Places

Date: 1907

From: [Banks, Isabel Violet, 1873- ] :[Scenes from travels in New Zealand] 1907

By: Banks, Isabel Violet, 1873-

Reference: C-078-025

Description: Scene on the road in Peel Forest near Mount Peel Station Holncote or Holnicote named after Acland Family seat in Devon England was the earlier name for the homestead at Peel Forest Estate. It is no longer in use. Inscriptions: Verso - title; Recto - bottom right - IVB Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 122 x 189 mm

Date: 1972

By: Brown, Derek Edward, active 1972

Reference: MapColl-834.48gbbd/1972/Acc.45880

Description: Survey plan of three drawings showing the details, including bearings and co-ordinates in terms of geo datum 1949, of an existing road being closed and the new replacement road in the Canterbury Land District, Clyde Survey District, Ashburton County. The drawing on the left side of the map shows the overview detail of the existing and replacement road with the roads location to the Clyde River, the survey co-ordinates from Gowler Downs, the survey order number S.O.11331,that the road trasverses and that it crosses Run 112, Erewhon. The road is identified as being 75.76 links wide and the scale of the drawing is 5 chains to the inch. The middle drawing identifies in much detail, the bearings and co-ordinates, including locations of survey pegs, of the road being closed and those of the new replacement road. Two areas within the drawing shown as 'Diagram A' and 'Diagram B', are drawn again, giving greater detail of the bearings and co-ordinates. The road is shown to transverse S.O.11076, S.O.4572, S.O. 11331 and R.S.8178 Survey co-ordinates from Gowler Downs are also shown and that the road crosses land known as Run 112, Erewhon. The name A.A.Urquhart is also printed under Erewhon. The scale of the middle drawing is 2 chains to an inch. The third drawing, located on the right side of the map, is identifed as 'Diagram of Bearing Control, not to scale'. It includes bearings from Blk.XI Clyde S.D., Craig Phillips Blk.XIV Clyde S., and 8031 Rabbit Hill Blk. XIV Clyde S.D. A legend, 'Shedule of Areas; Purpose, Colour, Area', is located at the top right corner of the map. Purpose states, 'Road to be closed", 'New Road (from RS8178)' and '(from Sec.58CL) Part Road to be closed'. Colour states 'Green', 'Orange', and the Area, identifies two numerical areas for the 'Road Closed', five for the 'New Road' and one for the 'Part Road to be Closed'. A 'Note' advises 'All marks down 12" [inch] unless otherwise shown. Boundaries not fenced unless otherwise shown.' Data relating to the Survey Block and District, Land District, Local Authority, scale, surveyed by, and date are located at the bottom of the map. Nine different scale lines are drawn on the left side of the map, outside the map's left border. Quantity: 1 map(s) in three segments. Physical Description: Brown photographic paper, hand coloured, Scale [1:3 960] [1:1 584], 43.5 x 43.5 cm

Date: [ca 1908-1910]

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

Reference: 1/1-019991-G

Description: Farm at Akatarawa. An unformed road is in the foreground, and stones are piled against the fence at centre. Steam powered farm machinery is in the background. A man holding a child is standing by the gate in the foreground. Photograph taken circa 1908-1910 by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1884 - 1886

From: Medley, Mary Catherine 1835- :Mary C. Medley's sketch book ; visit to Rotorua before Tarawera eruption [No.] 12. 1884-1886.

Reference: E-377-047

Description: A rural road on the way to Ohinemutu showing rocks and trees on both sides Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Rocks on the way to Ohinemutu Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 125 x 210 mm.

Date: [ca 1890s]

From: Campbell, Eve, fl 1976 :Stereographs

Reference: PA4-0698

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of a motor vehicle on the Road to Lawrence, Otago, taken by an unidentified photographer Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - On the road - Lawrence, Otago; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print Provenance: Donated by Mrs E Campbell, July 1976

Date: 1884 - 1886

From: Medley, Mary Catherine 1835- :Mary C. Medley's sketch book ; visit to Rotorua before Tarawera eruption [No.] 12. 1884-1886.

Reference: E-377-032

Description: Shows a bend on the road to Ohinemutu with rocks on either side and the sea ahead Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 125 x 210 mm.

Date: 17 Dec 1995 to 15 Feb 1998 - 17 Dec 1995 - 15 Feb 1998

By: Bradshaw, Julia, active 1995-1998; Hutching, Megan Alannah, 1957-; West Coast Historical Museum

Reference: OHColl-0419

Description: Life history interviews with older residents of the Haast district in the South Island, many of whom are descended from the first Pakeha settlers who arrived in the 1870s and 1880s. Discusses living in an isolated area, medical emergencies, farming, fishing, deer shooting, local identities, schooling, the development of the air service and problems of getting in and out of the district. Interviews Betty Eggeling, Desmond Nolan, Bernard Cowan, Alan Cron, Mary Jones, Ruth (Ruby) Hill, Myra Cowan, Ted Buchanan, Henry Buchanan and Ann Mackey. Publication - The far downers : the people and history of Haast and Jackson Bay (University of Otago Press, 2001) The district was not connected by road to the rest of New Zealand until 1965 when the road from Wanaka to Haast was joined to the road from Haast to Hokitika. Abstracted by - Julia Bradshaw Awards/funding - Award in oral history Interviewer(s) - Julia Bradshaw Quantity: 24 C60 cassette(s). 10 printed abstract(s). 10 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Search dates: 1920 - 1990

Date: 1954

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-F-4978-F

Description: Aerial view of the rural settlement of Oropi. Includes a road, a schoolhouse, and farmland. Photograph taken in 1954 by Whites Aviation. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 13.2 x 13.9 cm Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation box Green 98 - Tauranga South.

Date: ca 1910

Reference: 1/2-056249-F

Description: Tom Moore's horse drawn Royal Mail Coach travelling on a wet and muddy road between Okahukura and Whangamomona, circa 1910. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1 July 1910

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

By: Gilmour Brothers (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-000320-G

Description: View of an unsealed road winding through scrub country near Raglan. Photographed in 1910, probably by Gilmour Brothers, Raglan (Robert Gilmour, proprietor). Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Deviation road. Raglan, N.Z. 157; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G Bros Protd 1.7.10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 2001-2003

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PADL-000507

Description: Photographs of South Westland, West Coast. Includes photographs of the Franz Josef and Haast villages and glaciers, coastlines and lakes in the southern region of the Westland district. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Views-Places (south Westland)" Quantity: 170 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1954

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-F-4979-F

Description: Aerial view of the rural settlement of Oropi. Includes a road, houses, a school, and farmland. Photograph taken in 1954 by Whites Aviation. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 13.2 x 13.9 cm Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation box Green 98 - Tauranga South.

Date: 1900 - 1912

By: Tibbutt, Alfred George, 1864-1930; Robertson, Elayne Gladys, 1935-

Reference: Eph-POSTCARDS-Robertson-01

Description: Shows dirt road with two teams of bullock passing each other, going in different directions. Three men are supervising the teams. There are cleared stumps on the left, and other bush lining the road. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 90 x 140 mm. Provenance: Donated by Elayne Robertson of Palmerston North.

Date: 1914

By: Bennett, M K, active 1914; McIntosh, Doris Hutchinson (Lady), 1909-1989

Reference: A-032-029

Description: A road curving among trees, including a willow tree on a low rise to the left Inscriptions: Signed: M K Bennett Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 250 x 350 mm