Places

Date: Probably March 24 - 25 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

Reference: PA12-8792

Description: Transparency slides of Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams') travel in New Zealand in 1959. This sheet of slides was probably taken earlier than those on some of the preceding sheets (information from his diary). This sheet contains images of Wellington, including Wellington Airport; views from Mount Victoria; around the Wellington coast including shore with marram grass and black-backed gulls; the Petone Settlers' Memorial; Marine Parade around Miramar, with the Monowai sailing through Wellington Heads; buildings in the city including Parliament Buildings, Government Buildings, Wakefield House at 90 The Terrace, used by the Founders Club; and an old two-storeyed wooden house on the Terrace; the Corinthic loading various goods at Wellington Wharves; Lambton Quay; Cable Car terminal and views of Wellington; and the Carter Observatory. Slides on this sheet are numbered 505-528, with a gap for no. 506. Arrangement: Image no. 506 (showing the view from Mount Victoria in Wellington) was taken as part of Williams' representative collection on New Zealand for various lectures which he gave when he returned to England. The lecture series are filed in later sequences. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: 1974 - 1975

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[27 boxes of cartoons drawn for the "Dominion", 1970-1980s?].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: C-132-388/409

Description: Includes cartoons about a flea problem, Tony Brunt the newcomer to the city, women bus drivers, Wellington Harbour, rowing in Oriental Bay, the runway at Wellington airport, the Wellington motorway and disputes thereabouts, buses for adults only, winds of change in the mayoralty Oct 1974, "Fowler's folly" building, the motorway again, increases in parking fees, Wellington festival 1975, sculpture on the waterfront, school passes on buses, raw sewage in Titahi Bay, busdrivers hanged from a Christmas tree 1975. Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged at around the estimated date. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist. Quantity: 22 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 510 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: 1976 - 1977

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[27 boxes of cartoons drawn for the "Dominion", 1970-1980s?].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: C-132-410/434

Description: Includes cartoons about the expensive mayoral car, proposed plans for stadium at Basin Reserve, sewage dumping on Kapiti Coast, Michael Fowler tries for Arab money for the town hall, speeding truck-drivers in Ngauranga Gorge, tunnelling in Ngauranga Gorge for a sewer, money sought from the Education Dept for development of the zoo, the BNZ construction site, building of the Wellington Town Hall, invasion of porina moths, opinions of the architecture of the Beehive, the shabby state of the airport buildings, the liability of busdrivers to strike, street artists invited to paint murals, the high cost the the new town hall, hoteliers to be sponsored to skydive for charity. Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged at around the estimated date. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist. Quantity: 25 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 510 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: 1985

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1985/4361/10A-F

Description: Aerial view of the Domestic Terminal and other terminal buildings, Wellington Airport. Photographed for the Evening Post newspaper by an unknown photographer in 1985 The related article was published in the Evening Post 1 October 1985 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1985

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1985/4361/11A-F

Description: Aerial view of the Terminal buildings and runway, Wellington Airport. Photographed for the Evening Post newspaper by an unknown photographer in 1985 The related article was published in the Evening Post 1 October 1985 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm