Places

Date: 1876

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Works

Reference: E-278-q-123

Description: Reproduced on front of a card printed for for the Ministry of Works, New Zealand to celebrate their centennial (1871-1971). Shows a steep rocky path leading down to a bridge over a stream. A family with a packhorse and three other men with baggage are crossing the stream, while other laden horses and men walk up the rough path on the other side. Part of a large wooden structure can be seen to the left, possibly part of a support for a vehicle bridge Published on front cover of Illustrated New Zealand herald, No 105, 3 May 1876 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Photo-lithograph, 203 x 152 mm on folded card

Date: ca 1900

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 18

Reference: PAColl-7581-02

Description: Photograph of Paddy's Bend on the road through Otira Gorge ca 1900. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1865

By: McArthur & Company

Reference: A-001-012/030

Description: Landscapes showing the landforms in the area from Porter's Pass, via Arthur's Pass to Otira. Found loose in: Canterbury Provincial Council. Proceedings, session XXIII, 1865. Relate to Dobson;s Report ..., 1865, which includes 40 tinted lithographs by Ward & Rees after Dobson and R. Sherrin (A-001-002) (see A-004-010/036) Not in Dobson's hand (see TL 3/1/1/, 3/11/1986, and Photo file), but consistent with A-001/031, Browning pass .., which relates to Ward & Reeves lithograph after Haast (q.v.). Supplied title Quantity: 19 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and Chinese white, between 107 x 171 mm and 127 x 178 mm

Date: [190-?]

By: Hawes, R, active 1971; Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-0859

Description: Postcards of New Zealand scenes, including the road cut into the side of Otira Gorge; Mount Rolleston; Wet Jacket Arm; Mount Lyell above Lake Te Anau taken by Muir & Moodie; and Shepherd's Hut, Lake Heron Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 5 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photomechanical print postcards Provenance: Donated by R Hawes, 1971

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.

Date: [1880s]

From: Bextaud, E J (Mrs), fl 1976 :Photographs of New Zealand

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA7-42-16

Description: Photograph of a bend in the road through the Otira Gorge. A broken wooden fence is on the gorge side of the road and a sheer rock wall on the other. Power lines can be seen on the opposite side of the gorge. Photograph taken by F A Coxhead. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Otira Gorge; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - F.A.C. The road through the Otira Gorge was completed in 1863 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 18.5 x 14.4 cm on mount

Date: 1879

From: Seed Family, creator :Cuttings from the illustrated papers [Scrapbook of nineteenth-century illustrations and cuttings. 1870-1880s?]

By: Illustrated Australian news (Newspaper); Ebenezer & David Syme (Firm); Sleap, F A, active 1880s

Reference: E-927-f-053-2

Description: Shows a horse-drawn carriage on a road that winds around the slope at the near left. In the right background is a river, and mountains beyond. Native bush is seen at left and right. Date taken from State Library of Victoria catalogue (Retrieved from http://www.slv.vic.gov.au). This site also states that the engraving appeared in the Illustrated Australian news, published in Melbourne by Ebenezer and David Syme. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 228 x 228 mm.

Date: 1865

By: Dobson, Edward, 1816-1908; Sherrin, Richard Arundell Augur, 1832-1893; Ward & Reeves (Firm)

Reference: A-004-010/036

Description: Landscapes of the landforms between the West Coast via the Otira Gorge and Arthur's pass towards Porter's Pass Plates from: Dobson, E. Report to the Secretary of Public Works upon the practicability of constructing a bridle path through the gorge of the Otira... In: Canterbury Provincial Council. Proceedings session XXIII, 1865, p [41]-64. Figs. 14-40 (fig. 15 incorrectly numbered 13). (Vol. now discarded). Reference: Ellis, pp 660-686. See shelf list for titles. 19 related pencil sketches (acquired loose in same vol.) held at A-001-012/030. Negs. 189-199. Fig. 14 (A-004-010) after sketch by R. Sherrin; remainder after E. Dobson. Quantity: 27 colour art print(s). Physical Description: 27 prints on 14 sheets; tinted lithographs, between 89 x 141 mm and 100 x 170 mm, on sheets ca. 280 x 190 mm

Date: 1866

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902; Laing, Elizabeth, [1862?]-1950

Reference: A-102-015

Description: Shows the West Coast road leading downhill amongst mountains. There is a small wooden shelter, probably for stores, to the right Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title. Also colour notes and 'a glory of light upon them' on the mountain tops Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch 127 x 179 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs E Laing, England, 18 July 1940

Date: 1866

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902; Laing, Elizabeth, [1862?]-1950

Reference: A-102-013

Description: A road winding through the Otira Valley, with the river on the left. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch 127 x 254 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs E Laing, England, 18 July 1940

Date: [1860s to 1870s]

By: Tait, John, 1836-1907; Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA1-o-530

Description: Photographs of the West Coast, with particular emphasis on bridges, gold mining activities, towns, and roads. Photographers mostly unidentified, but two definitely taken by John Tait (p 9-10), and one possibly taken by James Ring (p 20; identified from same photograph in different collection (PA7-51-05)). The bridges include Hungerfords Bridge and Thompson's Bridge, both over the Arahura River, and the Upper Bridge in the Otira Gorge. There is also a view of the Kaniere [i.e. Kanieri] punt for crossing the river. Views of gold mining and mining towns include the Hohonu Water Race Company's flume at Greenstone; the Great Western Company's fluming at Kaniere [i.e. Kanieri]; mining towns at Donoghues and Redman's; Ross; Goldsborough; the Kohinoor claim; and Napoleon Hill, Ahaura, showing various businesses along a narrow street including the Casino de Venise, Baillie Bootmaker, Scandinavian Hotel and the Victoria & Sydney Hotel. A number of views of Hokitika include the town from various angles; Dobson's Memorial (to roading engineer George Dobson who was murdered in 1866); the cemetery with a view of Archibald Bonar Junior's tombstone; the Old Post Office; the Hokitika Wharf; "cutting through the sandspit, Hokitika Bar, Sunday morning 1867"; and the Hokitika River with vessels ashore in 1866. Gold mining at the Kohinoor Claim at Redman's began about 1869. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album lacking cover; 27.5 x 24.0 cm

Date: 1868

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-028-010

Description: Looking east towards Arthur's Pass with the Otira River and rapids, the Otira Gorge Road on the right of the river, tall bush-clad hills on both sides Acquired before 1941 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 76 x 101 mm

Date: 1890 - 1910

By: Jessett, George F, active 1900s?

Reference: A-247-042

Description: A road cut into a steep bush-clad hillside above the Otira River Supplied title Originally mounted on sheet with A-247-039/48 Inscriptions: Mount verso - Descriptive notes, signed: Geo. F Jessett Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 120 x 149 mm

Date: 1866

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902; Laing, Elizabeth, [1862?]-1950

Reference: A-102-018

Description: A road alongside a river leading towards bush-clad alps. A carriage is moving along the road. There is a waterfall on the right, and telegraph poles run alongside the road. The view could be Otira looking south east or the approach to Bealey looking north west Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in pencil. Also the number 18 in pencil, upper right Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch 127 x 178 mm

Date: [ca 1925]

By: Lomas, George, active 1920s

Reference: PA1-o-1274

Description: Album includes photographs of motor tours in the North Island, the Bealey Glacier and the Otira Gorge, and the Waikato River and Paturuahine Gorge at the site of the Arapuni hydro dam. Images relating to the motor tours include New Plymouth, Mount Egmont, the Napier-Taupo Road, hot waterfalls on the Napier-Taupo Road, Mohaka bridge and river, Rununga Falls, Eskdale Valley and memorial church, Napier, Huka Falls, Lake Taupo, a Maori guide, Waikato River, Tarawera Hotel, Trout at Fairy Springs Rotorua, geysers, Mount Messenger Road, Wanganui River, and Kape Kidnappers. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Purchase, 2005

Date: 1866

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902; Laing, Elizabeth, [1862?]-1950

Reference: A-102-020

Description: The road running through the flat valley floor, the river on the right, and a small bridge in the middle distance, looking towards the alps Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch 127 x 179 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs E Laing, England, 18 July 1940

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

Date: 1872

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-077

Description: A view from a high standpoint, looking down to the bottom of the gorge with the road and the Otira River wiith a bridge, surrounded by steep hills and mountains. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 344 x 255 mm

Date: [Circa 1910s]

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

Reference: 1/2-000729-G

Description: View of the Otira River in the Otira Gorge, with the road running alongside. Snow-covered mountains are visible in the background. Photograph taken by William Archer Price Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Otira Gorge. [No.] 1745B Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1874

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-004-022

Description: View looking east up the Otira River towards Arthur's Pass, with the road crossing a bridge and running to the left of the river. The original for Barraud's chromolithograph of the same scene (with the addition of a Cobb & Co coach and four horses, plus a lone horseman) in New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive (London, 1877) opp. p. 40. The associated text mentions that the scene is just before the 'Zig-Zag' not long before the first of the accommodation houses on the road, where the horses were changed. See ref. no. PUBL-0016-40 for the details of the chromolithograph Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date in pencil in the artist's hand Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 244 x 352 mm