Places

Date: 1849-1870 (1909)

By: Orbell, Macleod Clement, 1838-1914

Reference: MS-1731-1732

Description: Includes description of voyage to New Zealand on the `Mariner' in 1849 Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; brown calf)

Date: 1974

By: Main, Colleen Patricia, active 1974-1994

Reference: MS-Papers-1356

Description: Includes information on his descendants Source of title - Transcribed John Dewe came to Port Chalmers on the `Blundell' in 1848 and settled in Milton in 1850. He became Resident Magistrate; active in establishing Anglican Church. Ordained in 1874, was vicar of Clyde and elsewhere in Otago. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (42 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1849-1937 (1957)

By: Gregory, John L, active 1957

Reference: MS-1792

Description: Anonymous unpublished historical work with ms annotations. Deals with the history of printing, printing firms and associations, and the newspaper industry in Dunedin and Otago. Copious references to personalities involved. Covers period 1849-1937 Source of title - Title page Relationship complexity - Chapters VIII-XI, omitted from this volume, are at 84-080 Relationship complexity - Similar version to this at 74-162 with authors given as John L Gregory and R V S Perry Quantity: 1 volume(s) (77 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (26 cm; ¼ red morocco, red buckram)

Date: 2005

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-52

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Jeffrey Blair Young; brief history of the Young family and land owned by them. The original owner of Heathcote was Samuel Young who purchased 4300 acres in 1905. In 2005 it was awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript

Date: 1847 - 1852

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-114-1

Description: A bend in a swiftly-flowing river, with islets of vegetation, the water extending to distant banks. In the background is a range of hills or mountains, possibly the Southern Alps Probably one of the east coast South Island rivers Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia ink, 91 x 211 mm (irregular)

Date: 1852 - 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

Reference: C-103-098/099

Description: A sheet of card, representing two facing pages from a dismounted album. Contains 6 drawings, three on each page. Part of W B D Mantell's Scrapbook (C-103) Quantity: 6 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, and ink and watercolour, sizes vary, on sheet, 545 x 833 mm

Date: 1847 - 1844

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: C-170-002

Description: Shows 14 views of Maori domestic life, including tools, clothing and household receptacles. Accompanying page of text (C-170-002-1) lists the numbered items as follows: 1. Mode of fishing with nets on Lake Taupo: the fish, which are still small, are caught in a seine with very fine meshes, and a pole about 20 feet long, with tufts of grass fastened at the end, to drive the fish into the net. 2. A fishing weir, or eel pah, on the river Mokau. 3. Wooden fish-hook. 4. Fish-hook generally in use, made of wood, with a layer of pawa [i.e. paua], or pearl shell (Haliotis), and the hook formed of human bone. A feather of the kivi kivi (Apteryx Australis) is fastened at the extremity. The lines are of flax and, as these hooks dangle astern of the canoes, the glittering appearance of the pawa attracts the fish. 5. Kupenga, or eel trap, formed of twigs, from Mokau. 6. Ko, a wooden spade, for rooting up ferns, and preparing the ground for plantations. 7. A pestle for beating flax, formed of volcanic trap. 8. Wooden flute, one of the orifices of which is tattooed to resemble the lips of a woman. 9. Bark bucket, and calabashes for holding water: the orifices of these latter are also tattooed in a similar manner. 10. Ornamented flax basket for household purposes. 11. E kumeti, ancient wooden bowl for kumeras, from the deserted pah of Otawhao, near Waipa, eight feet in circumference. 12. and 13. Flax sandals from Otago, in the Southern Island. 14. Portrait of an aged slave woman, at Pouketouto, in the interior, beyond Mokau Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Other Titles - and Extended Title - From: Angas, George French. The New Zealanders illustrated (London; Thomas M'Lean No. 26 Haymarket, 1847). Plate 57 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) (14 images on one page). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 455 x 310 mm, on sheet 545 x 365 mm Provenance: Purchase: Cordy's antique and art auction, Auckland, 21 May 2013; lot 665

Date: 1849-1937 (1957)

By: Gregory, John L, active 1957

Reference: MS-Papers-10951

Description: Chapters VIII-XI of the above, omitted from bound photocopy. Original held by the Printing Assn of Otago. Source of title - Transcribed title Relationship complexity - Further chapters at MS-1792; later draft version at 74-162 with authorship attributed to John L Gregory and R V S Perry Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1844-1883

By: New Zealand. General Assembly Library

Reference: PAColl-4500

Description: Photographs of maps of Otago Region: the layout of the settlement of Dunedin and Taieri 1846-1847; sketch map of the north west district of Otago showing the route between the west coast and Lake Wakatipu; sketch of the district comprising trhe lands to be annexed to the settlement of New Edinburgh 1844; West Coast Route from a sketch by Mr Holmes 1865 showing the Haast River; map of the northern portion of the Otago Province 1858; interior district of Otago Province 1862-1863; suburban section in the settlement of Otago 1849 (Dunedin); four copies of a map of Grey District showing sections; and a topographical map of the Huiarau Range. Also included are tracings of maps from the Appendices to the Journal of the House of Representatives 1870-1876. Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Found amongst PAColl-3678..

