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Franklyn, F :[Sketches taken at Lowry Bay on cigarette papers. Cottages at Lowry Bay. c...
Date: 1890 - 1900
From: Franklyn, F :[Drawings of New Zealand scenes] / F Franklyn [ca 1900?]
Reference: A-141-011
Description: A two-storied cottage with a one-storied cottage alongside, both behind a continuous low picket fence Possibly cottages built for Governor Sir James Ferguson in 1873. The subsequent Governor did not want the cottages and they were sold Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on tissue paper, 48 x 80 mm
Franklyn, F :[Sketches taken at Lowry Bay on cigarette papers. Houses by the sea. ca 1900]
Date: 1890 - 1900
From: Franklyn, F :[Drawings of New Zealand scenes] / F Franklyn [ca 1900?]
Reference: A-141-013
Description: A view past two tree-trunks looking towards houses with gardens at the water's edge Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on tissue paper, 48 x 80 mm
[Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :Near Lowry Bay, Wellington [1868]
Date: 1868
By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898
Reference: A-028-013
Description: Looking south possibly from Point Howard, with a road running round a point, between a cliff and a tall rock formation, the sea breaking on rocks to the right. Hills, possibly of Lowry Bay, visible through the gap in the rocks Acquired before 1941 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 159 x 240 mm
Jackson, Emma, fl 1858 : Land deed
Date: 30 May 1858
By: Jackson, Emma, active 1840-1858
Reference: MS-Papers-3673
Description: Land deed between Emma Jackson and Eliza Woods, by which 100 acres of land was conveyed to the latter by way of lease, at Lowry Bay Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by L C Staffan, 19 Ohiro Rd, Wellington
Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :The cabbage trees, Lowry Bay. [18--]
Date: 1880 - 1898
From: [Buchanan, John] 1819-1898 :Scrapbook
By: Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936
Reference: E-208-q-005-2
Description: Newspaper cutting of a photograph taken by Wright of large cabbage trees growing on the hills behind Lowry Bay, Wellington. The photographer was probably H C C Wright. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 148 x 103 mm
Photograph of The Lodge, Lowry Bay
Date: [ca 1880]
From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district
By: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901
Reference: PA7-12-35
Description: View of a two-storey wooden house built in the Gothic-Revival style with twin gables and central wooden chimney. There is a hill behind (showing signs if recent erosion), and on the left is a thatched barn. In the foreground is a creek with bridge across it. The property is surrounded by a wooden fence. Photograph taken by W H W Davis in 1870s-1880s. Duplicate of PA7-12-36 Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Clere, Fitzgerald & Richmond (Firm) :Proposed addition to House for A E Pearce Esq. Low...
Date: 1896
By: Clere, Fitzgerald and Richmond (Firm)
Reference: Plans-80-0531
Description: Shows north west and north east elevations and part of south east elevation with details of various rooms in house. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing
[Creator unknown] :[Native reserves in Lowry Bay and Seaview, Wellington] [copy of ms m...
Date: 1864 - 1872
Reference: MapColl-832.4792/[ca 1864-1882]/Acc.37803
Description: Cadastral map showing two Native (Maori) reserves in Wellington. The first is in Lowry Bay, and shows three sections, numbered 1, 3 and 4, which have two roads running through them, one unnamed and one named from the Hutt to Wainuiomata. Section 1 and 3 are shaded. Part of section 9 is indicated, with the name Mr Fitzherbert. Measurements are indicated in chains. The second Native (Maori) reserve states it is in Waiwetu (Waiwhetu), which is present day Seaview. It shows the mouth of the Hutt River and the Waiwhetu River, the Hutt race course, 11 acres and section 15, with the name Mr Wakefield. The name Waiwhetu refers to what is known on similar maps as the Waiwetu (Waiwhetu) Flat. It is present day Seaview, at the mouth of the Hutt River, and the Waiwhetu River (which may have been slightly diverted). Extended Title - Native reserves in Lowry Bay and Waiwhetu, Wellington Quantity: 2 map(s) on one sheet. Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 36.6 x 61.9 cm.
J C Crawford - Sketches and notes
Date: [ca 1864]
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-169
Description: Includes map of streams in Hutt Valley; note on adze found at Lowry Bay; sketches (geological) of Mt Egmont; surveying calculations; sketch from window of Court House, Havelock, 7 Jul 1864 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Photograph of The Lodge, Lowry Bay
Date: [ca 1880]
From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district
By: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901
Reference: PA7-12-36
Description: View of a two-storey wooden house built in the Gothic-Revival style with twin gables and single central chimney. There is a hill behind (showing signs of recent erosion), and on the left is a thatched barn. In the foreground is a creek with bridge across it. The property is surrounded by a wooden fence. Photograph taken in 1870s-1880s by W H W Davis. Duplicate of PA7-12-35 Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s).
Greenwood, Joseph Hugh, 1819-1849 : Diary (Photocopy of MS-0878)
Date: 1841-1847
By: Greenwood, Joseph Hugh, 1819-1849
Reference: qMS-0885
Description: Diary of a voyage to NZ in the `Lady Nugent', farming at Lowry Bay (1841-1843), and at Purau, Banks Peninsula (1843-1847). Account of a journey from Wanganui and Taranaki (1843), and some account of other parts of Wellington province. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - This copy is a microfilm printout of original diary at MS-0878. Typed transcript available at MS-Papers-4882. Microfilm available at MS-Copy-Micro-0345 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 160 leaves). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (37 cm, ¼ maroon calf, maroon buckram)
[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. Plate 3. Low...
Date: 1842 - 1847
By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870; Hutchison, Alan James Hanna, 1905-2000
Reference: A-259-039
Description: Quantity: 3 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261 mm.
Hollard, Elizabeth 1842-1930 : Reminiscences
Date: 1848-[ca 1890]
By: Hollard, Elizabeth, 1842-1930
Reference: qMS-0989-0990
Description: She describes in detail her activities around the house, and the financial hardships encountered. Describes social life, relations with Maoris especially Te Rauparaha and Te Rangihaeata including description of Te Rauparaha's funeral A second copy in another hand (incomplete) is also available at qMS-0990 A glimpse of Long Ago (10 pages) describes early settlement at Lowry Bay Also genealogical tables and information Elizabeth was born in New Zealand a year after her family arrived from England. During her childhood the family lived in the Hutt Valley, Karori, and Otaki. At twenty-one Elizabeth married John Hollard, and went to live at Tauherenikau in the Wairarapa. Her husband was a dairy farmer who later rather unsuccessfully tried to grow grain and fruit. Elizabeth worked in the dairy as one of her daily domestic chores Quantity: 2 volume(s) (66 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) & ms (photocopy) (29 cm; blue buckram)
[Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898] :Lowry Bay, Wellington [1868?]
Date: 1868
By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898
Reference: A-028-014
Description: View close to the water's edge, looking inland towards a large rock formation, hollowed out beneath. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 165 x 230 mm
New Zealand Public Service Association : Excursion to Lowry Bay
Date: 1895
By: New Zealand Public Service Association
Reference: MS-Papers-0515
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Cyclostyled circular letter
The story of Honda (Lowry Bay)
Date: n d
From: Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1346-298
Description: An article written by Helena M A Jordan entitled `The story of Honda', published in `The NZ Countrywoman', August 1948 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Two water colours re Honda transferred to Art collection - To Photographic Archive - Photographs transferred Sep 2000.
Greenwood, Joseph Hugh, 1819-1849 : Diary / transcribed by Marsha Donaldson
Date: 1841-1847 (transcribed, 1993)
From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection
By: Greenwood, Joseph Hugh, 1819-1849
Reference: MS-Papers-4882
Description: Typed transcript of diary of a voyage to New Zealand on the `Lady Nugent'; farming at Lowry Bay, 1841-1843, at Purau, Banks Peninsula, 1843-1845 and at Motunau from 1845. Contains details of farming, trading and community activities and describes other Banks Peninsula and Wellington families. Also contains an account of journey from Lowry Bay via Wanganui to New Plymouth, Feb 1843 for trading reasons and up the Wairarapa coast in search of pastoral land. Diary refers constantly to Greenwood's older brother James Dent Greenwood who farmed with him. Source of title - supplied title Relationship complexity - Original at MS-0878. Microfilm at MS-Copy-Micro-0345, photocopy of original at qMS-0885. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 163 pages.. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Marsha Donaldson, Wellington, 1994
Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Wellington calendar 1988. Early views of Wellington f...
Date: 1842 - 1988 - 1845
By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Millwood Press
Reference: C-086-1988-01-a
Description: Reproductions on a calendar of twelve coloured engravings by S C Brees, 1842-1845 (published London, 1847) from the Alexander Turnbull Library: Nga Houranga [Ngauranga]; Archway at Pari Pari; The beach at Te Aro; Lowry Bay district and road; Maraenuku Pā [Makaenuku/Makahinuku Pa]; Church of England, Wellington; Pipitea Point Wellington; Fort Richmond and the Hutt Bridge; Porerua Bay; View looking up Hawkestone Street, Wellington; The Barracks at Thorndon, Wellington; Pencarrow Head, Fitzroy Bay. Quantity: 12 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs in calendar
Franklyn, F :[Sketches taken at Lowry Bay on cigarette papers. Wharf at Lowry Bay. ca 1...
Date: 1890 - 1900
From: Franklyn, F :[Drawings of New Zealand scenes] / F Franklyn [ca 1900?]
Reference: A-141-012
Description: A wharf with hills and sea beyond it. A line of people are seated on the wharf, possibly fishing Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on tissue paper, 48 x 80 mm
Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :From Lowry Bay. [1892 or 1893]
Date: 1892
From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.
Reference: E-373-023
Description: View towards the entrance to Wellington Harbour, taking in Ward Island and part of the Miramar Peninsula. The rocks and foreshore of Lowry Bay are in the foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, in sketchbook, 130 x 360 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..