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Date: 1850-1873

By: Billmanson, Ivan Frederick, -1872

Reference: Micro-MS-0103

Description: Billmanson's correspondence with his family from 1850 to 1872, largely in Swedish, as a seaman based in Liverpool 1850-1857, as farm labourer, teacher and goldminer in Australia until 1867, and as a goldminer on the West Coast 1867-1872; diary 1864-1869; includes a ledger (1864-1871); correspondence with Australasian goldminers; a commonplace book; estate papers; and photographs Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Negative microfilm only

Date: [1918]

By: Stewart, Peter, 1831?-1918

Reference: MS-Papers-7046

Description: Comprises `Life of Peter Stewart' in which Stewart describes his family and early life beginning with `From memory. Notes from old time' and continuing until his arrival in Australia in 1854 and New Zealand in 1861. In both countries he went gold mining; additional reminiscences give information about purchasing land in the Manawatu and he summarises some of his activities and involvement in local matters until 1874. Details of his birth and death are supplied. Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - See also MS-Papers-1467 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 10 Nov 1861

Reference: MS-Papers-10252

Description: Folder comprises a partial letter from an unidentified author to his sister. Written at the Waitahuna gold diggings in Otago, the letter describes the fortunes of the author at the gold mines in Victoria, Australia and Waitahuna. Source of title - Provide by Library Gold was discovered in the Waitahuna Gully in 1861. Waitahuna is 7 miles from Lawerence and 53 miles from Dunedin. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms (photocopy) Provenance: The photocopy of this letter was donated by Mr M Valatin of Wiltshire. The original letter is owned by Mr M Lintern. Mr Lintern saved the record from destruction by bonfire. An unidentified old man of Winsley had been disposing of his archives in this manner when Mr Lintern intervened and salvaged it.

Date: 1850-1876, 1918?

By: Fry, James Arthur Barrett, 1850-

Reference: Micro-MS-0856

Description: Cover James' birth, childhood in London, the voyage to New Zealand on the `African' in 1861, his work on the `Southern Cross' newspaper in Auckland, impressions of Dunedin and New Zealand in general, his employment as a shearer, station hand, miner, gardener and carter in NSW and Victoria 1865-1876. Includes sketch maps detailing his travels in Australia and an undated photograph of farm labourers. Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - Micro-MS-0860 includes his shipboard diary kept on the `African' James Fry was born in England. In 1861 the Fry family emigrated to New Zealand settling in Auckland, then Dunedin, where James' father became a storekeeper on the goldfields. In 1865 the family moved to Melbourne. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Physical Description: Mss and typescript Finding Aids: Detailed index at front.

Date: [ca 1890]

From: Dyson, Mrs, fl 1958 :Photographs, chiefly of scenic views in the South Island in New Zealand, and Victoria in Australia

By: Clifford & Company; De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; Finch, F, active 1878-1900; Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?

Reference: PA1-q-069

Description: Various photographers including De Maus, Henry Lock, F. Finch and Clifford & Co. Photographs include scenes at various gold-mining claims on the West Coast; bridges Over rivers on the West Coast and Otago regions; one of a large group of Freemasons carrying banners relating to various Lodges; and a number of images of Ballarat, Geelong and Queenscliff in Australia. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black album with gold decoration, 31 x 26 cm

Date: [Between 1890s and 1920s]

From: France, Thelma Edith Minnie, 1907-2000 : Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-095

Description: Album containing photographs of Ballarat (Australia), areas in Otago and Southland (NZ), and images of the France family and their relatives the Farquhar family and the Little family. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with reddish brown front cover, purple back cover; 31.5 x 26.0 cm

Date: 1983

From: [Various cartoonists] :Sir Robert Muldoon cartoons by Nevile Lodge, Sid Scales, Eric Heath and T. Laiman. 1971-1989.

Reference: A-291-040

Description: Cartoon shows Robert Muldoon seated behind his desk, looking pleased because the Melbourne Cup trophy with a wreath labelled "Kiwi" is placed on the desk. Date based upon the fact that a horse named Kiwi won the Melbourne Cup in 1983. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 155 x 200 mm.

