Places

Date: 1870

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

Reference: B-005-003

Description: Shows a distant view of the steaming Otukapuarangi (Pink Terraces) from Puai Island. A bearded figure stands in the right foreground and there is a canoe on the lake near the base of the Terraces. Other Titles - Island Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 229 x 330 mm

Date: [1885]

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA7-54-22

Description: View of the sulphur encrusted fumarole (Whakataratara) on the shores of Lake Rotomahana. Photograph taken by George Dobson Valentine in January 1885 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Whakataratara, L.Rotomahana. 32. G.V. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 19 x 29 cm on mount

Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-532

Description: Views of New Zealand taken by E Wheeler & Son, circa 1870s to 1880s Most of the views are identified, either on the photograph itself, or in hand-written captions below; places shown are listed above. One image has caption "Flax cutting" on the photograph which shows a man standing be a group of cabbage trees, with a house? or possibly a mill with a water wheel in the background behind the trees, while the hand-written caption reads "Valley scene, Hokianga". Other Titles - New Zealand views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover (damaged), entitled "New Zealand Views" in gold lettering; 25.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 11 May-16 Jun 1847

By: Gisborne, William, 1825-1898

Reference: qMS-0844

Description: Gisborne and Petre went by sea to Coromandel and then by land, first up to Thames and travelling up the river, passing through pa, including Opita, then to Matamata, Tauranga, Rotorua, Lake Tarawera and Lake Rotomahana. They returned to Auckland by way of the Waikato River, passing through Maungatautari and Waipa. The journal includes interesting descriptions of Maori life and Gisborne meet the Revs Brown, Spencer, Chapman and Ashville [sic] and various prominent Maori. Variations in title - Binder's title: Gisborne journal The journal is loose in a cover with a typescript and index in an envelope at the back Quantity: 1 volume(s) (38 pages, 30 leaves)). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript (32 cm, blue linen)

Date: 1886 - 1956 - 1957

From: Gore, Ross Digby, 1904-1981 :It happened in New Zealand. [208 original drawings. Late 1940s and early 1950s].

Reference: B-140-010

Description: Six-panelled account of the 1957 discovery by divers of the possible remains of the Pink and White Terraces under the waters of Lake Rotomahana and of exploration (sponsored by Sir Henry Brett) in July 1886, just after the eruption of Mount Tarawera, by Alfred Warbrick and J. A. Philip, with Hau-te-Horo and Toko. Warbrick insisted on abseiling into the still active crater, and was forced to climb up again when it began to erupt. These illustrations were reproduced in New Zealand newspapers during the late 1940s and early 1950s. The newspapers included The Evening Post, Auckland Star, Christchurch Star Sun, Taranaki Herald, Southern Cross, Students' Digest, Greymouth Evening Star, Evening Star (Sports) Dunedin, and the Southland Daily News. In 1953, 48 of them were collected and published as a booklet called 'It happened in New Zealand' by Ross Gore. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 330 x 565 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Jenny Gibbs, of Auckland, in 1995.

Date: 1886 - 1900

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: B-175-015

Description: Shows a general view of the White Terraces, with two figures standing on the lip of one of the pools at centre right. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, image 147 x 435 mm, on sheet 254 x 550 mm. Provenance: Donated by David Mote, England, 2009 Transfers: Collection as a whole was received by Photographic Archive; material transferred from there - - Transfers - To Ephemera : Postcard album; to MSS : passport and naval papers; to Drawings, Paintings & Prints : print of The White Terrace.

Date: 1842 - 1844

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: A-275-003

Description: A whare and trees in the left foreground, a canoe being rowed by three men on the lake in the centre and the White Terraces in the background, with clouds of steam above them. Probably one of the earliest depictions of the Terraces On the verso is a poem in the artist's hand, to his wife, Rangi Kawau (Rangi Koa), with marginal notes on the Maori words, in the hand of Edward Shortland. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Title in ink in the artist's hand Compare two other version of this drawing by Merrett. One dating from 1842 is in the British Library's Grey Albums (Add. Ms 19953 f. 99, pl. 268) an ink and pencil drawing entitled 'Rotomahana, one of the Rotorua Lakes with a view of the hot springs and the ascent to it by natural steps of salyx'; also the Turnbull Library's A-089-008, an ink and wash sketch, almost identical to this one. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, 160 x 249 mm

Date: 1868

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933

Reference: PA1-o-094

Description: Views of New Zealand chiefly taken by Daniel Mundy circa 1868, with some taken by Charles S Spencer. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Decorated tan coloured cover "Scraps", 25.5 x 33 cm Provenance: Alexander Turnbull Library donation slip on front page reads: "Scrapbook of old photos collected by Mr Mundy about 1868."

Date: [1880s]

From: Saxby, Stephen Hector, 1907- :Photograph albums

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933

Reference: PA1-q-212

Description: Photographs taken during the 1880s, chiefly by George Valentine, and Charles Spencer, both of whom visited Mount Tarawera before and after the eruption of June 1886. Inserted in a pocket at the front of the album are images cut from the paper "Newsview", June 1949, showing historic photographs of the eruption, and another double-page from the Weekly News (June 6, 1951) on the "65th Anniversary of the Mount Tarawera catastrophe". The latter article notes that mud, estimated at 75 ft in depth, covered a vast area. The album includes images taken before the eruption, and shows the same areas irreparable damaged. Many show the Pink and White Terraces, the village of Te Wairoa, and the massive rift in the mountain; also a group led by Sir James Hector to study the aftermath and changes wrought by the eruption. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, impressed design in dark brown; 31 x 27 cm

Date: 1880

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Blomfield, Charles, 1848-1926

Reference: C-030-007

Description: Shows a general view looking at the White Terraces from the side, with the islands of Lake Rotomahana seen in the middle distance. There is a canoe containing five figures in the still water in the foreground. Previously attributed to Charles Blomfield. Reproduced as a Turnbull Library Print, published by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board in 1971 Other Titles - Rotomahana Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 519 x 715 mm

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: PA7-41-13

Description: View of steam and gases rising from an area of volcanic ash. Photograph taken by F A Coxhead possibly shortly after the eruption of Mount Tarawera in Jun 1886. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Rotomahana crater, N.Z. 850; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - F.A.C. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.4 x 20.5 cm

Date: 1880 - 1889

From: Yeldham, A (Mrs), fl 1976 :Photograph albums containing views of New Zealand

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

Reference: PA1-o-541

Description: Photograph albums entitled 'Views of New Zealand', containing mostly Burton Bros photographs of New Zealand scenes Most of the scenes show the thermal areas around Lake Rotomahana, the Pink and White Terraces, a geyser, and the Mangarewa Gorge. Other areas include a view of North Shore, Auckland, from the water, and Tararu Creek (Thames) in the North Island; and Lake Hayes and Wet Jacket Arm in the South Island. Other Titles - Views of New Zealand Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon leather cover, with gold decoration, entitled "Views of New Zealand"; 23.5 x 31.5 cm

Date: 1886

From: Hamilton Public Library :Photographs of New Zealand

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA7-60-03

Description: View of Echo Lake [probably Lake Rotomahana] and the Hole in the Wall Crater. The rift through Mount Tarawera can be seen in the background and the countryside is covered with volcanic ash and mud. Photographed by George Dobson Valentine in 1886 Same image at PA7-27-02 (Copy negative 1/2-075692-F) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Echo Lake and Hole in the Wall Crater. Rotomahana. 140. G.V. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 19.5 x 29 cm on album page

Date: Nov 1874

By: Collie, William, 1826?-1900

Reference: PA7-40-19

Description: Photograph of the terraces and surrounding scrub-covered land. The lake is in the distance to the right. Photograph taken by William Collie in Nov 1874 Inscriptions: Backing board verso - centre - No 1, Nov 1874, General view of mountain terraces & lake of Rotomahana Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 15.5 x 24.5 cm mounted on card

Date: [ca 1869]

From: Mundy album 4

Reference: PA1-f-042-29

Description: Looking west across Lake Rotomahana, showing the Pink Terrace in the right background, photographed ca 1869 by Daniel Louis Mundy. Dated from Hardwicke Knight, "New Zealand photographers, a selection" (Dunedin, Allied Press, 1981). Inscriptions: Mount verso - bottom left - 191. General View Roto Mahana. Looking West.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Mundy Copyright This image was exhibited in the New Zealand Pavilion at the Philadelphia Exhibition 1876, as catalogue number 25; \"General view of Rotomahana, looking west\". This image was reproduced by the autotype process as plate II in \"Rotomahana and the boiling springs of New Zealand; a photographic series of sixteen views by D L Mundy; with descriptive notes by Ferdinand von Hochstetter\" (London. Sampson, Low, Marston, Low and Searle. 1875). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 187 x 251 mm mounted on album page

Date: [1880s]

From: Hawkins, C T, fl 1976 :Photographs, mainly New Zealand scenes by the Burton Brothers

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

Reference: PA7-37-16

Description: View of one end of Lake Rotomahana and surrounding land and distant hills. Photograph taken by Burton Brothers, ca 1880s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3891 - Rotomahana; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15.4 x 20.7 cm on mount 22.8 x 29.3 cm

Date: [After 10 Jun 1886]

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

Reference: PA7-39-29

Description: Photograph of steam rising from the crater. Photograph taken by Alfred Burton shortly after the eruption of Mount Tarawera, 10 Jun 1886. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 4120 - Rotomahana crater - after eruption June 10 86; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Burton Bros, Dunedin; Backing board recto - beneath image - Site of terraces Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.5 x 20 cm on mount 22.8 x 29 cm

Date: 1886

From: Smith, Maurice Crompton, 1864-1953 : Tarawera eruption, 1886

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916

Reference: PA1-o-121

Description: Views of Mount Tarawera, Lake Tarawera, the Black Crater in eruption, Echo Lake Crater, and the point where the great Waimangu Geyser burst forth some years later. [The geyser played between 1900 and 1904]. (See Wise's New Zealand guide). Some of the photographs were taken by Charles Spencer, one of the members of Stephenson Percy Smith's party which surveyed the area in 1886 after the Tarawera eruption; and some photographs were taken by Josiah Martin. The album includes a hand-printed index card. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green linen cover with dark green leather spine and corners, spine title "Photographs. Tarawera eruption 1886. Presented by M. Crompton Smith. Vol. 14." 26 x 31 cm

Date: 1862

By: Clarke, I, active 1862

Reference: C-018-009

Description: A panoramic view of Rotomahana Lake, Mt Tarawera (left background) and the White Terraces. Maori, seated and standing in the left and right foreground, gaze at the view. Steam rises from several craters Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Painted by I Clarke 1862 Napier New Zealand Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 262 x 721 mm Provenance: Purchased from Dunbar Sloane, October 1968

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-023

Description: A view of Lake Rotomahana, taken back from the water's edge. Steam rises from geysers in the foreground, and a number of figures can be seen near the water. Possibly Mount Tarawera in the distance, with evidence of scarring from the 1886 eruption E A Hoare's journey was between December 1887 and March 1888, hence the suggestion that 'Feb '87' was recorded incorectly Other Titles - Rotomahana Other Titles - 1888 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Lake Rotomahanoo / E A H / Feb '87 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 180 x 265 mm, on sketchbook page 255 x 370 mm