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Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898 :The Grey Institute and Sugar Loaf Islands Nov 26 [1864]

Date: 1864

From: [Warre, Henry James] 1819-1898 :[Sketchbook]

By: Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898

Reference: E-294-058/059

Description: View looking out to sea and south west along the Taranaki coastline, with the Grey Institute, (several buildings clustered together on top of a hillock) and the Sugar Loaves and Paritutu in the background The Grey Institute (named after Sir George Grey) was a Wesleyan mission school and boys' boarding house at Ngamotu, close to Paritutu and the Sugar Loaf islands, west of New Plymouth city. Extended Title - From: Warre, Henry. [Sketchbook ] 1864-1865. p. 58 to 59 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - title and date in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 97 x 311 mm (partial double page spread)

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[Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant] 1820-1895 :N[ovember] 1847. Nga Motu from the S. E.

Date: 1847

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

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

Reference: C-103-025-1

Description: View looking north along the Taranaki coastline towards the Sugar Loaf Rocks One of 9 small drawings on this sheet Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia ink, 80 x 110 mm

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[Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1897 :[Paritutu rocks, Ngamotu, New Plymouth. 1879?]

Date: 1879 - 1880

From: Hodgkins family including William Mathew Hodgkins :[Sketchbook and scrapbook, 1880s]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-038-q-2-009

Description: Paritutu and surrounding volcanic rocks, looking out to sea Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on grey sketchbook page, page size 230 x 142 mm

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[Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1897 :[Paritutu, New Plymouth. 1879?]

Date: 1879 - 1880

From: Hodgkins family including William Mathew Hodgkins :[Sketchbook and scrapbook, 1880s]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-038-q-2-004

Description: A preliminary drawing, looking south along the beach at Ngamotu, New Plymouth towards Paritutu Rock. A two-storied building is on the left, possibly the Wesleyan Mission Station, the Grey Institute. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on grey sketchbook page, 230 x 142 mm

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[Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1897 :[Paritutu, Ngamotu, New Plymouth. 1879?]

Date: 1879 - 1880

From: Hodgkins family including William Mathew Hodgkins :[Sketchbook and scrapbook, 1880s]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-038-q-2-007/008

Description: An unfinished drawing of Paritutu Rock at Ngamotu Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on grey sketchbook page, across two pages, page size 230 x 142 mm

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[Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant] 1820-1895 :N. P. Landside of Paritutu, Ngamotu. 1847

Date: 1847

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

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

Reference: C-103-024-1

Description: Shows Paritutu rock seen from the land Other Titles - New Plymouth Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 110 x 85 mm

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[Postcard]. An old gun in Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, N.Z. Whalley & Co., Photo. Copyr...

Date: 1904 - 1919

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by Joye Taylor. ca 1905-1915].

By: Fergusson Ltd; Whalley and Company

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-3-070-3

Description: Shows a coloured photograph of a Cannon alongside a sign that reads: "My name is Dicky Barrett and it was with my help that the warlike Waikatos were defeated when they attacked the Ngatiawa Pa at Ngamutu in the year 1832". Other Titles - Dicky Barrett Other Titles - Ngati Awa Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 88 x 138 mm.

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Letter between chiefs (with translation)

Date: 28 Dec 1846

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0670B-11

Description: Letter from chiefs refusing to meet with other warring chiefs either in support or against Te Rauparaha. Includes a contemporary, typed translation by John Whitely. Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).

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Ngamotu Beach and Paritutu Rock - Photograph taken by Edward Percival Christensen

Date: November 1948

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Christensen, Edward Percival, 1907-1982

Reference: 1/2-039436-F

Description: Oil derricks at Ngamotu Beach, New Plymouth. Paritutu Rock can be seen in the distance. Photographed in November 1948 by Edward Percival Christensen. Rigs identified by R Lambert of Taranaki Museum as, from left, Dobson 1, Moturoa 2, Moturoa 4, and Moturoa 1 (in the distance). Other Titles - New Plymouth, Taranaki. Oil Derricks and Paritutu Rock. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

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Noah Te Rauhihi, Wiremu Pukapuka, Hohepa Tamaihengia to McLean

Date: 2 Apr 1860

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0684C-05

Description: Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).

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View of cars on Ngamotu Beach

Date: [late 1950s]

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-091561-F

Description: View of cars on Ngamotu Beach and Mt Egmont in the background photographed by Robert E Wells in the late 1950s. Caption - Ngamotu Beach - cars and Mt. from tea house - for S Price [from photographer's negative register] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

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View of cars on Ngamotu Beach

Date: [late 1950s]

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-091562-F

Description: View of cars on Ngamotu Beach, with yacht in the water and Europa oil storage tanks and Mt Egmont in the background photographed by Robert E Wells in the late 1950s. Caption - Ngamotu Beach - cars and Mt. from wharf - for S Price [from photographer's negative register] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

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