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Date: March 1904

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-634-27-3

Description: Lord Ranfurly and party descending a mountain stream on the Huiarau Trail, during their journey from Waikaremoana to Ruatoki. The riders are, from left, Dudley Alexander, James Carroll, Lord Ranfurly and Maui Pomare. Photograph taken by Malcolm Ross, March 1904. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Descending a mountain stream on the Huia-rau trail. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Sliver gelatin print 116 x 90 mm mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm

Date: [1901]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-73

Description: The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York and their entourage, with Lord and Lady Ranfurly and their party, photographed at Te Koraha, Christchurch, by an unknown photographer, during the Royal Visit of 1901. Identified people are: Commander Godfrey-Faussett (left), Sir Charles Cust (2d from left), Hon Charles Hill-Trevor (4th from left, rear), Duchess of Cornwall and York (11th from left), Lady Ranfurly (12th from left), Duke of Cornwall and York (13th from left), Lord Ranfurly (14th from left, front), Duke of Roxburgh (15th from left, rear), Prince Alexander of Teck (16th from left), Lord Wenlock (19th from left, seated), Lady Mary Lyon (21st from left, seated), Captain Dudley Alexander (extreme right). Identified from PA1-f-194-01, a print from the same negative. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print mounted on album page 286 x 416 mm

Date: [ca 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-76

Description: Scenes in Christchurch, Temuka and Mount Roskill, taken by unidentified photographers The upper photograph (PA1-f-195-76-1) shows a group at the back of a grand stand in Christchurch, circa 1903. The middle photograph (PA1-f-195-76-2) is a group portrait taken in Temuka, circa 1903. Lord and Lady Ranfurly are 3rd and 5th from the left respectively. Dudley Henry Alexander is on the far right. The lower, left photograph (PA1-f-195-76-3) and the lower, right photograph (PA1-f-195-76-4) depict the laying of the foundation stone for the Ranfurly Veteran's home, in Mount Roskill, Auckland, in 1903. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Four photographic prints mounted on album page, 416 x 286 mm (page size)

Date: [1897-1901]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

By: Winzenberg, Albert Edward, 1865-1931

Reference: PA1-f-195-75

Description: Train on the Rimutaka Incline, and a group portrait of the Ranfurly family and household. The upper photograph (PA1-f-195-75-1) depicts a train on the Rimutaka Incline, photographed by Albert Winzenberg circa 1897. The lower photograph (PA1-f-195-75-2) is a group portrait taken by an unknown photographer in the grounds of the house Te Koraha, Christchurch, in 1901. From left to right: Countess of Ranfurly, Dudley Henry Alexander, Hector MacDonald, Lady Constance Knox, Mrs Rose Rhodes, and Mr Arthur Edgar Gravenor Rhodes. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Two photographic prints mounted on album page, 416 x 286 mm (page size)

Date: March 1904

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-634-43-2

Description: Dudley Alexander coding a Colonial Office despatch at Ruatoki, photographed in March 1904 by Malcolm Ross, during the visit of Lord Ranfurly's party. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Major Alexander coding a Colonial Office despatch, "Government House", Ruatoki, 1904 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 88 mm diameter, mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm

Date: [between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-84

Description: Portrait of the Countess of Ranfurly and Captain Dudley Alexander, and, the exterior of Government House in Auckland, both taken by Herman John Schmidt between 1897 and 1903. The upper photograph (PA1-f-195-84-1) shows the Countess Ranfurly and Captain Dudley Alexander in the garden of Government House, Auckland. The lower photograph (PA1-f-195-84-2) shows the exterior of Government House in Auckland. Information for the upper photograph is from PA1-f-194-35, (the same image) Information for the lower photograph is from PA1-f-194-22, (the same image) Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Two photographic prints mounted on album page, 416 x 286 mm (page size)

Date: [between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

By: Schmidt, Herman John, 1872-1959

Reference: PA1-f-195-83

Description: Lady Constance Knox on her horse `Bruno', and a group portrait of the family and staff of Lord and Lady Ranfurly, both taken by Herman John Schmidt between 1897 and 1903 at Government House in Auckland. The upper photograph (PA1-f-195-83-1) shows Lady Constance Knox on her horse `Bruno'. The lower photograph (PA1-f-195-83-2) shows the family and staff of Lord and Lady Ranfurly. From left (standing): Captain Dudley Alexander, Miss Costello, Lady Constance Knox, Charles Hill-Trevor, Captain Hugh Boscawen. From left (sitting): The Countess of Ranfurly, Lady Eileen Knox, Lord Ranfurly. The original negative from which the lower print was made, is at 1/1-001653-G. At the time this photograph was taken, the studio was still operating as the Charles Hemus studio, although Herman Schmidt was the active photographer. The upper photograph was taken on the same occasion as PA1-f-194-33. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Two photographic prints mounted on album page, 416 x 286 mm (page size)

Date: March 1904

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-634-17

Description: Lord Ranfurly and party at a kainga where they ate lunch, shortly after leaving the forest on the journey along the Huia-rau Trail from Waikaremoana to Ruatoki. Second from left (with white moustache) is Gilbert Mair. Lord Ranfurly is immediately to his right on the grey pony in the foreground. Left of centre (smoking a pipe) is Dudley Alexander. Photograph taken by Malcolm Ross, March 1904. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Shortly after noon we emerged from the forest. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 151 x 210 mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm

