Places

Date: 1843

From: Ashworth, Edward 1814-1896 :Sketchbook [1844]

By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896

Reference: E-042-016/017

Description: An extensive view from a high point over fenced and partially cleared land, with a house and shed, and a stream to the right, the Waitemata Harbour in the background. Possibly the Tamaki area Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink 137 x 310 mm Provenance: Purchased Sotheby's auction, London, 1966

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-051

Description: Shows rolling hilly farm country with Mt Manaia in the background. There is part of a small cottage with water barrels on the extreme right, by a winding dirt road, and a horse and possibly cattle graze in the left foreground. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 125 x 187 mm.

Date: 1943

By: Hocking, Violet June, 1916-2010

Reference: MapColl-832.3gbbd/[1943?]/Acc.39274

Description: Survey map of the fence line along No.5 paddock of Taumahapu Station including the part which adjoins the road from Kereru to Tikokino. What appears to be a track runs alongside most of the fence. Accompanied by an envelope on which is written in pencil 'Distance new fence in No 5'. The envelope is addressed to 'A.G. Mowat, Esq., Taumahapu, Tikokino' and was franked at Napier on 8th December 1943. Shelved with map Pencilled note on map: The distance will be a bit longer than I have shown Includes an arithmetical sum of various distances of the fence. The handwritten note alongside reads: Total distance, post at road to post at fence corner Title supplied by Curator Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper, coloured, scale not given, 13.8 x 27.5 cm. Provenance: Donated by June Hocking, August 2002 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Mowat Family Papers (A2002-023).

Date: [Before 10 Jun 1886]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-37-14

Description: Photograph of McRae's Hotel, Te Wairoa taken by the Burton Brothers before the eruption of Mount Tarawera on 10 Jun 1886. In the foreground are two small Maori boys and areas fenced off for the growing of vegetables. The area in the immediate foreground has one wall constructed from blocks of earth while the other sides of the fenced enclosure are made from wooden stakes. Identical image at PAColl-7344-89 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3848 - Wairoa. Burton Bros, Dunedin; Mount recto - beneath image - Pans with 4082 (written in ink) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14 x 20.2 cm on mount 22.8 x 29.3 cm

Date: 1939

From: Cook, Hinehauone Coralie, 1904-1993 :[Loose prints, drawings and paintings; and two albums of prints and drawings. 1924-1991]

Reference: A-424-042

Description: Shows four men involved in separating sheep through swinging gateways, thus directing them to different enclosures. The left foreground pen holds a flock of about a dozen sheep. Photographed in E-918-q, 347/228f. Other copies at 73/228a, 33/228, 212/228b, 225/228c, 248/228d. Listed in Rod Cook's notebook at E-918-q Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Linocut, 304 x 219 mm, on tissue 345 x 230 mm.

Date: 1914

From: W B Chennells :Collection of maps

By: Masterton Public Library; Seaton, Sladden & Pavitt (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/[1914]/Acc.36645

Description: Map of one block of fifty acres of native bush showing the old and new boundary fencelines, adjoining a road and part of the Wainuioru River. Chennells' and Strang's properties are indicated. Accompanied by a letter on headed paper from Seaton, Sladden & Pavitt to W. B. Chennells of Masterton about the proposed new fence boundary and enclosing this tracing. MapColl-832.45gbbd/1914/Acc.36646 Other Titles - Plan of part lot 3 Nga Waka a Kupe Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colourwash on dressed linen, coloured, scale [1:7 920], 29.9 x 24.6 cm.

Date: November 1994-February 1995

From: Dennis, Lawrence Samuel, 1915-2000 :Photographs relating to the career of Lawrence Samuel Dennis

Reference: PA1-o-1718

Description: Includes - Lawrence and Patricia Dennis' house being repainted. Homebush opening, Wairarapa. Hot air baloon advertising the Paua Shell Factory, Carterton. Flower arrangements. The old and new fence at the Dennis' house. Brooke and her new son, Troy. Roy. Keave. Todor and Lawrence Dennis. Patia [?] and Patricia Dennis. Stained glass windows, February 1995. Barbara Jacobsen. Rock fallen from wall. Source of title - Title supplied by the Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1865 - 1869

From: Various artists :[Reproductions by Tauranga District Libraries. 1 Horatio Gordon Robley. Canoe race Tauranga Christmas 1865; 2. Three watercolours by an unknown soldier at Gate Pa; 3. Two watercolours by Emma Mary Vogan. Reproduced 1990s?]

Reference: A-426-082

Description: Shows a view of a small cemetery surrounded by a white picket fence. The location is under a stand of trees, and overlooks the harbour. Mount Maunganui can be seen in the distance at the left. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 70 x 117 mm, on sheet 115 x 155 mm. Provenance: Dr P M Barclay of Middlesborough England donated this and two other works to Tauranga District Libraries in 1989; he had inherited the work from his grandfather who was surgeon to the 43rd Monmouth Light Infantry Regiment, although the surgeon himself did not serve in New Zealand.

Date: 1938

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-038933-G

Description: Colin Hartwig as a young boy, wearing a light coloured shirt and shorts held by braces, and a hat. He is standing on a bridge, leaning against a fence with a handrail and wire netting from the rail to the ground. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1938. Identification of subject and place from Godber's own index at TL 6/1/15, held in Photographic Archives. It is listed in the 1/4 plate sequence under H. Hartwig, C. Silverstream. 1938. On bridge. (Box 38) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

By: Hunter, Norman Mitchell, 1859-

Reference: E-328-f-029-2

Description: Shows fences on part of Mount Royal Station, Palmerston, Otago Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Mount Royal Station Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 75 x 155 mm

Date: 1998

By: Henshaw, David, 1939-2014

Reference: J-049-001/010

Description: Cartoons of rural life. Quantity: 10 colour pages from calendar. Physical Description: Reproductions of watercolour and pen. Image sizes 280 x 390 mm.

Date: 1939

From: Cook, Hinehauone Coralie, 1904-1993 :[Loose prints, drawings and paintings; and two albums of prints and drawings. 1924-1991]

Reference: A-424-041

Description: Shows four men involved in separating sheep through swinging gateways, thus directing them to different enclosures. The left foreground pen holds a flock of about a dozen sheep. Photographed in E-918-q, 264/227. Listed in Rod Cook's notebook at E-918-q Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 307 x 204 mm, on sheet 353 x 255 mm.

Date: 1903 - 1904

From: [Ephemera of octavo size concerning fences and their construction]

By: Anchor Fence Company of New Zealand Ltd; Christchurch Press Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-FENCE-1903-01

Description: Illustrated booklet showing different fences and gates available. There are illustrations of the Anchor clamp and ratchet, a method for setting end corner posts, styles of 6-wire fences, wire-bound gates, the Anchor fence hurdle, ornamental fences (six designs shown), and residence gates. Includes photographs of staff at the Anchor Fence company, with buildings of the Massey-Harris Company adjacent. There are also photographs of fences on the properties of S I Ffitch esq Dallington, and H P Slater esq Sandilands, New Brighton Road. Page 30 shows testimonials from S I Ffitch (Dallington, Christchurch), W B Clarkson (Riccarton, Christchurch), Gilbert Jackson (Christchurch), H P Slater (Christchurch). The cover shows an illustration of a farmer surveying an injured horse lying with its legs entangled in a barbed wire fence while another horse and sheep look on. The implication is that the entangling fence is of inferior brand to the adjacent Anchor fence. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 1 volume, 32 pages, 103 x 165 mm.

Date: 1953

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Works

Reference: Plans-80-1377

Description: Details of fence posts, reinforcement, plan at corner, elevation of fence at corner, showing a 13-wire barbed wire security fence. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Blueprint

Date: 1858, 1877-1878, n d

From: Bethune and Hunter Ltd (Wellington, N.Z.) : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-7437

Description: Consignment notice for good shipped by Bethune & Hunter for Messrs Nash & Scaife in the `White Swan', Master J McLean, from Wellington to Nelson, Oct 1858 (listed verso is `London cargo asper manifest' for D Rough, H Gaskell, A G L Campbell, Henry Lewis, C B Wither, Thomas Cross, R Cotton, Thomas Hill, A P Seymour, Jno Sheate, A Fell & Co, W Handcock, C G Bartlett, and passengers luggage for Mrs Beitt, F Handyside, Hadfield, M Rees); Bethune & Hunter money orders, dated Porangahau Station, Jul 1878; handwritten receipt made out to George Woodward, ploughman, Kanai Station, Jul 1878; `Evening post extra', re war in the Balkans, 25 Jul 1877; information re Hunter Fencing System, n d Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1890

By: Gibb, William Menzies, 1859-1931

Reference: G-541

Description: Shows three head of cattle standing in a small field beyond the foreground stream. A tree in the foreground leans against one of the wooden picket fences, and there is a hut or stable beyond the cattle. The spire of a church in the middle distance is possibly St Mary's Merivale. Title from back Inscriptions: Signed: W. Menzies-Gibb Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil painting on canvas 356 x 500 mm

Date: 1850

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-007-1

Description: A track formed to the left, with a fence on the right, leading into the gully, which appears cleared apart from light scrub Other Titles - Polhill Gully Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch 152 x 190 mm

Date: 1920 - 1929

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to building material and supplies in New Zealand]

By: Kauri Timber Company Ltd; Clark & Matheson (Firm); Scott, Richard George, 1923-2020

Reference: Eph-A-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-1920s-01

Description: Sales catalogue for the Kauri Timber Company, with illustrations of doors, door frames, window frames, French casements, casement sashes, verandah sashes, mantelpieces, gates, fences, louvre ventilators, washing tubs. Other Titles - [Cover title] From bush to bungalow; illustrations of high class domestic joinery manufactured by the Kauri Timber Co Ltd, Fanshawe St., Auckland. Manufactured from the primeval forests of Maoriland Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 52 pages each 140 x 225 mm.

Date: 1916

By: J & W Faulkner & Sons (Firm); Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-FENCE-1916-01

Description: Illustrated booklet showing different fences and gates available: wrought iron single gates, posts and fencing, wrought iron fencing, double gates and posts, cast iron pillars; photographs of the gates at Auckland Racing Club's racecourse at Ellerslie, Botanical Gardens Dunedin; ornate wrought iron staircases, balustrades, finials and weather-vanes; porch brackers, lamps and street-lamps, wrought iron grilles (including collapsible ones for elevators and the elevator cars themselves); counter grilles (for bank tellers, etc); lockers, screens, tomb railings; garden furniture. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 1 volume, 62 pages, 218 x 280 mm.

Date: 1950 - 1965

From: Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973 :Old homes & sheds, farms made by pioneers in Norsewood. [1950s-1964].

By: Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973

Reference: E-029-q-048

Description: Shows a wooden fence in a paddock with a tree at one end, near to a lake (possibly Lake Waikaremoana) Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour and gum arabic, 245 x 315 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist available.. Provenance: Donated by Mrs J. Brenkley in 1964.