Places

Date: 1843 - 1939

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Wellington District Office; Hall, Lance, 1899-1985; War Memorial Library (Lower Hutt, N.Z.)

Reference: MapColl-832.4793gbbd/[ca.1843]/Acc.7915;7918;8370;8371;8372

Description: Cadastral map, with topographic features, of the Hutt River valley from an area north of the Stokes Valley bridge to the harbour. Includes the road which runs parallel to the river. High Street, Victoria Street, Railway Avenue, and Hutt Road are named. The settlements of Richmond, Aglionby and Britannia are named. Includes numbered sections with owners' names. Clifford, Molesworth, Taine, Park, Child, Alzdorf, Hanson, Stokes, Dr. Evans, Riddiford, Dr. Dorset, Swainson, Barton, Compton, Captain Daniell, Colonel Wakefield, Burcham, Bidwill. Several areas of native reserve are marked as are the sites of a pa, Hughes' House, Masons House, Boulcott's House, Molesworth Farm, Aglionby Arms, Queens Head Inn are marked. Title supplied by cataloguer Hand-written along bottom of sheet 5: Photostat of plan in Survey office, Wellington. L. Hall, 1939 Quantity: 1 map(s) on five sheets. Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, scale not given, 196.7 x 63 cm., sheets 64.1 x 45.2 cm. and smaller

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. [Plate 20]. Pitone Pa, Wellington, 59; Tinakori Road Wellington, 60; Residence of His Honor Judge Halswell at Ohiro. Engraved by Henry Melville. Drawn by S C Brees. [London, 1847].

Reference: A-259-045-1

Description: Shows the Pitone or Petone pa on the waterfront at Petone, with a waka pulled up on the beach at the right. Several groups of Maori stand in the foreground. Other Titles - Petone Extended Title - From his "Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand", plate 20. [1847]. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on sheet 80 x 135 mm.

Date: 1841-ca1930

From: Zoe Martin-Carter: Photographs of Wellington and the Centennial Exhibition

By: Shore Bennett, Beverley Doris, 1928-; Martin-Carter, Zoe, 1870-1947

Reference: PA1-f-171

Description: views of Wellington and many of its principal buildings from settlement in 1840 to about the mid 1940s Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1841, 1951

By: Sinclair, Francis, 1797-1846

Reference: fMS-Papers-0460

Description: Letter, 1841 describing conditions at Wellington and Petone with typed transcript and biographical notes. Biographical notes by Robert Stout? are largely based on the shipboard diary of Jessie Campbell, 1840; with two related letters by David Macmillan, 1951, who also cites H Carleton in the `Lyttelton Times', chiding the Church Missionary Society for their treatment of Henry Williams Quantity: 1 folder(s) (6 pieces). Physical Description: Holograph and typescript

Date: 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: A-343-041/043

Description: Includes: 1. View looking up Hawkestone Street, Wellington 2. Pitone Pa, Wellington 3. The beach near Major Baker's residence, Wellington Other Titles - Petone Quantity: 3 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings, sizes varying Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-9117. - Material from the same provenance is housed at MS-Papers-9117..

Date: 1845

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records

Reference: MSZ-0082

Description: Contains a census of Maori males affiliated with the Anglican Church in the Porirua area, with occasional notes about some of the people listed Arrangement: Boxed together with MSZ-0080, MSZ-0081, MSZ-0083, MSZ-0084, MSZ-0085 and MSZ-0085A-C (folders) Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1846

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Leeper, Janet, active 1960s

Reference: A-190-014

Description: A small thatched cottage with a tall conical roof, propped up with branches on three visible sides. A man standing to the left and a barrel lying on the ground near the building, flax bushes in the foreground and the harbour and Western Hutt hills in the background. Probably the first Petone court house building. Compare the building illustrated on p. 12 of Louis Ward's 'Early Wellington'. A very similar building is shown with a caption indicating that this is possibly the court house of the The Settlement at Petone. A further almost identical view on sale at Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 18 April 2010 is titled First Court House, Petoni Beach ... 1846. Other Titles - [Courthouse at The Settlement, Petone?] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W. S. 1846. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 125 x 195 mm

Date: 1842

From: Smith, William Mein 1799-1869 :The harbour of Port Nicholson and the town of Wellington (sketched in the middle of the year 1842). Plate IV.

