Places

Date: 1848 - 1850

From: [Turnbull, Henry Hume] d 1858 :[New Zealand and Pacific sketchbook, 1848 to 1856]

By: Turnbull, Henry Hume, -1858

Reference: E-454-q-023

Description: View north across the harbour from Thorndon, just to the left of Pipitea Pa, with the palisades of the pa on the right, a ravine and three Maori to the left of the ravine. Kaiwharawhara with the hotel is visible on the extreme left, with the Western hills leading to the Tararuas, and the Hutt Valley in the distance. The view may possibly be further along Thorndon Beach from the Pa. There was a ravine where the motorway now runs, crossed by the Hobson Street Bridge in later years, and this may be the area shown, in central Thorndon. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page 180 x 259 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Kate Kavanagh, England, 1993

Date: 1840 - 1842

From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]

By: Connell, B, active 1840-1843

Reference: E-216-f-087-1

Description: The Hutt Road (a cart track) at the bottom of the steep bush-clad Western Hills on the right. The buildings of the Scottish settlement at Kaiwharawhara can be seen on flat land in the middle distance to the right, with suggested outlines of a few houses in Thorndon beyond. There is a Maori canoe near the road, and three figures on the road. Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara, Petone Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - B. Connell Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper, glued to album page, 155 x 233 mm

Date: 1860 - 1862

From: Abraham, Caroline Harriet, 1809?-1877 :Sketchbook. [1860-1864]

Reference: E-569-003

Description: A rough sketch with a few houses and gardens in the foreground, and part of Tinakori Road, looking north along the Hutt Road, with the Kaiwharawhara hotel in the middle distance and the western hills at the end of Wellington Harbour Other Titles - [Harbour view. Former title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on page of sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil sketch, on page 173 x 126 mm.

Date: 1888 - 1900

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

Reference: E-346-2-073

Description: View from lower Wadestown, looking along the Hutt Road towards Petone. A steamer in the foreground and Kaiwharawhara with the Kaiwharawhara Hotel. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

By: Pearse, John, 1808-1882

Reference: E-455-f-023

Description: 1. 'Kai Warra Warra Hutt Road near Wellington'. View looking north along the waterfront towards Petone, with a low bridge in the foreground and the Kaiwharawhara Hotel and other buildings viewed from across the stream. 2. 'Harbour Wellington New Zealand looking towards te Aro Flat. Barracks on the Hill side Mount Cook'. This has the court house and Thistle Inn in the foreground, lower Mulgrave Street, and looks south across the harbour towards Te Aro, with the highest buildings being the barracks on Mount Cook. 3. 'Wairarapa Race Course blackguard. Bobby Naikoi' shows a ferocious-looking Maori man in European clothes, wearing a cap Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & wash, watercolour or ink & watercolour, sizes vary

Date: 1843 - 1847

From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840]

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: E-295-q-046

Description: Thorndon in the foreground, with a gully crossed by a bridge, a house to the right, and a large tree. A man walking up a path towards the bridge and several chopped tree-trunks on the ground. A European cottage with thatched roof and a wooden chimney is in the right foreground. In the middle distance, flat land leading down towards Thorndon Quay with the backs of houses along the beachline. In the distance, the western hills to the left, the Kaiwharawhara Hotel and other houses at the water's edge and part of Wellington Harbour The gully in the foreground is probably now part of the Thorndon motorway Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in pencil, cropped Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 206 x 260 mm

Date: 1888 - 1900

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

Reference: E-346-2-069

Description: View looking north from Thorndon, Stowe Hill, or lower Wadestown, along the Hutt Road, with Kaiwharawhara Hotel and other buildings visible. Almost identical to the artist's "Kaiwara" two pages further on in the sketchbook (E-346-2-071) Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.

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-049-053/055

Description: Three illustrations of scenes in the Wellington area. The top view looks north along the beach (now Thorndon Quay) towards Kaiwharawhara, with several houses along the beach, including the roof and front garden of Major Baker's. The central view, probably at Taita, shows the banks of the Hutt River, with Maori leaving Maraenuku Pā [Makahinuku Pa], overseen by soldiers. The palisades of the pa are to the right, with other buildings and canoes in the distance along the riverbank. The lowest view shows 'The red house' or the Barracks in Thorndon Quay, with soldiers marching up the slope towards them, another house and Tiakiwai Pa (described in Brees' text as 'Jackawai') in the middle distance. Other Titles - Makahinuku Pa Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 380 x 280 mm.

Date: 1888 - 1900

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

Reference: E-346-2-071

Description: View looking north from Thorndon, Stowe Hill or lower Wadestown, along the Hutt Road, with Kaiwharawhara Hotel and other buildings visible. Almost identical to the artist's "Kaiwarra", 2 pages earlier in the sketchbook (E-346-2-069) Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.

Date: 2004

From: Beard, James Albert, 1924- :Architectural and town planning photographs

Reference: PAColl-9938-26

Description: Includes Thorndon houses in - Hobson Crescent, Halswell Street, Cottleville Terrace, Frandi Street, and Goldies Brae. Houses in lower Tinakori Road, Thorndon, October 2004. Houses in Grant road, Thorndon, October 2004. Houses in Lower Newman Terrace, Thorndon, October 2004. Land development at Kaiwharawhara on a hillside off the Hutt Road behind the `Animates' building. Quantity: 143 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1849

By: Great Britain. Hydrographic Office

Reference: MapColl-832.47aj/1849/Acc.24811

Description: Hydrographic map of Lambton Harbour, from Kaiwharawhara Point, south-eastwards to Oriental Bay, in the Wellington Harbour. Shows extensive soundings in fathoms, a pa (kainga) and the Waterloo Inn at Kaiwharawhara Point, southwards to 'Cliff' (Pipitea) Pa, military barracks, Thorndon settlement, Government House and offices, Custom House, a pa (kainga) on the coast at ?Te Aro Stream, Mount Cook military barracks, a large inlet (to present day Basin's Reserve) and a mill. Stamped 'Hydrographic Office 13 Jan 1954'. Written on map (before copying) 'L9267 Shelf Xz (Tracing same no. & shelf)'. Provides latitude and longitude of Pipitea Point, and tidal range. Attached to bottom of map (before copying) is a sketch from off Point Jerningham showing the harbour to Pipitea Point, houses, ships and hills. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 66.8 x 57.3 cm.

Date: 1968

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

By: Wellington (N.Z. : Region). Regional Council; Wellington Regional Planning Authority

Reference: MapColl-WRC-1/24/5A-Acc.

Description: Suburbs in the city of Wellington - Wilton, Wadestown - Paparangi (Makara County) Base map: NZMS 144 (Wellington Regional Planning Authority] Quantity: 1 map(s) with ms annotations. Physical Description: Ink on cream paper. Scale 1: 25 500, 73 x 93 cm.

Date: 1850

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-011-1

Description: A view from Ngaio or Khandallah looking down towards Kaiwharawharal, with the hotel, the pa and houses visible. Thorndon and Pipitea Point can be seen in the backgroundl, with houses and the gully running parallel to Tinakori Road (now part of the motorway) visible. The faint outline of the hills behind the town can be seen on theleft-hand sheet. Mantell's title suggests that the hill from which he took the drawing may have been called Kohekohe (from the predominant tree in the area, perhaps). Two trees in the right foreground may be kohekohe On the reverse (C-103-011-3) is a pencil drawing titled [River and tree ferns] probably showing the Hutt River Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch on two sheets, 228 x 132 mm and 228 x 184 mm

Date: 1841 - 1842

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872; C Hullmandel (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: C-026-001

Description: Outline key to Heaphy's "Part of Lambton Harbour, in Port Nicholson, New Zealand ... April 1841" published in London in 1842 as a lithograph based on Heaphy's watercolour "Thorndon Flat and part of the City of Wellington". Names features, buildings and their owners, and ships, including 1. Messrs Willis's Storehouses. 2. Messrs Wade's Storehouses. 3. Losack's Store. 4. Durie & Co's Store. 5. Mr Grace's Academy. 6. Messrs Waters & Smith's Stores. 7. Allen's Store. 8. Taine's Store. 9. Residence of Captain Cole. 10. Residence of L. Nattrass Esquire. 11. Residence of Dr Johnstone. 12. Messrs Cook's Storehouse. 13. Residence of Col. Wakefield. 14. Residence of Dr Evans. 15. Residence of Mr StHill Esquire J. P. 16. Residence of R. Stokes Esquire. 17. Temporary Exchange and Library. 18. Barrett's Hotel. 19. Houses belonging to F. A. Molesworth Esquire. 20. Residence of Dr Fitzgerald. 21. Hornbrooke's Store. 22. Messrs Hay & McHattie's Storehouses. 23. Residence of Dr Dorset. 24. Company's Immigration Depot. 25. Court House. 26. Residence of Michael Murphy Esquire. 27. Residence of Michael Harrison Esquire. 28. Jail. 29. Residence of Captain Chaffers. 30 Riddiford & Co's Storehouses. 31. Residence of K. D. Harrison Esquire. 32. Path to Ohario. 33. Southern Road to the Porirua Valley. 34. Belsize Point. 35. Schooner "Jane". 36. Schooner "Elizabeth". 37. Cutter "Harriet". 38. Brig "Patriot". 39. N. Z. Co's Barque "Cuba". 40. Ship "London". 41. American Brig "Emigrant". 42. Chilean Ship "Morley". 43. Chilian Brig "Heron". 44. N. Z. Co's Barque "Brougham". 45. Schooner "Kate". 46. Ship "Martha Ridgway". 47. Kumo Toto Point. 48. Town Acre no. 512. xxx Native Potatoe Plantations. Ellis' Early prints of New Zealand. no. 286 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 369 x 551 mm

Date: [1880s]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025761-G

Description: Looking out at Thorndon, Wellington, from inside the number 1 railway tunnel, in Kaiwharawhara, on the Manawatu line. Taken by William Williams in the 1880s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1842 - 1847 - 1845

From: [Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. Plate 18. 53. The beach near Major Baker's residence, Wellington. 54. Makaenuku Pa, district of the Hutt. 55. The barracks Thorndon Wellington. Drawn by S C Brees, late principal surveyor to the New Zealand Company. Engraved by Henry Melville. [1847].

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: A-343-001-1

Description: A view along a beach (now Thorndon Quay) looking towards Kaiwharawhara and Wadestown, with the road to to Wadestown shown winding up the hill in the background. There are houses at the beachfront on the left, mostly at the top of the low hill above the beach. Major Baker's house appears as a roof only, with a tree in front of it. A couple on horseback is in the foreground and a Maori man, woman and child stand at the left. The Library holds a photographic copy of the privately-owned watercolour original for this engraving, painted between 1842 and 1845 (negative 138581 1/2). The watercolour has no Maori group on the left but is otherwise very similar to the engraving Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, 75 x 130 mm on sheet 380 x 280 mm.

Date: 1847 - 1849

From: Gold, Charles Emilius 1809-1871 :Sketches by General Gold, 1846 to 1860

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: A-288-009

Description: Four huts surrounded by palisades on the sloping foreshore, two Maori standing near the water's edge, the two-storied building of the Kaiwharawhara hotel on its spit of land to the left and the Hutt Road and Hutt Valley beyond. Inscriptions: Verso - A picture of New Zealand by CEG [in pencil, probably in the artist's daughter's hand]. My dearres My dearrest Car [in ink, apparently written by the artist in his old age to his daughter Caroline] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 182 x 266 mm Provenance: Family descent, to London dealer (1991) to Auckland dealer (1991)

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

By: Pearse, John, 1808-1882

Reference: E-455-f-035

Description: View from the Hutt Road, North of Kaiwharawhara, looking towards the Kaiwharawhara Hotel, with Thorndon and Te Aro in the distance. A sailing ship and smaller boats are on the harbour, and a canoe and small yacht are in the foreground. Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 230 x 420 mm

Date: 1857 - 1860

By: Brown, William Robert Edward, 1830-1907; Balcombe-Brown, Eliza Mary, 1869-

Reference: B-035-014

Description: Shows part of the entrances to Port Nicholson and Evans Bay, Te Aro, Thorndon, and in the centre foreground, Kaiwharawhara with hotels and the Maori pa. The ship Oliver Laing is the larger vessel in harbour in the distance to the right. The houses on land protruding into the harbour in the near right are in Thorndon; the line of houses at the foot of a cliff by the sea beyond that is Lambton Quay, with 'Plimmer's ark' (the barque Inconstant) moored in the water at the end. The buildings beyond are on Te Aro Flat An ink inscription on the verso reads: A sketch of part of Wellington, N. Z. from the old track across Kai-warra-warra Hill. The straits {Cooks} are visible over the distant hills. Evans Bay is partially visible on the left, the entrance to the bay {Port Nicholson} is again to the left of the hills visible on the extreme left. The ship visible is the "Oliver Laing" from Liverpool. She is about 1299 tons register & thus will give some idea of the distance. The Kai-warra hotels are visible in the immediate foreground on the Hutt road. Close to one of them is a Maori Pah Other Titles - ... from Kaiwharawhara hill Inscriptions: Verso - Title on verso: also pencil inscriptions: W R E Brown, 1860. Mrs Balcombe Brown, Upper Hutt. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on card, 250 x 352 mm Provenance: Purchased at an unknown date, possibly from Mrs Balcombe Brown, ca 1926. The work includes a pencilled reference on the verso to 'Mrs Balcombe Brown, Upper Hutt'

Date: 1843 - 1844

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: A-195-007

Description: View from lower Wadestown over the roofs of Thorndon houses, towards Kaiwharawhara, with the Hotel on the spit, and along the hills at the edge of the harbour towards Lower Hutt. A faint pencil drawing of a seated man is on the left in the foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 160 x 236 mm