Date: [1901]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-194-01

Description: The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York and their entourage, with Lord and Lady Ranfurly and their party, photographed at Te Koraha, Christchurch, by an unknown photographer, during the Royal Visit of 1901. Identified people are: Commander Godfrey-Faussett (left), Sir Charles Cust (2d from left), Hon Charles Hill-Trevor (4th from left, rear), Duchess of Cornwall and York (11th from left), Lady Ranfurly (12th from left), Duke of Cornwall and York (13th from left), Lord Ranfurly (14th from left, front), Duke of Roxburgh (15th from left, rear), Prince Alexander of Teck (16th from left), Lord Wenlock (19th from left, seated), Lady Mary Lyon (21st from left, seated), Captain Dudley Alexander (extreme right). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 25.7 x 34.2 cm, mounted on album page 27.2 x 35.9 cm

Date: 1860s-1902

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

By: Alexander, Dudley Henry (Major), 1863-1931

Reference: PA1-f-195

Description: This album, apparently compiled by Dudley Alexander (Lord Ranfurly's aide-de-camp and secretary), begins with a tour of France (which may have been undertaken by Alexander alone) in January 1897, continues with the Ranfurly family's journey out to New Zealand via Canada, Hawaii and Fiji; and concludes with images of the family's time in New Zealand, mostly in the South Island and in the years up to 1900. the album includes two photographs taken in the 1860s showing the old Government House in Wellington, originally built by Edward Gibbon Wakefield. These have been attached to the inside front cover, and may have been added retrospectively. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: Dec 1900-Mar 1904

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: MSY-4600

Description: A journal kept by Ranfurly's chief aide-de-camp, Dudley Alexander. Most of the journal comprises his illustrated letters to his sister Alice. This give detailed descriptions of places, various events and travels, people met and observed, historical anecdotes and more as Alexander accompanies the Governor, the Governor's family, politicians and others around New Zealand. The accounts are profusely illustrated with artworks, photographs, newspaper clippings and other mementoes of Alexander's travels. The events and adventures described are: A cruise on the Government steamer `Hinemoa' to New Zealand's sub-antarctic islands, 27 December 1900 to 21 January 1900. Included are sketches by Alexander, plant specimens, newspaper clippings and a photograph of the `Hinemoa'. A March 1901 tour on the Governor's train through the central North Island to Lake Taupo. A April 1901 tour by horse and train from Auckland to Wellington via Tauranga, Kati Kati, Paeroa, Te Kuiti, Mokau, New Plymouth, Opunake and Hawera, with accompanying map and photographs. A December 1901-January 1902 second visit to the sub-antarctic islands on the "SS Tutanekai". On this visit Ranfurly was accompanied by his wife and by the artist C N Worsley. Accompanying the account are sketch maps by Alexander, watercolours by Lady Ranfurly and Worsley, a sketch of an seabird by Dr Wilson of the Antarctic `Discovery' expedition, and a photograph of Alexander and Lady Ranfurly shooting seabirds. An account of a excursion on the Tasman Glacier, 12-16 February with Lady Ranfurly, with a watercolour sketch of Alexander by Lady Ranfurly, sketch maps and photographs. A March 1902 excursion to Mount Cook through central Otago, where Alexander describes the gold fields at length, Alexandra and Dunedin, illustrated with sketches, photographs, a map, and a small gold nugget. A railway journey on the lines south of Auckland, through Waingaro and Cambridge and on to Rotorua and surrounding districts, through the King Country and back to Auckland, accompanied by photographs and newspaper clippings. A drive through inland Victoria, Australia, in November 1902. A fishing expedition to the Opihi River near Timaru. A April-March 1903 expedition on the Tasman Glacier with photographs. Clippings relating to the Antarctic `Discovery' expedition of 1901-1903, with a sketch map by Alexander and a 23 March letter from Edward Evans of the expedition. A May 1903 railway journey to Rotorua from Auckland, with sketches and photographs of Tarawera and thermal areas, and on to Te Aroha and then to Te Kuiti, Waimarino and surrounding areas. Their are extensive photographs of and sketches of the party, the thermal areas and of a Maori whare inspected at Te Kuiti. A February excursion on the `Hinemoa' to Collingwood, Karamea, Westport, Greymouth, and back to Nelson. A journey through the Urewera ranges to Ruatoki to talk with Tuhoe leaders, with extensive photographs of the expedition. This expedition is also covered in a photograph album. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter

Date: March 1904

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-634-09

Description: Members of the Governor-General's party at Waikaremoana. Back row (from left), Hurae, Alexander Balfour (station manager), David E O'Neill (station owner). Front row (from left): Sir James Carroll, Dudley Alexander, "The manager", Sir Maui Pomare. O'Neill and Balfour had accompanied the party from O'Neill's station near Makapua. Photograph taken in March 1904 by Malcolm Ross. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Group at Waikare-moana.; beneath image - [top line] July, Balfour, O'Neil. [bottom line] Carroll, Alexander, "The manager", Pomare. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 154 x 205 mm mounted on album page 255 x 287 mm