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Date: [ca 1940s]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-003

Description: Photographs of Stewart Island, Westland, Southland and Nelson taken circa 1940s for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of road construction, towns, rivers, bridges, lakes, mountains and personalities. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1929-1931

From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 :Photographs of Hydro schemes and the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes

Reference: PA1-q-768

Description: Damage to buildings, roads, rivers and landscapes resulting from the Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1880s-1890s]

From: Hamilton Public Library :Photographs of New Zealand

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA7-59-18-2

Description: View of the tunnel on the Buller Gorge Road. A house can be glimpsed on the other side of the tunnel. Photograph taken by James Ring. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - [First part unreadable] Buller. 1004 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 21.5 x 29 cm on album page

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1108-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Buller Gorge with a car parked under Hawks Crag, centre right. The line of the road is clear from power poles amongst trees across the image, river to the left of the road. Bush-clad hills to right and left of the road. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1109 for view just beyond this one Inscriptions: No marginal notes - Hawks Crag No. 468. Buller Gorge. New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 109.9 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1109-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Buller Gorge with the road on the road just past Hawks Crag. Curve in river, bush-clad hills. Power lines visible far left draping across a bend in the road. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1108 for view of Hawks Crag Inscriptions: No marginal notes - Scene on Buller Gorge. No. 485. West Coast. New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 97.3 cm

Date: 1956-1958

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10131-3

Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1956 to 1958. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Most prints relate to the West Coast Region, but also some images of Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago regions. Identified people are: Kopara Sawmill workers Bill Brown, Owen Jacobs, Morry Pullman, Hans Van Ruyven, Jimmy Birchfield, Doug Macalister, Joe Kavanagh, Neil McLean, Archy Fluerty, saw doctor John Henry Ord, Ted McGhie; licensee of Nelson Creek Hotel D Graham; Dorothy Debenham; Mick Bowie, and chief guide at Mt Cook Hermitage. Unidentified people include a female French tourist and some children. Featured natural environments include Karamea beach scenes, mining and sawmilling sites, and Buller Gorge. Featured town sequences include Reefton and Nelson's Creek houses and businesses, many of which are derelict. Further images (and series of images) of note include: a series of images of the Kopara Sawmill with forests, exterior felling scenes, lumber yard, processing of timber, and workers; spectators at a Cobden soccer match; crib-logging on the Wataroa River; various road works and maintainence scenes; locomotive at Ngahere sawmill site; images relating to various mining activities; church buildings; municipal buildings; and some mountaineering prints. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: [ca 1880s-1890s]

From: Hamilton Public Library :Photographs of New Zealand

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA7-59-17-1

Description: Photograph showing the road passing through a tunnel in the rock face in the vicinity of Redman's Bar, Buller Gorge. Photograph taken by James Ring. Other - Similar view but not identical to PA7-51-14 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Redman's Bar. Buller Gorge N.Z. 1001. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 21 x 28.5 cm on album page

Date: [ca 1880s-1890s]

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA7-51-14

Description: Photograph showing the road passing through a tunnel in the rock face in the vicinity of Redman's Bar, Buller Gorge. Photograph taken by James Ring. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Redman's Bar Buller Gorge N.Z. 458 J.R. Similar view but not identical to PA7-59-17-1 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 104 x 205 mm

Date: 1929

By: Blundell, Henry Neil, 1909-2002

Reference: PAColl-8695

Description: Photographs of damage caused by the 1929 Murchison earthquake. Includes images of refugees and a refugee camp, slips, and damage caused to roads and buildings. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Accompanying material - Part of The Press newspaper, dated 18 June 1999, including an article and photograph of Neil Blundell Quantity: 29 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1426 : Blundell, Henry Neil, 1909-2002 : Papers.

Date: [ca 1880s-1910s]

From: Clark, Morton, fl 1900s :Photographs

By: Macey, William Henry, -1931; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-9525-1

Description: Photographs taken and collected by Morton Clark and family. Includes a landscape and views of Wellington, Nelson, Whakarewarewa, Akaroa, Buller Gorge, Cass, Otira, and Bealey Gorge during a journey. Also includes portrait photographs of family members taken in Blenheim and Wellington studios. Quantity: 66 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1899

Reference: PA1-o-858

Description: Views taken on coach trip through Buller Gorge; also views showing the crossing of the Mohaka River, Taupo, Aratiatia, Wairakei, Hamurana Springs and Tikitere. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1290-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Buller Gorge with a car parked under Hawks Crag, on the far left. There is a tight bend in the river with Dee Point jutting into the river. There is a man standing on a ledge looking over the river on the far right of the image. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: No marginal notes - "Hawks Crag" - Buller Gorge - New Zealan. No. 949 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 131.9 cm

Date: 2002-2006

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PADL-000487

Description: Photographs of Buller, West Coast. Includes photographs of the Buller Gorge road, Buller towns and shops, Denniston, views of rivers and coastlines around the Buller district. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Views-Places (Buller)" Quantity: 143 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1929

From: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962 :Negatives of the Nelson district

Reference: 1/2-026321-G

Description: Land in the Buller Gorge lifted during the Murchison earthquake. Three men are standing in front of a car on the 14 feet of earth, looking down at the road. Photograph taken 1929 by Frederick Nelson Jones. Other Titles - The 14ft upthrust near Murchison Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - F N Jones; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - The 14 ft upthrust near Murchison Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [1870-1920]

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0776-G

Description: Horse drawn coach on Hawks Crag (formerly known as Hawkes Craig), Buller Gorge. Photograph taken by the Tyree Studio. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Hawkes Craig Buller River Tyree Photo Nelson 5103 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [189-?]

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0625-G

Description: Hawks Crag, Buller Gorge. Shows a horse drawn carriage on the road, with the Buller River on the right. Photograph taken circa 1890s, by the Tyree Studio. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Hawkes Crag Buller Gorge. Tyree Photo Nelson Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1940s-1950s]

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/1-017238-F

Description: Fern arch, Buller Gorge Road, Nelson. Shows ferns creating a tunnel effect over the road. There is an unidentified man standing near a fence that can be seen through the gap in the ferns. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer for the National Publicity Studios, during the 1940s or 1950s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: 1881

From: Rowe, Reginald Keith, 1906-: Negatives of Wellington, Otaki, Wanganui and other districts

Reference: 1/1-003766-G

Description: Group with horses and carriage, Buller Gorge, 1881. Photograph taken by Mr Rowe. Note on back of file print reads: "Same group appears in 1/2-088893 - dated 1881" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Greymouth Evening Star : Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: 1/2-050061-F

Description: Covered wagon on the Buller Gorge Road, circa 1910. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1942-1956

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10131-2

Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1942 to 1956. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Identified people are mountaineers A C Clough, Ron Biggs, and Ken Hall; publican Jack Ritchie; journalist H J E (Bert) Kane; Mrs P Koerstens; and bushmen Doug Macalister and Ron (Tiki) Brimmicombe. There is an unidentified solider and some portraits of unidentified children. Featured natural environments include Tatere Gorge, Lake Haupiri and surrounding area, and the Otira Gorge. Contains prints of individual buildings as well as broader views of towns. A number of wooden buildings are in a state of decay, but houses, churches, and other buildings are still in use. Further images (and series of images) of note include: the transportation by boat of a tractor at Milford sound and a Land Rover to Jackson's Bay; workers at the Kopara Sawmill; industry at Mussel Point; and locomotives, boilers, dredges, and other machinery relating to mining. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 75 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints