Places

Date: [Circa 1880s to 1912]

By: Divis, Joseph, 1885-1967

Reference: PA1-o-531

Description: Very clear views of West Coast gold and coal mines (mainly in the Reefton subdivision), and mining towns, taken by unidentified photographers, except for one of "Wondrous Waiuta New Zealand" Jos. Divis Photo (p 27). Views on various roads include the Reefton to Blackspoint Road, Reefton to Westport Road, the Buller Gorge, the Maruia Road alongside the Inangahua River, Progress Road, and fording a river near Progress Mill. Images relating to mines include a winter picture of the old Wealth (of Nations) waterwheel covered in icicles; and gold batteries at various stages of development. Gold mines include the Progress Mine, Wealth of Nations Mine, Welcome Mine, the Mountain Battery at Boatman's Creek, the Blackwater Mine and the Globe Mine. Coal mines include views of Lanky's Creek Coal Mine, and the Lanky's Creek to Energetic coal tramway showing new bridges and coal miners. One photograph (p 9) shows several men "beach combing" for gold on the West Coast. There are a number of articles in The West Coast Times, Otago Witness and Otago Daily Times talking about the success or otherwise of seeking gold by this method in the 1860s to 1880s (see Papers Past paperspast.natlib.govt.nz, search under "beach combing" "west coast") Inscriptions: Album page - "To Messrs E & A Spencer with best wishes from D Turnbull, Reefton, N.Z., 13/10/1911, 2/6/1912" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark grey cover, entitled "Photographs" in gold lettering; 19.0 x 27.5 cm

Date: 16 Nov 1895-5 Apr 1896

By: Davy, P, active 1895-1896

Reference: MS-Group-0708

Description: Comprises holograph diary kept by P Davy on the `Ruahine' and during his tour of New Zealand. After disembarking at Wellington where he visited relatives he toured to other parts of New Zealand. He describes a gathering of Maori following the settlement of fishing rights on Lake Wairarapa, a visit to a freezing works at Belfast, gold mining on the West Coast and Rotorua where he visited a pa, saw geysers and bathed in the hot pools. His journal ends on the return journey to England when staying at Sydney. Also includes transcript of part of the diary (16 Nov 1895-3 Jan 1896). Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - Full transcript of diary at MS-Papers-4391 Davy and his Aunt Harriet boarded the `Ruahine' at Plymouth 16 Nov 1895 and disembarked 12 Jan 1896 at Wellington where they stayed with relatives. After travelling around New Zealand they left Auckland for Sydney, 18 Mar. The writer of the diary is presumed to be P Davy, a passenger on the `Ruahine'; he visited members of the Davy family while in Wellington. He was probably one of the Devonshire Davys, a nephew of George Boutflower Davy, an official of the Land Registration Court of NZ, and the son of Edward Davy (1806-1885), an experimental chemist who emigrated to Australia. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of the `Gaul' with unidentifed tender vessel.

Date: 1870 - 1900

From: Douglas, Charles Edward 1840-1916 :[Mountain and West Coast Sketches. Peaks and rivers etc. identified]

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916

Reference: E-059-q-020

Description: A waterfall under a rock bridge Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on page of sketchbook. Physical Description: Pencil, crayon and watercolour, 95 x 135 mm

Date: 1877-1908

By: Mackay, Alexander, 1833-1909

Reference: MS-Papers-2089

Description: Letters concerning land purchases and court hearings at Thames, Paeora, Te Aroha, Feilding, Greytown, Wakapuaka and Nelson; schedules of Maori rents in Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough and Westland Source of title - Supplied title Commissioner of Native Reserves; judge of Native Land Court, 1884-1901 Quantity: 4 folder(s) (ca 36 pieces). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and typescripts

Date: 1882-1899

By: Brough, Jonathan, 1839-1927

Reference: qMS-0274

Description: Mainly daily accounts of government contract work on road-making, repairing and surveying. There are also notes on the geology and natural history of the area plus accounts of gold prospecting expeditions. Letters include several relating to contracts and one written to W L Buller on the flora and fauna of the Karamea River area Source of title - Supplied Brough was a contractor and naturalist, based in Nelson and the West Coast from 1866 Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photoprint) (35 cm, ¼ green calf, green buckram case)

Date: 1866

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-CHA-7/4/4-Acc.38870

Description: Identifies in colour goldfields in the West Coast Region 1886 Base map - Department of Lands and Survey 1937 Quantity: 1 map(s) with ms annotations. Physical Description: Ink and colour on cream paper. Scale [ca. 1:1 000 000] 74 x 90 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1851

Reference: MapColl-834.3atc/1851/Acc.1377

Description: Nautical chart of the West Coast of the South Island from Abut Head to Milford Sound, showing ranges inland to Mount Cook and the Southern Alps. Photocopy from chart in custody of Admiralty Quantity: 1 map(s) photocopy. Physical Description: Photocopy on paper, linen backing, scale [1:600 000], 44 x 40.5 cm.

