Places

Date: 1877 - 1889

By: Beere, Edward Holroyd, 1843-1906; Lyon & Blair Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ki/1877-89/Acc.10637

Description: Cadastral map of Evans Bay to Kilbirnie, also to Constable and Owen streets, Newtown, Wellington. The area includes the coastline with Patent Slip and proposed jetties near Belvedere Road to Rodrigo Road, Kilbirnie. Numbered sections include acreages and some sites of houses. Roads are named and a stream with a bridge is marked. A note states 'right to water' at Busaco Road. A track to Lyell [sic] Bay is noted, as is a road to the Pilot Station. The town belt is marked. The lithographer is named as Lyon & Blair. Additions to the map are prominently marked sections at Evans Bay with various dates and names of Short, Williams, Ferguson, Harcourt, B. Smith, Rhodes, Rae, McCarthy, Boon, Earl, Knowles, Barber, Tait, White, Edw. Barton. The name of Lyon is marked in sections at Kilbirnie. Coloured sections are listed in key and refer to sections transferred by Mr. Pearce to various purchasers, which include Lot numbers, names and dates. Names include Sarah Ann Rhodes, W. Kemp, Ann Compton, McCarthy, Easby, McLennan, P. Farr, Moody & Smith, Adams, Jens Peter Jorgeson, Jane Compton, Geo. Zannin, M. Alexander, William Hayman, Ellen Stafford, Whitcombe, Church Trustees, T. Ladd, H. Green, Ferguson, Mary Elizabeth Salmon, Wm. Salmon, E. O. Gibbs, Keasbury, Margaret Price, E. H. Hurst, W. J. L. Travers, Marion Orr, Andrew Orr, C. L. Zohrab, John Earl, J Lockhead, A. J. Bredahl, Baker, J. B. Harcourt, W. K. Williams, Lyon, J. Bradbury, H. Alexander, McAllister, Travers, W. M. Muir, H. J. Whircher, Brandon & Sons, McDermott, Mary Love, J. Dransfield, Ella Rollison, E. W. Lowe, Pedgen, Crease, J. Wagg, J. Knowles, Cath Rae, J. Mills, J. Higginbottom, Murray, John Vine, Richardson, Short. Scale of original: [1:3 168] Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and coloured pencil on duplicate plan, coloured, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 71 x 50.1 cm.

Date: [Between 1954 and 1968]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-200

Description: Album of photographs, some prints, some contacts from 35mm film, taken by Professor John Salmon in Wellington. Most of the images describe his use of different camera lenses and filters. Many of the scenes are taken from Professor Salmon's window at Victoria University of Wellington, showing different moods in different weather patterns. They include early morning, afternoon, and night views, northerly wind and southerly wind cloud patterns, including a southerly storm. He also has a large number of images of Wellington Harbour and wharves, again taken in different lights, showing ships, reflections and buildings. Other sequences show views of the Hutt Valley, Silverstream, and Glenmore Street in Wellington, many taken on misty early mornings. The last scenes are coloured photographs showing some of the decorations erected for the Royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II, in January 1954. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cream cover, Cobra ring binder; 30 x 24 cm

Date: 1962-1981

From: Fuller, James Ferris (Brigadier), 1913-2001 :Papers

Reference: 98-181-1

Description: A box-file containing files relating to yachting. Topics covered are marina developments at Evans Bay (Wellington), the development of a fleet of Flying Fifteen yachts in Wellington and New Zealand and the participation of the Governor-General, Sir Bernard Fergussson, in a Cook Strait yacht race aboard the `Mata-a-Tua' in Dec 1962 Fuller served as president of the Evans Bay Yacht and Motor Boat Club Quantity: 1 box(es). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter and photographs Finding Aids: A detailed list compiled by the donor is available on request.

Date: 1960 - 1965

From: Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973 :Old homes & sheds, farms made by pioneers in Norsewood. [1950s-1964].

By: Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973

Reference: E-029-q-073

Description: View of Evans Bay Road (Parade) lined with telegraph posts, looking east towards the Hutt Valley in the far distance. Evans Bay and the harbour are on the right. In the immediate foreground is the foreshore with a dinghy upturned at the water's edge and further away a boatshed with a red roof. A ship is in the distance heading to the entrance to the harbour. Other Titles - Evans Bay Parade Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour and gum arabic, 245 x 315 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist available.. Provenance: Donated by Mrs J. Brenkley in 1964.

Date: 1935 - 1936

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

By: New Zealand sportsman (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-D-CABOT-Carnival-1935-01

Description: Arrangement of text, black on yellow. Urges patrons to see "thrilling contests under latest electrical indicators". Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, 760 x 508 mm.

Date: 22 October 1984

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Mackley, Ian Chappell, 1928-2016

Reference: EP/1984/4946-F

Description: Rescue of a wetsuit-clad person from rough seas by the Evans Bay rescue boat. A yacht with two people on board is visible on the right. Photographed 22 October 1984 by Evening Post staff photographer Ian Mackley Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 2 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1900 - 1950

From: McLeod, Hector Norman, fl 1870s-1957 :Maps from papers

By: McLeod, Hector Norman, 1872-

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ki/[19-?]/Acc.37539

Description: Cadastral map of subdivision in Evans Bay, on Old Farm Road, of surveyed sections 1-9, showing dwellings. Also shows sections 6-8 Evans Bay Road which are part surveyed. Marks the edge of the water at Evans Bay. Includes note in bottom right corner, regarding Farm Road and Seaton Road. Title supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, part coloured, on dressed linen, scale [1:480], 28.7 x 45.6 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - McLeod, Hector Norman, fl 1902-1927. Business papers. MS-Papers-0154.

Date: circa 1890-1910

From: Shaw, G W :Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna

By: Wilson, Alex R, active 1900s; Shaw, Helen M G, active 1976

Reference: PA1-q-269

Description: Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna. William M Wilson was born in Glasgow in 1868, coming to New Zealand when 8 years of age. He was apprenticed to John Fitchett, coach builder in Wellington, then with other firms including Rouse & Hurrell. He was employed by Wilfred Woolf in Eketahuna in 1894, and subsequently bought his business, and entered the firm of Kibblewhite and Wilson. See Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Wellington Provincial District, Eketahuna. Includes dwellings; carriages; group outings and portraits; 1 of the Club Hotel of F D Pelling; 3 of the Ryan family at Tawa Flat; 1 of a house at Island Bay, 1 of a thatched whare at Plimmerton, a Ghuznee St boarding house; 2 relating to the Burnett family; 2 scenes in Manakau; 1 of D A Greenlees store; 2 of Rarotanga; 2 relating to the business of Lyon & Blair, steam printers and lithographers; 1 of a group outside a house in Eastbourne; 3 relating to the Manson family; 1 of a military camp in New Zealand in preparation for the South African War. Also includes a pocket on the inside back cover containing newspaper clippings, and a photocopy of a letter written by the donor Mrs Helen M G Shaw, which gives some information about the album. Inscriptions: Album page - Alex R Wilson, Central Terrace, Kelburne, Wellington Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover; 28.5 x 20.5 cm

Date: 1960-1979

From: Beavis, Cyril Denis Archibald, 1911-2000: Transparencies, negatives, and photographic prints

Reference: PA12-2916

Description: Views of Evans Bay, Wellington City, New Zealand, the Patent Slip, and ships, taken by Cyril Beavis in the 1960s. Also includes views of the Wahine wreck taken from Seatoun by Cyril Beavis circa 1969, and portraits of Cyril Beavis taken by an unidentified photographer between 1960 and 1979. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies. Processing information: Reference number changed in May 2022 during re-processing of the collection. Formerly PAColl-7715-09.

Date: 1905 - 1928

By: Forbes, Alexander, 1875-1945; Pearson, Joan, active 1940s-1990s

Reference: E-457-q

Description: Photocopies of pencil, pen & ink and watercolour sketches of Wellington scenes between 1905 and 1928, with some scenes from other parts of the country. Includes views of Island Bay, Evans Bay, Houghton Bay, Oriental Bay, Roseneath, Central Wellington, Melrose, Newtown, Kilbirnie, Carterton, Levin, Thermal area, Auckland and Gisborne. Includes introduction with biographical notes and copy of a photograph of the artist and his family, an index and location map for the Wellington sketches (the majority of the views). Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Photocopies (colour and black and white) of watercolours, ink and pencil sketches A4 size page in clear plastic covers with plastic spiral binding

Date: 1960 - 1965

From: Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973 :Old homes & sheds, farms made by pioneers in Norsewood. [1950s-1964].

By: Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973

Reference: E-029-q-067

Description: View looking east towards the Orongorongos in the far distance, and houses in Miramar in the distance. Evans Bay Wharf and the benzine tanks are in the middle distance across the other side of the bay. A sailing ship is in the bay. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour and gum arabic, 245 x 315 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist available.. Provenance: Donated by Mrs J. Brenkley in 1964.

Date: [193-?]

By: Deste, Eileen, 1909-1986

Reference: PAColl-8468

Description: Photograph of Evans Bay waterfront in Wellington, showing boats in the water and a large ship in the background, taken circa 1930s? by Eileen Deste. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Photographer's stamp: Eileen Deste, / 101 Willis St / Tel. 47-811 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 19.8 x 14.8 cm

Date: 1910

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Seaton & Sladden (Firm)

Reference: Plans-92-0155/0157

Description: Includes site plan showing workshop fronting on to Evans Bay Road. Buildings include laundry, coal bunkers, furnace, power house, boilermakers, blacksmiths, engineers & electricians, pattern store, shipwrights and boat builders (with sailmakers over), sawmill (with joiners over), salvage store (with upholsterers over), iron rack and wire store (with offices over). By the slipway are the boat shed, painters' shed and bond shed. Also includes a plan of the rubble and landfill. Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Blueprints, sizes varying

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: B-049-044/046

Description: Shows views in the Hutt Valley, Wellington and Wairarapa. At the top, a view looking west along Palliser Bayl, with Hokorewa Pa visible on the flat land near the coast in the distance, at the mouth of the Ruamahanga River. In the centre a view from the hills above Brooklyn and Ohiro Valley, looking west towards the harbour entrance. A few sheep are grazing in the foreground. Mount Victoria, Evans Bay and Lyall Bay can be seen. At the bottom, the house of William Swainson, with other buildings around it and trees on both sides. Three cows grazing in the foreground. Other Titles - William Swainson Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: 1911

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Crichton & McKay (Firm)

Reference: Plans-92-0951/0953

Description: Includes floor plan, side elevations, sections for a painters' shop, boat shed and timber stack shed. Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on dressed linen, sizes varying up to 530 x 685 mm.

Date: December 1944, 17 November 1945

By: Brown, L, active 2009

Reference: PAColl-9663

Description: Comprises: Photograph of Tasman Glacier, taken December 1944, from front of Ball Hut with sevice car in foreground View of Evans Bay and Rongotai from Mount Victoria, Wellington, taken 17 November 1945 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Book Collections - see also Ephemera Collections.

Date: [ca 1920-1943]

By: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962; Deste, Eileen, 1909-1986; Hastings Public Library (N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-0365

Description: A collection of photographs including views of Nelson by F N Jones, buildings and earthquake damage in Wellington in 1943 and others from around the country including three hand-touched photographs of Napier and Hastings. The photographs of Wellington are captioned with the building the weather conditions when the photographs were taken and whether flash was used. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1956

By: Wright, Wilbur Shepherd, active 1950s; Gordon Harcourt Ltd; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Wellington District Office

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ha/1956/Acc.10285

Description: Survey map of the area from the junction of Rata Road and Evans Bay Parade to the site of the flying boat base. The road width is marked and the boundary of the proposed road widening by Wellington City Council. This base map has been used to highlight the flying boat base's boundaries and buildings, also to mark the beginning and end of the road widening of Evans Bay Parade. Handwritten note on verso: T.E.A.L. Base, Evans Bay Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colourwash on diazo photoprint, linen backed, scale [1:360], 52 x 64.2 cm.

Date: 1846

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Pencil sketches and watercolours of New Zealand 1839-1850]

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889

Reference: A-229-044

Description: The entrance from Evans Bay, Wellington Harbour, to the tunnel built by J. C. Crawford to drain Burnham Water, a lake in the centre of Miramar Peninsula. The entrance to the tunnel is cut into a cliff and supporting beams are built around the opening. A small hut stands to the right of the tunnel and a path winds over the hill-top to the right. Rocks, flax bushes and a small cabbage tree are distinguishable in the foreground and there is a small rowboat tied to a stake at the water's edge, in the centre foreground. Hataitai or Whataitai was the earlier name for Miramar Peninsula The preliminary sketch for this sepia watercolour is a pencil work held at A-229-023, with an almost identical title. Other Titles - Miramar Peninsula Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & sepia wash on paper 134 x 195 mm

Date: 1846

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Pencil sketches and watercolours of New Zealand 1839-1850]

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889

Reference: A-229-030

Description: View from the south end of Evans' Bay, (close to the site of today's airport) looking along Miramar Peninsula, past a small hut and the entrance to the tunnel dug by J. C. Crawford to drain Burnham Water (a former lake in the centre of Miramar Peninsula), along steep cliffs to the north. There is almost no beach below the cliffs, since the beach area was lifted by the 1856 earthquake. The hills of Roseneath and of Wadestown and Ngaio are visible in the distance. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 135 x 195 mm