Places

Date: 1854

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

Reference: E-455-f-072-2

Description: The bush-clad Rimutaka Hill Road at its base, with a Maori family in traditional clothing (or blankets) seated in a clearing, trees cleared by the road, and heavy bush all around it. A flax bush is on the left. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 155 x 255 mm

Date: 1890

Reference: MapColl-832.45bf/[ca. 1890?]/Acc.28699

Description: Original survey plan showing topographical features including the Mangahao River and [Karearea Hill] area, block ten, part of the Woodville - Mangatainoka Block, Mangahao Survey District. Shows several road surveys, survey pegs, and lots 46-58, with acreage. Indicates 'Proposed school residence' and 'Totara Res[erve].' Annotations in ink pen have been aded to the map, for example survey peg marks have survey book page references added alongside them. Some pencil and ink annotations on map. Other Titles - Block 10 (ten) District Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and water colour on dressed linen, scale indeterminable, 43 x 47 cm.

Date: Between 1890 and 1891

Reference: 1/4-002906

Description: Bridge - Ohau. Driving in the last spike c1890-1891 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 31 Dec 1869, 29 Jan 1870

Reference: MS-Papers-2782

Description: Copies of letters to Hon W Fox from H C Field and George F Swainson. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1896

Reference: MapColl-832.41gmbd/1896/Acc.12600

Description: Survey map of Hauhau Road (now called Vinegar Hill Road), in Block 7, Ongo Survey District (near Hunterville), from Manganoho Road (now called State Highway 1) south-eastwards to the Rangitikei River. Numbered blocks of neighbouring land are identified (Block 7, lots 5, 5a, 8 & 9), with lot 5 belonging to A G & R K Simpson and 5a belonging to Weston. A small bridge is shown. Blue pencil annotation: 'Get out at Hunterville', 'About 2 1/2 miles N W of Hunterville'. Pencil annotation: 'A R MacKay'. 'From Plan 97/27'. 'Traced & checked ERW 14.2.[18]96'. Inset top left corner of the surveyed Hauhau and Manganoho Road intersection. Verso: 'Hauhau Road near Hunterville'. 'A.R. Mackay - Is the road formed?'. Title incorrectly identifies Block as no. 8 instead of no. 7. (See NZMS 13, WN 43 Ongo, 3rd ed (Wgtn: Land & Survey Department, 1953). Other Titles - Hauhau Other Titles - 7 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, 47.4 x 44.6 cm.

Date: 1864

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :South Island sketchbook 1864

Reference: E-174-028

Description: A view of the partially constructed Taieri bridge, with large stone piers but no top surface. A hill with fencing on the right, and a large hill in the background Opposite a view of Lake Wakatipu, dated 2 April 1864 (E-174-027) in the sketchbook Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawing 128 x 173 mm.

Date: 1847-1848

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0083-126

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1897

From: Clere, Fitzgerald & Richmond :Proposed church at Featherston. 1897

Reference: Plans-80-0943

Description: Floor plan, elevations, cross section, longitudinal section for St John's Church, Featherston Inscriptions: Recto - top right - Passed by Diocesan Trustees, Frederic Wellington, 24 Sept 1896 Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 457 x 674 mm

Date: 1884

From: [Lysaght, Sophia Augusta], 1862?-1945 :[Three sketchbooks. 1880s to early twentieth century]

Reference: E-045-3-017

Description: View of the cutting behind tall trees. In the foregound is a figure and what appears to be two buildings Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 185 x 135 mm

Date: 1840 - 1972 - 1850

From: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869 :Five early views of the Hutt and Wairarapa. [Wellington], Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board, 1972.

Reference: C-028-036

Description: Two men resting beside a narrow road newly cleared through native bush, including a tree fern, with a river to the left. More likely to be the Hutt road, somewhere between Petone and the Taita Gorge, during the making of the road in 1842, than the Karori or Porirua possibilities. For original watercolour see B-009-013 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 234 x 328 mm on sheet 510 x 330 mm

Date: 1883

Reference: MapColl-832.47gmbd/1883/Acc.26335

Description: The plan of a new road at Terawhiti, includes a smaller version at a different scale mounted adjacent to the larger version. Sections are numbered, includes un-named streams and a track. The plan of part No. 1 shows the proposed road adjacent to Snowden's Road, from Printer's Creek to the summit which is 688 feet above Printer's Flat. Includes Stony Creek, numbered sections and two areas marked Native Reserves. The proposed road is continued on the plan of part No. 2 showing this road from the summit at 688 feet, with a small section of Snowden's Road, 100 chains north of Plan No. 1. Includes numbered sections, creeks including Te Kaminaru Creek, also Te Kaminaru Range. The Domain trig is named. Each map includes a smaller version, at a different scale, mounted adjacent to the larger version. The untitled map of roads in Ohariu includes Brown's Ohariu Road linked by an un-named road to the Old Ohariu Road. A location along the un-named road is named Taylor's, and is probably a trig. Sections are numbered and include the names of R. Bould, Himi Pari & others, also two sections of native reserve. A smaller version of the map, at a different scale, is drawn in bottom right corner. Pencilled note states: Port Nic. Printed at top right: 56 Other Titles - Plan of Part No. 1 of proposed road, Printers Flat to Terawhiti Other Titles - Plan of Part No. 2 of proposed road, Printers Flat to Terawhiti Other Titles - [Ohariu roads] Quantity: 4 manuscript map(s) on one sheet. Physical Description: Ink and colourwash on paper, coloured, scale [1:15 840], 54.3 x 73.3 cm. Provenance: Initials and date written under the titles: Plan of part No. 1: C.M.I. 29.10.83. Plan of part No. 2: C.M.I. 30.10.83 Initials and date written in left corner of map of Ohariu roads: H.S. 25.10.83

