Places

Date: 1849-1850

By: Clarke, Cuthbert Charles, 1818-1863

Reference: Micro-MS-0639

Description: Cuthbert Clarke's diary, 5 Dec 1849-19 Feb 1850, of a journey in the party of Sir George Grey, Governor of New Zealand, from Auckland to Taranaki, including sketches of scenery and natives and a sketch of Bishop George Augustus Selwyn, 6 Dec 1849 Item 3 of Sir George Grey. Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand See Micro-Art-005 for items 1 & 2 of Sir George Grey. Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand, 1845-1853 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1845

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-1283

Description: Account of the journey from New Plymouth to Wanganui, Taupo, Rotorua, Waikato, then following the Mokau River and back to New Plymouth. McLean was accompanied by Rev Richard Taylor Also letter to the Chief Protector of Aborigines, Auckland, 11 Jul 1845 by Donald McLean Quantity: 1 volume(s) (49 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; ½ light brown calf)

Date: [1886]

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA7-54-18

Description: View in the Tiki Tapu bush, near Blue Lake, Whakarewarewa, after the Mount Tarawera eruption of 10 June 1886, taken by George Dobson Valentine in October 1886. The two men in the foreground are possibly Charles Chapman and Joseph McRae who are known to have accompanied Valentine at this time. Indentical image at PA7-54-03 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Tiki-Tapu Bush. After eruption. 119. GV Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 28.9 x 18.7 cm

Date: Dec 1887

From: Hawkins, C T, fl 1976 :Photographs, mainly New Zealand scenes by the Burton Brothers

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-38-10

Description: View showing the volcanic ash and resulting destruction caused by the eruption of Mount Tarawera in the vicinity of Okaro Creek. A man can be seen surveying the cliffs in the middle distance. Photograph taken by the Burton Bros in Dec 1887. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 4553 - On the ash fields Okaro Creek - Dec [18]87 - 18 months after eruption; Recto - bottom right - Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.8 x 20.2 cm on mount 22.6 x 28.9 cm

Date: 1899 - 1912

By: Brown, John Henry, active 1899-1906; Ellerbeck, Laurence Anderson, -1963; Parkerson, C P, active 1911-1912; Watson, Alexander James, -1920; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940

Reference: PAColl-3405

Description: Includes school groups in Te Aroha and Gisborne, NZ forces on Queens Wharf, Wellington, prior to departure for South Africa in 1899, and groups of tourists in the Thermal District Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1886, 1893, 1910

By: Batley, Robert Thompson, 1849-1917

Reference: qMS-0141

Description: Comprises informal geological notes by Batley about the Volcanic Plateau and two letters from him to Stephenson Percy Smith (25 and 26 Feb 1893) re the notes and his expedition (the letter of 26 Feb encloses a copy of the notes). Inserted at the back is a photocopy of a letter from N P Batley to R T Batley relating a crossing of the Ruahine Range via Mokai, ending up at Hampden (Tikokino). [With sketch map.] Small eruption of Ruapehu seen. Source of title - supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (14 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (33 cm, ¼ maroon cloth, grey boards)

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-099-2

Description: Shows the Whatapahu geyser near Rotorua Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Whatapahu (Pain in the Belly) geyser Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 160 x 210 mm

Date: 1888

From: New Zealand. General Survey Office :The health resorts of New Zealand; the central thermal springs of the North Island / N.Z. Survey Dept. Wellington, 1888.

Reference: Eph-D-TOURISM-1888-01-cover

Description: An arrangement of text, with a circular inset illustration of a geyser. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 225 x 105 mm.

Date: 1866-1867, 1895

By: Williams, Arthur P, active 1866-1895

Reference: MS-Papers-3374

Description: He describes the scenery and their encounters with Maori Sub Lieut Williams of HMS Challenger accompanied a party led by Sir George Grey to Taupo Quantity: 1 folder(s) (12 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: [after 10 Jun 1886]

From: Christie, Hettie Florence, 1902-1988 :Photographs and album of New Zealand scenes

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA7-41-13

Description: View of steam and gases rising from an area of volcanic ash. Photograph taken by F A Coxhead possibly shortly after the eruption of Mount Tarawera in Jun 1886. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Rotomahana crater, N.Z. 850; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - F.A.C. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.4 x 20.5 cm

Date: 1888

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: Eph-D-TOURISM-1888-01

Description: Unfolded brochure, showing various scenes and a map of the thermal area. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster, 450 x 625 mm.