Date: 1939

By: Kerr, Alexander, active 1852-1870

Reference: MS-1115

Description: Brief mention of Maungtapu murders Was at Gabriel's Gully in 1861 and subsequently prospected elsewhere in Otago and West Coast Quantity: 1 volume(s) (48 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; brown cloth)

Date: 1875-1887

By: Hales, George B, active 1875-1887

Reference: qMS-0905

Description: Comprises letters from Tonga and Samoa (1875); from New Zealand describing the South Island and Westland (1885 and 1886); from Western Australia and South Australia (1886 and 1887); describes voyage from Wellington to Derby, Western Australia in SS `Triumph' and trip thence to the Kimberley diggings with New Zealand horses and drays, with extract of diary (17 Aug 1886-1 Jan 1887) Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (199 leaves). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and mss (photocopies) (35 cm; brown hinged lid box)

Date: 1885

From: Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921 :Mostly Westland. No 3 Folder. [1885]

Reference: E-178-f-004

Description: Ferryman halfway across the Cook River. Buildings can seen on the flat land at the base of the Southern Alps. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 195 x 329 mm

Date: 1868

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933

Reference: PA1-o-094

Description: Views of New Zealand chiefly taken by Daniel Mundy circa 1868, with some taken by Charles S Spencer. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Decorated tan coloured cover "Scraps", 25.5 x 33 cm Provenance: Alexander Turnbull Library donation slip on front page reads: "Scrapbook of old photos collected by Mr Mundy about 1868."

Date: 1 Jan-20 Jun 1863 (1956)

By: Howitt, Herbert Charlton, 1838-1863

Reference: MS-1038

Description: Journal records his work cutting and forming tracks between Canterbury and the West Coast; meeting with groups of Maori and prospectors; a visit to John Henry Whitcombe's grave at the Taramakau River (he had been drowned on a similar expedition in May 1863) and the wet weather. There is mention of a Maori guide, Jack Tainui, re-burying Whitcombe and marking the grave with two paddles (page 28). Farmer and gold prospector who arrived from Australia to farm in 1860. Leader of a working party contracted by the Canterbury Provincial Government to cut a track to the West Coast, via the Hurunui Plains, Harper Pass and Lake Brunner to the Grey River mouth. Howitt, together with two other members of his party, Robert Little and Henry Miller, disappeared on Lake Brunner on 27 Jun 1863 (the journal ends 20 Jun). The surviving member of the expedition was James Belgrave Hammett. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (28 pages). Physical Description: Typed transcript (27 cm; red linen)

Date: 15 Feb-24 Apr 1868

By: Pope, A F, 1840-1921

Reference: Micro-MS-0346

Description: Pope covered most of New Zealand in a brief visit, Feb-Mar 1868. He called at Nelson, Auckland, Tauranga, Napier, Lyttelton, Dunedin. From Dunedin he travelled overland to Christchurch, and also visited the West Coast where he stayed with (then) Archdeacon Harper. He travelled through the Waikato in March Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) negative (36 frames). Physical Description: Holograph (ca 70 pages)

Date: 1863

By: Hammett, James Belgrave, active 1863

Reference: qMS-0910

Description: From the "Nelson Examiner", 1 Sep 1863 - Journal of Hammett Hammett was the only survivor of Howitt's party despatched by the Canterbury Provincial Government to cut a track by way of Lake Brunner to the West Coast. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (17 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; brown buckram)

Date: 1891-1968 (1969)

By: Young, James Rarity (Archdeacon), 1891-1972

Reference: MS-Papers-1032

Description: Young writes of his childhood and of life in Palmerston North, student days at Canterbury University College, and of being an Anglican Priest at various parishes in Christchurch, Ross and South Westland (based at Harihari), and at Hawera, Wanganui and Pahiatua Also notes by Jim Henderson extracted from the `Open country' series of scripts (1974) Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (18 leaves & photograph). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (copy) Photograph of Archdeacon James Young and Claire Young, taken at Riwaka, Nelson, May 1968

Date: Dec 1867

By: Stafford, Edward William (Rt Hon Sir), 1819-1901

Reference: MS-Papers-5816

Description: Letter patent by E W Stafford (and countersigned by Sir George Grey) granting absolute pardon to James Moriarty of Westland convicted originally for larceny. Dated 17 Dec 1867, released 27 Dec 1867 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter (completed in ms)

Date: 1885

From: Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921 :Mostly Westland. No 3 Folder. [1885]

Reference: E-178-f-001

Description: Homestead at foot of the mountains, possibly near Mount Cook Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 195 x 329 mm

Date: 1893, n d

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-0037-276

Description: Accounts of a visit to greenstone sites on the West Coast. Also includes cutting of a lecture by H D Skinner on greenstone.

Date: [ca 1850-1905]

From: Dickson, Clare, fl 2002 :Photographs of Martin and Thomas families

Reference: PA1-q-1100

Description: Album of photographs of Martin and Thomas families. This album was gifted to Jack M Martin, of Hokitika, on September 7th 1887 by family members or close friends named Lyd and Marian. Photographs in the album were probably complied by the family of Jack M Martin subsequent to 1887. These appear to be from the 1880s to the earles 1900s and some include annotations identifying the subjects, including Capt Capel, Mrs Capel, Georgie Stack, Ann Dundas, and J B Thomson. The photographs show a diverse range of fashions and hairstyles, and depict subjects of a broad age range, and activities such as picnics and sightseeing. It also includes Maori portraits, probably mass produced studio photographs, including Tomika te Mutu, Taraia Ngakuti te Tumuhia, Wiremu Tamihana, Rewi Maniapoto, King Potatau and Kawana Hunia. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: 1846

Reference: MapColl-834.3at/1846/Acc.555

Description: Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: 54 x 330 cm. Scale 1:63 360