Places

Date: 1863 (1956, 1976, 1981)

By: Woodhouse, Jonas Eastwood, 1842-1897; Woodhouse, F R (Mr), active 1956-1981

Reference: MS-Group-2357

Description: Original log book of an account of Jonas Eastwood Woodhouse of his journey from London, England to Southland, New Zealand on board the 'New Great Britain' in 1863. Also a typed transcript of the same. Woodhouse describes life on board the ship in detail, including the weather, food, entertainment, equator crossing celebrations, and deaths of other passengers. He also describes sailing past Solander and Steward [Stewart?] Islands and arriving in Southland where they were met by a pilot ship and assessed for quarantine. He gives his impressions of the bush, houses, gardens, animals, and pig hunting that he could see from the ship before they landed. Also includes a list of passengers on the ship, organised by county and country, and the words to 'Song of the New Great Britain' composed by Mr Robert Wotton - another passenger on the ship. Also includes letters addressed to Mr F R Woodhouse (a great grandson of Woodhouse and previous owner of the book) in relation to the log book (letters dated 1956, 1976, and 1981). Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 2 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, Typescripts Provenance: Previously owned by Mr F R Woodhouse, a great grandson of Jonas Eastwood Woodhouse. Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Modern First Edition Ltd, England, Jun 2014

Date: 16 February - 21 March 1958, 1960

From: Tomsett, Maurice William Henry :Colour slides of New Zealand

Reference: PA12-7766

Description: Phase 8 continued - 170. Cornwall Park, sheep grazing; 171. One Tree Hill Memorial, Sir John Logan Campbell (Early settler); 172-173. Overlooking Ellerslie, Penrose; 174. Onehunga, Manukau Harbour; 175. Memorial, Mt Hobson in background; 176. Royal Oak, Epsom, Memorial; 177. Volcanic crater below memorial; 178. Auckland airport. Three slides of views of Auckland in 1960. Includes views of the Winter Garden (Auckland Domain), and aerial views over the city Quantity: 12 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1890 - 1900

From: Franklyn, F :[Drawings of New Zealand scenes] / F Franklyn [ca 1900?]

Reference: A-141-011

Description: A two-storied cottage with a one-storied cottage alongside, both behind a continuous low picket fence Possibly cottages built for Governor Sir James Ferguson in 1873. The subsequent Governor did not want the cottages and they were sold Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on tissue paper, 48 x 80 mm

Date: 1902

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketches

Reference: E-346-3-032

Description: Part of the house, with verandah clad with climbing plants, and the garden of Edward Newman at Turakina. Large trees behind the house and a lawn in front with either a small formal garden bed, or a fountain in the left foreground. Other Titles - Edward Newman's at Turakina Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 163 x 224 mm

Date: 1863

From: Artist unknown :Watercolours of New Zealand during the Waikato War of 1863 and on the voyage back to England, 1864.

Reference: A-161-038

Description: Pohutukawa flowering in the foreground of a view probably taken from the garden of Judge William Martin, Judges Bay. The view takes in North Head and Rangitoto Island in the background. Purchased with A-161-032/041. All appear to be by the same hand. Inscriptions: Verso - title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 177 x 272 mm

Date: [ca 1890-1910]

Reference: PA4-1078

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Public gardens, Napier Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - View in Public Gardens. Napier; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1860 - 1880

From: Artist unknown :Sir William Martin's, Taurarua [1880s?] [And - Mount Egmont from New Plymouth with a settler's homestead, fences and cleared land. 1880s?]

Reference: A-090-020-1

Description: View from below a substantial house with several wings, single-storied, through an established garden. Other Titles - Judges Bay, Auckland Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - title in (possibly) the artist's hand with "Taurarua [Auckland]" added in another hand. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper glued to tan sketchbook page 128 x 194 mm on sheet 192 x 273 mm

Date: [1910]

From: Andrews, N :Stereoscopic photographs

Reference: PA4-0396

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Christchurch gardens, taken ca 1910 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1842 - 1857

By: Brooks, Vincent, active 1850s-1880s; Gilbert, George Channing, 1838-1913

Reference: A-256-040-a

Description: Sheep and a cow on fenced pasture in the foreground, a cottage surrounded by bush and cultivated garden in the centre, hills and Mount Taranaki in the background. In the style of New Plymouth artist George Channing Gilbert and possibly from an original drawing by him. Extended Title - From: Hursthouse, Charles. New Zealand or Zealandia, the Britain of the South. London, 1857. Opposite p. 209. Physical Description: Lithograph, tinted 90 x 154 mm

Date: 1890 - 1900

From: Franklyn, F :[Drawings of New Zealand scenes] / F Franklyn [ca 1900?]

Reference: A-141-013

Description: A view past two tree-trunks looking towards houses with gardens at the water's edge Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on tissue paper, 48 x 80 mm

Date: ca 1860s-1890s

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Spencer, Harriet Dyke, 1866-1948; London Stereoscopic Photographic Company

Reference: PAColl-4721

Description: Photographs on album pages: photograph of Mount Peel Station, its interior and grounds including Mr Acland in his study, his daughters and their friends identified by inititals, including one of L D Acland and B B Acland, the latter knitting a sock, and the Church of the Holy Innocence viewed across a field of hay stacks with the forest planted by Acland behind it; more of the same women boating and picnicking, including a view of a gorge taken by Harriet Acland, a church interior and Bishop Harper playing cricket with a young boy; Ilam homestead covered in clematis with balconies and verandahs and extensive grounds next to the Avon River, and the Watts Russell family group at Pareora August 1894 with their dog and saddled horses in the background; the West Coast Times printing office with the men outside it, C G Tripp and family and a Centerbury view; and two views of Tripp's homestead at Orari. Photographs mounted on card: a studio portrait of Dr Shortland; John Charles Watts Russell taken by the London Stereoscopic Company; Rev R H Codrington's garden in Norfolk Island while a missionary in the South Pacific with eight local men, either Solomon Islanders and New Hebrideans; five interior views of a well-furnished house (possibly Wildwood, Christchurch) with heavy wooden furniture and fireplaces, gas lamps, drapery, paintings (including a copy of The Order of Release by Millais) etc.; the officers of HMS Invincible on the deck of their ship next to the lifeboats; a view looking down a street of two boats in "the bay of Taranaki" (probably near New Plymouth) one named SS Taupo ca 1860s; and a view over buildings near the shore in New Plymouth ca 1860s. Loose prints of: a brick-built house with a verandah, and a duplicate of the officers of the Invincible. Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card. 28 b&w original photographic print(s) on loose pages from an album. 2 b&w original photographic print(s) loose.

Date: Between 1910 and 1913

Reference: PA5-0144

Description: A park scene at Nelson, New Zealand, W & B series Verso contains message to May from Arthur and addressed to Miss M Grimwood, Canterbury. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 85 x 138 mm

From: Collett, Michael, fl 1910 : Photographs

By: Collett, Michael, active 1910; Collett, P J, active 1976

Reference: PA7-08-28

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 2000

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to gardens in specific locations in New Zealand]

By: Dunedin Chinese Garden Trust

Reference: Eph-A-GARDENS-Dunedin-2000-01

Description: Shows plan map, conceptual views of the proposed garden in Dunedin, and lists the committee members. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of brochure.. Physical Description: Photolithographs in booklet, 212 x 150 mm.

Date: 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/109/21-G

Description: Exterior view of Porirua Mental Hospital buildings and garden, Wellington. Photograph taken in 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1863 - 1864

From: Artist unknown :Watercolours of New Zealand during the Waikato War of 1863 and on the voyage back to England, 1864.

Reference: A-161-040

Description: Shows tall trees and a flax bush in the foreground, with garden beds and lawns, a few houses on a hill to the left and sailing ships in the harbour in the background. A-161-032/041 and B-064-022 purchased together. All appear to be by the same hand. Inscriptions: Verso - [title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 231 X 175 mm

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-007

Description: A house with garden, alongside either the Ashburton River or a road. The blue colouring suggests the river. The Southern Alps in the background Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.

Date: [Circa 1930-1935]

From: Birrell, Kenneth Stewart (Dr), b 1909 :Albums of photographs taken by Kenneth Stewart Birrell

Reference: PA1-q-030

Description: Family photographs, and scenic views of New Zealand taken by Kenneth Stewart Birrell. Most are taken in the South Island, particularly around Dunedin, and Queenstown. Several are dated, taken in the 1930s. Images include the old cob cottage at Taioma, the "Waianakorua Camp", and Kawarau Dam. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth-bound album labelled "Enlargements", 230 x 295 mm

Date: 1982

From: Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :Sketchbook 1981-1982

Reference: E-181-q-006

Description: Part of Mike Illingworth's garden Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, page size 271 x 210 mm

Date: 1982-1984

By: Jobs Research Trust

Reference: PAColl-5918

Description: Slides record New Zealand co-operative enterprises flourishing in the early 1980s. Many are co-operative farms, gardens, craft factories, and shops. Other slides relate to or have been created by CELT (Co-operative Enterprise and Loan Trust). There is also a sequence on the Salvation Army Work Scheme in Taranaki. There are three information slide sequences, one called "Good Work-an introduction to New Zealand Worker Cooperatives" created by CELT, and "Renewable energy for today and tomorrow" from the Centre for Alternative Technology. The third is entitled "The New Echonomic Adgenda" and dates from 1984. Arrangement: Slides at PA12-1600 to 1685 Quantity: 1720 colour original transparency/ies.