Date: 1849-1856

By: Wohlers, Johann Friedrich Heinrich, 1811-1885

Reference: MS-Papers-1410

Description: Detailed reports to F Tuckett, in London regarding the North German Missionary Society station on Ruapuke Island; records gifts of agricultural implements, seeds, books, clothing; comment on farming and life at the mission; Tuckett's notes. Also, letter to Dr Hocken re early history of Otago, 1884; Hocken's notes on Wohlers Source of title - Supplied title North German Mission Society missionary based at Ruapuke Island Quantity: 1 folder(s) (166 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1847-1900

By: Arnold, Thomas, 1823-1900

Reference: MS-Papers-0231

Description: The letters cover his departure to New Zealand, the voyage and his life in New Zealand and Tasmania Publication - Bertram, J M, `New Zealand Letters of Thomas Arnold the Younger', Oxford University Press, Auckland (1966); `Letters of Thomas Arnold the Younger 1850-1900' Oxford University Press, Auckland (1980). Source of title - Supplied Arrangement: . The letters have been further arranged into series since the collection was microfilmed. The original inventory is available on request. Arnold was the son of Thomas Arnold of Rugby School. He came to New Zealand in 1848 on the `John Wickliffe'. He arrived in Wellington but soon moved to Nelson where he started a school, but was soon attracted to Tasmania. He later returned to England and gained some fame as a Catholic convert and scholar of English literature. His book `Passages in a Wandering Life' (1900) gives interesting information on New Zealand in the 1840s. Quantity: 11 folder(s). 0.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and mss Processing information: Letters described to piece level

Date: 1911

By: McKay, Alexander, 1841-1917

Reference: MS-1177

Description: Childhood in Scotland, voyage to New Zealand on the Helenslee, 1863, and first years gold digging in New Zealand and Australia, 1863-ca 1870 Lacks pages 193-229 Relationship complexity - See qMS-1184 for Australian episodes missing from this volume Quantity: 1 volume(s) (255 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm; brown rexene) Portrait of McKay

Date: 2005

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-26

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by John Murray Rose, grandson of John Rose; brief Rose family history; extracts from `Waitahuna memories' (Chapter III The First runholders) by Eric Skinner; valuation certificate (1990); photocopy of page from Waitahuna Gully School admission register, 1875-1925; typescript entries from diary of John Rose, ca 1880; photographs of Rose family (photocopies); map of Tuapeka East Survey District (Otago Catchment Board). Original owner of Rutherglen, Waitahuna (Tuapeka East District) was John Rose of Ross-shire, Scotland who acquired the original parcel of land in 1880 (1654 acres). On the death of John Rose in 1925 his son John M Rose (1877-1956) took over the ownership and management of Rutherglen. Parts of the farm were owned by different members of the family at different times but part of the initial purchase remains with John M Rose's son, J Murray Rose at the time the application was made in 2005. In 1972 J Murray Rose sold some 60% of Rutherglen to the New Zealand Government Forest Service. Awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, maps, photographs

Date: 2005

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-33

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Robert Wood; occupation licence and map for Block I, Crookston, 1886; notes recording ownership, 1886-2005; photograph of `Dad' Wood. The original owner of Dunkeld at Beaumont was Robert Wood from Scotland who purchased 21,500 acres in 1886 (Crookston Survey District). In 2005 the property was owned by his great-grandson Robert Wood & his wife Deborah. Awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, map, photograph

Date: 1 May 1840-30 Dec 1844

By: Watkin, James (Rev), 1805-1886

Reference: qMS-2123

Description: Describes his work as Methodist missionary at Waikouaiti; includes a description of the whaling settlement there; also includes journeys to other parts of Otago and Southland; and very brief references to Wellington 1844 Variations in title - Spine title : Diary Quantity: 1 volume(s) (90 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; red linen)

Date: [1937-1943]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11310-145

Description: Research papers relating to working pounamu/greenstone, including handwritten research notes and drafts and annotated clippings. Includes karakia used in the working of pounamu and also has information about the various Maori names for pounamu. Language - Karakia in Maori and Maori names for various types of Pounamu Arrangement: 24 in original listing Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1841-1850

By: New Zealand Company

Reference: AI-80-164

Description: Papers relating to applications for purchase of land in New Plymouth 1843-1850; Otago 1847-1849; Wellington 1841. Also includes a list of landholders in Wellington. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See AJCP Handbook for Micro-MS-Coll-13.

Date: 1842-1860

By: Sinclair, Andrew, 1794-1861

Reference: MS-1947

Description: Sinclair was an eminent botanist and the journals record excursions around Auckland, Whangarei, Coromandel and Otago and are chiefly about the botany of the regions, with observations about geology, Maori occupation and people. The correspondence is both personal and official and includes letters from FitzRoy, Donald McLean, Shortland, Sidney Herbert, Grey, Gore Browne and others with a small number from Sinclair on political and current matters. Not all correspondents have been entered in the Names field. Relationship complexity - Original mss material, and carbon copy of this item, at qMS-1809-1812. Transferred from Parliamentary Library in 1977. Dr Andrew Sinclair was a physician and Colonial Secretary, 1844-1856 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 200 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm; brown buckram) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Estate of G H Scholefield, 1966