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Gollan, Donald, 1811-1887 : Letter started on board the `Clydeside' and continued in Po...
Date: Aug-Nov 1841
From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection
By: Gollan, Donald, 1811-1887
Reference: MSDL-1259
Description: Gollan describes his feelings on leaving Scotland, his family and friends; voyage to Wellington, New Zealand on the `Clydeside' from Greenock via Adelaide (with refrence to fellow male passengers); short period spent in Adelaide en route; impressions of the settlement and aborigines; arrival in Wellington; European settlers; business opportunities; resident Maori (makes reference to cannibalism) Accompanying material - Typed transcript done by M Donaldson, 2007 The letter addressed to his friend John G Grieve of Whitsome, Dunse, Berwickshire was begun on board the Clydeshire on 16 Aug and resumed once he reached Port Nicholson on 8 Nov 1841. It was postmarked Dunse, 25 Mar 1842. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Part of SBDD (shipboard diary digitisation) project
Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961 :The Maori, Wellington, 7.30 p.m. / F V Ellis, 1928.
Date: 1928
By: Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961; Mitchell, Frank Keith, 1928-2019; Mitchell, Victor Leonard William, 1925-1980
Reference: B-156-015
Description: Shows a night scene of the steamship 'Maori' anchored at a wharf, with people standing on the wharf and on the ship's decks. The scene is lit by two spherical lights, and the wharf buildings are at the left. A similar image, entitled "The Maori, 7.40 pm, Wellington, NZ", appeared in the front of the "New Zealand railways magazine" of 1 September 1927. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Drypoint and aquatint, 174 x 262 mm. Provenance: Formerly owned by V Leonard W Mitchell, the donor's brother.