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Date: 3-4 Apr 1915, 3 Aug 1916

By: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918

Reference: MS-Group-0363

Description: Account of the traverse of the Tararua Range from Woodside (Wairarapa) to Otaki by H E Girdleston and party; final page is missing. Includes cross section plan of the traverse, compiled by T M Drummond. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, ms Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mr J Bryers, 1995

Date: 1911

By: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918; Daniell, Charles Edward, 1856-1939

Reference: PA1-o-188

Description: Views of the Mangatarera Stream and Mount Holdsworth opens a record of a climb to the summit of Holdsworth. The party consists of six women and about five men. There are views of the stream and the swing bridge leading to the Holdsworth track; several shots of the Mountain House with the climbing party arranged along the veranda, and Mr McGregor's party who had arrived on horseback to fix the water tank; the climbing party grouped in the bush on the way up the mountain and on the open alpine ridges; a surveyors tent in the alpine tussock; the party eating beside the Holdsworth Trig; views of the Tararua Ranges from the summit of Mount Holdsworth. Interspersed among the main image groups are photographs of a trip to Rotorua. This involved a group of people in two motor cars. There are images of the Hamurana Stream and Springs at Rotorua, and of children diving for pennies at Whakarewarewa. Views of mounts Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe, the Mangaehuehu Stream, the Crater Lake and the crater on Ngauruhoe, and mountaineers crossing the ice field on Ruapehu and climbing Ngauruhoe. There is a view of Matterhorn Peak the name of which was changed to Girdlestone Peak in 1922. Two images of a surveyors' camp in the Waimarino Bush. The Tern Arch and Little Hawke's Crag on the Buller Gorge road. A view of Lake Tarawerea from the top of Mount Tarawera. The final photograph is a view along the beach to Pencarrow Head, Wellington. Pasted inside the front cover is a cutting from `The Weekly News', Wednesday, December 26, 1945, entitled `New Zealand's highest memorial' by JWG, describing the renaming in 1922, of Matterhorn Peak (Tongariro National Park) to Girdlestone Peak in honour of Hubert Earle Girdlestone after he was killed in action in August 1918. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - To Mr and Mrs Daniell with kindest recollections from a very old friend, Hugh Girdlestone, March 1911 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brownish green cover, 25 x 20 cm Provenance: The album had been presented to Daniell in March 1911 by Hubert Girdlestone.

Date: 1892-1896, [ca 1948]

By: Tustin, B, active 1988; Tustin, William Henry, 1880-1970; Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972

Reference: PAColl-1281

Description: Collection comprises postcards of Wellington views, views of Karori, panorama of Wellington taken 1892, photographs near Gladstone, bush scene, railway scene, and Raumati store Quantity: 20 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card and. 9 b&w original photographic print(s) and. 7 b&w original photographic print(s) (postcards) and. 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera in one box.

Date: [Circa 1906 to 1909]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, Charles Tenison, active 1906-1910

Reference: PA1-o-455

Description: Photographs taken by Charles Tenison Salmon about 1906 to 1909. Images include views of the Ohakune/Horopito Road, a Christmas camp in the bush at Ohakune, the volcanic eruption of Mount Ngauruhoe in April 1909, and views taken when traversing the Tongariro National Park. Some photographs show Charles and Marie Salmon in the bush, and one shows three climbers, Charles T. Salmon, Edward Phillips Turner and Hugh Girdlestone. Views on the Ohakune-Horopito Road show a team of horses pulling an empty dray, and one of a group of people waiting while their carriage crosses a ford on the Mangatoetoenui River. Other - Negatives are held of these images Inscriptions: Album page - Photographs taken by Charles T. Salmon, about 1906-1909 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; 19.5 x 26.5 cm

Date: 1910 - 1918

By: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918; Girdlestone, Roger, active 2004

Reference: MapColl-Collection-Girdlestone

Description: Manuscript maps of Tararua Ranges, Pencarrow District, Palliser Bay, Mounts Ruapehu, Tongariro and Ngaruahoe Quantity: 5 manuscript map(s). Transfers: From Photographic Archive - Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918. Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing. PAColl-7959.

Date: 1914

By: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918

Reference: MapColl-832.45cba/1914/Acc.36659

Description: Map of the area from the Waitama Stream, the Mataikona to Pakowai formed road and the Tinui River. Photocopy of what appears to be four topographic maps joined together, of Annadale Station. The boundaries of three blocks are heavily outlined and named Homestead, Middle and Tanawa. Land sections within the blocks are numbered with acreages. Boundaries of proposed subdivisions are marked and referred to in a key, as are old and new roads. Streams and rivers are named, relief features are described as is arable land use. Includes the site of Savage's homestead. An old whare is marked near the Pakowai Stream. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 78.5 x 85 cm.

Date: [ca 1901]

By: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918

Reference: 1/2-081605-F

Description: Surveyor and dog alongside a dwelling, possibly Jas Mackay at Raketapauma in 1901. Photograph taken by Hubert Earle Girdlestone. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1911]

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Map collection

By: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918

Reference: MapColl-832.4cba/[ca.1911]/Acc.46384

Description: Topographic map of Tararua Ranges showing tracks. Annotations at the bottom left corner reference related Lands and Survey drawer plans, a researcher has provided the relevant Wellington Land District references: 11/5, SO11783-1881; 45/4, SO11381-1879; and 46/3, SO11616-1881. Title taken from item. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Mt Reeves to Cone 3 hours; Hector to Alpha 3 hours; Recto - bottom left - 11/5; 45/4; 46/3 Draw plans related to this map are held by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ). Draw plan digital files also available from the Institute of Cadastral Surveying. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on dressed linen, colour, 74 x 69 cm. Processing information: Description updated 2 October, 2023 following information provided by a researcher.

Date: April 1915

By: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918

Reference: 1/2-029399-F

Description: Photograph of a group at Bassett's Hut, Waiohine Valley, Tararua Ranges, taken Easter 1915 by Surveyor Hubert Earle Girdlestone. Group consists of Girdlestone's tramping companions Cyril Woods and George Moir, and two deer stalkers who had stayed with them in the hut on the previous night. Pack horse and gig in photograph belong to the stalkers. Tramping party was on two day trip from Greytown to Otaki via the Mount Hector track. Note on back of file print reads: "Basset's [sic] Hut with spur up which track commences (above the chimney)" Photographer Hubert Earle Girdlestone, Cyril Woods and George Moir undertook a tramp on the Mount Hector track in Easter 1915. See his account, this photograph and others in "A Trip Across the Tararua Ranges From Greytown to Otaki" in the Department of Lands and Survey Annual Report 1915, Appendix to the House of Representatives 1915 Session, C-1A Appendix V (pgs 26-31), and see Evening Post 8 April 1915 pg.2). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date and persons identified by Library clients. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1911

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Map collection

By: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918

Reference: MapColl-832.4cbum/[ca.1911]/Acc.46381

Description: Shows area from Mt Hector to Ohau River. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on dressed linen, colour, 33 x 29 cm.

Date: 1911

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Map collection

By: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918

Reference: MapColl-832.47cba/[ca.1911]/Acc.46383

Description: Topographic map of Pencarrow area including the southern Rimutaka Ranges. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on dressed linen, colour, 70 x 69 cm.

Date: 1911

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Map collection

By: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918

Reference: MapColl-832.17gbbg/[ca.1911]/Acc.46385

Description: Sketch plan of National Park and surrounding areas. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, black and white, 38 x 35 cm.

Date: ca 1905

By: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918

Reference: 1/2-081606-F

Description: Scene at Mangaweka Railway Station, circa 1905, photographed by Hubert Earle Girdlestone. Shows a double Fairlie locomotive working for the Public Works Department. Houses are alongside. Note on back of file print reads: "Mangaweka section completed 1902." Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1905

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

By: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918

Reference: MapColl-832.45gmbd/[ca.1905]/Acc.27446

Description: Map of a proposed road with land subdivisions alongside the Turanganui River. Includes numbered sections with boundaries and Mason's Road. Named features include a plantation, haystack, manuka flat, ploughed flat, terraces and a creek. Includes sites of houses, woolshed, school site and cemetery. Includes the signature of H.E. Grindlestone, surveyor See also WN 90 NZMS 13 MapColl-832.45gmbd/1906/Acc.27447 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on lined notepaper, 20.2 x 25.8 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Te Whaiti papers, MS Group 0805. Processing information: Combined into ATL-Group-00753, September 2022.

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Thompson, B H :Photographs relating to central North Island area

Reference: 1/2-081600-F

Description: Survey party including Hubert Earle Girdlestone (far left), at Mokai Patea block. Outdoor portrait of three men with a dog. Photograph taken circa 1910 by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: From original album - beneath image : Survey Party. Bluey up. Frosty morning. Mokai Patea Block Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1911

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Map collection

By: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918

Reference: MapColl-832.4cbum/[ca.1911]/Acc.46382

Description: Topographic map of the southern part of the Rimutaka Ranges and part of the Wairarapa south of Lake Wairarapa. Shows tracks. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on dressed linen, colour, 44 x 64 cm.