Places

Date: 1938

Reference: PA1-q-052

Description: Album chiefly shows members of a Lands & Survey team surveying boundaries etc, in the Chatham Islands, and in South Canterbury, circa 1938. Residents of the Chatham Islands, various locations in the islands and activities such as sheep transportation from the islands to Lyttelton and Wellington by ship are shown. Another sequence shows drainage and irrigation procedures in South Canterbury. The photographer is probably Russell Gladstone Dick, later the New Zealand Surveyor-General. Other - Source of descriptive information - Card inserted in album which reads "Ample evidence this is a 1938 Lands and Surveys team surveying boundaries etc ... The photographer is shown in photos 126, 127 and 112, and is probably Mr Dick, later NZ Surveyoe General ..." Signed "Rhys Richards". Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark blue cloth-covered album, 35.5 x 22.5 cm

Date: 17 May 1990

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

Reference: EP/1990/1756-F

Description: Defence Department houses at Fort Balance, Miramar, Wellington, that have been put up for sale. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Mark Round on the 17th of May 1990. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: [Circa 1900-1910]

From: Miller, E D N :Photographs by Isaac Jeffares, and of family

Reference: PA1-o-245

Description: Photographs taken by Isaac H B Jeffares. These include family photographs, many of which are not identified. Those whose names are given (at a later date) are Beryl Charlotte Cameron (aged one); Isaac Jeffares himself; and Isaac Jeffares' mother, Mrs Jane Jeffares (nee Warrell). Scenic photographs were chiefly taken in Wellington, with harbour views, Wellington City, and several well-known public buildings; Napier, including Bluff Hill and Cape Kidnappers; and Greymouth. Other Titles - Sunny memories Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover, entitled `Sunny memories'; 20 x 22 cm

Date: [ca 1927]

From: Government House Collection : Prints of Te Aro flat, Lambton Quay, Parliament Building, Government Buildings, Post Office and Governor's residence

Reference: PAColl-D-0119

Description: Panoramic view taken from Wireless Hill (Tinakori Hill) looking down on the city and across the harbour to Roseneath, Oriental Bay and Mount Victoria, with the Miramar peninsula in the distance. Bolton Street Cemetery is in the immediate foreground. The Government Building, Parliament Buildings, Government House, Government Print building and Thorndon railway station are to the left. Several ships are berthed at the wharves and a ship is steaming towards Queens Wharf in the middle distance. Kelvin Chambers and Mayfair Chambers can be seen (both under construction). The Taranaki Street Wharf is on the far right. Taken by an unidentified photographer, ca 1927 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title; Recto - bottom right - 2249 Similiar view at 1/2-058525 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 402 x 560 mm with mount

Date: Probably March 24 - 25 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

Reference: PA12-8792

Description: Transparency slides of Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams') travel in New Zealand in 1959. This sheet of slides was probably taken earlier than those on some of the preceding sheets (information from his diary). This sheet contains images of Wellington, including Wellington Airport; views from Mount Victoria; around the Wellington coast including shore with marram grass and black-backed gulls; the Petone Settlers' Memorial; Marine Parade around Miramar, with the Monowai sailing through Wellington Heads; buildings in the city including Parliament Buildings, Government Buildings, Wakefield House at 90 The Terrace, used by the Founders Club; and an old two-storeyed wooden house on the Terrace; the Corinthic loading various goods at Wellington Wharves; Lambton Quay; Cable Car terminal and views of Wellington; and the Carter Observatory. Slides on this sheet are numbered 505-528, with a gap for no. 506. Arrangement: Image no. 506 (showing the view from Mount Victoria in Wellington) was taken as part of Williams' representative collection on New Zealand for various lectures which he gave when he returned to England. The lecture series are filed in later sequences. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: ca 1940

Reference: PAColl-8027

Description: Views of Parliament, New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, Oriental Bay, the Carillon, the Dominion Museum, Willis Street, Lambton Quay, Wellington harbour, and the Invercargill Water Tower.and other scenes. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Serials Collection - PR-02-0450.

Date: 1978-1997

From: Beard, James Albert, 1924- :Architectural and town planning photographs

Reference: PAColl-9938-24

Description: Wellington views and buildings include - Metal nikau palms around Wellington Public Library building. Views of Wellington's high rise skyline from the Inner Harbour. Exterior and interior views of shed 21 on Waterloo Quay. St John's Bar in the restored Wellington Free ambulance Building on Cable Street. Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa) building nearing completion. Billboard advertising planned residential development on the waterfront between Barnett Street and Oriental Parade. Old Eastbourne Ferry building, northern end of Inner Harbour waterfront. Parks and building development on and around Frank Kitts Park. Wellington Hospital buildings, Newtown. (All of the above were dated 1995). Further Wellington views and buildings include - Circa Theatre building under construction, July 1994. Te Ara Hou Flats, Newtown. Views of Wellington, the harbour and mountains beyond, from Wadestown, and from the top of the Cable Car at Kelburn. Views of buildings on the Terrace and the motorway from raised ground above the motorway. Goods for sale in the California Garden Centre, Miramar, 1995. Views of the Museum of New Zealand bulding and its surroundings. Unidentified Wellington house, its front garden, and pohutukawa trees. Roof structure going up, probably on the second Investment House for the Public Service Investment Society, corner of Ballance and Featherston streets, 1978. Views of the main street, Huntley. Views of light industrial and small businesses lining a roadway, Rotorua. View of Auckland showing the Sky Tower On a yacht with John Hollings in the Great Barrier Island area, 1993. Views of Paekakariki, ca 1990s. Quantity: 115 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

Reference: PA12-7812

Description: Transparency slides of Bernard Leach, Wellington and Sabine River, taken ca 1950s-1960s by John Bailey Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides.

Date: 2004

From: Thwaite, Ann, 1932- :Photographs relating to the Harrop and Valentine families

Reference: PAColl-9921-3

Description: Includes - View of Mana Island from a rocky foreshore. Photographs taken during aSouth Island trip. Those that can be identified include - Bronze statue of runner, Jack Lovelock, Timaru Bays' High School (unveiled 13 November 2002). Kea on a roadway. Anglican Church, Reefton. Old Court House, Reefton. Old shop front and white car, Reefton. Derelict wharf, Greymouth. Group at Arthur's Pass. Fitzherbert Street, Hokitika. Man and woman at Timaru. Views of Wellington Harbour. The rest are scenic views of unidentified mountains, beaches, and sea views. A note inside the front cover of the album states that photographs of England were sent by Angus John Harrop. Quantity: 21 colour copy photographic print(s). Provenance: Purchase, May 2011

Date: 1950 to 1957

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-o-014

Description: Adkin album. Wellington (2), nos. 241-441. Views of Wellington taken between 1950 and 1957. Includes harbour swim event at Evans Bay, 26 February 1950; speedboat contests at Evans Bay, 4 March 1950; Patent slip and the Union Steam Ship Co's wharf at Evans Bay; tulip Sunday at the Wellington Botanic Garden (15 October 1950); Evans Bay Yacht Club yard in use as a temporary base for Solent flying boats with the Ararangi at a mooring; various views of reclamation undertaken by TEAL for their flying boat service at Evans Bay, and flying boats. Many of the images in this album are linked with Evans Bay, as Adkin was living at 424 Evans Bay Parade in the 1950s, several images showing the house. Views of Wellington from the Mount Victoria lookout and from the Tinakori Ridge Radio Station, in 1952; the old Robert Hannah residence in Boulcott Street; views of the inner city including the upper end of Ghuznee St., Upper Willis St., the Children's Dental Clinic. Image no. 313 shows a house at 214 Upper Willis Street (known as Restwyn), taken in Feb 1953, while image no. 434 shows the same site in January 1957 after the house had been demolished. Numbers of images show preparations and decorations for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953. There are many photographs of preparation for extending the airport at Rongotai, showing Moa Point Hill in course of destruction to provide spoil for reclamation, and also Rongotai Ridge, with one view of a house being moved from the ridge, also showing development of the breakwater at Moa Point, all taken betwen 1953 and 1957. A 1954 image shows an extension to the Town Hall under construction for municipal offices in December 1953; the Hinemoa at No. 1 Ferry Wharf; preparations and decorations for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II in December 1953, including decorations at the Railway Station, Defence Stores Building in Featherston St., Kirkcaldie & Stains, James Smiths Corner, DIC, and the GPO. Image taken in March 1956 shows a house with turret on the corner of Upper Willis St and Aro St (a house which was shown in CD Barraud's painting of 1877). Views of yachting in the harbour, Ward Island, and the Eastbourne seawall. Outcast yacht is pictured.

Date: 1895

From: F W Niven & Co. :View of Wellington [ca 1895] from Mt Victoria. F W Niven & Co. [lith] Ballarat, [Vic[toria, ca 1895]

Reference: D-002-007-centre

Description: Shows a view of Wellington , with Tinakori Hill and Mt Kaukau in the distance, and a part of the harbour at the right. The title is displayed at left in a scallop shell. Extended Title - Central panel from large poster of the same name Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Coloured lithograph, 229 x 685 mm.

Date: 1867

From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district

Reference: 10x8-2084-G

Description: Intersection of Lambton Quay and Molesworth Street, Wellington, from Wellington Harbour looking towards Tinakori Hill, photographed 1867 by William Henry Whitmore Davis. At extreme left is the house of "Squatter" Jones, with Government House immediately to the right. At the right, in the foreground are the house of Dr G Samuel Evans, on the corner of Charlotte (Molesworth) Street, and Barrett's Hotel. Behind them are Parliament Buildings and St Mary's Cathedral. Other - Seventh image from left in panoramic sequence 10x8-2078 to 10x8-2087 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 8 x 10 inches Processing information: Record updated on 7 July 2023 to change date from 1866 to 1867 on advice of a researcher concerning the spire on St Mary's Cathedral opened in November 1867.

Date: [ca 1868]

Reference: 1/2-010900-F

Description: View across Thorndon, Wellington, taking in Old St Pauls, Wellington Harbour, and part of Mount Victoria. Photographed by an unknown photographer in about 1868 Other - Forms an imperfect panorama with 1/2-010901 Other - Same image as 1/1-017885. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1879

From: Richmond, Christopher William, 1821-1895 :Sketch book ; sketches numbered 1 to 74 [i.e. 95] / [by] C W Richmond.

Reference: E-284-040

Description: Part of the front garden (a lawn ringed with shrubs) of Sir James Prendergast, Bolton Street in the foreground. To the left is the wooden Parliament Building with its square tower, in Bowen Street. To the right are the wooden Government Buildings in Lambton Quay. Other buildings and the wharf area can also be seen and the view looks across the harbour, with a steam ship and Somes Island and the eastern hills in the background Other Titles - Government buildings. Parliament Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 123 x 201 mm

Date: [ca 1941-1943]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-149

Description: Official photographs, most of which are not captioned or dated. Includes: Fairmile `sub-chasers' in convoy in the Hauraki Gulf, 1943; launching of HMNZS Hinau at Auckland in 1941 (shows Mrs Sullivam christening the ship and her husband Hon D G Sullivan standing behind). Series of photographs of HMNZS Archilles at Wellington; lineup of sailors; military parade in grounds of Parliament, Wellington; unidentified naval commanders; naval vessels sailing past Massey Memorial, Wellington. Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1881]

Reference: 1/2-110651-F

Description: View of Bolton Street, Wellington, and looking out over Thorndon. The recently completed wooden Government Buildings and the Government centre can be seen. St Mary's Cathedral stands above the Government Reserve, and in the distance are the spire and roofs of Old St Pauls Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1890-1930]

From: Powles family papers

Reference: PAColl-9773

Description: Contains Powles family photographs from the 1890s to the 1920s. Includes: a group portrait of the Levin Football Club, `Cup winners, 1898'; a view of Wellington Harbour with masted ships; views of a harbour town, probably on the south coast of England; views of two churches probably in the south-east of England; a photograph of an aqueduct, possibly part of the Wey and Arun canal; landscape and village scenes from the south-east of england and New Zealand; portraits of military officers; photographs of Colonel Charles Guy Powles on a horse and meeting soldiers while serving in Egypt; unidentified photographs of people and locations, probably taken in the Wellington Region. Quantity: 23 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: [Between 1890s and 1900s]

From: Hamerton, N & G (Misses), fl 1967 :Photograph albums of Wellington scenes

Reference: PA1-o-540

Description: Album of photographs of early Wellington, circa 1880s to 1890s. One view shows the wreck of the Oliver Lang at Kaiwharawhara. Other views of ships show the RMS Ruapehu on arrival in Wellington; the ship Pleione in port, and the Opawa on the patent slip at Evans Bay. Other views in the album include one of the tram track on the way to Oriental Bay; Te Aro (1883); Wellington from Bolton Street; Government House and Offices; a view from "Gaol Hill" (near the Te Aro Prison at the junction of The Terrace and Abel Smith Street); a tram run by the Wellington Tramway Company in front of Government Buildings; the corner of Featherston Street and Lambton Quay with the Union Bank of Australia and Johnny Martin's fountain; the tombstone of Mete Kingi Paetahi at Whanganui; the memorial to Te Wharepouri at Ngauranga; the Karori Reservoir; and a view of the mouth of the Hutt River from the eastern hills. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cloth cover, entitled "Sketched by the sun"; 17.5 x 21.5 cm