Places

Date: 1885

From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]

Reference: E-085-048

Description: Several sketches on one page. At the top is a conical island shape on the left (possibly one end of Matakana Island), with Tauranga seen across the sea in the background. Several studies of boats and yachts below. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, 254 x 178 mm (page size).

Date: 1962

Reference: MapColl-832.16gmbd/1962/Acc.28762

Description: Drawn on an outline of the North Island, depicts roads within the service area of the Port of Tauranga, from Auckland southwards to New Plymouth and eastwards to Gisborne and Napier. Also depicts the Tauranga Harbour Board's 1963 District. Reserve copy: MapColl Reserve 832.16gmbd/1962/Acc.28762 Quantity: 2 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale [1: 2 300 000], 33.8 x 21 cm.

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-082-1

Description: A view of Tauranga showing the Strand and SS Wellington in port Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 70 x 240 mm

Date: [ca 1950]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-148-004

Description: Scene at the wharf Tauranga, photographed ca 1950 by William Hall Raine of Wellington. Inscriptions: Verso - top left - On the foreshore at Tauranga.; Verso - centre - W Hall Raine Photography, 132 Willis Street, Wellington NZ. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 168 x 215 mm

Date: 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Fell, D M (Commander), active 1920s

Reference: Pan-2211-F

Description: Panoramic view over farmland running down to the water's edge on Tauranga Harbour with Mount Maunganui visible on the far left. Cows in a paddock in the centre of the image. Farmhouse just visible far right on the skyline in the middle distance. Outbuildings to the left, and another house amongst trees in the centre middle distance. Bridge across [the Waikareao Estuary?] at the end of the road running near the water's edge on the left. Photograph taken by R P Moore. There is no information about the McFadgeon [McFadgen] family having a link with "Bureta Farm" in an article on the internet: http://tauranga.kete.net.nz/tauranga_local_history/topics/show/1263-bureta. An earlier photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore (Pan-2207) has Bureta Farm crossed out and Miss S McFadgen named, but no name for the property. It appears Moore might have given the two images the incorrect names which he then corrected. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Bureta Farm" Tauranga. 1928; Marginal notes on negative - [Miss S McFadgen crossed out]. D.M. Fell, Tauranga. 3 B&W Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 110.0 cm

Date: 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Beckett, E (Mr), active 1920s

Reference: Pan-2209-F

Description: Panoramic view with Tauranga Harbour on the left. Looking up over a garden towards a two-storeyed wooden house on the right. Deep porch on the right, pergola and verandah on the left. An unidentified woman with a shingled bob hairstyle standing on the verandah. Rustic fence with a gate to a path leading down to the water's edge in the far left foreground. Palm trees on the lawn. Flower beds in the foreground. Photograph taken by R P Moore. Source of descriptive information - Date from other images of Tauranga and Tauranga Harbour taken by Robert Percy Moore Source of descriptive information - Name "E Beckett" (journalist) taken from Wise's Post Office Directory (1927). Or possibly Mr P Beckett (motor driver) also in 1927 Wise's Post Office Directory in Tauranga Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Beckett Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 109.2 cm

Date: 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: McFadgen, S (Miss), active 1920s

Reference: Pan-2207-F

Description: Panoramic view of farmland with Tauranga Harbour on the left. Looking over a flat grassy area on the right to a single-storeyed wooden house partially hidden amongst palm trees. Fenced garden around the house, wrought iron gate separating the house from the field in the foreground. Also a paddock behind the house. Another house just visible on the far right. Variety of trees in the background. Hills in the background and across the harbour on the left. Photograph taken by R P Moore. There is no information about the McFadgeon [McFadgen] family having a link with "Bureta Farm" in an article on the internet: http://tauranga.kete.net.nz/tauranga_local_history/topics/show/1263-bureta. A second photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore (Pan-2211) has the name D.M. Fell and Bureta Farm (listed in the article), and Miss S McFadgen is crossed out. It appears Moore might have given the two images the incorrect names which he then corrected. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Miss S McFadgen. Tauranga. 1 B&W. [Tape stuck over note on margin which is only part legible but the name "Bureta" and 1928 are visible] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 111.3 cm

Date: 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Bell, E C (Mrs), active 1920s

Reference: Pan-2210-F

Description: Panoramic view looking over an orchard in a gently sloping valley. Single-storeyed wooden house on the left, iron roof, return verandah. House set in a fenced garden with vegetable garden on the far left. View down to Mount Maunganui in the left middle distance with the Bay of Plenty in the background. Fields interspersed with trees across the image. Photograph taken by R P Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Mount View" 1928; Marginal notes on negative - Mrs E.C. Bell. Otumoeatai [i.e. Otumoetai]. Tauranga. 2 B&W. 1 oil. "Mount View" 1928. Block out & put cloud in, sea etc. Dark red roof Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 110.8 cm

Date: 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2244-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down across Tauranga Harbour from Maungatapu. Sandbanks in the centre, Mount Maunganui in the centre right middle distance. Photograph taken by R P Moore. Source of descriptive information - Date from other images taken by Moore, linked with his own personal numerical system Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Distant view of "Tauranga Harbour". No. 165. From Mangatapu [i.e. Maungatapu] N.Z.; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Distant view Tauranga Harbour Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 110.0 cm

Date: 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2245-F

Description: Panoramic view, probably of the Matapihi Railway Bridge, Waipu Bay and Tauranga Harbour. There is a large camping ground in the foreground with many tents and marquees including a big circular tent on the right. Crowds of people on the beach behind the tents. Another collection of tents across the bridge on the left. Cars and trucks parked in a field on the far right. A tent in the foreground has the letters "C.D.M.S." printed on the roof. Stacks of wood piled up, smoke from a coupld of fires. Fields of corn in the foreground between tents. Photograph taken by R P Moore. Source of descriptive information - Location and date from other images with some similarities taken by R P Moore Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 105.4 cm

