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Baines family : Papers
Date: 1850-1909
By: Baines family
Reference: MS-Papers-1125
Description: Correspondence and diary of William Mortimer Baines who came to New Zealand in 1850 on the `Sir Edward Paget'. The papers deal with his interests in mining, timber and land. Includes letters from the Fooks, Dixon and Hunt families of Australia. Includes letters from Maryanne Verdon Baines (1859-1869), mostly to her husband after his departure for England. These are concerned to a large extent with her loneliness in Auckland and with plans for her voyage to England. In addition there are a number of letters written in 1869, by Maryanne and William's children, Fanny, Katherine and Rosa. Source of title - Supplied William Mortimer, came to New Zealand in 1850 on the `Sir Edward Paget'. In 1869 he returned to Britain, although he retained a financial interest in land in New Zealand. Quantity: 10 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescripts (photocopies) Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Sonia Edwards - Early settlers of Whitianga
Date: 1990
From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection
Reference: MS-Papers-4280-070
Description: William and Sarah Lee arrived at Mercury Bay with their family in 1868 and settled at Purangi. The essay describes the family's forty years in various occuaptions - In the bush, on the rivers, on the gumfileds, at the goldfields and on the land. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available. Includes photographs
Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881 :Committee at Pata Pata; the goldfield extends over the dist...
Date: 1852 - 1979
By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Avon Fine Prints
Reference: C-061-041
Description: Prospectus for Anthony Murray-Oliver's folio-sized volume of Charles Heaphy's paintings, including a full-sized reproduction of a watercolour from the collection of the British Library, 'Committee at Pata Pata [Coromandel], 1852, showing a large gathering of Maori and some Pakeha in the foreground, among houses and tents, with canoes pulled up at the fore, yachts in the harbour and two ranges of hills in the background, shortly after the discovery of gold in the Coromandel. The gathering was to finalise the sale of the Coromandel gold fields. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 260 x 333 mm, on one of four pages
New Zealand. Department of Justice. Lands and Deeds Registry (Auckland) : Legal documen...
Date: 1852-1930
By: New Zealand. Lands and Deeds Office (Auckland)
Reference: 99-234
Description: Conveyances and mortgages for the Auckland land registration area. There are no documents for 1853, 1855-1858, 1860-1862, 1890-1894, 1899, and 1915 Relationship complexity - See also Deeds and conveyances (73-149). Provenance unknown but very likely part of the same collection Arrangement: Arranged in chronological order Quantity: 2 box(es) (24 folders). 0.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs Provenance: Unknown Donor/Lender/Vendor - Provenance unknown. Box labelled `Conveyances ex Sydney Street MSS Room 10/12/68'
Radio scripts
Date: [1952-1955]
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-6/14
Description: Research papers and radio scripts including `Chinese on the Otago goldfields' (several parts); `New Zealand's golden days'; `There's gold in the hills'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Baptismal registers
Date: 1858-1964
From: Church of England in New Zealand Auckland Diocese : Church registers
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-19-04
Description: Contains registers for Ephiphany (Arch Hill), 1914-1964; St George's, Epsom, 1916-1948; St Columba, Grey Lynn, 1912-1945; Hauraki, 1858-1863; Helensville & Warkworth, 1881-1927 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Background material (c)
Date: [1970-1975]
From: Dennis, Lawrence Samuel, 1915-2000 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7261-12
Description: File relating to background information on various Tourist Hotel Corporation hotels and venues covering history of the hotels and the use of the surrounding areas; included are the Franz Josef and Fox glaciers, Wairekei Thermal Reserves, Tokaanu Hot Springs, Waitomo Caves including Waitomo, Ruakuri and Aranui caves Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Baines of Bell Hall papers
Date: 1850, 1875-1909
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2653
Description: Further papers and correspondence of William Mortimer Baines in Auckland from family and friends, mainly concerning his business interests in land, timber and gold mining. Includes shipboard diary of his voyage to New Zealand in the Sir Edward Paget in 1850, reminiscences, a notebook and other papers. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
Zillah (Zella) Annie Moss - Jim Raynes and Nina Campbell
Date: 1990
From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection
Reference: MS-Papers-4280-063
Description: Title continues `...Children of the 4th Regiment Waikato Militia.' The biography details the stories of James and Anne Raynes, their children and others who worked and played with them in the dairying district known as Rukuhia, West Hamilton. Includes extracts from war diary kept during the South African War. Nina Campbell's grandfather, George Aillen Pritchard was a 4th Militia man recruited in Sydney. Her father and Jim Raynes's father enrolled in Hamilton as substitutes. With a background of whaling and sailing ships from Samoa, Canada and England, these three men and their wives became settlers in the Waikato after the confiscation of the Maori lands. James Raynes came to New Zealand in 1864 on the `Caduceus'. The essay includes extracts from his shipboard diary. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available. Includes photos of Knighstone Farm house, Hamilton, 1940; 4th Regiment Waikato Militia picnic 25th anniversary; Jim Raynes and his 3 children at Stoneycreek Farm in his model T Ford car 1913
DSE South East Asian Manuscripts (Continued); Baines of Bell Hall papers
Date: 1890-1948; 1850-1868
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2651
Description: Further papers of varying provenance concerning Malaya and Indonesia; correspondence to William Mortimer Baines in Auckland from family and friends, mainly concerning his business interests and gold mining. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.