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: B-110-057

Description: Central third of full panorama from Thorndon to Te Aro. Main features named. Shows groups of figures on foreshore including man on horseback, man examining ships through spyglass, two small groups of Maori watching, two men smoking long pipes, 14 sailing ships including one rounding Point Halswell, Somes Island with flag flying at its southern end, two Maori craft including one with sails. View extends from Warepori's Village in Pitone at left, to Mount Victoria at right. Features named are: Warepori's village Pitone, Valley of the Hutt, Tararua Mountains, Somes's Island, Pt Halswell (the entrance from the sea), Pt Jerningham, Mr Duppa's house (Oriental Bay), Mount Victoria. There are colour transparencies available (photographed from better copies of this work, in volume of Wakefield's book). The copy negatives listed here are also from this book rather than from this copy at B-110-056/058. Extended Title - From Wakefield, Edward Jerningham. Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1845. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - [Title]; Recto - Items named in scope and contents note are written indicatively above and below image.; Recto - beneath image - From a sketch taken by Captain Mein Smith R.A. / London, Smith, Elder & Co. Cornhill. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand coloured, 243 x 502 mm.

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: B-049-059/061

Description: Shows views in the Wellington area. The top view looks along Petone beach to the south-east, with Petone Pa and the 'Native Chapel' (the large building on the left). The central view, taken from Tinakori Road's junction with Hawkestone Street, looks towards Kelburn. There is a bullock cart in the foreground, and three Maori carrying large bundles. The nearest house, on the lower slopes of Tinakore Hill, is that of Nathaniel Levin, with the house of Mr Holroyd above it, and Mr Dorset's house further in the distance at the foot of the trees that cover the hill. The lowest view at Ohiro Bay (or valley) shows a flock of sheep attended by a shepherd and a large-single storied house nestled against trees, the home of Judge Halswell. Other Titles - Petone Tinakore Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: 1843

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

Reference: E-106-f-047-2

Description: Te Puni standing, with full facial moko, clad in a dogskin cloak and holding a taiaha in his right hand. Behind him is Petone Pa, and a flagpole with the New Zealand Company flag on the right. The western Hutt hills are in the background. After the drawing by Charles Heaphy. See lithograph entitled `Epuni, or greedy... '. Engraver unknown. Accompanying text reads: Annexed is a portrait of Epemi, a chief of Port Nicholson, in North Island. He is tattooed, wears the native robe, and carries a long spear; but most of the chiefs are familiar with the musket and their strength is counted not by men but by muskets. Other Titles - Te Puni Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, Vol 2 II, p 247 [1843 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 115 x 70 mm

Date: 1848 - 1849

From: [Turnbull, Henry Hume] d 1858 :[New Zealand and Pacific sketchbook, 1848 to 1856]

By: Turnbull, Henry Hume, -1858

Reference: E-454-q-012

Description: Six members of a family alongside their house, with a chimney and Euroepan windows and a half door. In the background are hills and another house at a small distance. The drawing on the other side of this sheet is of Kaiwharawhara and this view could also be at Kaiwharawhara, around the Wellington Harbour, or at Porirua. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page 180 x 259 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Kate Kavanagh, England, 1993

Date: 1840 - 2005

By: Memelink, Alfred, 1961-

Reference: A-168-006

Description: An imaginative reconstruction of the arrival of the ship Bolton, with other craft around, and a rowboat of passengers being transported to shore. There are no known contemporary views of the ship Bolton. This is probably not an authentic view of its appearance Extended Title - ... Surgeon superintendent Doctor Richard Godfrey Lowe. Sailed Gravesend, London 19th November 1839 - arrived Port Nicholson 30th April 1840. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Artist signature; Recto - bottom left - Limited edition print, number AP of 500 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (2 copies). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 215 x 295 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Alfred Memelink, Petone, in 2005.

Date: 1842-1930

By: Percy family

Reference: MS-Papers-0005

Description: The papers reflect Joseph Percy's work as a builder in Lower Hutt from 1840 and includes the family's business and legal documents Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - See also 75-312 for further J H Percy & Son records Percy family arrived on the `Clifton' at Wellington in 1841 and were involved in flour milling at Petone and bridge and other construction work throughout Petone and the Hutt Valley Quantity: 20 folder(s). 0.18 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1841-1847 (transcribed, 1993)

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Greenwood, Joseph Hugh, 1819-1849