Date: 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2243B-F

Description: Panoramic view showing a ship behind wharf buildings, and railways rolling stock on the far left. Harbour on the left of the image, railway line along the shore with a road running parallel. There is a railway bridge across the image in the centre distance. The Guinness Brothers' building is in the right foreground and a horse and cart are on a small grassy area between the railway line and the road in the centre foreground. A large two-storeyed building with a turret in the centre right middle distance. Township on the right. Photograph taken by R P Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Tauranga" N.Z. From Redoubt. 1928. No. 165; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Tauranga from Redoubt Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 112.3 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2236-F

Description: Panoramic view of Tauranga taken from a railway bridge with the harbour in the foreground and Mount Maunganui centre left middle distance. Several launches and yachts are moored near the shore on the left. Identifiable businesses along the shoreline include the Star Hotel, Norris Land Agency, F E Nutter (General Drapery), AARD Motor services, and Guinness Brothers. Photograph taken by R P Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Tauranga" N.Z. from Railway Bridge. No. 167; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Tauranga from Rly Bridge Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 110.4 cm

Date: 1892

From: Various artists :[Reproductions by Tauranga District Libraries. 1 Horatio Gordon Robley. Canoe race Tauranga Christmas 1865; 2. Three watercolours by an unknown soldier at Gate Pa; 3. Two watercolours by Emma Mary Vogan. Reproduced 1990s?]

By: Vogan, Emma Mary, 1875?-1941?

Reference: A-426-083

Description: Shows a view looking down a grassy slope towards a weeping willow beside a gate and fence. Beyond is a narrow road and a stream outlet into the bay, with Mt Maunganui in the centre distance. Reproduced by Tauranga District Libraries, from an original. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 176 x 250 mm, on sheet 222 x 297 mm

Date: 1885

From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]

Reference: E-085-011

Description: Three views on one page. The top view (pencil) is of a sailing vessel; the central view (pencil) is of the entrance to Port Nelson, with the port and its ships visible and the Arrow Rock in the centre, the Boulder Bank and a lighthouse at its end towards the left. The lower view, a watercolour, is of the Port of Tauranga, with Mount Maunganui left of centre in the background. In the left foreground are cylindrical storage tanks and there are several ships in the harbour area Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 178 x 254 mm (page size).

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-082-3

Description: A view of Tauranga Harbour showing Mt Maunganui and Motuotau Island Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 80 x 240 mm

Date: 1911

From: Various artists :[Two New Zealand autograph albums including watercolour landscapes of Auckland. ca 1895 - 1896]

By: Dalzell, T E R, active 1911

Reference: E-894-024

Description: Monotone sepia watercolour shows a view of a high bluff in the distance, a lower cliff in the middle distance at the left, and two wharves in the foreground. Extended Title - In Writing album [New Zealand autograph album, ca 1895], page [24 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on album page, 225 x 180 mm.

Date: 1864 - 1865

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Episodes of the Great War. 1914-1928

Reference: E-024-f-2-070

Description: A long war canoe or waka taua, with many seated rowers, three men standing at prow, stern and in the centre. Headlands and hills are behind the canoe, with a fort visible on the headland on the left. Robley created several versions of this view, both as ink and wash drawings, and as finished watercolours. According to the text accompanying a watercolour version sold at Sotheby's, London, 15 February 1990, lot 121, the view represents the winning canoe in a race organised at Tauranga, Christmas 1864 (or 1865), by Captain Gilbert Mair, in honour of Robley. The canoe is landing on the Tauranga waterfront, at The Strand, opposite Spring Street. The redoubt visible along the crest of the foreland in the left background is Monmouth Redoubt. Other Titles - Waka taua Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 90 x 138 mm in album

Date: 1863

By: Scrivener, Henry Ambrose, 1842-1906

Reference: B-064-043

Description: Shows view of Tauranga Harbour, its inlets, and the distant hills, with two ships (including H.M.S. Harrier?) Other Titles - Maunganui. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - TAURARGA. NZ. 1863; Verso - centre - (In pencil): Tauranga New Zealand. Sketched from / the Top of Monganui - Scrivener was appointed assistant paymaster on the "Harrier" on 12 Sept. 1863. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 247 x 371 mm.

Date: 1962

Reference: MapColl-832.16gmfs/[1962?]/Acc.28758

Description: Mount Maunganui Wharf depicting the Mt Maunganui Domain, Moturiki Island, Mt Maunganui Borough, Harbour Board's office, Salisbury Jetty, grain mills, fertiliser forks, petrol storage tanks, sulphur pit, airfield, outline of Tauranga city, Coronation Pier, Waikareao Estuary and Matakana Island. Reserve copy: MapColl Reserve 832.16gmfs/[1962?]/Acc.28759 Signed E Long. Quantity: 2 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 33.8 x 21 cm.

Date: 1981

By: Tarlton, Kelvin Ewart, 1937-1985

Reference: MS-Papers-10893

Description: The report with diagrams and photographs was prepared when the wreckage of an unknown ship was discovered during the excavation of a marina at Tauranga in 1981. The wreck was examined, its identity established and recommendations made for its future. The report was prepared for New Zealand Historic Places Trust and the Bay of Plenty Harbour Board The Martha, a whaling barque, was built in Massachusetts in 1805. In 1883 her registration was closed and she was converted to a hulk and subsequently sunk at Tauranga Quantity: 1 folder(s) (36 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript