Places

Date: 1870s-1902

From: Mueller family :Photographs

By: Browne, Charles Pelham, -1916; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-4363-1

Description: Photographs of group including Richard Seddon taken by C P Browne; the US transit of Venus observatory at Queenstown; Granny's hut at Bluff Harbour; bridge over the Shotover River at Arthur's Point; a group including Gerhard Mueller; gold miners next to a river at Orepuki; and a group of Land Commisioners taken in 1902 and including Thomas Humphries, Gerhard Mueller, Mackenzie, Major Richardson, D Barron, G J Roberts, F W Bronte, T S Weston, Marchant, Dr Giles, H McCardell, Col N Y A Wales (taken by Wrigglesworth & Binns); a man using surveying equipment; group including Jakob Luper Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen prints

Date: [194-]

From: Traill family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1817-4

Description: Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings re Stewart Island and Ruapuke Island, ca 1930s-1940s; notes re cutter `Susan' (includes ledger entries 1885); list of Smith family births and deaths, 1864-1886; Antonie family births and deaths, 1837-1881; other notes re Stewart Island residents and events; log entries `Heather Bell', 1894 and other Stewart Island vessels; chronology of Bluff milestones (1809-1916), etc Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [Circa 1890s to 1901]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-296

Description: Photographs, probably taken by G W Barltrop. Scenes in the first part of the album are of the South Island, mostly around the Dunedin area, and further south, in Invercargill and Bluff. There are two panoramas, one of Port Chalmers and one of Lumsden. Most are landscapes, but a few show groups of people, including five young girls in the Dunedin Botanical Gardens, and a man driving a horse and buggy at Manuka Creek, with two young women sitting beside him, and a third woman standing by the horse's head. A graveyard scene is a close-up view of two headstones, one for Catherine Louisa Schaw (widow of John S Schaw), who died in 1874 aged 71. North Island scenes show a church at Levin; and views of the countryside, a bullock pulling a laden cart, and at the Rimutaka Summit all taken on a train journey. Group portraits include one of a large family group, with two young boys in the foreground with a cricket bat and cricket pads; and two large groups of men and women associated with the Missions to Seamen. One image show a plaque erected `In memory of twelve officers and seamen who were drowned or died from exposure, by the wreck of the Barque Lizzie Bell near the Oeo River, July 24 1901, erected by members and friends of the Missions to seamen, Wellington, New Zealand'. There is also a photograph of the wreck of the ship Antiocco Accame, which was stranded at Katiki Beach, Otago, on 31 October 1901. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark green cover, entitled `Photographs'; 16.0 x 22.5 cm

Date: ca 1870s-ca 1930

Reference: PAColl-7966

Description: Collection comprises: scenes around Queenstown; men building a bonfire at Montecillo, Dunedin; workmen preparing a foundation for a viaduct; Captain Green at the helm of the schooner Falcon; Mount Niger Hut; James Barnard in Newtown, Wellington; a house at 12 Sefton Street, Timaru; Pilot Station at Bluff; and young men in a Model T Ford. Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-059

Description: The essay is centres around the Lambert family, the author's father's paternal ancestors. It begins with brother and sister William and Mary Ann Lambert. They immigrated from England to Tasmania as free settlers some time before 1832 when Mary Ann married Robert Brand at Launceston. In 1833 William married Amelia Juliana Moulds. In 1838 they and their two children left Tasmania to settle in Port Philip, Melbourne, then in 1863 the Lambert family began a new life in Invercargill. The essay traces the life of William, his eldest son Jeremiah, and Jeremiah's children and grandchildren Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available. Includes photographs

Date: [Between 1890s and 1900s]

By: Appleby, John Henry, active 1898; Brett & Company; Crown Studios (Palmerston North, N.Z.); Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963; Muir & Moodie (Firm); New Zealand. Tourism Department; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Talma Studio (Australia); Whalley, Ernest R, active 1908; Winzenberg, Albert Edward, 1865-1931

Reference: PA1-q-185

Description: Postcards showing views of New Zealand, chiefly landscapes, but some of prominent buildings, and some of suburban areas in smaller towns. At the end of the album are four photographs of Australian actress Nellie Stewart in various poses, taken by Talma & Co., and four comical postcards of a young boy as a music conductor with humourous captions. Most of the places shown are listed above, as are the various photographers Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with light brown cover, flower design, entitled Post Card Album; 28.0 x 20.5 cm

Date: ca 1900

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 18

Reference: PAColl-7581-69

Description: Exterior view of the Bluff Railway Station. Shows a two storied gabled building with horse drawn carriages, and power pylons, outside. George Eastlake, general carrier, advertises his business on one of the carriages. Photograph taken circa 1900 by an unidentified photographer. Other Titles - The Railway Station, Bluff. The most Southern Railway Station in the world. Inscriptions: On postcard, bottom left: The Railway Station, Bluff. The most Southern Railway Station in the world. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photo-mechanical print 8.8.x 14 cm (postcard) Processing information: Formerly filed in Turnbull Library Pictres at: 85. Southland Co. Bluff. Railway Station