Places

Date: [ca 1940-1951]

Reference: PAColl-6862

Description: 50 views of Wellington harbour. 34 are of the docks showing bales of wool being prepared for loading; merchant and naval ships docked; soldiers preparing for embarkation with supplies and artillery; construction of dockside buildings; cranes in use including the Hikitia etc. The remaining 16 images are of Oriental Bay and various leisure activities around it such as sunbathing, swimming and running. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-031255 to 031304 Quantity: 30 b&w original negative(s) glass. 20 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1934

By: Macmillan, Ethel Louisa, -1942

Reference: A-006-032

Description: Subject: View down Todman Street to Somes Island and hills beyond, Mt Victoria at right, war memorial statue on Sugar Loaf Hill, left foreground Inscribed on backing board (now discarded) in donor's hand: "Ethel Macmillan, Tauranga" Inscriptions: Recto - Signed and dated Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour over pencil 252 x 332 mm

Date: 1888

By: Aubrey, Christopher, active 1868-1906

Reference: D-032-002

Description: Shows a view of Wellington and Wellington Harbour as far as the Hutt Valley. The view includes the Terrace and Terrace prison, the streets and buildings of Oriental Bay and Te Aro on the flat, including gasometers, chimneys and churches (St John's and St Peter's Willis Street), the houses on Mount Victoria, Somes Island. Three cows and a calf are attended by a man with a staff, in the foreground. The image is similar to that at C-030-025, "[Te Aro and Wellington Harbour]", but extends further on either side. The scale is very similar, but the images of the buildings are not identical. Unlike most other Aubrey works held in the Library, both of these pictures use some gum arabic in the foreground. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C Aubrey 1888 Very similar to C-030-025, "[Te Aro and Wellington Harbour]", but includes detail on both sides missing in Te Aro and Wellingon Harbour. Unlike most other Aubrey works held by the Library, this work uses some gum arabic in the foreground. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and gum arabic, 531 x 918 mm. Provenance: Possibly owned by Ivan Napier, Greytown, 1970s or early 1980s. In Harnett & Wedde winter antique auction, 1987, purchased Brierley's Ltd, Wellington.

Date: ca 1870s

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

Reference: PA1-q-262-54

Description: View looking from The Terrace across Wellington City and Harbour toward Somes Island. Several sailing ships can be seen in the harbour. Queen's Wharf is visible on the extreme left and the spire of St Johns Church can be seen on the left. Taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1870s. Note on back of file print reads: taken before 1878 when St Peters Anglican Church, Ghuznee/Willis Street was replaced. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 14 July 1969

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

Reference: EP-Municipal-Towns, Wellington and Suburbs-Miramar-01

Description: Aerial view of Miramar Peninsula and Wellington Harbour looking north. Miramar streets and houses can be seen with layout of the future Mapuia suburb in centre. Beyond Maupuia is Mount Crawford and Wellington Harbour, with Somes Island and Hutt Valley hills in the distance. Photographed by an unknown photographer in July 1969. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 25 x 20 cm