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Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-070

Description: William and Sarah Lee arrived at Mercury Bay with their family in 1868 and settled at Purangi. The essay describes the family's forty years in various occuaptions - In the bush, on the rivers, on the gumfileds, at the goldfields and on the land. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available. Includes photographs

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-071

Description: This biographical outline traces the life of William George Cleaver, sergeant in 58th Regiment of Foot. The story tells of his marriage to Charlotte McDowell and sets out his later years as settler on the Coromandel Peninsula at Tairua and Whitianga Quantity: 1 folder(s). Includes photograph

Date: October 1957

From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording

Reference: PA12-6444

Description: Visit to Melbourne and trip to Whitianga and Mercury Bay. Views include, the Shrine of Remeberance. The Botanical Gardens. The Fitzroy Conservatory. The Yarra River. Captain Cook's cottage. Collins Street. Flinders Street Railway Station. Views of Whitianga. The party on board for Mercury Bay. Islands in Mercury Bay. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard and plastic mounts.

Date: 1964

From: Laugesen, Carl Thorwald, 1900-1987 :[Sketchbook. ca 1958-1971]

Reference: E-937-2-030

Description: An autumnal view of a bay in Whitianga, possibly at Cook's Beach. Small sailing boats can be seen on the water, with what could be Red Hill in the distance Inscriptions: Album page - bottom left - Whitianga / 64 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on detched page of sketchbook, 180 x 250 mm Provenance: Purchase: Dunbar Sloane, auction 1104, Wellington, 4 April 2012, lot no. 374

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-069

Description: The story of John James Wilson who had the distinction of successfully importing to New Zealand one of the many consignments of English birds on the Cashmere arriving April 1862 at the request of the New Zealand government. He moved about the Auckland Province working wherever opportunities offered. He traded at Tairau, Whangamata and Northland before settling at Whitianga with other members of his family Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available. Includes photographs of Whitianga, ca 1945; Wilson family, ca 1908

Date: [ca 1924-1951]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Kent, Thelma Rene, 1899-1946; Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970; Roberts, Jack Debnam Stewart, 1891-1980; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Bierre, Eric W, 1899-; Green & Hahn (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-201

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1924-1951. North Island scenes - Aerial view of Hokianga Harbour, 1949 (Whites 5115); road through Waitakere Ranges, 1938; Waipoua Forest; mustering sheep on East Coast; Humphries Castle (well-known rock formation on slopes of Mount Taranaki); Wanganui River (at meeting place of three provinces); Lake Taupo; Wellington Railway Station taken a night; mustering sheep in Wairoa Valley; Maori village at Waihi near Tokaanu, 1930; cattle crossing river in Waiotahi Gorge, 1946; Treaty House and grounds at Waitangi; Kohokohu in Hokianga Harbour, 1931; Whitianga, 1932 & Whitianga beach and camping grounds, 1951; Jersey calves, Taranaki; elevated view of Seatoun, Wellington looking north-east; Featherston Street looking towards Lambton Quay (Prudential Assurance Co & Commercial Bank of Australia buildings), 1938. South Island scenes - Spring time blossom along banks of Avon River; Greymouth Borough Council office (in house formerly owned by Dennhy family), 1950; Mt Zora and Landsborough River; women artists painting autumn colours near Bridge of Remembrance, Christchurch, 1940s; Christchchurch Airport, 1953 (Whites 32581); Lyttelton School (taken 1874); Patearoa & Minaret Station Central Otago, 1939 & 1942; leisure craft at Diamond Harbour, 1937; Mr Oldfield and sheepdogs on Lewis Pass Road; erosion at Middle Dome, north of Lumsden, 1949; camp at Bruce Bay, Westland, 1939; convoy of battleships at Greymouth during vice-regal visit, 1925; Westport coal industry; Buller Gorge; Mount Cook from Red Lake; aerial view of Waiou River, North Canterbury, 1934; Waimakariri River in flood (taken from just above Rakaia Gorge Bridge), Nov 1928; Waipiata Sanatorium, 1924; municipal chambers at Westport, 1947; bridge over Karamea River (Thelma Kent); Lake Ohau, 1951; Tasman Glacier from Ball Hutt, 1949; members of Hutt Valley Tramping Club on Olivine ice plateau; public works camp at Weheka (near Fox Glacier), 1936.. Photographers include: E C Lackland, Auckland; W Hall Raine; Thelma Kent; T W Collins; Whites Aviation; W G Weigel; A V Bowden; A Inkster; J D S Roberts; D V Apperley; Eric W Bierre; L Wallace; Green & Hahn; etc Quantity: 65 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1913

Reference: 1/2-021544-G

Description: A view of Whitianga beach front at low tide in 1913, showing the cliffs. A woman is sitting on the rocks. Photograph taken by unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1913

Reference: 1/2-022201-G

Description: Whitianga wharves and township in 1913. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1911

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001038-G

Description: View of the wharf at Whitianga. The ferry is berthed and passengers are embarking. Photograph taken by William A Price in 1911. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Wharf. Mercury Bay. 2578D. 1911 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1911]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000677-G

Description: Whitianga township, Mercury Bay, showing wharves and Whitianga District Timber Company with boom area. A ship is heading out to sea. Taken by William A Price ca 1911 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Mercury Bay. 2585D Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 2 May 1950

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-24635-G

Description: Aerial view of Mercury Bay, Whitianga, and the surrounding countryside. Photographed by Leo White on the 2nd of May 1950. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: [1984 or 1985]

From: Thompson, Paul David, 1951- : Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints, also papers

Reference: PA12-5644-18

Description: Bach at Whitianga, photographed in late 1984 or early 1985 by Paul Thompson. Publication note - Published in: Paul Thompson, The bach (Wellington: Government Printer, 1985) p30 Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparency 35mm

Date: [ca 1911]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000678-G

Description: Whitianga, Mercury Bay, Coromandel, ca 1911. Shows the sweep of the bay, wharves at Whitianga, timber boom and Whitianga District Timber Mill close to the waterfront. Photograph taken by William A Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Mercury Bay. 2586. D Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1913

Reference: 1/2-021543-G

Description: A view of Whitianga beach front at low tide in 1913, showing a large rock. A woman can be seen in the distance looking towards the sea. Photograph taken by unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).