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Date: [ca 1880-1910]

From: Scenery Preservation Board :Scenic photographs of New Zealand

By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920; De Tourret, Ernest, active 1909-1912; New Zealand. Tourism Department; Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940; Scenery Preservation Board

Reference: PAColl-0444-1

Description: Photographs of the following: a set of seven photographs by Collis and annotated by F P Corkill, land agent, re landholding around the Waiwhakaiho River; scenic views such as waterfalls, lakes, and the Pink and White Terraces; bridges with annotations re height etc; sixteen numbered photographs mounted two to a card of scenic views in the Taranaki Region, Rotorua and the far north (including ones of Taumaha Gorge, Taranaki and Lake Ora - location unidentified); a set of seven photographs of the Waipu Caves including Lot's wife, the anvil and the sugar loaf in Morrison's Cave; a clipping of St Paul's Cupola and a photograph of Kauri Gully, Northcote with annotations on resolutions passed re the establishment of reservations; a panorama in two photographs of Flagstaff Hill, Dunedin with annotations re a potential reserve; and two of a tramping party of three men and five boys resting at a waterfall. Includes a recent hand-written list of the photographs. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted prints

Date: 1884 - 1886

From: Medley, Mary Catherine 1835- :Mary C. Medley's sketch book ; visit to Rotorua before Tarawera eruption [No.] 12. 1884-1886.

Reference: E-377-047

Description: A rural road on the way to Ohinemutu showing rocks and trees on both sides Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Rocks on the way to Ohinemutu Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 125 x 210 mm.

Date: 1884 - 1886

From: Medley, Mary Catherine 1835- :Mary C. Medley's sketch book ; visit to Rotorua before Tarawera eruption [No.] 12. 1884-1886.

Reference: E-377-032

Description: Shows a bend on the road to Ohinemutu with rocks on either side and the sea ahead Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 125 x 210 mm.

Date: [Circa 1870s and 1880s]

From: Nairn, Douglas, fl 1973 :Photographs of New Zealand and Fiji

By: (W N) Tuttle & Company; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Hart, Campbell & Company; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland)

Reference: PA1-o-359

Description: Photographs of New Zealand, taken by various photographers. Some are unidentified, but many are taken by the Burton Brothers, J V (James Valentine), Tuttle & Co, for Simpson & Co., and Hart, Campbell & Co. In the North Island, a large number of photographs show the area around Mount Tarawera before and after the volcanic eruption in 1886. There are a number showing the huge deposits of mud and ash which covered the area, with views of the landscape and of ruined buildings, followed by scenes of the Pink and White Terraces, before the eruption. On page 8, there is a view of Ranana (London), on the Wanganui River with the caption, "Maori village similar to those overwhelmed by the eruption". Other scenes in the North Island were taken in Auckland City, Ohinemutu, Rotokakahi, and Whakarewarewa, Ti Eke [i.e. Tieke] on the Wanganui River, and one of Wellington City taken from Mount Victoria. South Island views include many around the main lakes, including Wakatipu, Wanaka, Manapouri, Queenstown and Hawea; Milford Sound and Mitre Peak; the Otira Gorge; Kawarau Gorge and Bridge; Oamaru; Port Chalmers; and Dunedin. Views of gold mining areas in Otago include excavation sluiced out by hydrants at St Bathans, and the miners' towns of Naseby with the river choked with tailings, and Nokomai. Portraits of Maori including Ana Rupene. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with marron leather binding covered with waxed brown-paper cover, entitled `New Zealand photographs, [E?] Nairn'; 25.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1838

By: Maguire, V, active 1830s

Reference: G-583

Description: View looking along the coastline to towering rocks on White Island, with a rock formation like a standing man on the top A date of 'prior to 1830' was suggested by London's National Maritime Museum before the work came to New Zealand. Inscriptions: Verso - The Sentinel Rock, White Island (Auckland). Dedicated to the memory of Capt. Cook. Painted by V Maguire Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on wood 159 x 235 mm

Date: 1878

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: G-009

Description: Shows a view of two Maori greeting each other in a landscape setting that features a pathway between two walls of rock, spanned by a bridge. One of the Maori stands on the bridge, waving down to greet the other, who walks along the path below, and who waves back up to him. The bridge appears flat and solid and has railings supported by forked branches. Native trees and bush also feature in the scene Adhered to the back of the frame is a typewritten label, identifying the place depicted; although the words 'New Zealand' are legible, the actual location is not. Possibly shows a scene near Te Wairoa (the 'buried village'), near the site of the Pink and White Terraces Related works: G-010 was painted as a pair along with this painting; it is fair to suggest that it was also painted in the proximity of its companion, which was painted at Rotomahana Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C D B / 78 [in red brushpoint]; Verso - centre - Prepared by / Brodie & Middleton / 79 Long Acre, London [stamped on back of canvas] Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil paint on canvas, 360 x 207 mm