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Date: 1844 - 1846

From: [Selwyn, George Augustus], 1809-1878 :[Three watercolours. 1. Purewa Creek, Auckland Ch., Flying Fish and Marian, Okahu N. Village. 1840s; 2. Purewa [and first St John's College] ca 1845; 3. Putiki, Island of Waiheke. 1840s]

Reference: A-439-007

Description: Shows a view of the group of wooden buildings making up the first Auckland buildings of St John's College. Shows a two-storeyed building in the right foreground, with several figures sitting and standing in front of it, a row of four houses nearby and further houses at the far left, with fences linking the buildings over the cleared land. At the river is a stream, probably Purewa Creek and to the west, hilltops including Mt Wellington and a higher flat plateau in the distance (possibly Mount Hobson). See also a sketch of the same subject, from the same vantage point, by Thomas Biddulph Hutton, at Auckland Art Gallery, accession number 1939/17/1. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 148 x 222 mm.

Date: [ca 1860]

From: Urquhart album

By: Crombie, John Nicol, 1827-1878

Reference: PA1-q-250-17

Description: Beach front scene at Kohimarama, Auckland, circa 1860, with Bishop Selwyn's Melanesian Mission station. Two waka, and a group of whare, are visible in the foreground. Photograph taken by John Nicol Crombie. Image, and information regarding it, in "Auckland through a Victorian Lens" by William Main, 1977, page 27. Inscriptions: Album page - Kohimarama near Auckland NZ Arrangement: In folder stored with album Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 16.5 x 21.3 cm, mounted on card Processing information: Record was updated on 15 August 2022 to allow the attached digital surrogate to be purchasable.

Date: 1844 - 1846

From: [Selwyn, George Augustus], 1809-1878 :[Three watercolours. 1. Purewa Creek, Auckland Ch., Flying Fish and Marian, Okahu N. Village. 1840s; 2. Purewa [and first St John's College] ca 1845; 3. Putiki, Island of Waiheke. 1840s]

Reference: A-439-006

Description: Shows a view from inside a fence with a cart or plough on the near side of it, looking west northwest from the position of the Purewa Cemetery towards the Orakei Peninsula, the Orakei Basin and in the distance the hill of Parnell with a church (St Pauls' with the spire completed) on top of it. There are two small sailing ships (Selwyn's 'Flying Fish' and 'Marian' and a yacht off the Orakei point, and a group of huts ("Okahu N. Village") at the far right above the stream that flows into the Basin. St Paul's Church was built in 1843 but did not acquire the spire seen in this picture until a year or two later. Selwyn arrived in Auckland in 1843. Other Titles - Church; North Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 146 x 214 mm.

Date: 1844 - 1846

From: [Selwyn, George Augustus], 1809-1878 :[Three watercolours. 1. Purewa Creek, Auckland Ch., Flying Fish and Marian, Okahu N. Village. 1840s; 2. Purewa [and first St John's College] ca 1845; 3. Putiki, Island of Waiheke. 1840s]

Reference: A-439-008

Description: Shows a view from the water of a small stretch of beach on which three canoes are drawn up. A group of Maori inhabitants stand on the shore, and further inland is a group of houses and a higher building which may be a storehouse, with a separate house surrounded by a verandah on a slight rise at the far left. On the shore in the far right foreground is a tree with red blossoms, possibly a pohutukawa. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 147 x 213 mm.

Date: 23 Dec 1841-30 Jun 1846

By: Bambridge, William, 1819-1879; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: MS-0129-0132

Description: The diaries give detailed descriptions of life in the mission settlements, frequent references to Selwyn's work, and numerous drawings of New Zealand scenes Relationship complexity - Volume 5 (1846-1848) is shelved at qMS-0122 William Bambridge sailed from England with Bishop Selwyn in the Tomatin, 23 Dec 1841. He was appointed writing master at St John's College till 1848 when he returned to England Quantity: 4 volume(s). Physical Description: Holographs (Various sizes and bindings, in ¼ red morocco red buckram slip cases) Provenance: Purchased by Alexander H Turnbull, 1914. Numerous illustrations

Date: 1841-1847

By: Cotton family

Reference: Micro-MS-0858

Description: Letters are to family members, in particular Sarah and Phoebe; describe voyage to New Zealand on the `Tomatin', discuss family affairs and describe Cotton's activities with comments on the Church's mission to the Maori and Selwyn's pastoral work Source of title - Supplied W C Cotton sailed from England in Dec 1841 with Bishop Selwyn and was chaplain to him at Waimate North and St John's College, Auckland Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Physical Description: Holographs (Positive microfilm) Finding Aids: Two page index at front of reel.

Date: 1863 - 1864

From: Carbery, Andrew Thomas H 1836-1870 :Scrapbook. 1863 - 1868.

Reference: E-248-q-104

Description: A circular view of a military camp with a church in the background, a flag in the right foreground and several soldiers walking about. There is a defensive earth wall around the church and heavily bushed hills beyond it. Other Titles - New Zealand The Church of St Bride's at Mauku was one of Auckland's "Selwyn churches" (built by Bishop Selwyn) built in 1859 and named for London's St Bride's in Fleet Street. The church was fortified and loopholed for rifles during 1863 to 1864. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash 196 mm (diameter)

Date: 1847 - 1850

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

Reference: E-296-q-110-1

Description: Rough sketch looking down onto Judges Bay (Taurarua) in Auckland with the remains of Bishop Selwyn's first stone church, and Judge Martin's (or Attorney General William Swainson's) house to the left. Other Titles - Bishop Selwyn was responsible for the erection of a private chapel built for himself in stone in 1844 at Taurarua. It collapsed in a storm in 1847, because the mortar used for the cement was made from beach sand, which did not bond properly. It was replaced in 1857 with St Stephen's Chapel, a wooden cruciform church, still in use. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pen and ink, 70 x 110 mm

Date: 1955

By: Vickers, Mary, active 1851-1856

Reference: qMS-2078

Description: Mary's reminiscences commence with departure from England on the "Simlah", 21 May 1851, with her parents and four sisters and brothers. The family settled in New Plymouth where Mary's father was a shipping agent. In 1856 they moved to a farm at Manukau, where Mary recalls, they experienced their `roughest days in New Zealand'. References to Bishops Selwyn and Patterson. Transcription was made in 1955. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (5 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm; grey pam case)

Date: [between 1880 and 1899]

From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia

Reference: 1/2-096263-G

Description: Photograph taken by Daniel Manders Beere. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and photographer's notes. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1847-1851

By: Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898

Reference: qMS-0889

Description: Copies of despatches mainly re land claims of members of the Church Missionary Society, particularly land claims of Archdeacon Henry Williams; includes copy of a land grant made to Bishop Selwyn re the building of a missionary school at Porirua Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 154 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (33 cm, ¼ red calf, red buckram hinged lid box) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, K Webster, London, 1966

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-017

Description: A view of Auckland Harbour, taking in the edges of Parnell, the North Shore (and North Head), and part of Rangitoto Island. A spire can be seen in Parnell in the foreground, possibly that of Bishop's Court A wider perspective of this drawing appears on the page facing (E-955-f-018-1) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink on paper, 95 x 90 mm, on sketchbook page 255 x 370 mm

Date: 1860 - 1870

From: Various artists :Official Bay; From a point; Freeman's Bay, Auckland. [ca 1845. Five keys to early buildings and features from drawings by Edward Ashworth and other artists].

Reference: A-197-046

Description: A view of St Georges Bay and Mechanics Bay from the water. From left to right, labelled features include: Blackett [house], Now Clevland Road, St George's Bay Road, Rev Churton, Maori Boys' School, St Barnabas, Parnell Rise, Selwyn Terrace, Alpha Road, Domain, Swan Inn, Stanley Street, Maori Hostelry, Maori Wesleyan Chapel. There are two Maori canoes in the foreground. Likely to have been made as a key to a painting. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, black and white, on sheet 190 x 332 mm.

Date: 1860 - 1862

From: Abraham, Caroline Harriet, 1809?-1877 :Sketchbook. [1860-1864]

Reference: E-569-034

Description: Shows a wooden spired church in the centre, with the master's house (used by John Kinder) at the far left. Extended Title - from her Sketchbook ca 1980. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on page of sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil sketch, on page, 126 x 173 mm.

Date: 1857 - 1950 - 1859 - 1959

From: Alexander, John Hood, 1916-1975 :[Twenty drawings, including of historic houses, churches, Mangapohatu, Waimate North, the first Bank of New Zealand in Auckland, and Auckland Public Library 1880. 1950s-1960s]

By: Thatcher, Frederick (Rev), 1814-1890

Reference: B-192-010

Description: Above, an interior view of the kitchen at the Melanesian Mission, in a ruinous state. Below, an exterior view of the old Deanery, situated in St Stephen's Avenue, Parnell According to a letter from Miss Mary Atkin in 1931, 'the dark space on the left of the Mission Chimney held a boiler for washing clothes etc. - that on the right held an oven for baking bread' (Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 4-341) Extended Title - In: Alexander, John H: Historic Auckland (Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, 1961) p.[18] and [24 Inscriptions: Recto - top right - No.A15; Recto - bottom right - No.A16 Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on page 385 x 260 mm

Date: 1865

By: Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913

Reference: C-052-006

Description: An extensive view over Newmarket and Parnell, with a large tree in the left foreground, houses, streets, churches, the harbour and Rangitoto. The left-hand spired building is St. Mary's Church, built 1860, that on the right is Bishopscourt, St. Stephens Ave., Parnell. The house to the right of Bishopscourt is the "Master's House" of the Church of England Grammar School. (Kinder's house) Formerly attributed to Dr John Johnson Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Sepia watercolour, 184 x 376 mm

Date: 1863 - 1922

By: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962; Norbury, G W, active 1863

Reference: A-389-017

Description: Shows a view, after a sketch by G. Norbury in 1863, of a fortified St Bride's Church, Mauku, surrounded by a tent encampment. The camp was the right wing of the Movable Column, generally known as the Flying Column, commanded by Colonel Marmaduke Nixon, and consisting of Imperial troops and Militia. In this scene they are engaged in patrol duty. A farmer passes through the encampment leading four oxen pulling a cart. The Flying Column flag flies to the right of the church, bearing the initials 'F' and 'C'. A number of soldiers stand guard The Church of St Bride's at Mauku was one of Auckland's 'Selwyn churches' (built by Bishop Selwyn) built in 1859 and named for London's St Bride's in Fleet Street. The church was fortified and loopholed for rifles during 1863 to 1864. Extended Title - Reproduced in: Cowan, James. The New Zealand wars: a history of the Maori campaigns and the pioneering period. Vol.1: 1845-1864. Chapter 32. The Titi Hill fight, 1863 (Wellington: R E Owen, 1955) Inscriptions: Verso - top right - Photographed [stamp in capital letters]; Verso - top centre - Whole page [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white, 180 x 250 mm on sheet 225 x 317 mm Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts.

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-018-1

Description: A view of Auckland Harbour from high on Mount Eden. In the foreground is Parnell, showing what is possibly the spire of Bishop's Court, with North Head and part of the North Shore beyond. In the distance the Coromandel Peninsula can be seen, and on the right, the edge of Motuihe Island (possibly actually Waiheke). The different areas are labelled (Motuihe mis-spelled 'Motihihi') This view appears to be a fuller version of the drawing on the page facing (E-955-f-017) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and pencil, 95 x 298 mm, on sketchbook page 255 x 370 mm

Date: 1865-1968

From: Church of England in New Zealand Auckland Diocese : Church registers

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-19-02

Description: Contains registers for Awanui and Kaitaia (Maori), 1888-1954 (contd); Bay of Islands, 1850-1937 (incl Maori deaths), also Waiomio; St Michaels and All Angels, Bayswater, 1943-1949; All Saints, Birkenhead, 1924-1968; St Barnabas Chapel, Auckland (Maori), 1860-1905; Bishopscourt Private Chapel, Auckland, 1865-1901; Bombay, Rama Rama, 1876-1933; Church of St John by the Sea, 1942-1951; Coromandel, 1865-1910 (contd on reel 3) Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: [ca 1899-1901]

Reference: PAColl-6823

Description: Seven photographs copied from an album made by Peter and Charles Henry, who toured New Zealand and Australia circa 1890-1900. Collection comprises: Ruins of Church built in Auckland by Bishop Selwyn. Bush-clearer's hut, New Zealand. Stevedors at dinner, Gisbourne [sic] Roadstead, NZ Post Office, Wellington, NZ, King's Birthday. NZ contingent leaving Wellington for South Africa. Water chute, Days Bay, Wellington, NZ Maoris preparing to dance the Native Poie [sic] Dance, Wanganui, NZ. Arrangement: b&w copy negatives at 35mm-36810 and 36811. Prints from these negatives held at PAColl-6823. From the album of Peter & Charles Henry. Quantity: 7 b&w copy negative(s) (on two 35mm strips). 7 b&w original photographic print(s) from the negatives. Physical Description: b&w silver gelatin negatives and b&w silver gelatin prints