Date: [1890-1941]

From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Papers

Reference: 77-067-6/08

Description: Clippings from an old scrapbook on aspects of Maori history including review of Fenton's `Origin and migrations of the Maori people', series of articles, `Three in a coach through the Hot Lakes District' by Two of Them including Wairakei, Tongariro, Orakeikorako, Taupo, Rotorua, Waiotapu, Mount Tarawera, Tikitere and Whakarewarewa. Also includes other topics such as spiritualism and religion, reminiscences of the Maori wars by G R and a piece on the `native difficulty'. Also copy (light) of Chapman lithograph, Kohanga on the Lower Waikato. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1882

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948

Reference: MS-0969

Description: Describes Christchurch, Wellington, Picton, Nelson, New Plymouth, Auckland, the Thermal regions, and Napier Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 220 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (18 cm; black stiff boards, phase box)

Date: ca 1900 - ca 1920

From: Marchant, Barbara Angus, 1915-2011:Photographs

Reference: PAColl-1959

Description: Includes photographs of the family of Edward Barber and scenic views of New Zealand Quantity: 100 b&w original photographic print(s). 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 1 photocopy/ies.

Date: 1882

From: Haylock, Arthur Lagden 1860-1948 :Sketches by A. L. Haylock, 1882.

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948; Haylock, Greta Muriel, 1898-1980

Reference: E-060-1-006

Description: A Maori man with a flax kete and a plate, cooking food in a hot pool. A pipe alongside the pool has steam rising from it. Extended Title - from Sketches by A L Haylock, 1882. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing

Date: [1872, 1900s]

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Cowan, Eileen Constance, 1892-1968

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-046

Description: Published by Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1872. Includes original paintings (and some pencil drawings) by Eileen Cowan, and loose material laid in to the volume including clippings, pressed posies with a fern leaf, and a photograph of Alfred Dommett. The paintings in the volume illustrate Dommett's narrative poem based in the Rotorua District. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Printed volume with original watercolour paintings Original paintings, and pencil drawings are featured throughout the volume.

Date: [1858-1886, 1934, 1941]

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: MSX-9414

Description: Published by A. H. and A. W. Reed, Dunedin, 1934. Contains a preface by James Cowan. Loose material laid in to the volume comprises: a newspaper clipping about the Tarawera eruption; a postcard of the Mission Church, Wairoa, before the Tarawera eruption; a photograph of a painting of the Mount Tarawera eruption mounted on card which has a cartoon pasted on the back called 'Native auction' that shows a group of Māori people auctioning off missionaries' bones while standing on a platform in front of what looks like a pātaka (food store); a photograph of Rewiri, sitting in front of a small hut covered in mud and ash after the Tarawera eruption; a photograph of a sketch by S. Percy Smith of Puwai Island (Lake Rotomahana) dated 1858; and a typescript of an annotated draft article titled 'Manx Memories: The mermaid's 400' dated Oct 1941 by Cowan, relating to the migration of his mother's father James Qualtrough, from the Isle of Man to New Zealand, in the 1850s. The photograph of Rewiri is taken by the Burton Brothers at Te Wairoa, 1886, and is wrongly attributed as being a photograph of 'Tuhoto the tohunga' on an inscription on the back. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Printed volume, loose papers, and photographs Photograph, cartoon and a photograph of a painting.

Date: [1886]

From: Hamilton Public Library :Photographs of New Zealand

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA7-60-04-2

Description: View of the Maori village at Ohinemutu on the shores of Lake Rotorua. In the foreground are whare enclosed by a paling fence. In the middle distance is St Faith's Church. Mokoia Island can be seen in the far distance. Photograph taken by G D Valentine in Oct 1886 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Lake Rotorua and Mokoia. 113 G.V. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 19 x 29 cm on album page

Date: 1886

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Ten watercolours and one drawing including scenes after the Tarawera eruption. 1881-1887].

Reference: A-355-012

Description: Watercolours of two scenes in the Rotorua district. Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolours on two sides of sheet, 228 x 292 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2002.

Date: 1888

By: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927

Reference: A-141-004

Description: The interior of a pa, possibly in the Rotorua district. In the foreground is an open barrel, with a dog asleep on top of it, against the side of a whare. A palisade and another whare can be seen in the background On back: A-141-005. Lake Rotorua Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 227 x 295 mm Provenance: Unknown