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Date: [1880s-1910s?]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Ferrez, Marc, 1843-1923; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA1-q-260

Description: Collection of photographs taken by various photographers including the Burton Brothers, George Valentine, Josiah Martin and Marc Ferrez. On page [67] there is a hand-traced map of the world with a route marked on it from London, to Plymouth, Canary Islands, Cape Town, Tasmania, Wellington, Lyttelton, Cape Horn, Rio de Janeiro, Canary Islands and back to Plymouth and London. The distance travelled out was 12,948 miles, and distance home was 11,915 miles. The photographs cover most of these places, with more detailed travel through Tasmania, and especially New Zealand. Scenes in New Zealand were mostly taken by the Burton Brothers and Josiah Martin. They include views of the main cities, and a large number in the thermal area around Lake Rotorua and Mount Tarawera, showing the area around the Pink and White Terraces before and after the eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886. Photographs by Josiah Martin include portraits of Maori, and one entitled "The old order changeth" with Maori artifacts, shrunken heads, and a portrait of Tawhiao. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover, black leather coners and spine; 27.5 x 37.5 cm

Date: [1888-1892]

By: Bourke, Edmund G, active 1888-1892; Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Connolly & Company; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919; Hart, Campbell & Company; Butcher, Pablo, active 2004

Reference: PA1-f-242

Description: Album compiled by Captain Edmund Bourke RN of HMS Hyacinth, on voyages in the Pacific ca 1888-1892. New Zealand views include Auckland, Tikitapu Bush, Waitakere Creek, Pink & white Terraces, Atiamuri, Ohinemutu, Wairakei, Napier, Wellington, Upper Hutt, McNab's Gardens (Lower Hutt), the Teremakau river and cable car, Nelson, Westland, Otira Gorge, Taipo, the Waimakariri River, Christchurch, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Dunedin and Invercargill. Pacific views include Rarotonga, Samoa, Fiji (including Suva), New Caledonia, Tahiti and Hawaii. Photographers represented include George Valentine, James Connolly, Wheeler & Son, J R Morris, and Hart, Campbell & Co. Includes of gold mining and sluicing in Westland, HM ships Ringarooma and Hyacinth, and games of croquet and polo in Hawaii. HMS Hyacinth, a 3rd class cruiser commissioned in 1886, cruised in the Pacific under the command of Captain Edmund G Bourke RN. In October-November 1888 Bourke sailed around the Cook Islands with the Vice-Consul, hoisting the flag in Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, Mitiaro and Mauke. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Finding Aids: Manuscript list of images housed with album.