Places

Date: 1913

By: Lee, Ina, active 1908-1931

Reference: A-123-023

Description: View near the mouth of the Hutt River, looking past a bridge towards Wellington Harbour and Wellington Heads. Houses at Petone are visible Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 286 x 210 mm

Date: [Between 1954 and 1968]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-200

Description: Album of photographs, some prints, some contacts from 35mm film, taken by Professor John Salmon in Wellington. Most of the images describe his use of different camera lenses and filters. Many of the scenes are taken from Professor Salmon's window at Victoria University of Wellington, showing different moods in different weather patterns. They include early morning, afternoon, and night views, northerly wind and southerly wind cloud patterns, including a southerly storm. He also has a large number of images of Wellington Harbour and wharves, again taken in different lights, showing ships, reflections and buildings. Other sequences show views of the Hutt Valley, Silverstream, and Glenmore Street in Wellington, many taken on misty early mornings. The last scenes are coloured photographs showing some of the decorations erected for the Royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II, in January 1954. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cream cover, Cobra ring binder; 30 x 24 cm

Date: 1912

By: Venning, Geoffrey Vosper, active 1910s

Reference: G-294

Description: Looking along the Hutt River with trees on both sides, towards a bridge Paint flaked off along the base of the picture Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 610 x 912 mm

Date: 1969

From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Wellington sketchbook]. December 1968-November 1969, 1971.

Reference: E-475-f-014

Description: View of the bridge over the Hutt River at Akatarawa Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour 273 x 370 mm

Date: 1920 - 1930

From: [Gifford, Algernon Charles] 1862-1948 :[Hutt Valley scenes. ca 1930?]

Reference: A-200-016

Description: A scene on the Hutt River, possibly in the Silverstream area, with the hills in the background Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 225 x 305 mm

Date: [ca 1930], 1946-1960

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-175

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, ca 1946-1959 Kapiti coastline (including view looking north from Paekakariki); Lower Hutt - St James' Church; council buildings; Riddiford Baths; library; St Stephen's Presbyterian Church; aerial view of southern end of Lower Hutt (over Moera); elevated view of Naenae (showing Rata Street School in foreground). Rimutaka Hill Road; Kaitoke, 1948 (shows swing bridge); filtration plant site (Hutt River) re Kaitoke Waterworks construction; bridge at Pakutatahi; Akatarawa Valley road (with Morris Minor at roadside); house in Akatarawa Valley; Hutt Valley Pony Club members with their ponys on Akatarawa Road; Kapiti coast looking north from Paekakariki. Middle Run, Gladstone in Wairarapa - Daffodils in paddocks at Middle Run (owned by Mrs W H Booth), and view of homestead Elevated view of Miramar looking south-west; Lambton Quay with Kirkcaldie & Stains on left; Pigeon Park; Wellington Botanic Garden and tulip beds; view from Mount Victoria looking towards the Basin Reserve, Mount Cook and Brooklyn, with houses in Mount Victoria in foreground (taken ca 1930). Demonstration house at Karori designed and built by The Architectural Centre, 1949 Quantity: 44 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [Between 1955 and 1961]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-209

Description: Album of photographs taken by John Tenison Salmon, including many contacts from 35 mm film, chiefly related to Wellington Camera Club outings. Others relating to photographic outings relate to the Photographic Society of New Zealand, Palmerston North regional meetings in October and November 1956. Many of the photographs show his interest in different lights and shapes, and he often gives details of lenses and filters used. Examples are winter light and shade at the Massey Memorial, a ploughed field near Palmerston North, the new entrance foyer and stairs when the Easterfield Science Block opened at Victoria University of Wellington in June 1959, still life images, flowers, cloud formations, ripples on sand, and light and shade along the Wellington Wharves. One scientific trip is shown, the Torlesse trip, in December 1959. Places and subjects photographed are listed above. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album in brown Super-Cobra binder file; 30 x 24 cm

Date: [Between 1927 and 1955]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-206

Description: Photographs taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1927 and 1955, mostly in the Wellington Region. Some are art photographs, including still life images of carvings, cloisonne ware and porcelain, and some are tinted. One sequence shows the Dominion Museum and Art Gallery, both interior and exterior views. Some were taken in April 1936 before the building was furnished; others were taken later in 1936 and 1937, including the Kauri Hall, the Sculpture Hall, the Art Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, the Academy Gallery, the Maori Hall, and the entrance vestibule. Civic events are shown in illuminations at the Government Buildings for the King George V Silver Jubilee on 12th May 1935; the Carillon tower floodlit for for the coronation of King George VI; and night photographs of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition in 1940, including the Australian and British pavilions. Wellington is shown in views from various hills and rooftops. Specific trips and occasions include a Waikaremoana trip in 1930; the Victoria University College Natural History Society trip to Butterfly Creek in 1933; a Camera Club outing near Mangaroa Hill in 1938; and celebrating Xmas in Auckland in 1952. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super-Cobra binder file; 30 x 24 cm

Date: 8 November 1994

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Giblin, Ross, active 1980s-2000s

Reference: EP/1994/3399-F

Description: The Firth Centre just north of Melling Railway station flooded out by the Hutt River. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Ross Giblin on the 8th of November 1994. Quantity: 4 colour original negative(s) 35mm negative strips comprising 11 images.. Physical Description: Dye couple film negatives, 35mm

Date: Between 1923 and 1924

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: George, William H, active 1923-1928

Reference: Pan-0855-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Hutt River running across the image, a long wooden bridge visible centre right, and 8-strut power poles in left foreground. Taken by Robert Percy Moore Refer also Pan-0850-F, Pan-0851-F, Pan-0852-F and Pan-0853-F Source of descriptive information - date from the fact that R P Moore's client was Mr W H George who left Wellington to live in Australia at the end of 1923 or early 1924 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on tape - W.H. George Haywards 2 copies 2 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.5 x 113.8 cm

Date: [Circa 1900s]

From: Harris, Esme Enid, 1913-1993 :Photographs

By: Brockett, Frederick Charles, 1881-1956

Reference: PA1-o-213

Description: Photographs of scenes, and events in the Wellington Region. Photographs include views of Mount Cook Boys' School staff at a picnic, children from the school on an outing to the coast where they were picnicking and swimming, and teachers in fancy dress. A number of images show Trafalgar Day celebrations, with a parade through the streets of Wellington, and activities at Newtown Park. Two ships shown are HMS Powerful in Wellington Harbour, and La Bella after being washed ashore at Ohiro Bay, 15th October 1904. Sporting scenes show the IIIB team from Victoria University College, a gymnastics team, and a photograph of two men practising gymnastics. Inscriptions: Album page - F.C. Brockett. 1906 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; 15 x 20 cm

Date: 1892 - 1968 - 1970

By: Nairn, James McLachlan, 1859-1904

Reference: E-279-q-048

Description: Reproduction of a painting by James Nairn depicting the Hutt River looking south from Taita [?]. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 147 x 204 mm Provenance: Donated by Hutt Art Society, 25 Sep 1970

Date: 1847 - 1970 - 1979

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; New Zealand. Ministry of Defence; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: E-279-q-069

Description: View of the garrison and bridge across the Hutt River. In the foreground are two Maori in a canoe. Personal Christmas card produced for the Chief of the General Staff, 47 Holyoake Crescenr, Avalon, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. In: Brees S C Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. (London, 1847) Plate 11, No 33 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 75 x 110 mm

Date: 1948-1955

From: Wellington Regional Planning Authority : Records

Reference: 75-156-049

Description: References to flooding of the Hutt River in 1955 at Manor Park and near St Patrick's College, Silverstream Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1977 - 1978

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

By: Wellington (N.Z. : Region). Regional Council; Lower Hutt (N.Z.). City Council

Reference: MapColl-WRC-2/1/11C-Acc.

Description: Shows area around the Hutt River. Zoning notation inlcudes recreation areas, schools, motorway and service lanes etc. Reference index given. See Base map 1 (Lower Hutt City Council, 1977-1978) Quantity: 1 map(s) with ms annotations. Physical Description: Ink on cream paper. Scale 1: 6336, 56 x 56 cm

Date: 1943

By: Gardiner, Norman Jacob, 1900-1985

Reference: MapColl-832.4794eam/1943/Acc.19284

Description: Survey map of the Hutt River Estuary reclamation, between present day Barnes Street and Randwick Street, extending from Waiwhetu Pa, Seaview Road to the river. Shows the pre-reclamation river boundary on the Waiwhetu Pa boundary, proposed streets (one of which runs through the centre of Waiwhetu Pa), closed streets, the proposed surveyed reclaimed land, dwellings, and the Waiwhetu Stream. Land owners named include: H M King, E Price, E Corson, Hutt River Board, 'Natives', Public trustee. Pumping stations, the Waiwhetu pa cemetery, the proposed railway eastern track and embankments are shown. Written on map: Certified correct [signed by] chief surveyor, 12.10.1943. WDO file 8/89; SO 21064. Includes 9 insets of specific survey points, labelled A-I. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, part hand coloured, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 75.8 x 76 cm.