Date: [Circa 1880s-1890s]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-q-104

Description: Images of the construction of the Midland Railway line in Canterbury, and surrounding areas, taken by an unidentified photographer. Views include construction of the railway line, railway tunnels, bridges and viaducts, the use of flying foxes for transportation of men and equipment, and one image of a velocipede (like a railway jigger). Life at the work-sites is shown with types of accomodation, including tents; work-sites under snow; and group portraits of the Midland Railway Rifle Club, and the New Zealand Midland Railway Football Club. Several of the men, chiefly the engineers, are identified. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber Album 111 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 32 x 28 cm

Date: 1872-1896, 2008

From: Ball, Anne Stewart, 1949- : Research Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-9036

Description: Typescript account of the planning and construction of the Thames-Hamilton railway. Includes biographical notes on personalities involved, references and bibliography Source of title - Transcribed from original Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1880

Reference: MapColl-832.3gmbd/[188-?]/Acc.25355;17450

Description: Map of Alexander Grant's property between the Makaretu, Mangatewai and Tukipo Rivers, showing land blocks, existing, new and proposed roads leading to named settlements. A reference key is provided. This property is adjacent to land blocks belonging to W. Thomson and A.M. Ross. A photocopy with a slightly reduced scale accompanies the original map. This measures 75.3 x 34.6 cm. Information about the farm is to be found in the publication: Early stations of Hawke's Bay by Miriam Macgregor. Wellington [N.Z.] ; Reeds, 1970 Quantity: 2 manuscript map(s) original and photocopy. Physical Description: Ink and colourwash on dressed linen, coloured, scale [1:31 680], 69.3 x 33.3 cm. Provenance: Handwritten in pencil on upper left of map: 80 chains long, 1 chain wide Handwritten in ink on reverse: Burnside. This is the name given to the property by A. Grant. Stamp on the photocopy on top left corner: 1507

Date: 1890 - 1900

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

Reference: E-346-2-063

Description: A road through bush, with a cabbage tree and tree-ferns by the road. The stumps of cleared trees also show. The title is not very legible. A similar name on the previous page in the sketchbook (E-346-2-061) looks like Gatty. The name in the title for this view (E-346-2-063) could be Gitty, Getty or Gotty. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

Date: 1890 - 1900

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

Reference: E-346-2-060

Description: A road through a narrow cutting through steep clay banks, with part of a fence in the foreground and a fenced area through the cutting The title is not very legible. A similar name on the following page in the sketchbook looks more like Gitty or Getty than Gatty. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

Date: 1976

From: NZ Parliamentary Library :Two albums. Construction on the Dunedin and Moeraki Railway, and the annexation of the Cook Islands

Reference: PA1-q-631

Description: Views of work in progress along the path of the Dunedin and Moeraki Railway. Many of the photographs show the work of cutting the path for the tracks across high steep bluffs above the sea. There are many views of the gangs of men attacking rock faces with picks, shovels and crowbars. Work on cuttings and the approaches to bridges are also shown. The album ends with five images of a large railway bridge across an unidentified river. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: ca 1930-1940

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11310-174

Description: Loose research papers mostly relating to New Zealand history, including stories about road-making during the New Zealand wars, a story titled 'How Tikitere got its hot springs' also includes a short poem about a 'Kye-wye' bird and a story about Maori games. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1840 - 1850

Reference: B-009-013

Description: Two men resting beside a narrow road newly cleared through native bush, including a tall tree fern, with a river to the left. Could possibly be the Karori or Porirua areas, but more likely to show the making of the road between Petone and Taita Gorge in 1842, overseen by the artist, who was then Chief Surveyor. Reproduced as a Turnbull Library Print in 1972 - see C-028-036. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 315 x 228 mm

Date: 15 April 1885

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

Reference: 1/2-096208-G

Description: Group at the digging of the first sod for the Main Trunk Railway. They stand at the confiscation line at the southern bank of the Puniu River, 15 April 1885. Standing at the right, addressing the gathering, is Rewi Maniapoto. He is wearing a top hat and black jacket. The tall man wearing a top hat, standing in the centre behind the barrow, is Wahanui Huatare. Photograph taken 15 April 1885 by Daniel Manders Beere. Identified as "Digging of 1st sod M.T. Railway at Te Awamutu." from typescript of photographer's negative register held at TL 6/1/62. Further information about this occasion is held at the Appendix to the jounals of the House of Representatives, 1885, D-6. Photographs taken at the scene include 1/2-096174 to 1/2-096178, and 1/2-096208 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 70 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches