Places

Date: 1905 - 1915

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-TOURISM-Wanganui-1910-01

Description: Shows a complete overview of the river, with photographic illustrations (by photographer Denton) all around, including views of: Taumarunui, Te Rerenga-o-ko-Inaki, Otuiti Falls, Ohura Falls, Kirikiriroa, a Maori village, early morning on the river, a narrow gorge, a quiet reach, The Ladder scene, Tarepokiore, Paparoa rapids and waterfall, Parinui, The Caves, Ngaporo Rapids, Pipiriki Landing, a bend above Atene, Mangaio Creek, Hiruharama, Moutoa Island, Parikino Reach. Cove Wanganui, Upper Ohura Falls, River steamer wharves Wanganui. Dated by reference to other products of the Brett Printing Company. Cartographic has a copy at MapColl-832.41 atu [190?] Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on folded sheet, 960 x 270 mm, in blue folder cover 140 x 300 mm.

Date: 1991 - 2006

From: O'Brien, Gregory, 1961- :[Original illustrations for publications. 1980-1996].

Reference: A-371-192

Description: Handwritten poem referring obliquely to Mother Mary Aubert, with abstract shapes, boats and flags. Other Titles - Jerusalem Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing and gouache, 405 x 304 mm. Provenance: Donated by Gregory O'Brien, Wellington, in 2008.

Date: 1895

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook of Mary C. Medley nee Taylor...1895. No. 14.

Reference: E-379-003

Description: A scene in Jerusalem on the Wanganui River showing dwellings with mountains in the background Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 130 x 225 mm (page size)

Date: 1897

From: Clarke, David fl.1897 :[The Wanganui River; sketch and story/ written by Margaret Bullock; sketches by David Clarke. Wanganui, A.D. Willis, 1897].

By: Clarke, David, active 1897

Reference: E-416-012

Description: Shows a stretch of the Wanganui River and the small township at Hiru[a]harama, with spired church dominating other buildings. Other Titles - Hiruharama Extended Title - From Bullock, Margaret. The Wanganui River; sketch and story / written by Margaret Bullock; sketches by David Clarke. Wanganui; A.D. Willis [Christmas 1897]. Page 12. Inscriptions: Illustration has title below image; unsigned and undated. ATL has another copy of pamphlet at PAM [1897] BUL. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 123 x 124 mm. Finding Aids: Shelf-list/Inventory available..

Date: [Circa 1890s to 1910s]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-299

Description: Photographs probably taken by George William Barltrop, circa 1890s-1900s. Most of the scenes are taken on a river boat trip up the Whanganui River, and include two of groups of Maori; one showing two nuns in full habit, walking behind three young Maori girls who are wearing ankle-length dresses. Some of the river scenes show stretches of the river, including several `on the rapids', and one of a group of men in a waka. Others are of the various villages passed on the trip, including one of the river boat tied up at Jerusalem, with a cart drawn by two horses alongside. One view shows the mouth of the Whanganui River at Patea, and from there the images are of the New Plymouth area, including Mount Taranaki (then Mount Egmont), the Sugar Loaves, the monument to Wiremu Tamati on the hill at Corbett Park (Oakura), and Opunake. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, impressed title `Photographs'; McIntosh XV, 15 765-814; 16 x 22 cm

Date: ca 1890s

From: Mantell album 4

By: James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland)

Reference: PA1-q-158-28

Description: Settlement of Jerusalem on the banks of the Whanganui River, circa 1890s. Photograph taken by a representative of the firm of James Valentine & Sons. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Jerusalem. Wanganui River. N.Z. 17957 JV Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 18.8 x 29 cm, mounted on album page 29.7 x 24.2 cm

Date: 1895

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook of Mary C. Medley nee Taylor...1895. No. 14.

Reference: E-379-004

Description: A scene in Jerusalem on the Wanganui River showing a church, some buildings and two canoes in the water Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 130 x 225 mm (page size)

Date: 2002 - 2003

By: Hill, Don, active 2002; Emmetts Civil Construction Ltd; Meteor Graphics (Firm)

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-2003-03

Description: Calendar depicting paintings mainly in the Wanganui area, by artist Don Hill. Paintings include: The old three stand; Fishermen - Mowhanau Beach; Jerusalem; Mowhanau Cliffs; Shearing time; Palliser Bay Spit; Whanganui River; Wanganui back blocks; Mustering, South Island; Still life with wine and bread; The odd one out; Hidden valley stream. Quantity: 1 Other printed ephemera item(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on 12 page spiral-bound calendar, each page 465 x 325 mm.

Date: 1937 - 1938

From: Holdsworth, Alice Mabel 1878-1963 :[New Zealand plants and scenery] / A M Holdsworth 1937-1938

Reference: E-251-f-2-006

Description: A group of four adult Maori and a child, outline sketch only Other Titles - Whanganui River Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil in album, page size, 251 x 360 mm

Date: 15 April 2000

From: Riverboat stories from the Whanganui River oral history project

By: Teki, Polly, 1908-2002

Reference: OHInt-0490-09

Description: Polly Teki talks about her birth in 1908, attending Turakina Maori Girls' College in 1924 and being taken from school to live in Ranana by her father, who died in 1932 from pneumonic influenza. Speaks of her large family, doing a man's job and hard farm work. Mentions the riverboat Whakapai, its bar and items sold on board, the passengers. Refers to land being 'dry' - alcohol free. Talks of deckhands, Temo Ponga, Captains Anderson and Robinson, the riverboat accidents when Bob Gray and Captain Anderson died. Describes Pipiriki House, its dinners, concerts and why it burnt down. Mentions Ranana Post Office, the telephone exchange and mail transported by riverboat. Mentions the catholic nuns' work. Topics discussed include the opening of the road and the cessation of the boat service with some unemployment as a result. Refers to Pipiriki and Gurneys Store, the Waimarie restoration, the voyages up the length of the river and timtables. Recalls bus drivers. Talks of Maori spoken in Ranana and her use of the language. Mentions Mrs. Jack Reweti, the Governor-General, James K. Baxter's Jerusalem commune and Julie Felix's visit. Mentions the transportation of cream and milk by river in 1930's, talks of 27 farmers in the area. Describes milking by hand and later machine with a diesel engine not electricity in 1932. Describes Sir Apirana Ngata's development scheme. Refers to church attendance, social life, dances and concerts with the nuns. Recalls Mr. Marumaru's advice to her about the house and farm. Interviewer(s) - David Charteris Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008401 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1. 1.30 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2617.

Date: 1885

From: Burton Bros

By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914

Reference: PA7-36-08

Description: Distant view of Jerusalem and the Wanganui River, taken from a hilltop over looking the village in May 1885 by Alfred Burton Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3527 Hiroharama (Jerusalem) Wanganui River. Burton Bros. Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.8 x 19.8 cm on mount 22.8 x 29.2 cm

Date: [1890s?, 1910s-1920s]

From: Edwards-Sextus, Patricia, active 1999-2019: Collection

By: Fisher family; Edwards-Sextus, Patricia Joyce, active 1999-2019

Reference: PAColl-9635

Description: Collection comprises papers relating to the Fisher family and the history of the Whanganui River. Includes photographs of Parinui and local Maori; Alf Overend with Sisters of Compassion at the baptism of his child Clair (1914/1915) at Jerusalem/Hiruharama Marae in 1914/1915; House and stockade; Pa, whare puni and church at Jerusalem; and grave of Emily A Fisher and Thomas William Fisher. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 28 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Mrs Edwards-Sextus, Dannevirke, 2009 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Fisher family: Papers (MS-Papers-9514).

Date: [1930-1934]

By: Bledisloe, Charles Bathurst, Viscount, 1867-1958

Reference: PA1-f-015

Description: Album of photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific taken 1930-1934 by Lord Bledisloe, comprising views of Government House (Wellington), Queen Charlotte Sound, Treaty House (Waitangi), Kawau Island, Whanganui River, Pipiriki,Jerusalem, Galatea, Ranana, Ruatahuna, Whakarewarewa, North Cape, Deep Creek (Nelson), Lake Waikaremoana, Mt Ngauruhoe, Lake Rotoroa (Nelson), Franz Joseph Glacier and environs, Rarotonga, Pago Pago, and Tongatapu. Also included are portraits of Mita Taupopoki, Honi Te Heu Heu, Guide Rangi, and Lord & Lady Bledisloe; a Cutty Sark seaplane of the New Zealand Permanent Air Force, the interior of a Ringatu meeting house at Ruatahuna, Maori groups, swordfish and trout fishing, and a scheelite mine at Deep Creek. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: The album was presented by Lord Bledisloe to the Duke of Gloucester in Christmas 1934, during his visit to New Zealand.

Date: 26 October 1972

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

Reference: EP/1972/5158-F

Description: Funeral of James K Baxter at Jerusalem. Original caption reads: "The body is carried up the steep hill to a final resting place, the pallbearers being original members of the Jerusalem commune founded by the Wellington poet." Photograph taken on 26 October 1972 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1985 - 1995

By: Friends of the Whanganui River; Bates, Arthur Palmer, 1926-2002; Meteor Graphics (Firm)

Reference: Eph-D-TOURISM-Wanganui-1990s-01

Description: Poster promoting the Whanganui River shows twelve photographs of scenes on the river, featuring a paddlesteamer, a rainbow, Jerusalem, kayakers, the Bridge to Nowhere. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 595 x 420 mm. Transfers: From Book Collections - Donation taken as a whole in NZ & P, transfers made from there..

Date: 1897

By: Clarke, David, active 1897

Reference: E-416

Description: Includes views of sites along Wanganui River: Shakespeare's Cliff, Opunakewhetu, Atene, Karitia [Karatia?], Under the willows, Hiruaharama, Pipiriki, Maori Pah, Pipiriki, Kakahi [Kaukore?] waterfall, Pipiriki, Orangitautahi, Otuwhakaireau, Ngaporo Rapid. Inscriptions: Each illustration has title below image; not individually signed or dated. Alexandert Turnbull Library has another copy of pamphlet at PAM [1897] BUL. Quantity: 12 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Coverless booklet of 24 pages, containing twelve chromolithographs, 192 x 169 mm. Finding Aids: Shelf-list/Inventory available..

Date: Feb 1955

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Christensen, Edward Percival, 1907-1982

Reference: 1/2-032786-F

Description: National Publicity Studios caption reads: "Maori children on horse-drawn sledge at Jerusalem (Hiruharama), Wanganui River. On skyline is Catholic church of Marist Fathers' Mission." Photograph taken in February 1955, by Edward Percival Christensen. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - right of image - A39570 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: 29 March 1971

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

Reference: EP-Social-Communes-01

Description: Members of the Jerusalem commune set up by James K Baxter, on the veranda of one of the settlement's houses. Barbara plays the guitar. Photographed by a Wanganui Chronicle staff photographer in March 1971. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 20.9 x 16.5 cm

Date: 1885

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-8741

Description: Photograph of a group of Maori in front of a meeting house at Jerusalem, taken 1885 by Burton Brothers. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - Hiroharama (Jerusalem) - Wanganui River Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3529-Hiroharama-(Jerusalem-) Wanganui River. Burton Bros. Dunedin; Verso - top centre - Hirorahama (Jerusalem) Wanganui Riv Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.6 x 19.9 cm

Date: 1961

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0072-F

Description: Maori at Jerusalem in 1961. Shows a girl with a guitar; a mother breastfeeding; a group sitting outside the post office; groups of children. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.