Places

Date: 1864

From: Carbery, Andrew Thomas H 1836-1870 :Scrapbook. 1863 - 1868.

Reference: E-248-q-080

Description: An arched rock, possibly in Mercury Bay, Whitianga, seen in moonlight, with a canoe in choppy water in the foreground. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash 68 x 117 mm

Date: [194-?]

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: 1/4-091418-F

Description: View of rock, river and bridge at Atiamuri with Zeila Wells (photographer's wife) sitting in the foreground. Photographed by Robert E Wells, in the late 1940s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1878

By: Blomfield, Charles, 1848-1926

Reference: G-468

Description: A river valley and clearing in native bush, with tree ferns in the foreground, the elevated rock formation of Castle Rock in the background. There are logs by the river and some cleared, some bush-clad hills, suggesting the beginnings of forest clearance The second Blomfield oil purchased from Cordy's as a pair to this oil, dated 1878, and showing a distinctive rock formation, was sold as being a Coromandel scene like this one. It has subsequently been reattributed as a Whangaroa Harbour landscapes with Taratara Rock in the background Other Titles - Coromandel scene showing distinctive rock formation, river and bush [former title] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - signature and date Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil painting on canvas 431 x 683 mm

Date: 1 August 1910

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

By: Gilmour Brothers (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-000522-G

Description: Waves breaking on rocks on the west coast near Raglan. Taken 1 August 1910 by 'G Bros' (Gilmour Brothers) of Raglan. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - The breakers, west coast, Raglan N.Z. 306; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G. Bros Protd 1.8.10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1 August 1910

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

By: Gilmour Brothers (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-000046-G

Description: The launch "Nita" in front of a pancake shaped rock formation on Raglan Harbour, taken 1 August 1910 by 'G Bros', probably Gilmour Brothers of Raglan. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - The "Nita" Raglan N.Z. 311.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G. Bros. Protd. 1.8.10. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1881

From: Backhouse, John Philemon 1845-1908 :Australasian views [New Zealand scenes] [ca 1880]

By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908

Reference: E-052-q-001

Description: Part of a river in the foreground with a road running alongside it. A lone man on a white horse walks past bush and a distinctive hill, possibly in the Coromandel area Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and chinese white on paper 137 x 200 mm mounted into sketchbook

Date: 1929

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1591-1/2-G

Description: View of three huge rocks at Raglan, with one man standing in the sea at the foot of one rock, and another standing on top of another. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1929. Identification of place and date from the Godber File held in Photographic Archives (under 115. Rocks. Raglan. 1929) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [194-?]

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: 1/4-091419-F

Description: View of fishing lodge at Atiamuri with rock in the background, photographed, by Robert E Wells,in the late 1940s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1769 - 1773

By: Sporing, Herman Diedrich, 1733-1771; Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Strahan & Company

Reference: B-098-012

Description: Engraving from the official account of Cook's first voyage, based on a drawing of Te Puta o te Paretauhinau Pa at Mercury Bay, Coromandel Peninsula (not Tolaga Bay as claimed in the title). The drawing of the pa is by Herman Diedrich Sporing, Sir Joseph Banks' clerk; the canoe is copied from a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, the official artist aboard the Endeavour. The scene shows a boat from the Endeavour being rowed in the left foreground; a small canoe with five Maori engaged in fishing in the right foreground; an arched rock in the water behind the boats with a pa on top of it; two canoes pulled up on the bank to the right behind the arched rock and dense bush in the background. The pa shown was seen in November 1769. See Joppien & Smith. The art of Captain Cook's voyages, vol 1, cat. no. 1.121 for the original drawing of the pa, and 1.132 for the original drawing of the Maori canoe. Other Titles - Mercury Bay Extended Title - From: Hawkesworth, J. An account of the voyages for making discoveries ... Vol. 2 Plate 18. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured 238 x 270 mm

Date: 1 August 1910

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

By: Gilmour Brothers (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-001051-G

Description: View of Raglan taken from Pungataka, looking across the harbour. Taken 1 August 1910 by 'G Bros.', probably Gilmour Brothers of Raglan. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Raglan N.Z. from Pungataka. No. 210; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G.Bros. Protd. 1.8.10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1845 - 1860

By: Dunbar Sloane Ltd; Monro, Henry Alfred Horne, 1824-1908

Reference: A-128-030

Description: Shows a group of three Maori whare, with figures sitting and standing outside. There is a line with objects hanging from it, probably food hanging for drying or smoking. Beyond the bush in the background is the distinctive peak of Castle Rock. Accompanied by backing board with title details and (incorrect) name of artist. See also A-128-031 for another image from the same artist and sketchbook, acquired separately. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - centre - [Title]; Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 140 x 198 mm.

Date: 1769 - 1780 - 1773 - 1790

From: Artist unknown :Views in the South Seas [1769-1779. Drawn 1780s?]

