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Date: 10 Feb 1851-22 Mar 1855

By: Card, Charles James, active 1846-1855

Reference: MSX-5604

Description: In closely-written pages, Card describes in detail his voyage on HMS `Fantome' to Sydney, where he transhipped to the `Havannah' on 24 Nov 1851. He describes his voyages to and around New Zealand, to Fiji and Tonga, before returning to Australia and New Zealand in November 1853, where his captain died. He writes of his life and loves in Sydney and Brisbane from 1854 to Mar 1855, when he is reposted to England. Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - Title on spine: Charles James Card Voyage of H.M.S. Havannah 1851-1855 Card, who had been formerly on HMS `Rattlesnake', was in Portsmouth, England, when he was appointed in Feb 1851 as Assistant Paymaster to HMS `Havannah', then in Australian waters. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (176 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Clive Farahar and Sophie Dupre, Caine, Wiltshire, England, Mar 2000

Date: 1827 - 1833

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Saint-Aulaire, Felix Achille, 1801-; Hill, Julian, active 1996-2009

Reference: B-112-009

Description: A view from the shore of Astrolabe Bay, Nelson Region, with three French sailors on shore, a walking stick, a trunk or barrel and a ?specimen case lying on the sand, two Maori canoes in the water, the Astrolabe moored out at sea, and Adele Island (named after Dumont d'Urville's wife) in the background. Other Titles - Astrolabe Bay New Zealand Extended Title - In: Dumont d'Urville, J. S. C. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe ... Paris, J. Tastu, 1833. Atlas, Volume I, Plate 37. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - de Sainson pinx / J Tastu, editeur; Recto - bottom right - A St Aulaire, lith. / Lith A Bes; Recto - top right - Pl 37; Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 215 x 345 mm

Date: [Between 1872 and 1899]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-287

Description: An album probably created, and chiefly photographed by George William Barltrop, between 1872 (one image of the laying of the foundation stone of (?) Provincial Buildings in 1872), and the rest being views of New Zealand taken in the late 1890s. One sequence of images shows St Thomas' Church (Newtown, Wellington) under construction, and both exterior and interior views when finished, in 1895. One image shows the wreck of the SS Wairarapa in 1894, and there are views of several lighthouses around New Zealand, two of which were taken by the Burton Brothers. A number of scenes are taken in the Nelson area, including several of the Dun Mountain railway (for the Dun Mountain Copper Mining Company), the Maitai River and valley, Nelson City, and Washington Valley. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album bound in black morocco, with black leather spine, entitled `Photographs' in gold, and McIntosh III lettered in gold on spine; 21.5 x 28.0 cm

Date: 1880s-1960s

From: New Zealand Seamen's Union: Photographs

By: Breckon, Arthur Ninnis, 1887-1965

Reference: PAColl-6249-2

Description: Photographs of ships, sailors, and seamans union activities. These consist of a conference from some time in the 1830s, an anti Vietnam war protest, and a march for peace probably some time in the 1960s. Quantity: 75 b&w original photographic print(s). 9 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1852

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Fox, Charles Arundel Overbury (Dr), 1886?-1971; Jones, Theodore Moreton, 1828-1895

Reference: E-299

Description: Comical drawings of officers of the Pandora, along with Gold Commissioner, Charles Heaphy, at the Coromandel goldfields The hand-writing is that of Theodore Morton Jones, the drawing by Charles Heaphy. The officers on the expedition were Lieut. Jones and Messrs Oke, William Stanley, Cuming, William Blackney, Andrew Farmer, Leck, Thomas Hooper Kerr and Ellis. The Pandora's Master in 1852 was Byron Drury and her surgeon was John Jolliffe and they are both mentioned in the captions to the drawings. Extended Title - Spine title: Drawings of the Coromandel gold field. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s) containing 4 cartoons in 1/2 morocco binding. Physical Description: 4 pencil and watercolour drawings 140 x 230 mm Provenance: By descent from Rear-Admiral T. Morton Jones, who was serving as a Lieutenant aboard H. M. S. Pandora, stationed off Auckland in Sept-Oct. 1852. He joined a party of fellow-officers for a gold-prospecting picnic to the diggings at Coromandel. Listed in the Museum Book Store Catalogue (London) in 1915, 1923 and 1927, then purchased (already bound) by Dr Charles A. O. Fox, of Lynch Cottage, Llanmorlais, Gower, Wales. He mentioned them in a letter to the Library dated 14 March 1960 (TL3/1/1) and they were subsequently acquired by the Library after passing through the hands of dealers Newricks and Bethunes.

Date: 12 Dec 1817, 28 Mar 1818

Reference: MS-Papers-0839

Description: Clipping from `Hobart Town gazette' (28 Mar 1818) describing the loss of three of the crew of the brig `Sophia' by the natives of Port Daniel; information supplied by the captain, James Kelly Other - See also Robert McNab's `Murihiku and the southern islands', pp162-163 Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter (photocopy)

Date: 1887-1891

Reference: PA1-q-610

Description: There are three main themes in this album. 1. The Royal Navy, Australian Squadron, based at Sydney. Pictures of naval cadets and war ships, some of which are in dry dock. The creator of the album, or a relative, seems to have been associated with HMS Orlando. Many photos of this ship appear in the album. The Orlando served as the flagship of the Australian Squadron from July 1888 to December 1897. The Sydney Morning Herald reported on 11th Feb 1889 that HMS Orlando and Dart were docked in Calliope Dock, Auckland, because Sydney facilities could not undertake the work. There are a number of Photographs of HMS Orlando in dock at Auckland in this album. Thus the photos of officers and naval cadets may also have associations with the Orlando. There are also 3 photos of a gun accident which occurred on the HMS Cordelia of the Australian Squadron. This happened on the 26 June 1891 while the Cordelia was on a cruize from Fiji to Noumea. During Gun Practice a gun burst killing 6 ratings and wounding 13 others. The photos show the broken gun casing littering the deck. 2. Of the New Zealand section much of it concentrates on the town of Lawrence. Many of the captions and photographs relate to the Anglican parsonage at Lawrence. This suggests the possibility of the album belonging to the Vicar or a member of his family. If this were the case, and given the period of the late 1880s-early 1890s, it may be associated with the Rev George Pice Beaumont vicar and archdeacon from 1872 to 1900. On the other hand the name of Beaumont does not appear anywhere in the album. 3. Samoan civil wars of the late 1880s and the hurricane of 1889 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1900]

Reference: PA1-o-1242

Description: Album containing photographs of Port Chalmers, Riverton, Moeraki, and Lake Te Anau, taken ca 1900 by an unidentified photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Black leather album 19.2 x 25 cm

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-022

Description: The essay details the Scottish origins of Daniel Munn and Jessie McLaurin and their marriage in Australia; Daniel's voyage in the `Christina', the loss of the `Siren' and arrival in Wellington and subsequent voyage of the `Jewess' and other ships; Jessie and children's arrival in Wellington and Daniel's coastal voyaging; the Munn's catering and accommodation establishments; 1848 earthquake; move to Napier. Also includes details of their children and their lives Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

Date: 1893

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to ships and shipping companies, mainly on voyages to New Zealand. 1890 -1899]

By: Coulls, Culling & Company

Reference: Eph-A-SHIP-1893-01

Description: A programme for a concert, probably on board the ship "Tarawera" in Preservation Inlet. Performers included an orchestra, Mr E Packer (singer), Mr J Jago (singer), Mr Barth (piano), Mr Jesse Timson (piano) and W Ibbotson, Mr A F Anthony (singer), Mr C H Humphries (singer), Mr H J Williams (violin), Mr T McConnell (cornet). Accompanist and musical director was Mr Jesse Timson. Web search reveals that Mr A F Anthony was a crew member on board the Tarawera in 1887. It is likely that most of the performers were crew members. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on folded programme with hand-torn edges, 150 x 115 mm.

Date: [ca 1880s-1890s]

By: Woodhouse, Airini Elizabeth, 1896-1989

Reference: PAColl-4746

Description: Photographs of Timaru, comprising: the Timaru Navals, group portrait of 12 sailors; the hospital; rowing boats being launched at the Timaru boating club; First motor car at the Hermitage, Mt Cook, 1906; and Great South Road; the first Timaru show, Elizabeth Street, 1866. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 7 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: [ca 1890-1945]

From: Estate of W Wilson :Photographs of the Wilson family and Eketahuna

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Thomson, Richard John James, 1890-1977; NZ Camera-Craft Company; Valerie Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931

Reference: PAColl-0436-1

Description: School photographs, one from Eketahuna District High School 1938; roll of honour for Eketahuna District High School; G Dawson and M(?) Ramsay in their navy uniforms 28th Feburary 1940; Mr Hornblow and Mrs Dickson at a formal dinner; the Queen Mother at a gala event on the upper gallery of a theatre; the Queen Mother with Bishop Owen; Mrs Wilson and Miss C M Wilson in front of radio equipment; John Dawson's graduation photograph; Mr Wilson leaving his house in a top hat; the post office at Eketahuna before 1934; two photographs of William Muir Wilson's grave; a group photograph of nine men in business dress (uncaptioned); and a postcard of Eketahuna in the snow. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-065853 to 065863 Quantity: 28 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera.

