Places

Date: 1895

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook of Mary C. Medley nee Taylor...1895. No. 14.

Reference: E-379-013

Description: A view, through a line of trees, of the coast at Plimmerton and Mana Island Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Plimmerton (showing Mana Island) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 130 x 225 mm (page size)

Date: ca 1895

Reference: PAColl-7393

Description: Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-004014 to 004016 Quantity: 3 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass half plate negatives

Date: circa 1890-1910

From: Shaw, G W :Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna

By: Wilson, Alex R, active 1900s; Shaw, Helen M G, active 1976

Reference: PA1-q-269

Description: Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna. William M Wilson was born in Glasgow in 1868, coming to New Zealand when 8 years of age. He was apprenticed to John Fitchett, coach builder in Wellington, then with other firms including Rouse & Hurrell. He was employed by Wilfred Woolf in Eketahuna in 1894, and subsequently bought his business, and entered the firm of Kibblewhite and Wilson. See Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Wellington Provincial District, Eketahuna. Includes dwellings; carriages; group outings and portraits; 1 of the Club Hotel of F D Pelling; 3 of the Ryan family at Tawa Flat; 1 of a house at Island Bay, 1 of a thatched whare at Plimmerton, a Ghuznee St boarding house; 2 relating to the Burnett family; 2 scenes in Manakau; 1 of D A Greenlees store; 2 of Rarotanga; 2 relating to the business of Lyon & Blair, steam printers and lithographers; 1 of a group outside a house in Eastbourne; 3 relating to the Manson family; 1 of a military camp in New Zealand in preparation for the South African War. Also includes a pocket on the inside back cover containing newspaper clippings, and a photocopy of a letter written by the donor Mrs Helen M G Shaw, which gives some information about the album. Inscriptions: Album page - Alex R Wilson, Central Terrace, Kelburne, Wellington Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover; 28.5 x 20.5 cm

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: A-020-031-1

Description: Two women seated and weaving, their work stretched on on sticks on the ground. Kete hanging from the walls of the whare and food parcels hanging down from the ceiling, along with a large bundle of dried flax. A small fire burns outside the whare. The pa is almost certainly Taupo Pa at Plimmerton, visited by the artist in September 1844 and drawn on the other side of this sheet of paper. Original sketch for a lithograph reproduced in G. F. Angas' The New Zealanders illustrated, (Plate 59) under the title Domestic economy - women making mats etc. Interior of a house at Rangihireta's Pah. Other Titles - Te Rangihaeata, Taupo Pa. Rangihireta's Pah Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 348 x 249 mm

Date: [1894-1900?]

From: Denton, Frank J, 1869-1963 :Collection of negatives, prints and albums

Reference: PA1-o-132

Description: Photographs, chiefly of the Wellington area, probably taken by Frank J Denton. A number show the house `Fernhill' in Woolcombe Street (now part of The Terrace), Wellington, views from the house and its gardens. Portraits in clude Laurie Denton, Tom Tolley (locksmith), Alfred Bennett and his family, Mrs Denton Snr, Mrs Waters (had a grocery shop in Dixon Street), G L Adkin (as a boy), Miss Dixon (of the aerated water family, the Dixons of Dixon Street), George Butler (artist), and Beaglehole (David Ernest Beaglehole, father of Professor Ernest Beaglehole, and Professor John Cawte Beaglehole). Also includes photograph of a portrait painted by George Edmund Butler of his father Joseph Cawte Butler (maternal grandfather of John Cawte Beaglehole). Other Titles - Wellington I Album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Maroon cover decorated with painted leaves, 22 x 26 cm

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

Reference: A-020-032-3

Description: View looking across the pa site, with several fenced dwellings and clusters of houses. On the right is a tall structure marked 'whata', a storage platform, or possibly a tapu structure. A hill behind the houses is marked 'heath'. In the sky area is a drawing of an albatross skin On same sheet sketch of: Skin of Toroa - pieces of it worn in the ears of chiefs. Extended Title - Original for lithograph In: Angas, G F, New Zealanders Illustrated, Plate XLVIII, p. 109. Taupo Pah was about a mile north of Porirua at Plimmerton and belonged to Te Rauparaha Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 336 x 338

Date: ca 1880, 1954

By: Andersen, Johannes Carl, 1873-1962

Reference: PAColl-7403

Description: Two views of Plimmerton taken from the same vantage point, one ca 1880 of undeveloped beach and cliffs and the other in 1954 of houses. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-004137 and 004138 Quantity: 2 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: ca 1895

From: Creator of Collection Unknown : Photographs of Plimmerton

Reference: 1/2-004014-G

Description: Sheep under a cabbage tree near Plimmerton. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass half plate negative

Date: 1843

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: B-051-004

Description: Shows and names Taupo Bay (i.e. Plimmerton) and the entrance from the sea. Thom's whaling station in the background, Maori pa at Plimmerton, man on horse and Maori burial ground, in foreground Detached from: Wakefield, E J ; Illustration to Adventure in N Z , 1845. Plate XII Other Titles - Paremata Extended Title - From: Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand" by Edward Jerningham Wakefield. (London, 1845). Plate 12. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph 237 x 370 mm

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: A-020-032

Description: An upper drawing showing a low wharenui, seen from the front. A lower drawing showing a passageway or entrance through palisades, with buildings and hills beyond. Both drawings are probably scenes at Rangihaeata's Taupo Pa, Plimmerton The drawing on the verso of this sheet (A-020-033-1) is of Taupo Pa, Plimmerton Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 333 x 231 mm

Date: 1896

By: Warburton, Charlotte Eliot, 1883-1961

Reference: A-090-014

Description: A site close to Plimmerton beach, looking north towards a sandhill, with fencing surrounding it at its base and on the top. Inscriptions: Verso - title, date and signature in a childish hand. Note about its being used as an illustration for 'Changing days and changing ways' by Warburton. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Wash drawing 177 x 253 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Warburton typscript for Changing Days and Changing Ways - 1960s?.

Date: 1894

From: Denton, Frank J, 1869-1963 :Collection of negatives, prints and albums

By: Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963

Reference: PA1-o-132-35-2

Date: 1889

From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to J White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, [1880s?] 1890

By: Allan, Joseph Stuart, 1861-1930

Reference: B-110-022-3

Description: A view from the shore at Plimmerton, looking out past Rangihaeata's Taupo Pa towards Mana Island Based on a lithograph by G. F. Angas 'Rangihaeata's Pah', plate 57 in his 'The New Zealanders illustrated' (London, 1847) One of three lithographs on the same sheet, all probably the work of J. S. Allan, whose signature appears on the first of the three. Other Titles - Porirua, Rangihaeata's pah, pa Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, on sheet 183 x 252 mm

Date: 1893

From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]

By: Lysaght, Emily Muriel, 1875-1971

Reference: B-190-051

Description: A view of the Wellington coastline, possibly from Plimmerton or Karehana Bay, with Mana Island and South Island mountains in the distance Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Wellington / E M Stowe 1893 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on loose sketchbook page, 127 x 183 mm

Date: 1856-1955

By: Plimmer family; Plimmer, David, active 2013

Reference: MS-Papers-11485

Description: Collection comprises a sketch of John Plimmer's warehouse "Noah's Ark" on Customhouse Quay (undated), post cards of Barrett's Hotel (undated), printed pages relating to John Plimmer (some photocopies) Source of title - Supplied by library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by David Plimmer of Porirua, in 2013 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - One glass plate negative (broken), two negatives, two slides, two black & white photographs (PA-Group-00900).

Date: 1890-1920

By: Preston, Alan Herbert, 1932-2004; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm); Frisco Photographic Company

Reference: PAColl-3234

Description: Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope. Physical Description: Various formats and types including cabinet cards, albumen prints, cartes de visite and mounted prints

Date: 1892

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-020

Description: View from Plimmerton Beach, close to the entrance to Porirua Harbour and looking across towards Mana Island and the South Island. The Grandfather Rocks or Tokaapapa Reef (a mahinga mataitai of Ngati Toa) can be seen in the water Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, in sketchbook, 130 x 360 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

Date: 1846 - 1967 - 1847

By: C M Banks Ltd

Reference: C-058-004

Description: Reproduction of a lithograph in the Library's collection. On same sheet as C-058-0033 Proof sheet for Red Cross Christmas card from lithograph in A T L Quantity: 4 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Coloured offset photolithograph (4 copies on 1 sheet)

Date: 1844 - 1845

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: MapColl-832.47964ac/[ca 1840]/Acc.6012

Description: Map of Porirua Harbour, Titahi Bay northwards to Pukerua Bay, and the Horokiwi Valley, Wellington. Shows unnumbered subdivisions of land around the Harbour, Jackson's Hotel, Thom's Hotel and whaling station. Shows several Maori pa sites, including Pa Warakoua on the southwest side of the Harbour, an unnamed pa near Titahi Bay, Taupo Pa and surrounding Native gardens, the Native path from Taupo Pa to Pukerua, Wairaka Pa near Gibralter Rock, and a settlement at Pukerua. Map probably drawn in 1844 or 1845, according to Drawing and Prints. Also shows several numbered views that relate to sketches housed in Drawings and Prints. Note on map before copying: Portfolio D, [New Zealand Company], marked & 4 by ? See 'Plan shewing the several points of view of the sketches illustrative of the West Coast' [1844 or 1845], the ink and watercolour original, shelved at B-031-036, held in Drawings and Prints. The original watercolour sketches relating to the map are held in Drawings and Prints, shelved at A145 / 8. Brees was the principal surveyor of the New Zealand Company. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 32.3 x 41.2 cm.

Date: 1889-1924

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records

Reference: MSY-1290

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).