Places

Date: 1846 - 1847

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :[Sketchbook]

Reference: E-346-1-070

Description: View looking east along the Whanganui River from the opposite bank, with Putiki in the foreground, military tents on the town side, churches including Christ Church, houses, Rutland Stockade not yet complete and a fenced area around what was later York Stockade on the left. Jetties can also be seen. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

Date: 1850 - 1860

Reference: 1/1-007263

Description: View from the south bank of the Whanganui River, looking towards the town. Christ Church and the Rutland and York Stockades can be seen, as well as houses Physical Description: Photograph of oil on canvas

Date: 1926

From: Haylock, Arthur Lagden 1860-1948 :[Sketchbooks]

Reference: E-292-q-4-009

Description: Sketch of a decorative outdoor lamp on a brick plinth. On righgthandside of page sketch of a resting cow viewed from three different angles Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Titles Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 140 x 233 mm

Date: 1860s-1900s

Reference: PAColl-6239

Description: Photographs relating to the family of Rev Basil Kirk Taylor. These are part of a larger collection which includes correspondence to and from members of the Taylor family, mainly Rev Basil Kirke Taylor and his wife Edith. There is a typeset letter from Rev Richard Taylor to his daughter Laura, 1847. Diaries and notebooks, mainly kept by Rev Basil Kirke Taylor, although the earliest ones were kept by Rev Richard Taylor and his wife Caroline. The diaries of Basil Taylor record his time in England before ordination, and later when he joined his father at the Wanganui Mission, and up until his premature death in 1876. The privately printed reminiscences of Richard Basil Taylor, the grandson of Rev Basil Taylor, entitled `Family recollections'. These memoirs give details of his missionary forebears, as well as describing his diplomatic career and own family. Includes many photographs and family trees Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1851 - 1859

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :[Sketchbook]

Reference: E-346-1-058/059

Description: A view from east Wanganui (Aramoho area) looking west along the river towards the town and Durie Hill. Rutland Stockade and Christ Church can be seen, as well as a number of houses. There is a two-storied house on flat land on the opposite side of the river. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on 2 sketchbook pages, 129 x 260 mm

Date: [1880s]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/1-000582-G

Description: Christ Church, Wanganui, in the 1880s. Shows early graves and the sunday school. Photograph taken by William James Harding. (or taken in circa 1920s by Frank James Harding?) This was the 2nd Christ Church. It was later moved to Gonville and renamed St Peter's. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [Circa 1910s]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000654-G

Description: View of Christ Church, Anglican church in Wanganui. Photograph taken by William Archer Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Christ Church. Wanganui. [No.] 493 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: between 1866-1872

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/1-000015-G

Description: Scene in Wanganui taken between 1866-1872, with the York stockade, and the second Christ Church in the centre. Photograph taken by William James Harding. Note on back of file print reads "Church built 1866. York stockade dismantled 1872." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1848

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

Reference: E-296-q-159

Description: View from the south bank of the Whanganui River, with a Maori family beside a toitoi in the foreground and Shakespeare Cliff visible futher along the bank. Across the river is a clear view of the town, with Rutland stockade on the hilltop to the right, York Stockade on its hill to the left and Christ Church in the valley between the two, along with houses and streets. Christ Church appears to be on the wrong side of the adjacent road (possibly just a failure of perspective). The large central building at the water's edge is the Taylor & Watt store house and private wharf. The large building at the water's edge on the far left is the Commercial Hotel. The two jetties have a brig moored at them. Possibly the original for an illustration in a book (but not for Taylor's 'The past and present of New Zealand') Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title. Also a pencil inscription in the sky area 'Frontispiece' Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink & wash, 179 x 263 mm

Date: 1848

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.

Reference: E-296-q-162-1

Description: Sketch shows a view of the stockade on the hill at the left, and Christ Church in the hollow to the right. At the extreme right foreground is a flagpole, and two Maori regard the scene from the left foreground. Other Titles - September Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and ink, 100 x 170 mm.

Date: 1852

From: Wynyard, Robert Henry 1802-1864 :[Drawings of New Zealand scenes] / R.H.W. - 1852.

Reference: A-081-030

Description: View from Durie Hill, south of the Whanganui River, looking towards Wanganui township. Wharves, houses, Christ Church and the Rutland and York stockades can be seen. The river's course to the east can also be seen. The drawing appears to have been cropped on the left side and may have been part of a wider panorama Inscriptions: Recto - top left - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 200 x 247 mm