Date: 1798-1939

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2725

Description: Selected records from the records and papers of Edgar Allen & Co, the Hall family, Mrs M A Rawson, Bernard Gray, George Hadfield, the Creswick family, the Needham, Veall and Tyzack papers, the Quaker records, the Sorby papers and the Sheffield Literary and Philosophical Society records Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: [Circa 1880s-1890s]

By: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942; Bayliss, Charles, 1850-1897

Reference: PA1-f-012

Description: Album of fine sepia views taken by various photographers. They show views of Australia, including Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney (panorama taken by Charles Bayliss), Hobart. Views of New Zealand, including Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu, Dunedin, Port Chalmers & Lyttelton; Auckland; Ohinemutu, including a Maori meeting house, head and shoulder portraits of Maori, showing moko, and views of Lake Rotomahana with the Pink and White Terraces. Two views of Honolulu life show Princess Ruth and her house. One view of San Francisco, one of the Sandwich Islands. There are several views of a railway line winding through the Grand Canyon of the Arkansas, in the Rocky Mountains, taken by W H Jackson in 1880. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album 470 x 360 mm, lacking covers, in phase box Provenance: Creator and provenance information not known

Date: 1817-1906

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2656

Description: Further selected papers relevant to Hotham's period as Lieutenant- Governor of Victoria; correspondence from other members of the Hotham family in New Zealand. Selected papers from the Mrs N Turner and Trustees of Sewerby Estates Deposit (DDLG) re Adelaide, South Australia, and the O'Brien family in Fiji. Selected papers from the Preston family of Moreby Deposit (DDPR) and the Sykes Papers (DDSY), relating to transportation to Australia and other Australian topics. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: [1880s-1890s?]

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA1-q-056

Description: Scenic views of New Zealand and Australia photographed by Frank Arnold Coxhead (F.A.C.). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Blue buckram cover, with spine title "New Zealand and Australia, 3360-3417", 31 x 27 cm

Date: [Circa 1870s to 1890s]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Bourne and Shepherd (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-265

Description: Album of images taken by various photographers, some of whom are identified, probably between 1870 and 1899. Views of New Zealand (tourist scenes of the South Island include the West Coast, Queenstown-Lakes District; and of the North Island include thermal areas around Lake Rotomahana, Ohinemutu, and Wairakei). These are interspersed with scenes in the West Indies, India, and Australia. Names of places shown in the album are listed above. Pages 29-30 show images of "SS Tarawera" in Wet Jacket Arm. Pages 30-32 show views of one or possibly two ships. The names in pencilled captions are not clear. The ship on page 30 appears to have the name RMSS Rune [or Rane, or Rome], but on page 32 that name is crossed out and appears to be RMSS Shamun? However the name on page 31 appears more like RMSS Shannon, and photographs of the Shannon appear very like the full image in this album on page 30, in which the ship is sailing through "the canal". Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cover, black corners and spine, entitled "L.H.[?]. West Indies and New Zealand"; 37.5 x 27.5 cm

Date: [ca 1870s-1960s]

By: Elder, Jonette, active 2008-2010; Baily, Henry Hall, active 1861-1910; Bishop-Osborn, John, 1851?-1934; Bock, Alfred, 1835-1920; Burton, Walter John, 1836-1880; Clifford, J, active 1870s?; Clifford, Samuel, 1827-1890; Wherrett, Charles, 1832-1882; Woolley, Charles Alfred, 1834-1922

Reference: PAColl-9787

Description: Photographs of Francis and Shaw families, Hobart, Wellington and New Plymouth. Includes carte de viste portraits (most unidentified) from Hobart, Melbourne; Oldham and Halifax, carte dev viste landscapes and scenery of Hobart; Studio portraits of the Francis family in New Zealand; wedding portrait of James George and Nola Ross Francis in 1950; New Zealand soldiers at Rotorua; Group portraits of New Zealand soldiers during World War Two; Plumbing Apprentice group portrait; St Thomas' Young Men's Bible Class of 1931 Accompanying material - Photocopies of newspaper article, James George Francis' birth certificate, register entry for marriage of James George Francis and Nola Ross Elder, and death certificate for James George Francis (See Photographic Archive back file) Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 67 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Photographic Archive; material transferred to other sections from here - To Ephemera Collection - Box of ball cards, WW2 greeting card, 15 Coast Battery Christmas cards 1933-1935, 2 Christmas cards, St Thomas' Church (Wellington) first communion card for Kezia Shaw 1901, Victory Day pamphlet, 1946, Modern album containing Shaw family postcards. - To Manuscripts & Archives - Correspondence relating to Shaw family funerals, death certificate for James George Francis, marriage certificate for James George Francis, photocopy of marriage certificate for James Ernest Francis - To Book Collections - 1 Bible, 2 Book of Common Prayer, Mylius's School Dictionary, St Thomas' Parish Magazine March 1915, Mothers Union Dominion News Oct 1934..

Date: 1983

From: [Various cartoonists] :[Cartoons about Sir Robert Muldoon] 1963-1983

By: Marius, active 1983

Reference: A-294-009

Description: Cartoon shows Robert Muldoon seated behind his desk, looking pleased because the Melbourne Cup trophy with a wreath labelled "Kiwi" is placed on the desk. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photograph on board, 280 x 357 mm.

Date: [1880s]

From: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914 :Photograph albums

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Harris, J D, active 1880s; Kinder, John, 1819-1903; King, Henry, 1855?-1923; Lindt, John William, 1845-1926; Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927

Reference: PA1-q-256

Description: Album compiled by Archdeacon Philip Walsh ca 1880s. Comprises views of Waimate North, Omapere, Okaihau, Kaitaia, Paihia, Kerikeri, Waitangi Falls, Rawene, Punakitere, Waihou, Thames, Mercury Bay, Whenuakite Creek, Remuera and Tamaki (Auckland), Mount Taranaki, Christchurch, Preservation Inlet, Wet Jacket Arm, George Sound, Milford Sound, Mount Pembroke, Lake Ada, Sutherland Falls, New South Wales and Melbourne. Includes views of timber industry (including dams), stands of kauri and puriri, horses, St John's College (Tamaki) and Christ Church Cathedral. Photographers include John Kinder, F A Coxhead, Stuart, Thomas Ryan, J D Harris, Henry King (New South Wales) and John William Lindt (Melbourne) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Red morocco bound album, decorated with gold border, entited "Album" on spine; 31 x 26 cm

Date: [1980s]

From: Shearer, Ian Campbell, fl 2010 :Photographs relating to the Electrical Development Association

Reference: PAColl-9644-3

Description: Photographs relating to the centenary of electricity in New Zealand, taken ca mid-1980s. Quantity: 141 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1844-1860, 1879

By: Brown, Charles La Fayette, 1826-

Reference: qMS-0279

Description: Brown describes whaling voyages outside New Zealand and visits to the Bay of Islands (1844, 1848, 1856). He discusses peoples encountered, whaling methods and conditions at sea. He also writes of his involvement in the California goldrush (1852) and mining at Bendigo (1853). Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (149 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (30 cm; ¼ green buckram, green boards)

Date: 1860-1863

By: Walker, John George, 1841-1925; Walker, William, 1838-1906

Reference: MS-Papers-0366

Description: Comprises one letter from William Walker, 10 from his brother, John, from Otago, NZ and later Melbourne, to relatives in England, describing their arrival at Lyttelton in 1860 and 1862 on the `Queen of the Mersey' respectively, a journey south to the Dunstan Diggings. Includes a description of Thomas Gabriel Read who found Gabriels Gully. In 1863 the brother went to the diggings at Warra Station, Melbourne. Source of title - Suppllied Relationship complexity - See qMS-2107 for shipboard diary of John George Walker Quantity: 1 folder(s) (39 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcripts (photocopies)

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0025038

Description: Shows the Ford Motor Company logo altered to read 'unaFFORDable'. In May 2013 the Ford Motor Company announced the shutting down of its manufacturing plants in Australia, thus ensuring a rise in price of their cars in Australia and New Zealand. Co-incidentally, the Hutchinson motor agency in Christchurch announced the arrival of the Ford Ecosport model, which at well over $50,000 was the most expensive Ford car to date. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023324

Description: The organizer of an office sweepstakes for the Melbourne Cup tells his colleague who has drawn the name of a rank outsider to share his pick to create humour in the workplace. Refers to the 2012 Melbourne Cup horserace in which the horse Green Moon defied 22-1 odds and unexpectedly won the race. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).