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Date: 1914

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-q-914

Description: Opens with a group of men on a tramp into the valley of the Orongorongo River in the southern Rimutaka Ranges. Included are views of the river and surrounding mountains, in particular Mount Matthews which they climbed posing for a photograph at the Mt Matthews trig station. There are views in the native forest and one looking over the Wainuiomata Valley. One image shows a group of men standing on the Fernside Railway Station labled as the "Mt Hector Party". This probably relates to a group of photographs later in the album recording a tramp in the Taraua Ranges. A group of five photographs records a trip to the Dawson Falls on Mount Egmont. There are views of the road leading to the falls through native forest, the group sitting on a huge rock below the falls, and the falls themselves. The other images in this group show the party on the Mountain, and loaded onto a cart at Eltham. Two pages of views of Days Bay, Lower Hutt, showing individual houses, Croyden School, and coastal scenes. A surveying trip to Kapiti Island. Views of the western cliff face of the island, the caretaker's house and surroundings, a tame deer, nautilus shells, and H E Girdlestone standing beside an 8 inch micrometer on a tripod. Views of the Volcanic Plateau showing Mounts Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro and the surrounding plains. The departure of the Main Expeditionary Force from Wellington during the First World War. The focus of these images is on the transports moored at the wharves, and the two escorting warships, the Japanese "Ibuki" and the British H M S "Minotaur", in the harbour. A group of women playing golf on the Waiwhetu golf links Family and friends at Eastbourne. Trip to the West Coast and the glaciers. Views of the main road south of Ross passing through heavy native forest, the Franz Josef Glacier and people climbing its ice fields, Mount Tasman, the Toaroha Rapids, and the Fox Glacier. There are also views of the Pelorus River and Bridge, the Buller Gorge, the Buller River, and the bridge on the road between Lyell and Inangahua. A general view of Greymouth where the party stayed with friends whoes two children were photographed driving peddle cars. A southern crossing of the Tararua Ranges. The route was by way of Mount Reeves, then down into the Tauherenikau River valley, along the river, then up to Mount Alpha and along the ridges to Hector and out again along the Waiotauru River to Otaki Forks. There are two photographs of members of the tramping party, as well as general views of the ranges, the rivers, a mountain tarn, and the Waihoanga Bridge. A visit to the Army training camp at Trentham. Photographs of individual soldiers and groups of soldiers and visitors. Three views of a man on horseback and a dog in the Manganuiateo River. Three images of surveyors making observations at a trig station using an 8 inch micrometer. Views of the Southern Alps. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [1880s-1890s]

From: Donne, Anne, fl 1975 :Photographs mainly of Richard John Seddon in New Zealand and the Pacific

By: Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PA7-52-19-1

Description: View of a horse and carriage on the road beside the Buller River at an area known as the Palisades (rock formation). Photograph taken by Tyree Brothers ca 1870s-1890s. Identical image at PA7-26-19 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - centre right - Palisades Buller River. W.G.R. Tyree Nelson N.Z. 1057 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 18.2 x 23.6 mm

Date: [ca 1880s-1890s]

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA7-51-10

Description: View of the Buller River and Gorge. Photograph taken by James Ring. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Buller Gorge. N.Z. 440 J.R. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 138 x 204 mm

Date: 1925

From: Living, John Frederick, d 1978 :Photographs of the South Seas Exhibition and holidays

Reference: PA1-o-1052

Description: Album recording a motoring and camping holiday through the South Island of New Zealand. This took in the New Zealand South Seas Exhibition in Dunedin and included the West Coast, Otago, and Canterbury. The central part of the album has images of Khandallah, Wellington, and the family home in that suburb. Family photographs include Doug on his Norton Motorcycle, and Jack and Neville similarly posed on a Douglas Motorcycle. Rene and Frank stand at the net holding tennis rackets, and mother has several images with young Joyce. The last part of the album recordes something of a holiday to Auckland where the family camped at Brown's Bay and took a trip to Kawau Island. A group shot on Mt Messanger on the way back and some views of Pukekura Park New Plymouth complete the album Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1898-1971

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.); Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Peter Pan Studio; Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944; Anton, W J, active 1952; Thomson, Richard John James, 1890-1977; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Davis & Company (Wellington, N.Z.); Robson and Boyer (Firm); Campbell, Colin, active 1914

Reference: PAColl-0580

Description: Family photographs of the Barnes family featuring the homestead Terewhiti and the following family members: Henry, Walter Ernest (Ernie - at various ages), Mary, Julia (Ernie's wife), Ernie's son Thomas, Lorraine, and Leslie. Also included are scenic views; scenes of mustering and shearing on the farm; Ernie and others in First World War uniforms; a burned down house; soldiers at Trentham camp eating a meal outside their tent (as a postcard signed by George McDermott to his brother and sister Alice and Bill); Lorraine Barnes taking part in a recording of the radio show The Quiz Kids as a member of the Hutt Valley team (The Quiz Kids was introduced by Selwyn Toogood in the 1950s); results of a national election being monitored on a wall chart ca 1930s; Ernie Barnes as captain of the Wellington Telephone Exchange Cricket Club; and two of officers and soldiers from the Second World War. The collection also includes a letter from the depositor with a small family tree. Quantity: 49 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1929-1931

From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 :Photographs of Hydro schemes and the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes

Reference: PA1-q-768

Description: Damage to buildings, roads, rivers and landscapes resulting from the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1880s-1890s]

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA7-51-08

Description: Shows a group of men standing on a pontoon on the banks of the Buller River near Lyell. Their horse and carriage is on the road waiting to be ferried across the river. Photograph taken by James Ring in 1880s-1890s Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Lyell punt on the Buller, NZ. 438 J.R. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 140 x 205 mm

Date: [ca 1880s-1890s]

From: Hamilton Public Library :Photographs of New Zealand

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA7-59-17-2

Description: Photograph of the river from the Buller Gorge road. Photograph taken by James Ring. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Buller Gorge N.Z. 1005.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Ring Photo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 21 x 29 cm on album page

Date: ca 1890

By: Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-002305-F

Description: Horses and a carriage on a ferry on the Buller River, near Westport. Taken by the Tyree Studio. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Ferry near Westport Buller River Tyree Photo Nelson 5130 Protected Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: [ca 1885-1945]

By: Lovell-Smith, Timothy James, 1945-; Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd; Crummer, George R, 1868-1953; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Dufty, Francis Herbert, 1846–1910; William H Hammer & Company; Muir and MacKinlay (Firm); Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951

Reference: PAColl-0422

Description: Views of New Zealand, the South Pacific and elsewhere including: a chief's house in Fiji; the grounds of the Sanatorium, Rotorua; Wairoa township before the Tarawera eruption; "Fijian warrior armed for war"; Maori children in swimming hole with other children standing behind them smoking; three photographs of the construction of the Wellington Town Hall organ; women doing a poi dance and men doing a haka in front of Maori spectators at Whakarewarewa; five photographs of Cook's landing place on Niue; a set of photographs of many parts of the world with the name Waimarino on the reverse, possibly from the voyages of a merchant ship of that name (these include one of an Arab dhow in the Indian Ocean requesting its longitude, Bill Brayton and others holding his sea turtles, two of the gun on board and three of the Panama Canal); the wreck of the Ansonia on Middleton Reef; an artist's impression of the Trans-Pacific yacht race trophy; a performance by Rarotongan men in uniform; three Rarotongan women washing clothes in the river; children swimming in Ngatangiia Creek; the Beach Road, Apia, Samoa; New Zealand Government Ship TutauRai (?) off Niue; and six mounted photographs by James Valentine and Co of New Zealand scenes and Maori women. Arrangement: Prints housed in 2 boxes at PAColl-0422-1 and PAColl-0422-2. Negatives housed at 1/2-037763, 045085, 056525 to 056545, 056315 to 056333, 144784, 144815, 144818, 144830, 144847 and 144850 Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s).

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

By: Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PA7-23-03

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1920s?]

From: Kenrick, Evelyn Helen, 1907-1991 : Photographs of New Zealand scenery

Reference: PA1-o-250

Description: Scenic views of the West Coast Region of the South Island, except one of the reservoir at Marton, in the Rangitikei area. Photographs taken by an unidentified photographer The view of Granity shows a railway line emerging from a mine, with coal trucks on the incline. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, entitled `Photographs'; 21 x 27 cm

Date: 1921

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: B-199-001

Description: Shows Buller River with boats on it. A bridge, trees, and mountains are visible in the background. One of the boats is moving and has two people in it, the others are docked next to a small building and what appears to be a water wheel. Another small building is shown at the edge of the bridge. The sky is pinkish suggesting early morning or evening Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 170 x 245 mm, sight 355 x 430 mm

Date: 1921

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-069

Description: A view of the mouth of the Buller River, with Mount William rising in the distance Other Titles - Mount William Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 180 x 250 mm

Date: 1921

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-080

Description: A panoramic view of the town of Westport from across the mouth of the Buller River. Part of the Paparoa Range rises behind the town. Houses can be seen amongst trees and bush Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on spread pages of soft-cover sketchbook, 185 x 550 mm

Date: 1921

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-081

Description: A preliminary sketch with the river in the foreground, bush and trees at the river's edge and the mountain in the background. A colour code has been pencilled in for later inclusion, and gone over in ink; colours include hues of green, purple, blue and grey, with varying light and shadow indicated in places Other Titles - Rochfort Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on page of soft-cover sketchbook, 185 x 275 mm

Date: 1920 - 1925

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-066

Description: A view of a town nestled at the foot of a mountain range, with a river running beside it. Buildings appear to include churches and a clock tower Although Westport had churches and a post office clock tower by this time, the buildings look more European than 20th century New Zealand Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 160 x 120 mm

Date: 1921

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-063

Description: A view of the Buller River, with a bridge spanning its width, birds flying over the water, with mist-covered hills belonging to the Paparoa Range in the background Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 180 x 250 mm

Date: 1921

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-065

Description: A view of the harbour at dusk, with a yellowing sky, mountains in the distance, a fishing boat entering the harbour, and a wharf with various buildings and machinery on the left. A bridge spans the water at the mouth of the Buller River Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 177 x 248 mm

Date: 1921

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-071

Description: A view of the mouth of the Buller River at sunset, showing a bank of pine trees, and accentuating the colours of the sky as the sun sets See also A-462-070, entitled 'Westport Harbour'. Dated June 1921, it appears to be an almost identical view Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 240 x 310 mm