Places

Date: 1870 - 1879

From: [Ephemera of quarto size concerning police, policemen, policing, crime prevention]

By: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: Eph-B-POLICE-1870s-01

Description: Single typescript page by an anonymous witness tells of seeing a man at a hotel in Waitati, 17 miles north of Dunedin. Because of his suspicions that the man was connected with a recent murder of a young couple named Dewar and their child, he advised the local policeman Charles Colborne, who telegrammed policeman Townsend of Waikouaiti. The arrested man was Robert Butler, alias Lee, alias Donnelly, alias Medway. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Carbon copy of typescript on sheet 330 x 205 mm. Provenance: From the collection of Mr Ken A Webster.

Date: 1857

By: Brooks, Vincent, active 1850s-1880s; Stanford, Edward, active 1857-1865; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-256-013

Description: Shows house on cleared land Extended Title - Illustration from: Hursthouse, C F. New Zealand, or, Zelandia, the Britain of the South. London, Stanford, 1857. p. 239. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, 90 x 160 mm on sheet 110 x 180 mm

Date: 1871

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-253-012

Description: View towards a wide shallow part of the Shotover River, Central Otago, with mud flats or low islands in the foreground, a distinctive rock formation in the background and mountains in the distance A-253-011 is on the recto, a view ofLake Waakatipu Attribution to Barraud on stylistic grounds. Barraud was in this part of central Otago in April 1871 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in ink [cf titling in the C. D. Barraud Album, E-279 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour (oval) on cream wove paper, 172 x 260 mm

Date: 1871

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-253-018

Description: Queenstown in the foreground, Lake Wakatipu and the Remarkables beyond Quantity: 1 drawing(s) Pencil. Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper, 177 x 258 mm

Date: 1871

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-253-019

Description: Three cottages in Queenstown in the foreground, Lake Wakatipu and the Remarkables beyond. A small boat with a lateen sail has just been launched at the lake's edge. Each house is surrounded by a picket fence and a water barrel can be seen behind the nearer house to the right. The work is unfinished Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on cream wove paper, 177 x 260 mm

Date: 1884

From: [Ephemera of around A3 size, relating to immigration to New Zealand, problems and issues of new immigrants and refugees]

By: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: Eph-C-IMMIGRATION-1884-01

Description: Arrangement of text, with flag of the Patrick Henderson Shipping Company in scroll at top. Includes a table showing "Scale of dietary for each adult steerage passenger per week", as well as regulations about deposits, luggage allowances, and the fares for first cabin and steerage. Lists at the top, the names of the ships in the Patrick Henderson line. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 476 x 257 mm. Provenance: From the collection of Kenneth Athol Webster, no. 5060