Places

Date: 1945 - 1938 - 1946

By: Martin & Dyett (Firm); Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ka/1945/Acc.9366

Description: A copy of a cadastral map of subdivisions between a right of way and Donald Street, Karori. Numbered sections include boundary measurements and acreages in perches. The boundary of one fenceline is indicated. The width of the right of way and Donald Street are given. The Deed plan numbers of adjacent subdivisions are given. Annotations include some revised boundary measurements, values in pounds sterling, sections marked 'Sold' and sites of houses on sections. Notes refer to a letterbox of R. B. Hainament at 90 Donald Street. A general note in the margin refers to sewerage, stormwater and water drains Other Titles - Plan of subdivision of Part Lot 18 Deeds Plan 1223 being Part Section 36, Karori Registration District, Block VI, Port Nicholson Survey District Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink on duplicated plan, linen backed, coloured, scale not given, 36.6 x 36.6 cm.

Date: 1935 - 1938 - 1946

By: Martin & Dyett (Firm); Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ka/[ca.1935]/Acc.11598

Description: A copy of a cadastral map of subdivisions between Gipps Street and Donald Street, Karori. Numbered sections include boundary measurements, acreages, building lines. Fencelines are indicated as either board or post and wire. Sites of a house, shed and glasshouse are marked on one section. A street off Donald Street is marked New Street. Colourwash highlights sections 1 to 6. Pencilled annotations include values in pounds sterling, either G.V. or R.V., and the year 1938 is referred to. Sections 1 to 5 in D.P. 8405 includes values in pounds sterling, either R.V. or G.V. New Street is marked as Pine Avenue Other Titles - Plan of subdivision of Lot 5 Deeds Plan 494 and Part Lots 4 and 5, Deeds Plan 8405 being Part Section 36, Karori Registration District, Block VI, Port Nicholson Survey District Handwritten note on verso: Pine Ave., [i.e. Pine Terrace], Karori, Donald & Gipps St., Mr Harcourt 17/5/46 Stamp on recto: Gordon Harcourt - Land, Estate & Financial Agent, Auctioneer & Valuer Scale of original: scale [1:475] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Mr Gordon Harcourt Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Pencil and colourwash on duplicated plan, linen backed, coloured, scale indeterminable, 49.5 x 49.2 cm.

Date: 1930 - 1939

By: Martin & Dyett (Firm); Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ka/ca.1930/Acc.14580

Description: Cadastral plan of the subdivision on Monaghan Avenue, Karori. Numbered sections include boundary measurements and acreages in perches. Reserves are marked. Stormwater drains and and sewer pipes are marked. Cook Street and Karori Road are named and Catholic Church property is marked. Annotations to this map include sections for sale, those already sold and values in pounds sterling. D.P. 9984 is noted, as is the name E. A. King. Beauchamp street is named. The second base map is a locality plan of the area from Friend Street to Stout Street. Karori School, the Council Chambers, Bowling Green, Regal Theatre, the Tram Stop and the direction to Karori Park are marked. Annotations to the locality plan include sites of some houses. Note on base map: Distances and areas subject to check of Survey Office Title supplied by cataloguer from pencilled note on verso: Monaghan Avenue, Karori Scale of main map: scale [1:792]. Scale of locality plan: scale [1:7920] Quantity: 2 map(s) including a locality plan. Physical Description: Pencil and colourwash on duplicated plan, coloured, scales vary, 51.1 x 49.9 cm.

Date: Between 1938 and 1949

By: Sutherland, Ben, active 2002

Reference: PAColl-7175

Description: Photographs of Benjamin Sutherland (1873-1949), railway clerk, grocer, businessman and philanthropist of Wellington, at his home at Homewood, Karori, Wellington. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-199103 and 199104-F Photocopy on shelf at PAColl-7175 Quantity: 2 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate copy negatives 10 x 12.5 cm

Date: [ca 1930], 1946-1960

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-175

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, ca 1946-1959 Kapiti coastline (including view looking north from Paekakariki); Lower Hutt - St James' Church; council buildings; Riddiford Baths; library; St Stephen's Presbyterian Church; aerial view of southern end of Lower Hutt (over Moera); elevated view of Naenae (showing Rata Street School in foreground). Rimutaka Hill Road; Kaitoke, 1948 (shows swing bridge); filtration plant site (Hutt River) re Kaitoke Waterworks construction; bridge at Pakutatahi; Akatarawa Valley road (with Morris Minor at roadside); house in Akatarawa Valley; Hutt Valley Pony Club members with their ponys on Akatarawa Road; Kapiti coast looking north from Paekakariki. Middle Run, Gladstone in Wairarapa - Daffodils in paddocks at Middle Run (owned by Mrs W H Booth), and view of homestead Elevated view of Miramar looking south-west; Lambton Quay with Kirkcaldie & Stains on left; Pigeon Park; Wellington Botanic Garden and tulip beds; view from Mount Victoria looking towards the Basin Reserve, Mount Cook and Brooklyn, with houses in Mount Victoria in foreground (taken ca 1930). Demonstration house at Karori designed and built by The Architectural Centre, 1949 Quantity: 44 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1936

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Atkins & Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-022-004/006

Description: Floor plans, sections and elevations. Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings, on tracing paper 500 x 740 mm.

Date: [between 1927-1932]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-0953-1/2-G

Description: Karori, Wellington. Photograph taken between 1927 and 1932 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1930

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Crichton McKay & Haughton (Firm)

Reference: Plans-91-0106/0107

Description: Shows a floor plan, and a detail and elevation of a sleeping porch. The diazo print is the same as the ink drawing, but with watercolour additions. Quantity: 2 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing and diazo print, both 380 x 465 mm.

Date: [between 1927-1932]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-0952-1/2-G

Description: Karori, Wellington. Photograph taken between 1927 and 1932 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [between 1927-1932]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-0948-1/2-G

Description: Karori, Wellington. Photograph taken between 1927 and 1932 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1939, 1946-1948

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-048

Description: Photographs of disasters and natural phenomena made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of fires in Taupo (20 February 1946) and Hastings (13 February 1946); floods in Hokitika (24 April 1947); floods and storms in Lower Hutt and Wellington (February 1947); land slips; train accidents; a mountain rescue (15 January 1947); and recovery of a truck from a river (7 December 1948). Photographers include M C Lysons and Frank H Preddy. Quantity: 46 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1938

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Kelly, Bertie Fleming, 1888-1962

Reference: Plans-93-0574/0575

Description: Includes site and drainage plan, floor plan, elevation and section of a two-storeyed school building, with three classrooms on the ground floor and an assembly hall above. The site plan shows the position of the church at the far end of the long thin site. This identifies the school as probably being St Teresa's, built the following year. Quantity: 2 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo prints, sizes varying

Date: [between 1927-1932]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-0949-1/2-G

Description: Karori, Wellington. Photograph taken between 1927 and 1932 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1939-1941

From: Photographs of events and activities of Girl Guides in the Wellington Region

Reference: PA1-o-999

Description: Anzac day parade; tree planting ceremony;, camps at Waikanae (1939/1940), Ranger camp (March 1939), camp at Masterton (1941), and company hike (Labour Day 1939). Many of the activities and people are identified. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 28 Aug 1920-1935

By: Samuel Marsden Collegiate School

Reference: MS-Papers-3589

Description: Records the Riddiford family's gift of land at Karori, Wellington, and lays down how it will be used and various other conditions. Lists additions to the Trustees in 1926 and names the trustees as at 28 Jun 1935. Source of title - cover title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1939

From: Bennett, Margaret (Mrs) :Family photographs and albums relating to Gavin G Wallace

Reference: PA1-o-771

Description: Last of three albums recording a trip to Britain by Gavin Wallace and his wife. This one deals with Scotland and the Lake District. They returned to New Zealand on the SS Rimutaka during August/September 1939. It was during this part of the trip that war was declared and there are photographs of the Passengers painting the ship in camouflage colours Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [between 1927-1932]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-0950-1/2-G

Description: Karori, Wellington. Photograph taken between 1927 and 1932 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1935

By: Brightacres Ltd; Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ka/[ca.1935]/Acc.10302-03

Description: Map 1 is a copy of a cadastral plan of the subdivision at the end of Campbell Street, Karori, known as Brightacres Estate. Sections are numbered, include boundary measurements and values in pounds sterling. Stormwater and sewer drains are marked. The extension to Campbell Street is marked, which includes its width. Map 2 is a copy of a map with ms annotations. The cadastral plan is of the subdivision at the end of Campbell Street, Karori known as Brightacres Estate. Sections are numbered and include boundary measurements. Annotations listed on various sections include values in pounds sterling. Three sections are marked 'Sold'. The extension to Campbell Street is marked, including its width. The two locality plans encompass the area from Chamberlain, Parkvale, Raine, Reading, Fancourt and Hatton Streets to Duthie, Donald, Campbell and Kano streets. Tram and bus routes and bus stops are shown and are referred to in a key. Brightacres Estate is noted as one and a half minutes from a bus route and seven minutes from the tram. The site of Karori Post Office is shown. Maps accompanied by two letters. The first letter accompanying MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ka/[ca.1935]/Acc.10302 is from Brightacres Ltd, dated 9 December 1935, to the agent Gordon Harcourt. It details the prices and the number of sections for sale, mentions the road extension. The second letter, dated 25 March 1937, lists numbered sections and revised prices. Handwritten note on verso of map 2: Campbell Street, Karori. Brightacres Handwritten note on verso of map 1: Brightacres Notes on map 1: Terms arranged. Secretary's office, 105 Customhouse Quay, Wellington. Notes on map 2: Terms arranged. Registered office, A.P.A. Building, 17 Grey Street, Wellington. Scale of original: scale [1:792] Quantity: 4 map(s) on two sheets, two of which are locality maps. Physical Description: Duplicated plan, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 33.6 x 43.3 cm.

Date: ca 1930-1988

By: Church of St. Mary the Virgin (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-6774

Description: Photographs of buildings and priests, St Mary's Church (Karori, Wellington) taken between the 1930s and 1988 by Crown Studios, Karori. Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s). Provenance: Photographs given to St Mary's Church by the relatives of the late Frank Thomson (proprietor of Crown Studios).

Date: May 1932

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/2-086524-G

Description: Photograph of Karori, Wellington, related to the improvement of access from the western suburbs of Wellington to the city, taken May 1932, for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington. Source of descriptive information - From negative register only. Image not seen. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative