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Long Bay, Coromandel, Tarua Range, Pirongia, and Hamilton
Date: 1953-1960
From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording
Reference: PA12-6453
Description: Long Bay just north of Coromandel Harbour. Coastal view north of Colville. Pukematawai Hut, Tararua Range. Party on the summit of Pukematawai and on Arete Ridge. Distant view of Mount Pirongia. Views of Hamilton, Hamilton Lake, Parana Park. Swimming in the Venus Pool, Waiotapu. Western view from near the summit of Mount Pirongia. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard and plastic mounts.
Record of a tramping trip, and Views of Dunedin
Date: 1967
From: Thorn, Benji, fl 2005 :Colour slides taken on holidays in the South Island
Reference: PA12-3426
Description: A record of a tramping trip on the Heaphy track in 1967, and views of Dunedin. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1967 Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm
Trip to Lake Te Anau and Milford Sound
Date: 1913
From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing
Reference: PA1-o-1224
Description: Mainly a series of holidays, tramping trips, and local excursions. The first is a trip to the head of Lake Te Anau and Milford Sound via the Milford track. It begins on the road between Glenorchy and Paradise, then through the valley of the Route Burn River to the Hollyford Valley where the party camped on the shores of Lake Howden. From there they passed Lakes Fergus and Gunn into the Eglinton River Valley and on to Te Anau, and then onto the Milford track to Milford Sound via the Clinton River Valley. Images on the way include Mount Balloon, Mount Elliott, Routeburn Hut, and Lake Ada. There is a view of Mitre Peak, Mount Tutoko, and the Pembroke Glacier from Milford Sound. The second series relates to a camping trip to Wanganui and the Whanganui River. This includes a game of golf and visiting friends in St John's Hill. There are views of the party's camp and a number of images taken during a canoeing trip up the Whanganui River in what looks like a Maori dug out canoe. Two other images in this group are of men standing beside the trigs on Mounts Holdworth and Dundas in the Tararua Ranges. The third series is of family and friends at home in Eastbourne and in the bush at Muritai; Girdlestone, a friend, and two women on motor cycles on the coast road; views of Eastbourne from the hills above the suburb; women on the beach and reading at home. The fourth series relates to a trip to the Volcanic Plateau during which the party climbed Mounts Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe. There are two group photographs of the whole party, one taken in front of the Waihohonu Hut, and the other on the summit of Mount Ruapehu. The fifth series shows a party of men and women on a walk and a picnic in the beach forest in Gollan's Valley near Eastbourne. The sixth series is a record of a holiday to Queen Charlotte and Pelorus Sounds taken by a group of men over Christmas 1913. There are views of the sounds and surrounding landscape, of Portage where the party stayed, and of boat and fishing trips that they made during their stay. The seventh series is of a tramping trip to the Orongrongo River Valley. The views are of native forest, the river and the mountains, and one of two men boiling a billy beside their tent in the bush. The eighth series consists of two photographs of the wreck of the "Devon" on the rocks at Pencarrow Heads, Wellington harbour. This occured on the 25th of August 1913. The ninth series is a group of photographic postcards of the Te Anau, Milford region, and probably relate to the trip recorded at the beginning of this album. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Photographs of England and the Pori area, New Zealand
Date: ca 1900-ca 1910
From: Main, William :Photographs of the Nelson properties at Pori, north eastern Wairarapa.
Reference: PA1-o-1206
Description: Most of the New Zealand images relate to the Nelson family, their farms, farm houses, and farm buildings in the Pori area, north eastern Wairarapa, and scenic views of the area such as the Makuri River, a waterfall at Tiraumea, Annedale north of Tainui, the Pori Bridge, and native forest. The images of the farm houses include building a stable and buggy house, views of the yard with washing drying, a hen run, and a view of the dining room at "Ruatea". Four images are of Hugh Nelson's whare which was the first building constructed at "Taumata". There are three photographs of local Maori, one of bullock teams at Tiraumea, snow covered landscape at "Nga Mahanga", a picnic group with horses and buggys, and many views of the countryside from the Nelson farms showing cleared, partially cleared and forested land, much of it covered with the gaunt trunks of burnt off bush. There are group photographs of the families and friends. As well as the men these include women (wives?) Lucy, Katie, and Winifred, and children, Robert, Frances, and Dorothea. Other new Zealand houses include two probably located at Annedale with the names "Te Hoe" and "Manawa", and another in Featherston called "Newstead". The English images are of family and friends and various places, houses and churches which include Dover, Tunbridge Wells, Broadstairs, Minehead, Ostend, Clovelly, Lynton, Lymouth, Doon Valley, Meywingen, St Saviours Leeds, and Chester Cathedral Arrangement: Loose prints originally in this album can be found at PAColl-7868-1 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Mountains, trampers, and the Marlborough Sounds
Date: ca 1925-ca 1955
From: Nichols, James Keith, 1909-1972 :Collection of negatives and photographic prints, taken by James Keith Nichols
Reference: PAColl-0190-23
Description: Some views of Nelson and Dunedin; views of the Kapiti coast; Tramping in the eastern and western Hutt Valley and views of native forest and forest rivers and streams taken along the way; trampers and mountaineers in the Tararua Ranges and the Southern Alps; tramping huts, snow and glaciers; views of the Marlborough Sounds; a tramp in the mountains in the Wilkin River area north west of Lake Wanaka; a tramp in the Tararua Ranges inland from Paraparaumu; children on the beach, babies, and Maori children. Quantity: 279 b&w original photographic print(s).
Photograph album, volume two
Date: [ca 1870s-1890s]
From: Bridge family :Photograph albums
By: Anson Brothers (Firm); Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Pulman (Firm)
Reference: PA1-f-271
Description: Views of New Zealand, England, Australia and Canada, associated with family of Charles Joseph Bridge (d 1876), settler at Homebrook, near Lake Ellesmere; and his son, Charles Hastings Bridge. Includes pressed flowers and leaves, a coloured sketch of a rowing boat on a river lined with willow trees. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - Henry Hugh Chapman 1881; Henry Walter Bridge 1886 Quantity: 2 album(s) Album(s).
Photographs relating to South Westland, West Coast
Date: 2001-2003
From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast
Reference: PADL-000507
Description: Photographs of South Westland, West Coast. Includes photographs of the Franz Josef and Haast villages and glaciers, coastlines and lakes in the southern region of the Westland district. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Views-Places (south Westland)" Quantity: 170 digital photograph(s).