Date: 1896-1977

By: Hall, George Patterson, 1875-1958

Reference: MS-Group-1848

Description: Comprise personal and employment papers and certificates, tracing his career as a ship's officer, to his later employment in New Zealand with the Marine Department. Includes family tree and copies of photographs. Also draft articles on shipping matters, printed matter and a notebook of memoranda detailing lighthouses, landings and anchorages around the New Zealand coast Source of title - Supplied by Library Captain Hall signed on as an officer in the merchant marine, with his home port at Swansea, UK; after some years whaling around the New Zealand coast, he joined the Marine Department in Wellington, rising to be Superintendant of Mercantile Marine. Being interested in maritime history, he collected and wrote on maritime topics Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, printed matter Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2010 Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, auction, 2010 Transfers: From Photographic Archive - Large collection of Hall's pghotographs also purchased; they are held with the Photographic Archive.

Date: 1848-1850

By: Sommerville, James, active 1848-1850

Reference: qMS-1851

Description: Somerville records the journey of the `Ann' which called at Bay of Islands (4-14 Jan 1849). His entries are mainly concerned with weather and handling the ship. Also included are logs of the brigantine `Lovett' (7 Aug-4 Oct 1849?) and schooner `Brilliant' (18 Apr-26 May 1850?) and newspaper clippings giving sailing directions. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (94 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) & printed matter (25 cm; navy buckram)

Date: [ca 1923], 1983

By: Heays, W H, 1853-

Reference: MS-Papers-6465

Description: Reminiscences describing his family background from the time of his birth in Tasmania, his childhood, moving to Melbourne, first jobs and finally going to sea. He writes of the vessels he served on (listed under Name below), his shipboard companions, their various cargoes and ports of call and describes in detail daily routines on board and onshore. One of his voyages as an apprentice was on the `Water lily' to Rarotonga, Tahiti, Archew [Atiu], Penrhyn, Starbuck and Auckland, New Zealand. He visited most New Zealand ports on coastal traders and was also involved in trans-Tasman vessels. He concludes with descriptions of his family's settling in the Bay of Plenty region on a farm on the Rangitaiki River and later at Kopuriki. Source of title - Transcribed Heays was a master mariner serving mainly in Australian and New Zealand coastal vessels; he wrote these reminiscences when he was 70 years old Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with corrections and maps

Date: 3 Jul 1868-22 Jan 1869

By: Bent, Robert, active 1868-1879

Reference: MS-Papers-10357

Description: The original journal is inscribed in pencil on front cover `For dear Will - a parting gift from Robt Bent Jnr?, Aug 7 1875'. The journal records the voyage to Auckland on the `Siam' (1868) and time spent in Auckland before departing for Coromandel. Bent spent 6 months living at Coromandel working in the store of Mr Frederick Woollams before returning to England on the `Siam' in Jan 1869. Also contains a handwritten transcript of Captain Ashby's account of the voyage out by the `Siam' (`Weekly Herald', 17 Oct 1868). Also includes a birth certificate for Arthur Frederick Bent (son of Robert and Lydia Bent nee Ninnis) (8 Feb 1879) with newspaper cutting attached re marriage of Arthur Frederick Bent and Edith Millom Huddleston at Blenheim (8 May 1917) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres.

Date: 1877, 1894

By: New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd. Christchurch Branch

Reference: MS-Papers-2914

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms, printed matter

Date: 1890s

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Kitch, George B D, active 1880s-1915

Reference: PA1-q-263

Description: Photographs of the ship HMS Ringdove, her crew, and various ports of call in New Zealand, Australia, Chatham Islands, New Hebrides (Vanuatu), and Cook Islands. Some of the people are identified, and include men and women at the ports of call. Views in the Chatham Islands include Mrs Chudleigh and Emma Hodgson at the Chudleigh home, and a house built of ponga logs. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album lacking cover; 30.0 x 24.5 cm

Date: [1895-1899]

By: Edwards, Charles Thomas, active 1890s

Reference: PA1-f-020

Description: Photograph album containing photographs of South Island scenes, taken ca 1897 by C T Edwards. Album includes views of Melbourne and Sydney; a large number in the Lyttelton and Christchurch areas; as well as photographs in the Waikato region. There are a number of photographs of postcards created by Edwards, using various scenes, most of which are included in this album. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Grey album with black spine and corners, entitled Photographs. C.T. Edwards, 32 x 45 cm

Date: 1896

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1891-1896]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-496-q-059

Description: A sailor and others, possibly passengers, probably at Preservation Inlet Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 99 x 93 mm, glued to sketchbook page, 111 x 183 mm