngest daughter Frances Harwood McDonald. She was born on Kawau Island in 1848 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

Date: 1859

By: Hatton, Walter Scarlett, 1873-1938; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: B-078-001

Description: View across the water towards the jetty and home of Sir George Grey. Hills to the left Copied from a wood engraving in the Illustrated London news. v. 27 no 771 p. 620 1855 Inscriptions: Signed: W.S.H. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 241 x 355 mm Provenance: Purchased by A H Turnbull, from English dealer Albert Berthel, Richmond, 1914

Date: 1861 - 1864

By: Scrivener, Henry Ambrose, 1842-1906

Reference: C-119-019

Description: Two-part panorama showing Kawau Island in the Hauraki Gulf, and Governor Grey's residence seen from on board ship. Other Titles - Kawau Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Kawai Scrivener was probably aboard the H.M.S. \"Harrier\" at this time. H.M.S. Harrier was in New Zealand waters between 1861 and 1864. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil; 2 hinged sheets, each 198 x 286 mm, giving total 198 x 572 mm. Provenance: Purchased at auction at Sotheby's, London, in 1988.

Date: [1860s-1870s]

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA7-48-06

Description: View of Sir George's Grey home on Kawau Island, taken from `The Terrace' to the left of the house, by Daniel Louis Munday, in 1860s or as late as 1870s. Shows the garden area to the left of the house, the flagpole and the jetty. Other views of Sir George Grey's house and garden possibly taken on same day at PA1-f-039, p11 and PA7-48-03. Same image at PA1-f-039, p 10. Inscriptions: Mount verso - bottom left - Title Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20.3 x 25.2 cm on card 26 x 34 cm

Date: 1870s

By: Cox, Horace A, active 1883

Reference: PA1-o-110

Description: New Zealand scenery photographed circa 1870s. Views include the Pink and White Terraces and Lake Rotomahana; a digger's hut in the Tararua Range; Mercury Bay; carriers changing horses in Oripi bush; a group of Maori holding a runanga at an unidentified meeting house; two views of the new road being created between Lake Coleridge and Hokitika. Inscriptions: Album page - Horace A Cox, from his old schoolfellow Harry [?], Lyttelton, New Zealand, 9 July 1883 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black cover with gold outline, 22.5 x 31 cm Provenance: Presented to Horace A Cox on 9 July 1883.

Date: 1880-1889

By: F Bradley & Company; Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA1-o-497

Description: Album of photographs compiled ca 1880s, from print published by F Bradley & Co, of Christchurch. Comprises views of Shag Rock, Timaru, Christchurch, Bealey, Greymouth, Oamaru, Rangitata River bridge, Dunedin, Taupo, Waimakariri River bridge, Governor's Bay, Kaiapoi, Arthur's Pass, Kawau Island, Cheviot, Akaroa Harbour, Alfred Falls, the Pink Terrace, White Island, Otira Gorge, Pigeon Bay, gold mining at Thames, Nelson, Heathcote River, the cable car across the Taramakau River, Sumner, and Tamatekapua meeting house at Ohinemutu. Also included are carte de visite portraits of Maori. Among the photographers whose work is shown are Herbert Deveril and Daniel Louis Mundy. Each photograph has a printed inscription attached on the back of the page. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; 25 x 32 cm

Date: 1888

From: Hoare, E A, fl 1887-1888 :Drawings, watercolour sketches, photographs and notes of E A Hoare, Artiste, on board 'S S Tongariro'. December 1887 to March 1888

Reference: E-955-f-012-2

Description: Shows a view from Waiwera Bay looking towards Mahurangi Harbour. Mahurangi Rock (or Island) is on the right in the foreground. In the middle distance is Kawau Island, with Little Barrier Island behind it in the distance Other Titles - Mahurangi Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - E A H [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, 100 x 227 mm, on sketchbook page 255 x 370 mm

Date: 1855

From: Illustrated London news :Various scenes of early New Zealand published in the Illustrated London News. 1860s

Reference: B-070-015-1

Description: View of a bay on the island of Kawau possibly what is now known as Mansion House Bay. There is a large two storey house, out-buildings and a jetty. Published in the Illustrated London news in 1855. On the same page are engravings of New Zealand chief Horata Tanewa, and view of the Hutt River and bridge, and articles by Charles W Ligar about Maru-tu-ahu, and another about the recent earthquake in the Hutt Valley. Other Titles - The island of Kawau, New Zealand Extended Title - From Illustrated London news, Vol 27, No 771, Jul-Dec 1855, p 620 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving 110 x 240 mm on page 370 x 240 mm

Date: 1884

From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 :Photographs

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-4768-1

Description: Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: [ca 1880s-1966]

By: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979; Burke, Walter Ernest Messervy, 1866-1954; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972

Reference: PAColl-4454

Description: Mounted photographs of a moa skeleton compared with a human one; a view from Cains Terrace, Timaru showing the Post Office and old St Mary's Church; a group of Maori in traditional clothes outside the carved meeting house at Ohinemutu, Rotorua; view of Parihaka pa with Te Whiti's house on the left and Mount Taranaki in the background; Sir George Grey's house at Kawau Island with a jetty; two stuffed kiwi and a kiwi egg; a woman sitting outside a Maori whare with a pig; a man standing outside the Vulcan Hotel, St Bathans with advertisements for Gaytime ice-cream and Speights beer 1966; and a loose print of a young woman sitting at the pihanga of a meeting house with a carved pare. Photographers include Walter Burke. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-029165, 071676, 071677, 071678, and 071696. Two of the images are described as the same as 1/2-031035 and 1/2-015845 Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). 7 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card.

Date: 1867

By: Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898; Atkinson, Dorothy Alison, 1892-1986

Reference: A-245-007

Description: Large pohutukawa growing high on a steep cliff Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 85 x 110 mm

Date: [1860s-1870s]

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA7-48-03

Description: View of Sir George's Grey home on Kawau Island. Photograph taken from the hillside on the righthand side of the bay by Daniel Louis Munday, in 1860s or as late as 1870s. Other views of Sir George Grey's house and garden possibly taken on same day ay PA1-f-039, p10 & 11 Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - Title. M Bridgen Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 19.8 x 25.5 cm