Reference: E-329-f-006

Description: Copy of an engraving published in John Hawkesworth (1773, II, Plate 18)) after Spoering 'A fortified town or village...' from Captain James Cook's first voyage to New Zealand in 1769. Shows a Te Puta o te Paretauhinu Pa atop a pierced rock at Mercury Bay, with two canoes in front, two further empty canoes pulled up on rocks to the right, and the Endeavour at anchor to the left. Verso shows handwritten text in Dutch (translation of this text in accompanying typescript). There is some variation in the details between this and the engraved version. The scene is at Mercury Bay, not Tolaga Bay Other Titles - A view of a fortified village built on a pierced rock in New Zealand [translation]. A fortified town or village called a hippah, built on a perforated rock at Tolaga in New Zealand. Mercury Bay Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in ink. Also verso covered in text in Dutch describing the scene Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and holograph in album 272 x 430 mm

Date: 1845

By: Taylor, Richard (Rev), 1805-1873

Reference: B-075-013-1

Description: Three small tents amongst limestone formations, with tall hills in the background, including one with a distinctive limstone pillar on its top. There is a toetoe in the foreground. Shows the site at a small kainga Arohena (Arouena); cf. Taylor's diary entry (in qMs sequence), and same scene in his sketchbook (E-296-q-123-1) The centre of three drawings on the same sheet (418 x 263 mm) with: Waterfall at Hoperiki [Operiki, Whanganui River], and A natural logan rock. The Library holds another rougher version of the same drawing in Taylor's album (E-296-q). It bears the same inscription and date and shows the same limestone rock formations, tall hills, a river and three small tents. Like the drawing at B-075-013-1, it also has below it a view of a limestone rock formation, titled A natural rocking stone Other Titles - Arohena Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title. Also at foot of sheet: "Sketches on journey of D. Maclean and Rev. R. Taylor 1845" Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 108 x 198 mm Provenance: An attached and partially legible sheet of paper reads: Given to Maj. F. B. Bulkeley, 65th ...& ... Given by Heaphy and Von Tempsky. and by him taken to England & given to S H K B Coates by Maj. Chas Bulkeley. [Major Charles Bulkeley was the father of Francis Beaumaris Bulkeley of the 65th Regiment]

Date: [Between 1900-1930]

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

Reference: 1/2-000212-G

Description: Overlooking bush clad hills in Coromandel, including Castle Rock. Photograph taken by William A Price between 1900 and 1930. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Castle Rock. Coromandel No 2425 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1 Aug 1910

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

By: Gilmour Brothers (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-000934-G

Description: Marotaka Point, with pancake rock formations in Raglan Harbour, 1910, photographed by the Gilmour Brothers. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Marotaka Point, Raglan N.Z. 253; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G Bros Protd 1.8.10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1 August 1910

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

By: Gilmour Brothers (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-001048-G

Description: Tokatoka Point, showing the pancake formation rocks. Taken 1 August 1910 by 'G Bros', probably Gilmour Brothers of Raglan. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - The Rocks Tokatoka, Raglan N.Z. 218.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G. Bros. Protd. 1.8.10. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1845

By: Taylor, Richard (Rev), 1805-1873; Bulkeley, Francis Beaumaris, 1823?-1901

Reference: B-075-013-2

Description: A limestone pillar with a loose rocking section of rock on its top. A river and tall cliffs are in the background The lowest of three drawings on one sheet, (418 x 263 mm) with: Waterfall at Hoperiki, and Our encampment. In Richard Taylor's album (E-296-q) the Library has another, rougher version of this drawing titled 'A natural rocking stone in the limestone range on the road from the Wakatumutumu to the Mokau. Dec 6 1845' (E-296-q-123-2). The drawing also has the matching view 'Our encampment' above it (E-296-q-123-1). Inscriptions: Recto - Title and at foot of sheet: "Sketches on journey of D. Maclean & Rev. R. Taylor 1845" Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 108 x 120 mm Provenance: An attached and partially legible sheet of paper reads: Given to Maj. F. B. Bulkeley, 65th ...&...Given by Heaphy and Von Tempsky. And by him taken to England & given to S H K B Coates by Maj. Chas Bulkeley.

Date: 1910

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

By: Gilmour Brothers (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-000007-G

Description: Onepoto Point, Te Akau, Raglan area, photographed in 1910, probably by Gilmour Brothers Store, Raglan (Robert Gilmour, proprietor). Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Onepoto Point, Te Akau, Raglan N.Z. No. 197; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G Bros Protd 1.8.10. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [192-?]

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

By: Jonathan Ltd

Reference: 1/2-000411-G

Description: Rakaunui inlet, Kawhia Harbour. Photograph taken between 1910-1930 by Jonathan Ltd (storekeeper in Kawhia) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Jon Ltd. [No.] 2005. Rakaunui. Kawhia Harbour Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1 August 1910

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

By: Gilmour Brothers (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-000049-G

Description: A man is standing beneath the arch of a blowhole in Mussel Rocks in the vicinity of Raglan. Taken 1 August 1910 by 'G Bros', probably Gilmour Brothers of Raglan. Note - view from the opposite side is at 1/2-000365. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Blowhole Mussel Rocks Raglan N.Z. 279.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - G. Bros. Protd. 1.8.10. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches