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Severn, Henry A :Sketch panorama of Thames Goldfield [Section seven of seven]. - [1875?]
Date: 1875
From: Severn, Henry A :Sketch panorama of Thames Goldfield / H A Severn d[el]. - [1875?]
Reference: F-013-7
Description: View of Thames from the sea. Shows mostly bare hills and a line of buildings strung along the shore, with some houses on the lower slopes of the hills. The Gas Works with a tall chimney are on the shore to the left. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Drawing on paper, backed with linen ; ink and wash, monotone
Shortland, from Hauraki Mission Station
Date: 1868
From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia
Reference: 1/2-096135-G
Description: Shortland (now known as Thames), photographed from the Hauraki Mission station in 1868 by Daniel Manders Beere. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top left - 69 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches
Photographer unknown: Grahamstown
Date: ca 1865
From: Brierley, Kathleen Connaught, 1903-1979 :Photographs of New Zealand people and places
Reference: 1/4-002691
Description: The view of the township is from an elevated position and shows the commercial and public buildings and the river. Grahamstown was one of two townships (Shortland being the other) which were merged in 1870 and in 1873 became the Borough of Thames. Photographer unknown. Cut down from an original 1/2 plate negative. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s) carte de visite.
Huddlestone, William, fl 1890-1899 :Hauraki Main Lodes Mine Coromandel, N.Z. [18]98
Date: 1898
By: Huddlestone, William, active 1890-1899
Reference: G-015
Description: Shows a coastal mine with a tall metal pulley rig and shed on a small island at the end of a wharf. The pulley at the top of the rig is linked by ropes to two buildings on the shore at the right, where there is also a smokestack. In the right foreground lies a rusted Lancashire boiler, which has possibly been condemned and discarded. May show part of the waterfront at Thames and the front face of the mines also known as the Thames-Hauraki Mine covering the Queen of Beauty and Bright Smile mines further east in the hills behind Thames Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title on attached gilt-painted wooden strip]; Recto - bottom right - W Huddlestone, '98 Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvasboard, 440 x 590 mm (sight) Provenance: Previously from the collection of Bob and Barbara Harvey.
Severn, Henry A :Sketch panorama of Thames Goldfield [Section five of seven]. - [1875?]
Date: 1875
From: Severn, Henry A :Sketch panorama of Thames Goldfield / H A Severn d[el]. - [1875?]
Reference: F-013-5
Description: View of Thames from the sea. Shows bare hills and cliffs and a line of buildings strung along the shore with a jetty in the centre. Part of the Caledonian Battery is on the left and the Government buildings are on the right. There are houses on the hills as well as the shore. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Drawing on paper, backed with linen ; ink and wash, monotone
Grahamstown
Date: [ca 1870]
From: Sherring, W W :Photographs of gold mining near Thames and view of the Wairarapa Plains
Reference: 1/2-004108-F
Description: Elevated view of Grahamstown, circa 1870. George Bull's Battery can be seen in the foreground and the Post Office Hotel in the centre. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
View from Hauraki Mission Station at Parawai, towards Shortland
Date: 1867
From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia
Reference: 1/2-096132-G
Description: View from Hauraki Mission Station at Parawai, over the Kauaeranga River, towards Shortland (an area later known as Thames) photographed in 1867 by Daniel Manders Beere. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top right - 66 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches
Taipari's residence, Shortland
Date: 1868
From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia
Reference: 1/2-096134-G
Description: House and garden of Wirope Hoterini Taipari, in Shortland (now known as Thames), photographed in 1868 by Daniel Manders Beere. Woman at right centre also appears in 1/2-096130 and 1/2-096138 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top left - 68 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches
Tizard, Frances Walker, 1850-1895 :[Kauaeranga River, Thames, ca 1875]
Date: 1874 - 1880
By: Tizard, Frances Walker, 1850-1895
Reference: A-389-006
Description: A bend in the river, with houses on the distant bank. The houses are possibly on the edge of Thames. On the near bank, a standing and a seated Maori figure. There is a small canoe on the water in the right foreground Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on buff paper, 166 x 256 mm Provenance: Previously sold at Dunbar Sloane auction, Auckland, April 2004, (possibly in a sketchbook) from the Tizard family, Thames, 2004
Letter from W H Taipari to McLean
Date: 30 Jul 1873
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0697D-4
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (4 pages on 1 leaf).
Willis, Archibald Duddington (Firm) :Grahamstown goldfield, Thames, N. Z. A bright New ...
Date: 1880 - 1890
From: Willis, Archibald Dudingston (Firm) :N. Z. Christmas cards. - Wanganui ; A.D. Willis [1886 or later].
Reference: E-068-017-2
Description: A circular view of the gold field with factories with smoking chimneys, derricks, mining equipment and houses, looking out to sea from the hills behind the township Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 104 x 72 mm on album page ca 137 x 180 mm
Iles, Arthur James 1870-1938 (Photographer) : Maori wood carvings
Date: ca 1893
From: Mair, Gilbert Henry, 1875-1966 :Photographs
By: Iles, Arthur James, 1870-1943
Reference: PAColl-2315-02
Description: Maori wood carvings, photographed circa 1893 by Arthur James Iles, possibly in Thames. From left to right, the prow of a waka, a waharoa (Maori gateway), and a pou (Maori post/sign). Carvers unknown. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Iles. Photo 136 Thames, N.Z.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Ancient Maori carvings Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 142 x 194 mm
[Artist unknown] :[View of Thames. ca 1870]
Date: 1867 - 1880
Reference: C-030-002
Description: Shows a view of a coastal settlement spread along the water's edge, backed by bush-clad hills, and seen from the water. Thames, originally named Shortland, was established in 1867 as a goldmining town, but had grown to the size shown here by 1870. The buildings depicted are likely to include miners' houses, hotels and stamper batteries Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 165 x 770 mm (trimmed)
Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881: Shortland landing place from inside the creek
Date: [circa 1849]
By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881
Reference: A-146-011
Description: Shows a view looking towards open water between a low tongue of land at the left, and the higher landing place at the right, with six boats drawn up by the bank and three others in the water. Above the landing place men work unloading and carrying, and a horse and cart is employed. Behind this are a group of buildings, one with a flag flying from its roof. There is a steamboat in the left distance in open water. Title taken from item. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Shortland landing place from inside the Creek Auckland Museum holds a similar sketch of the same location called "The creek and landing place, Shortland. Looking out towards the Thames Frith". Reference number PD-1952-2-31. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, black and white, 120 x 180 mm Processing information: Location identified 18 April 2023 following information provided by a researcher.
Severn, Henry A :Sketch panorama of Thames Goldfield [Section three of seven]. - [1875?]
Date: 1875
From: Severn, Henry A :Sketch panorama of Thames Goldfield / H A Severn d[el]. - [1875?]
Reference: F-013-3
Description: View of Thames from the sea. Shows bare hills and cliffs and a line of buildings strung along the shore. Long Drive Tunnel is on the right with piled up castings in front of a wooden structure and jetty, with a tunnel going into the cliff near the centre of the structure. A factory is on the far right, with smoking tall chimney Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Drawing on paper, backed with linen ; ink and wash, monotone
Alexander Darrow, Mary Elizabeth Darrow and George Darrow with bicycles, Thames
Date: ca 1895
From: Bassett, Judith :Photographs and negatives relating to the Petrie, Darrow and Clarke families
Reference: 1/2-152835-F
Description: Alexander Darrow, Mary Elizabeth Darrow and George Darrow with bicycles. Taken in Thames circa 1895. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Photographer unknown :Portrait of Kepia of Thames
Date: 1860 - 1900
Reference: PA2-2564
Description: Inscriptions: Verso - In pencil: Kepia Thames Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Gerald Butler Beere and family on veranda of house in Shortland
Date: 1868
From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia
Reference: 1/2-096138-G
Description: Gerald Butler Beere and family on veranda of house in Shortland, photographed in 1868 by Daniel Manders Beere. Woman seated at left also appears in 1/2-096130-G and 1/2-096134-G Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top right - 73; Photographer's title on negative - George & family, Shortlands 1868 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches
[Tempsky, Gustavus Ferdinand von] 1828-1868 :[View of Thames? with earthworks of a pa a...
Date: 1864 - 1868
By: Tempsky, Gustavus Ferdinand von, 1828-1868; Kettle, Ferdinand von Tempsky, 1883-1951; Hawke's Bay Art Gallery and Museum
Reference: A-159-046
Description: Standing Maori man in foreground with pointed musket, beside seated Maori woman, cabbage tree on left, on hill with pa earthwork fortifications, looking down towards coastal scene with European settlement and ships in harbour in the distance. Possibly drawn while von Tempsky was prospecting for gold in the Coromandel in early 1867, although scene appears to depict events of the New Zealand wars. Previously described as [New Zealand scene] in: Young, Rose. G.F.Von Tempsky: artist and adventurer. (Martinborough, Alister Taylor, 1981) cat. no. 103 Exhibited in touring exhibition organised by Waikato Museum of Art & History in 1978: Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky: the man and the artist. cat. no. 93. Other Titles - [New Zealand scene] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour 182 x 290 mm Provenance: Owned by the artist's descendant F. Von Tempsky Kettle; on long-term loan to Hawkes Bay Art Gallery & Museum, 1970s and 1980s
Severn, Henry A :Sketch panorama of Thames Goldfield [Section one of seven]. - [1875?]
Date: 1875
From: Severn, Henry A :Sketch panorama of Thames Goldfield / H A Severn d[el]. - [1875?]
Reference: F-013-1
Description: View of Thames from the sea. Shows mostly bare hills and a line of buildings strung along the shore. One factory has heavy black smoke coming from its tall chimney Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Drawing on paper, backed with linen ; ink and wash, monotone