Reference: MS-Papers-4882

Description: Typed transcript of diary of a voyage to New Zealand on the `Lady Nugent'; farming at Lowry Bay, 1841-1843, at Purau, Banks Peninsula, 1843-1845 and at Motunau from 1845. Contains details of farming, trading and community activities and describes other Banks Peninsula and Wellington families. Also contains an account of journey from Lowry Bay via Wanganui to New Plymouth, Feb 1843 for trading reasons and up the Wairarapa coast in search of pastoral land. Diary refers constantly to Greenwood's older brother James Dent Greenwood who farmed with him. Source of title - supplied title Relationship complexity - Original at MS-0878. Microfilm at MS-Copy-Micro-0345, photocopy of original at qMS-0885. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 163 pages.. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Marsha Donaldson, Wellington, 1994

Date: 1841-1866

By: Jones, George, 1816?-1897

Reference: MS-Papers-10324

Description: Letters written by George Jones, Petone, after arrival on the `Arab', 1841; from Petone, Sep 1842; from Victoria, Australia, 1852-1853, 1866. Includes typescript obituary, Oamaru Mail, 17 Dec 1897 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript (some photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by G L Jones, Lower Hutt, 1988

Date: 1840 - 1990

Reference: A-168-002

Description: Shows two sailing ships with furled sails approaching Petone beach and a group of Maori from the pa looking on. The palisade fence of the pa is at right foreground, and there are flax bushes at left. This is print no. 161 of a run of 250. A modern reconstruction of the appearance of the ship, of which no known contemporary depictions exist Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Limited edition [in pencil] 161/250 [Title] [Signature in pencil] A Memelink Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, black and white, 219 x 312 mm.

Date: 1840 - 1845

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Smith, Elder & Company

Reference: C-029-009

Description: Identifies Hutt River, Somes Island, Evans Bay and Wellington. Shows the huts of the first settlers at Petone, and the first four ships to bring settlers to Wellington, anchored between Somes Island and Petone Beach. A view from the western hills looking out towards the harbour entrance. The original drawing on which this lithograph is based is at A-146-001 Other Titles - Petone Extended Title - From: Wakefield, E. J. Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand. Plate 3. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, black and white 315 x 452 mm on sheet 380 x 560 mm

Date: 1843

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; New Zealand Company

Reference: MapColl-832.4793gbbd/1843/Acc.37837

Description: Cadastral map of part of the Roll Plan 544 held by the District's Office, Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington. Shows the Hutt District and part of the Harbour District and the Lowry Bay District. Each district is divided into numbered 100-acre blocks, listing owner's names, including: Molesworth, Watt, Child, Capt. Daniell, Hanson, Hunter, Wicksteed, Capt. Smith, Catchpool, Dr Evans, Kettle, St. Hill, Alzdorf, Riddiford, Stokes, Bidwell, Duppa, G Robins, J Forbes, W Tod, E Dunlop, D Grant, A Tennant, Hart, Partridge, Wieford, Parke, Bevans, Col. Wakefield, Jackson, T Wallace, Bevan. Shows over 20 Native (Maori) reserves. The map was surveyed by S.C. Brees, who was the principal surveyor for the New Zealand Company. The map shows the original 100 acre blocks as they were surveyed and sold. See also similar copies of same section of map, shelved at Acc.7921-2, donated by Lance Hall. See also MapColl-832.47gbbd/1843/Acc.11503-8 which is the entire map on several sheets. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 60.2 x 44.5 cm. Processing information: Map call number corrected to the right Boggs & Lewis area code for Hutt Valley [Igor, 01/11/2022].

Date: 1846-1866, nd

From: Buller, James, 1812-1884 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0180-13A

Description: Contains letters [and translations] sent to Buller and McLean about religious topics, land tenure and transfer, the education of Maori children in Mission Schools, reports about the activities of Missionaries and parishioners; also contains a census of Maori in the South Auckland area, and a letter asking Buller to forbid the sale of alcohol at a gathering near Christchurch Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1845

By: Swainson, George Frederick, 1829-1870

Reference: A-188-014

Description: A single-storied house with fence to one side, at the base of the Hutt hills, viewed from across water, possible the edge of the Hutt Estuary, with raupo, flax and birds. Initially attributed to William Swainson with suggested title [House in the Hutt Valley]. However comparison with the style of George Swainson's crayon drawing of Herongate (A-188-013) suggests that William's son George is the more likely artist and that the house is located close to Herongate in Petone, not far from Moreings Creek and the Hutt Estuary. Other Titles - House in the Hutt Valley [former title, along with attribution to William Swainson] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Crayon on paper, 110 x 200 mm