Date: 1951

By: Hutt River Board; Seaton, Sladden & Pavitt (Firm); Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4794cdc/1951/Acc.10371-75

Description: Survey maps showing the proposed raising of embankments along the Hutt River from the bridge which carries pipes, the railway bridge to the Hutt Bridge. Culverts and sluice pipes are marked. The index sheet is a survey map of the area from the pipe bridge, the railway bridge to the Hutt Bridge, on which the areas covered by each of the four sheets are marked. Streets are named, as is Strand Park and an area marked Rugby Union. Sheet 1 shows the approximate land to be acquired for the east stopbank at Pitt settlement. Black Creek is named and includes an area of flood control described as driven rail breastwork. The size of land in perches to be acquired for the stopbank is marked, includes amounts in pounds sterling, seemingly to be paid in compensation. Names include Eastside Industries Ltd., J. J. Bourke & Co. Ltd., R. G. Buckleton, Rokfire Electric Battery Factory, Wellington Educational Board (Randwick School), H. M. King, Lower Hutt Borough Council. Sheet 2 includes two maps which join to form one, of the east bank from the railway bridge to Black Creek to Strand Park. The area to be taken for the stopbank includes the measurement in perches, amounts in pounds sterling, seemingly to be paid as compensation. Names include Wellington Rugby Football Union, Lower Hutt Borough Council and H. M. King. Hutt Valley High School is marked. A pencilled note states 'Lorry to travel along here'. Sheet 3 includes two maps of the east bank area from Strand Park to the Hutt Bridge and Ward and High Streets. The area to be taken for the stopbank includes measurements in perches. Names include Wellington Rugby Football Union, T. Hansen, Lower Hutt Borough Council, W. T. Strand and F. L. McKenzie. A tennis court, gymnasium, a corrugated iron building, 1st Lower Hutt Rover Crew Building, 3rd Lower Hutt Scout Hall are marked. St. Albans Avenue and Market Street are named. Sheet 4 is of cadastral sections at the western stopbank along the Hutt River at Alicetown, including Mudie, Montague, Valentine and Buckley Streets. The area to be taken includes measurements in perches and amounts in pounds sterling, seemingly to be paid in compensation. Names include H. Heald, G. P. O'Malley, H. W. Greenfield, H. S. Turvey, F. E. Leeks, A. Webster, R. F. Webster, James O'Brien, L. Fake, E. McDonald. The name of Tarrant, solicitor has been pencilled in. Sites of houses, garages, a winch and shingle plant are marked. Each map is stamped H.R.B. 48/2 First published 1948 Quantity: 8 map(s) on 5 sheets. Physical Description: Ink, pencil and colourwash on photocopies, coloured, linen backed, scale [1:2 376] and [1:580], 53.3 x 73 cm. and smaller

Date: 1974

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

Reference: MapColl-WRC-8-5/20/1-Acc.

Description: Aerial photograph of area from Te Marua, taking in State Highway no 2, Hutt River to Pakuratahi River. Quantity: 1 map(s) with annotations. Physical Description: Black ink on cream paper. Scale ca 1: 7920, 90 x 48 cm.

Date: 1920 - 1980

From: Mitchell, Mary Stewart, 1911-1982 :[Wellington scenes, 1920s to 1970s?]

By: Gellatly, R D, active 1988; Mitchell, Mary Stewart, 1911?-1982

Reference: A-281-009

Description: Shows boatsheds and boats in water near mouth of Hutt River, Petone area. Thee Western hill suburbs are in the background. Titles from artist's inscriptions on pinex backing boards, now discarded. Inscriptions: Unsigned and undated. Title taken from backing board, now discarded. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 290 x 310 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist's son, Mr R. D. Gellatly, Newlands, in 1988.

Date: 1944

From: [Ephemera, pamphlets about politics and political issues including campaign leaflets for elections. 1940-1949].

By: Hyde, William Julius, 1889-1962

Reference: Eph-A-POLITICS-1944-01

Description: An arrangement of text and illustration, on two sides of a flier. One side questions the conclusions reached by the investigation into the accident at Haywards Railay Crossing. The other side proposes river controls for the Hutt River, and discusses the proposal to develop Rongotai as Wellington main commercial airport. Other Titles - Airport Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 240 x 178 mm.