Places

Date: 1926 to 1931

From: Hunter, Thomas Alexander (Sir), 1876-1953: Albums and photographs

Reference: PA1-o-235

Description: Album of photographs, chiefly taken by Sir Thomas Hunter. Many of the images are of tramping, camping and climbing holidays with friends and family, both in the North Island (Lake Waikaremoana, the far north, and in the Ruapehu and Taupo Districts), and the South Island (Greenstone River, gold sluicing and gold panning at Moonlight, Queenstown and Wanaka). Most scenes state the location, but very few people are identified, and then only by Christian name. Photographs were taken overseas on a trip to London via Panama, and to New Zealand via San Francisco, May-September 1931. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled `Photographs'; 18 x 29 cm

Date: 1874

By: Chapman, Ernest Arthur, 1847-1933

Reference: A-132-014

Description: Shows a view of Lake Taupo with houses to the left and right of the source of the Waikato River. The Central Plateau with Mount Ruapehu, and other snowy peaks is shown.The vegetation in the left foreground includes toetoe. on the shore in the middle distance is a partly-built boat, probably the Victoria, a steamer launched July 1874 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - EAC / 1874 A similar view from the same spot, dated 1874 by C D Barraud is in the Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia. It is possibly the original for Barraud's chromolithograph 'Lake Taupo' published in New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive (London, 1877), opp. p. 20. Another similar watercolour by Charles Decimus Barraud, dated 1883, was on sale as lot 832 at Cordy's antique auction, 13 October 2009 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 250 x 350 mm. Processing information: Deframed by the Library.

Date: 1924

From: Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961]

By: Alington, John Sydney, 1879-1941

Reference: A-446-008

Description: Shows a view of the head of the Waikato River, looking south across Lake Taupo to Mounts Tongaririo, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu in the distance. On the right bank, in the foreground, is a Maori pa, with a pataka or food store shown most prominently. Both banks of the river are densely covered in trees, including pine and cabbage trees, and bush. A canoe or waka with six occupants glides away from the pa across the river. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - J S Alington 20.1.24; Verso - top left - Copied from a black and white picture. Copied by J S Alington 1924 [in pencil, probably Charlotte Mabel Alington's hand]; Verso - top right - Colours are as fresh as they were when first painted [in pencil, probably in Charlotte Mabel Alington's hand] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 144 x 244 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.