Places

Date: ca 1865

From: Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903 :Photographs

By: Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PAColl-1574-01

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Print 180 x 238 mm (vignetted) on mount 275 x 332 mm

Date: 13 Nov 1869

From: Seager, Edward : Photograph album

By: Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873

Reference: PAColl-4508-01

Description: Statue of John Robert Godley, Christchurch, with Dr Alfred Charles Barker seated below, 13 November, 1869. Photograph taken by Dr Barker. Note on back of file print reads: "In the background is the open tower where the bills were put up. The tower was for ringing the time." Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 20.3 x 14.6 cm

Date: 1852

From: Wynyard, Robert Henry 1802-1864 :[Drawings of New Zealand scenes] / R.H.W. - 1852.

Reference: A-081-036

Description: View from beyond Lyttelton, looking back towards the town and the Bridle Path, to the left, rising to the summit of the hills behind it. Houses are shown at the water's edge and rising a considerable distance up the hill. There are a wharf shed and a jetty also at the water's edge Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Title, date, artist's initials Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash and ink, 200 x 250 mm.

Date: 1859

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875; Martin G. Heywood (Firm); Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: B-051-007

Description: View of Lyttelton, possibly from Quail Island, looking at the township from the south east, with Holy Trinity Church, John Robert Godley's house, other houses, businesses and wharves, against a backdrop of the Port Hills. In the foreground, cabbage trees and flaxes. Three schooners are close to the foreground. Ellis, E.M & D.G Early prints of New Zealand 1642-1875 Christchurch: Avon Fine Prints, no. 549. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: 1 print pasted on card; tinted lithograph 248 x 388 mm, on sheet 342 x 498 mm, on card 370 x 525 mm Provenance: K.A. Webster collection, London (collection stamp on backing board).

Date: 1885

By: Wright, William Charles, 1833-1896

Reference: MapColl-834.47cbum/[1884-5]/Acc.39598

Description: Hand-drawn map which shows topographic features, vegetation and the boundary of Reserve 2652. Shows the land to the south of the reserve to the Tasman River. Pencil note on map says 'T N Brodrick?'. Lettering on map is not the same as other maps by Brodrick. Phillip Temple believes that the map was drawn by Wright based on a letter by Wright to J H Baker, Canterbuy Chief Surveyor, in 1884 in which he refers to the features, names and numbers shown on the map and recommending that the area be put under reserve. The reserve was created in 1885. W C Wright is listed as a surveyor for the Canterbury District of the Survey Dept under J H Baker, Chief Surveyor, by Wises New Zealand post office directory, 1883-4 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, coloured, 53 x 31.7 cm.

Date: 1863

By: Eastwood, James, 1846-1937; Donne, Thomas Edward, 1860-1945

Reference: A-050-020

Description: A view from the road leading down into the port from the south, with a couple standing on the road looking at the view. A house is below the road amidst low scrub, with several other roofs visible, and ships and a mole can be seen, as well as the hills on the opposite side Attributed by Anne Kirker; see TL 3/1/1, 19.12.75 Other Titles - Port Lyttelton Inscriptions: Recto - top left - title and date in pencil. Also in pencil on the verso 'Port Lyttelton' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 115 x 190 mm Provenance: Formerly in the collection of T E Donne

Date: ca 1880s

From: Post and telegraph collection :Mainly mail coach photographs ca. 1880's.

Reference: 1/4-019613-F

Description: Mail coach stuck in the Waimakariri River. Shows the horse drawn vehicle in the centre of the image, with rocks and shingle on the surrounding river bank. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer circa 1880s. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1865 - 1845

By: Meryon, Charles, 1821-1868

Reference: B-014-005

Description: A view loking north towards the houses of Akaroa. A stream is emptying into the bay in the foreground, with toetoe to the left. Smoke is rising from a number of chimneys in the town. No. S95 in Richard S. Schneiderman's catalogue raisonne. Final state (vi/vi). Exhibited in 'A Meeting of Cultures: France and New Zealand' exhibition of early French views of New Zealand and of Katherine Mansfield manuscripts, translations into French and curios, held at Alexander Turnbull Library, 2 to 30 March 1999. Other Titles - New Zealand. Banks Peninsula. State of the little French colony at Akaroa, towards 1845 - Voyage of the Rhin [translation] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, 80 x 146 mm on sheet 320 x 491 mm

Date: 1878

From: New Zealand Railways: [Ephemera relating to railways, railway trains, rail timetables, rail travel in New Zealand. 1800s]

By: George, Thomas, -1889

Reference: Eph-A-RAIL-1878-01

Description: A toast list. Those toasted included the Royal Family, the Governor, the Army, Navy & Volunteers, The Ministry, The Parliament of New Zealand, Sir Julius Vogel, the Mayor of Christchurch, visitors, the ladies. Surrounded by an elaborate border possibly inspired by Maori or Polynesian design. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on card. Physical Description: Lithograph on light card, 228 x 155 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Otago Heritage Books in 2002.

Date: ca 1860s

Reference: 1/2-004131-F

Description: A coach and four horses laden with passengers outside a Cobb & Co office and Page's Livery and Commission Stables in Christchurch. The shadow of the photographer is in the foreground. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-533

Description: New Zealand views taken circa 1870s to 1880s by E Wheeler & Son. Scenes include both North Island and South Island views, and all places named are listed above, as are businesses, ships and buildings, where possible. Items of interest include a photograph of trout taken by the Upper Selwyn River "A good day's sport. 38 fish, with the fly, 2 rods" with two large baskets alongside. Two scenes show different means of transport across rivers where there are no bridges. One is the "Cage bridge" (or Flying Fox) across the Teremakau (Taramakau) River, and the other shows a ferry punt across the Buller River. A number of views show farming activities, including a scene near Cheviot of about 20,000 sheep being drafted for shearing; and one of a wagon laden with wool bales being hauled by a team of bullocks. A view of gold sluicing is shown in this album with the locality indistinct. The same view is shown in the first Wheeler Album (PA1-o-532) in which the locality is named as Waimea. Other Titles - New Zealand Views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue buckram cover, entitled "New Zealand Views. Wheeler & Son" in gold lettering on spine; 26.5 x 33.0 cm

Date: 1862

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-030-right

Description: Shows a panorama of lakes and mountain ranges including Mt John. Peaks are numbered. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, on paper, right side of image measuring in total 90 x 1430 mm.

Date: [1880-1889]

From: Sarney, H F (Mr), fl 1959 :Photograph albums of New Zealand scenes

Reference: PA1-f-065-16-1

Description: Bullock team and wool wagon crossing a stream, Cheviot, north Canterbury, New Zealand. Photographed by Wheeler & Son sometime in the 1880s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Wool Wagon, Cheviot. Wheeler & Son Ch.Ch. At the time that this photograph was taken Cheviot Station was owned by William (Ready Money) Robinson. He died in 1889, and his heirs sold the station to the Government in 1893. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 23 x 16.3 cm, mounted on album page

Date: [189-?]

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Reference: MNZ-0392-1/4-F

Description: Hack yard at Longbeach Station, Canterbury, photographed circa 1890s by J Grigg, probably John Grigg, 1828?-1901. Publication note - Published in Making New Zealand (Wellington [N.Z.] : New Zealand Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1940) Vol 1, No 9, p 30 Source of descriptive information - File print, MNZ copyright register, MNZ negative register Inscriptions: From original item, bottom left: "Hack yard, Longridge - J Grigg" Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Provenance: Copy of a photograph in the Wheeler album, General Assembly Library, for the Department of Internal Affairs' publication `Making New Zealand' (1939-40).

Date: ca 1880

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

Reference: 1/2-059866-F

Description: Looking over the town of Timaru from the windmill, circa 18180. Photograph taken by the Burton Brothers. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 1389 Timaru Burton Bros Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1872 - 1874

From: Artist unknown :[Eight pencil sketches of Christchurch buildings and the Avon River. 1870-1875?]

Reference: C-081-004-1

Description: Shows a two-storeyed stone house, one of its windows having a gothic arch. The property is bounded by a wooden railing fence. There is a curve of the Avon River at the far right, and other buildings in the right background. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sheet, 240 x 535 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A85-097..

Date: 1861 - 1871

From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].

Reference: E-501-f-004

Description: Shows dog(?) and cattle in river at right, high rolling country with flax and cabbage trees, and the mountains near the Rakaia Gorge in the distance. Hurt farmed near the Selwyn River from about 1861. He was listed in the Rakaia electorate for 1872-73. Other Titles - Rakaia Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title]. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 139 x 214 mm.

Date: 1882

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919; Baldock, Belinda, -1999

Reference: C-133-045

Description: View from above the Ball Glacier (visible on the left) with the sweep of the Tasman Glacier curving around through the view. The steep rock face in the centre ground to the left is the Haast Ridge. The background peaks showing are (from left) The Minarets (two sharp peaks, far left), Mount Elie de Beaumont (the third from the left), the Hochstetter Dome (dome-shaped in the centre), Malte Brun, and the two sharp peaks on the far right are the Aiguilles Rouges. On a snow-covered outcrop in the foreground, Kaufmann and Boss, Green's two climbing companions are shown moving forward, with ice axe and alpenstock. Inscriptions: On separate label: title in faded sepia ink. In black ink is Price 10 [pounds symbol] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on card, 364 x 540 mm

Date: 1884

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

Reference: B-006-013

Description: A general view of the Tasman glacier. Mount Blackburn is to the right, and the range in the background shows Mount Haidinger, the tallest peak on the left, and The Minarets on the right Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 255 x 355 mm

Date: 1862 - 1864

By: Gully, John, 1819-1888

Reference: C-096-005

Description: Shows an exploring party traversing the glacier, with mountains in the background Illustration for lecture, Notes on the mountains and glaciers of the Canterbury Province, New Zealand, delivered by Julius von Haast, London, 1864 Inscriptions: Mount recto - Keith Johnstone Range; Mt Petermann; Mt Tyndall; Southern spurs Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 310 x 615 mm (Canterbury, N.Z., no. 5)