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Date: 1 Jan 1850-31 Dec 1851

By: Swainson, Henry Gabriel, 1830-1892; Leeper, Janet, active 1960s

Reference: MS-2096

Description: Journal kept by Swainson on board HMS `Havannah' and HMS `Bramble' on voyages between England, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Contains detailed descriptions of social life in Sydney, Wellington, Hobart and Auckland, and of the Society Islands, the Isle of Pines, Fiji and Rio de Janeiro. Includes a photograph of Swainson and an engraving of Crick Church, Northamptonshire. A typed inventory of outline of events is included. Accompanying material - Photograph of Henry Gabriel Swainson; transcript of portion of journal, Oct-Nov 1850, when Swainson was at the Isle of Pines; outline of events noted in the journal, by Lynda Scarth; note by Dorothy Swainson re provenance of journal; engraving of Crick Church, Northamptonshire Source of title - Supplied title: title on front endpaper `Private journal/Commencing Jan 1st 1850/Ending December 31st 1851/Henry Swainson/Her Majesty's Ship "Havannah"/ Sydney 1850-' Quantity: 1 volume(s) (186 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (23 cm, ½ red calf, marbled boards in red buckram hinged lid box) Transfers: Two pencil sketches (1) Hutt River (1849) signed W & HS and (2) of HMS `Havannah' at Darling Point, Port Jackson, removed to Drawings and Prints. Enlarged copy of photograph of Swainson in PS 284152.. Processing information: Digitisation details - Inserts located at the end of the digital files

Date: 28 Feb 1848-18 Dec 1851

By: Havannah HMS (Ship)

Reference: MSY-4239

Description: Comprises the log of HMS `Havannah' under Capt J E Erskine in which is recorded weather, the position of the ship, the wind, sailing direction, sails set, activities at certain times of the day and other aspects of shipboard life, especially maintenance. The voyage began in Sheerness via Lisbon, Madeira, Trinidad, Cape of Good Hope, St Paul's Island, Cape Otway, Australia (Farm Cove) to New Zealand, passing Three Kings Island to Auckland and sailing via Cape Runaway to Port Nicholson. From there the log records sailing for Sydney, Ports Phillip and Arthur, Hobart Town, often returning to ports already visited, back to NZ (Auckland, Bay of Islands), Savage Island, Samoa, Tonga and other locations not noted. The ship returned to both Australia and New Zealand again, and spent long periods at Farm Cove towards the end of the expedition. Source of title - Transcribed Further journals on board the `Havannah' were kept by Vigors (at qMS-2081 (original), qMS-2082-2084 (transcribed) and MS-Copy-Micro-0060); and by Henry Gabriel Swainson at MS-2096-2097, which also has his letters to his sister, and (MS-Copy-Micro-0172) The log has been recorded by several people, one of whom is thought to be a midshipman or crew member whose occupations included rigging marks, mats, washing clothes, painting the ship's side, mending sails and holding divine service. The voyage was notable for Erskine's discovery of the Torres Islands. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (420 pages numbered as 210 leaves). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (34 cm, ½ red morocco, marbled boards) Processing information: Access statement changed from "Partly restricted - Digital content available only in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room" to "Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original" on 26 October 2022.

Date: [1888-1892]

By: Bourke, Edmund G, active 1888-1892; Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Connolly & Company; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919; Hart, Campbell & Company; Butcher, Pablo, active 2004

Reference: PA1-f-242

Description: Album compiled by Captain Edmund Bourke RN of HMS Hyacinth, on voyages in the Pacific ca 1888-1892. New Zealand views include Auckland, Tikitapu Bush, Waitakere Creek, Pink & white Terraces, Atiamuri, Ohinemutu, Wairakei, Napier, Wellington, Upper Hutt, McNab's Gardens (Lower Hutt), the Teremakau river and cable car, Nelson, Westland, Otira Gorge, Taipo, the Waimakariri River, Christchurch, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Dunedin and Invercargill. Pacific views include Rarotonga, Samoa, Fiji (including Suva), New Caledonia, Tahiti and Hawaii. Photographers represented include George Valentine, James Connolly, Wheeler & Son, J R Morris, and Hart, Campbell & Co. Includes of gold mining and sluicing in Westland, HM ships Ringarooma and Hyacinth, and games of croquet and polo in Hawaii. HMS Hyacinth, a 3rd class cruiser commissioned in 1886, cruised in the Pacific under the command of Captain Edmund G Bourke RN. In October-November 1888 Bourke sailed around the Cook Islands with the Vice-Consul, hoisting the flag in Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, Mitiaro and Mauke. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Finding Aids: Manuscript list of images housed with album.

Date: 1869-1870s

By: Fisher, Alexander, active 1861-1879; Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-f-021

Description: Album of views compiled by Alexander Fisher, MD RN, during his service as a surgeon aboard HMS Endymion. The album comprises: Photographs collected during the cruise of the Flying Squadron, under the command of Rear Admiral G T Phipps Hornby, during 1869-1870, which carried HRH the Duke of Edinburgh. Included are views of Plymouth, Portsea, Madeira, Brazil (Bahia and Rio de Janiero), South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Japan, British Columbia, Hawaii and Chile. Photographs collected during a cruise in the Mediterranean during the 1870s, including views of Malta, Syria, Jerusalem, Venice, Egypt (Alexandria, Cairo, Pyramids, the Sphinx), Gibraltar and Seville Photographers represented include William Thomas Locke Travers (1819-1903), James Bragge (1833?-1908), Felice A Beato (1825-1908?). Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), was captain of HMS Galatea and commander of the Flying Squadron, which visited New Zealand in 1869 and 1870. Inscriptions: Album page - `Cruize of the Flying Squadron under the command of Rear Admiral G.M. Phipps Hornby. 1869-1870. Photographs of places, natives, costumes and remarkable objects, collected by Alexander Fisher, MDRN, HMS Endymion'; Album page - `A summer cruize in the Mediterranean in HMS Endymion. 21. Capt. Chas Drake' Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth bound photograph album with leather corners, 41.2 x 35.5 cm

Date: Dec 1919-Apr 1920

From: Foljambe, Dora Margaret, d 1936 : New Zealand diaries

Reference: MSDL-0565

Description: Electronic files comprise the first sketchbook of a two-volume diary kept by Dora Foljambe of her tour of New Zealand. The diary begins as a continuation of the voyage to New Zealand by the Foljambe family. The first illustrations and diary entries relate to their travels into the Pacific Ocean and Honolulu. Sketches depict local people, buildings and landscapes. The journey continues to Fiji then on to Auckland. From there the Foljambe family's travels and social events are documented around New Zealand and through to Wellington on the 3rd April 1920. There are many sketches of country villas and gardens, with entries relating to river fishing, sheep shearing and hunting activities at various locations. The insert depicts the statue of Captain Robert Scott as seen from the window of the Clarendon Hotel, Christchurch (Dec 1919). Arrangement: The original arrangement of the manuscript included one leaf inserted into the sketchbook. This insert includes a sketch of the statue of Captain Robert Scott. The verso page of the leaf has been annotated with details relating to the art work. The digital copies of these pages are the last two files on this record. The original sketchbook has been compiled in reverse. The inside cover of the manuscript would normally be the back inside cover. Quantity: 79 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Archivists notes - Note that some of the watercolours in this sketchbook are spread across two pages. The following images are double page spreads: Images v1002-v1003 and v1056-v1057.

Date: 1930-1999?

By: Bellchambers, Norman Douglas, 1930-

Reference: MSDL-2042

Description: Comprises scan of autobiography of Norman Douglas Bellchambers (senior). Covers his family background in Australia, his childhood in Fiji and Auckland, New Zealand during World War Two, his mining career at New Occidential Gold Mines, Cobar, Emperor Gold Mines, Fiji, Peko Mines, Tennant Creek, Rum Jungle Uranium Mines, Northern Territory, Central Mine, Mt Hope, The New Chesney Mine and The Pipeline Authority Cobar, and the Elura Mine. Also covers his family life, participation in rugby union and rugby league, cricket, the Citizen Military Force, Royal Australian Engineers, Cobar Brass Band, and retirement to the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. Includes various supporting documents relating to his life experience, letters, photographs, sporting curriculum vitae and records, certificates. Concludes with obituary. Accompanying material - Backfile contains printouts of two scans of photographs. One of Bellchambers as an Army cadet, 1944. Also Parramatta Marist Brothers Cadet Detachment marching, 1944-1945. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Special characters in file name were removed during preconditioning before preservation.