Places

Date: 1920 - 1921

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948; Haylock, Greta Muriel, 1898-1980

Reference: A-156-017

Description: View looking along the coastline to the south Inscriptions: Signed: A.L.H. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 175 x 250 mm

Date: 1913

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-o-1224

Description: Mainly a series of holidays, tramping trips, and local excursions. The first is a trip to the head of Lake Te Anau and Milford Sound via the Milford track. It begins on the road between Glenorchy and Paradise, then through the valley of the Route Burn River to the Hollyford Valley where the party camped on the shores of Lake Howden. From there they passed Lakes Fergus and Gunn into the Eglinton River Valley and on to Te Anau, and then onto the Milford track to Milford Sound via the Clinton River Valley. Images on the way include Mount Balloon, Mount Elliott, Routeburn Hut, and Lake Ada. There is a view of Mitre Peak, Mount Tutoko, and the Pembroke Glacier from Milford Sound. The second series relates to a camping trip to Wanganui and the Whanganui River. This includes a game of golf and visiting friends in St John's Hill. There are views of the party's camp and a number of images taken during a canoeing trip up the Whanganui River in what looks like a Maori dug out canoe. Two other images in this group are of men standing beside the trigs on Mounts Holdworth and Dundas in the Tararua Ranges. The third series is of family and friends at home in Eastbourne and in the bush at Muritai; Girdlestone, a friend, and two women on motor cycles on the coast road; views of Eastbourne from the hills above the suburb; women on the beach and reading at home. The fourth series relates to a trip to the Volcanic Plateau during which the party climbed Mounts Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe. There are two group photographs of the whole party, one taken in front of the Waihohonu Hut, and the other on the summit of Mount Ruapehu. The fifth series shows a party of men and women on a walk and a picnic in the beach forest in Gollan's Valley near Eastbourne. The sixth series is a record of a holiday to Queen Charlotte and Pelorus Sounds taken by a group of men over Christmas 1913. There are views of the sounds and surrounding landscape, of Portage where the party stayed, and of boat and fishing trips that they made during their stay. The seventh series is of a tramping trip to the Orongrongo River Valley. The views are of native forest, the river and the mountains, and one of two men boiling a billy beside their tent in the bush. The eighth series consists of two photographs of the wreck of the "Devon" on the rocks at Pencarrow Heads, Wellington harbour. This occured on the 25th of August 1913. The ninth series is a group of photographic postcards of the Te Anau, Milford region, and probably relate to the trip recorded at the beginning of this album. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1930 - 1936

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Atkins & Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-025-094/099

Description: Plans for single-storey dwellings. Includes floor plans, elevations and sections, alterations. Quantity: 6 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on tracing paper, sizes varying about 400 x 660 mm.

Date: [Between 1890s and 1900s]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-297

Description: Album of South Island scenes (except for a few taken en route to Wellington showing The Brothers, Pencarrow Head, and one of a group having a picnic at Muritai). Probably mostly photographed by George William Barltrop. The first section shows the Nelson and Marlborough areas, and several photographs of ships at sea, one shipwreck (the Antiocco Accame in 1901), and one aground (the Elginshire, 1902). People who are identified are: the Reverend Bennett (Frederick Augustus Bennett (later Bishop), with his first wife Hana Te Unuhi Mere Bennett, and young daughter, Rawinia Bennett (circa 1900); Abe Wells, photographed as an older man outside his cob house at Richmond (circa 1890s); and Isla Reid, photographed as a young girl, probably in the Dunedin area. Three scenes in cemeteries have clearly identified headstones, and include those for the Reverend Samuel Poole, Frank Churchill Simmons; and a group memorial for Charlotte McDonald, Annie McQuaid and Lizzie Crinrod, stewardesses who were drowned in the wreck of the SS Wairarapa, Great Barrier Island, 29th October 1894. This was erected by the stewardesses of the Union Steam Ship Company. Inscriptions: Album page - Geo W Barltrop Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, entitled `Photographs'; 16.0 x 22.5 cm

By: Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975

Reference: A-227-134

Description: Looking west from the hill at the east end of Muritai Beach towards houses, the beach and water Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 195 x 285 mm Provenance: Donation; Estate of the artist, 1976

Date: 1919 - 1920

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Atkins, Bacon & Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-025-043/047

Description: Ground floor plan, sections and elevations of a two storeyed wooden and roughcast house with shingled roof, with additional sections of the living room, and verandah. Quantity: 5 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on tracing paper and linen paper, sizes varying around 500 x 700 mm.

Date: 1930

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

By: Crichton McKay & Haughton (Firm)

Reference: Plans-90-1560

Description: Shows ground floor plan, elevations and section, and a detail of the fireplace. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on waxed linen paper, 400 x 510 mm.

By: Preston, G M (Miss), active 1982

Reference: PAColl-5161

Description: Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-050073 to 050080 Quantity: 8 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives

Date: [Circa 1900-1908]

From: North, Esther Mary, 1892-1968: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-393

Description: Photographs collected by Mrs Esther Ecclesfield for her daughter Esma Ecclesfield (i.e. Esther Mary Ecclesfield, later known as Esther Mary North, or Esma North). None of the people shown are identified. Several images show camping and views of bays on Waiheke island. Many of the photographs were taken in the Napier area, including several of a woman and two young girls with bicycles standing outside a house in Seaview terrace, Napier, and an interior view of the house; yachts; the Napier Arcade, with the Arcadia Tea-Rooms; children at a Napier beach; and a horse-drawn carriage travelling through water along the foreshore to Cape Kidnappers. Page 4 shows the original Otatara (Ashridge) homestead. Various views around Wellington include Lower Hutt, Belmont Road, Wilton's Bush, Breaker Bay, Muritai and Titahi Bay. In the South Island most of the views were taken around Dunedin, showing Tomahawk Beach, Lawyer's Head and "Cargill's Gates" at St. Clair. Inscriptions: Album page - `Esma. With love from Mother. October 7th 1908' (inside front cover) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with beige cloth cover, entitled `Post cards'; 13.5 x 21.0 cm

By: Davy, R, active 1900?; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-253-006

Description: View north along the beach towards the western hills around Wellington Harbour. Two fishermen are in the middle distance, standing on the beach, and there are three other tiny figures in the distance. The roofs of a line of houses can be seen in the background, close to the beach Painted on oval card, with gold edges. Glued to grey paper and probably removed from an album Other Titles - Muritai from Days Bay... Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - R. Davy [in ink. The initial D has been smudged. In addition the title appears in ink on grey paper below the work] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 80 x 105 mm (oval)

Date: 1917

By: Harry H Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-D-EDUCATION-1917-01

Description: An arrangement of text. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Harry H Tombs, Ltd., Poster printers, 8 Farish Street, Wellington 1880. Previously thought to be dated 1880 because of the printing serial number. However, the British retreat from Mons happened during the First World War, and the perpetual calendar gives 1917 as a year with December 20th on a Thursday. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on pink poster.. Physical Description: Relief print on poster, 585 x 460 mm.

Date: 1949-1983

From: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986 : Papers

Reference: 2010-184-13

Description: Box contains six collated, mounted and bound volumes of newspaper clippings relating to the Eastern Bays, Wellington. Volumes cover Days Bay, Eastbourne, Rona Bay, Muritai, Eastbourne Borough, Hutt Estuary, Gracefield, Seaview, Hutt Park, Pipe Bridge, Lowry Bay, York Bay, Point Howard, Eastern Bays Riding, Hutt County and Turakirae (1949-1956, 1952-1976, 1964-1974, 1975-1983, 1982-1983). Interleaved in the volumes are handwriten research notes and items of ephemera. Quantity: 1 box(es). Physical Description: Printed material, mss, typescripts & ephemera

Date: [192-?]

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-048182-G

Description: Overlooking the suburb of Muritai, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, Wellington. Shows houses by the beach. Photograph taken circa 1920s by Sydney Charles Smith. Source of descriptive information - Photographer's inscription on negative. Date estimated by cataloguer. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Muritai Eastbourne Wellington NZ SC Smith Photo Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: ca 1928

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-045220-G

Description: South end of Muritai Road and beach, Eastbourne, circa 1928. Shows two cars parked on the right. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Muritai Beach South end Wellington NZ S C Smith Photo Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 10 February 1984

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

Reference: EP/1984/0622-F

Description: Aerial view of Eastbourne and Muritai, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, looking south. On the left can be seen the coastal hills covered with native forest and patches of exotic pines. Eastbourne and it's streets can be clearly seen with Muritai beyond. The view of Wellington Harbour just includes the heads. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 10th of February 1984. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 6 x 6cm

Date: [ca 1910]

Reference: 1/2-032993-G

Description: View from the coast road beyond Muritai, near Gollans Valley Road and Burdan's Gate, looking southwest toward Wellington Heads. A man rides a bicycle and women walk with a child along the road. Taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1900s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative

Date: 1902

Reference: 1/2-031721-F

Description: Muritai, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, 1902. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: On original item, bottom left: Muritai 1902 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1910]

Reference: 1/2-041773-F

Description: Overlooking Muritai, Eastbourne, circa 191o. Muritai Road is visible. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: [Recto, top left, on original postcard] Muritai, Wellington. N.Z. Note on back of file print reads "Postcard pub by Fergusson Ltd. (Gold Medal series 7021) " Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1931

From: Lawrence, H G :Photographs of Hutt County, Lower Hutt and Ward Island

Reference: 1/2-050284-F

Description: Walkway alongside the beach, Eastbourne (Muritai end?), 1931. Photographer unidentified. Note on back of file print reads: "Relief works at Eastbourne". Note on back of file print reads: "Football ground behind trees". Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1906

From: Hislop, Harold Stevens, d 1933 :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-229-07-1

Description: Shortt house (possibly the house of William Fraser Shortt), and garden, Muritai, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, Wellington. Photograph taken in 1906 by Harold Hislop. Source of descriptive information - Inscription in album. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Shortt's Residence. Muritai. 1906 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Platinum print, 9.1 x 11.8 cm, on album page