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[Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Bush road between Cambridge and Ohinemutu. [1880s o...
Date: 1888 - 1900
From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book
Reference: E-346-2-043
Description: A red clay road on a steep hillside through dense bush, including tree ferns. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.
[Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Mount Peel Road. [1880s or 1890s?]
Date: 1888 - 1900
From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book
Reference: E-346-2-009
Description: A road surrounded by bush, heading towards mountains. Cabbage trees amongst the bush Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.
Olsson, Hans, 1840-1920 : Manawatu Gorge records
Date: 1882-1907
By: Olsson, Hans, 1839-1920
Reference: fMS-Papers-1492
Description: Records of Manawatu Gorge toll keeper. Day book, 1882-1886; monthly sheets of tolls 1891-1906; tallies of traffic and stock using road, 1905-1906; flood records, 1906-1907; correspondence Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs
New Zealand Society for the Intellectually Handicapped :500 piece jigsaw puzzle. "Clear...
Date: 1975 - 1887 - 1980
By: IHC New Zealand; Gibb, John, 1831-1909
Reference: Eph-F-GAMES-1970s-02
Description: Box cover shows a reproduction of the painting by John Gibb. It shows a horsedrawn carriage travelling along a rutted mud road beside a river, with misty mountains in the background, and a small group of houses or huts. Other Titles - Gorge Quantity: 1 box(es) containing jigsaw puzzle. Physical Description: Photolithograph on puzzle 365 x 490 mm, in box with illustrated lid, 215 x 278 x 32 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2006.
Tunnel through the rock, Buller Gorge, West Coast - Photograph taken by James Ring
Date: [ca 1880s-1890s]
From: Hamilton Public Library :Photographs of New Zealand
By: Ring, James, 1856-1939
Reference: PA7-59-18-2
Description: View of the tunnel on the Buller Gorge Road. A house can be glimpsed on the other side of the tunnel. Photograph taken by James Ring. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - [First part unreadable] Buller. 1004 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 21.5 x 29 cm on album page
McDonald, Kenneth Cornwell 1901-1977 : Few can now remember
Date: 1882-1914
By: McDonald, Kenneth Cornwell, 1901-1977
Reference: qMS-1174
Description: History of the Brydone district until 1914, farming emphasizing daily life, transport, education and local business activity Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (204 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (31 cm; green plastic folder) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mrs A A McDonald, Oamaru, 1974 (79-174)
Redman's Bar, Buller Gorge, West Coast - Photograph taken by James Ring
Date: [ca 1880s-1890s]
From: Hamilton Public Library :Photographs of New Zealand
By: Ring, James, 1856-1939
Reference: PA7-59-17-1
Description: Photograph showing the road passing through a tunnel in the rock face in the vicinity of Redman's Bar, Buller Gorge. Photograph taken by James Ring. Other - Similar view but not identical to PA7-51-14 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Redman's Bar. Buller Gorge N.Z. 1001. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 21 x 28.5 cm on album page
Ring, James, 1856-1939 :Redman's Bar, Buller Gorge, West Coast
Date: [ca 1880s-1890s]
By: Ring, James, 1856-1939
Reference: PA7-51-14
Description: Photograph showing the road passing through a tunnel in the rock face in the vicinity of Redman's Bar, Buller Gorge. Photograph taken by James Ring. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Redman's Bar Buller Gorge N.Z. 458 J.R. Similar view but not identical to PA7-59-17-1 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 104 x 205 mm
Photographs of New Zealand scenery and family
Date: [ca 1880s-1910s]
From: Clark, Morton, fl 1900s :Photographs
By: Macey, William Henry, -1931; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)
Reference: PAColl-9525-1
Description: Photographs taken and collected by Morton Clark and family. Includes a landscape and views of Wellington, Nelson, Whakarewarewa, Akaroa, Buller Gorge, Cass, Otira, and Bealey Gorge during a journey. Also includes portrait photographs of family members taken in Blenheim and Wellington studios. Quantity: 66 b&w original photographic print(s).
Rodda, T E, 1881-1975? : Recollections of an early pioneer of the Department of Agricul...
Date: [ca 1974]
By: Rodda, Thomas Edward, 1881-1975?
Reference: MS-Papers-9980
Description: Rodda describes his life including background from his birth and arrival in NZ in 1884, his life on his family's farm, near Rangiriri, now Te Kauwhata, the Maori in the district, including their use of flour sacks for clothing, mosquitoes, school days, his first employment on Waerenga Experimental Farm, his experiences with early, and later, grape and fruitgrowing. In March 1905 he began work on road and rail construction at Oio and he describes work conditions and the work in some detail, until he returned to Waerenga inAug 1905. He describes his various positions within the department, often as an inspector. He joined the Legion of Frontiersmen in 1913 and the Hamilton Company of the National Military Reserve in 1939. He describes duties as a justice of the peace, his experiences during the depression and his appointment as farm manager and college superintendent at Ruakura Farm of Instruction in 1932, and breeding of pedigree milking cattle. He concludes with a descriptiion of his life after retirement. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (26 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by the Auckland Historical Society, Auckland, per Ms Winifred Macdonald, editor, Jul 1976
Buck, William Seldon, 1846-1919 : Letters
Date: 29 Jan 1886, 2 Oct 1911
By: Buck, William Seldon, 1846-1919
Reference: MS-Papers-0540
Description: Pencil draft letter (Petone, 29 Jan 1886) to Mr E Corbett, Johnsonville concerning the proposed construction of a road from Corbett's house to the Horokiwi Road; Letter from M A Buck to W S Buck, Taita and calculations. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms Transfers: From Cartographic Collection - transferred from William Seldon Buck map collection, Aug 1970.
Wilkinson, Chas T, fl 1975 : Access to Tennyson Inlet, Marlborough Sounds
Date: 1882-1975
By: Wilkinson, Charles T, active 1975
Reference: MS-Papers-9956
Description: Comprises letter from Ministry of Works, Wellington, to Miss Joyce L Fuller, Hastings, concerning her inquiry for background material to the Marlborough Sounds, in particular, access to Tennyson Inlet. Summaries from the A-Js (1882-1895) are included, and there references to articles in local newspapers (1961-1970), and other matters. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (10 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)
[Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Mount Peel. [1880s or 1890s?]
Date: 1888 - 1900
From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book
Reference: E-346-2-017
Description: A road leading towards a gate, possibly the front gate of Mt Peel Station, with bush beyond the gate. Two tall conifers flank the gate and hills and snow-clad mountains are in the background. There is part of a tennis net to the left and small specimen trees set in lawn, suggesting that the view is from the station's front garden, looking out. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.
Ring, James, 1856-1939 :Warnock's Knob, Otira Gorge, West Coast
Date: [ca 1880s-1890s]
By: Ring, James, 1856-1939
Reference: PA7-51-13
Description: Photograph showing the road through the Otira Gorge at the bluff called Warnock's Knob, the point where the road passes close by a waterfall. The view clearly shows the road cut into the cliff face and the fence on the outer side. Photograph taken by James Ring. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Warnock's Nob. Otira Gorge. N.Z. 644 [?] J.R. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 205 x 140 mm Provenance: Source/donor - Donated in 1977 by Royal Geographical Society of Australia
[Barraud, William Francis], 1850-1926 :Road to Wainui-o-Mata Valley, approx 1880-1900 /...
Date: 1880 - 1900
By: Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926; Horsfall, John Atherton, 1819-1900
Reference: C-142-002
Description: Shows a view of a clay road cut around bush-covered hills, towards a river valley beyond, with further hills in the distance. The work is initialled WFB at lower left, and notes on the verso therefore suggest the artist may be William Francis Barraud. However the subject, style and size have resemblance to work by John Atherton Horsfall (1819-1900), who painted in New Zealand in around 1875. Other Titles - Wainuiomata Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - WFB Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 330 x 485 mm (sight)