Places

Date: [Between 1880s and 1890s]

From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs

Reference: PA1-q-079

Description: Views of the Otago Region taken by unidentified photographers, circa 1870s to 1895. Many show buildings in Dunedin, including one house `Lisburn House' built for the Fulton family in 1865; also commercial buildings, church buildings, school buildings (Otago Boys' High School), and Dunedin Gaol. The church buildings include the Chapel in Leith Street, the Chapel in Great King Street, and the Baptist Chapel. Beyond Dunedin there are views of Naseby, Butchers Gully, Port Chalmers, Cromwell, Kyeburn, Shag Valley, and Lake Hayes, Lake Wanaka and Lake Hawea. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover decorated with gold birds, lettering and decorations outlined in black; 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Date: 1982

From: Lynch, James, 1947-:Collection of original cartoons by James Lynch.

By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-186-029

Description: Shows Bill Birch, Minister of National Development and Prime Minister Rob Muldoon on a tractor that represents the 'Clutha High Dam'. It is being pushed by a much larger tractor representing 'legislation'. The Clutha dam was a key policy plank in National's "Think big" strategy.When the High Court refused the scheme a water right the government promptly wheeled up special legislation. Bill Birch was the Minister of National Development. (Notes by cartoonist) Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 295 x 420 mm

Date: 1870 - 1880

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1877-1880]

Reference: E-014-q-3-031-1

Description: Two scenes from Tuapeka Gorge, showing hills, trees and rocks, a few buildings and an island, probably in the Clutha River. The upper view has a symbol indicating north Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - down from Tuapeka Gorge. An island near [on lower drawing, title unfinished] Quantity: 2 drawing(s) (on one page). Physical Description: Pencil 190 x 107 mm & 190 x 75 mm

Date: 1863 - 1870

By: Powell, David, active 1860s; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Fletcher Challenge Ltd

Reference: C-112-042-b

Description: Shows the town's main street, with horse hitched outside hotel, a wagon going away along the street, Staite Bros Molyneux Store, an American flag hanging limp on a flagpole in the distance. There is a blacksmith's forge at right, a wagon resting on the road at left. Accompanied by an information text sheet, by Marian Minson. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom left - This facsimile reproduction of an original watercolour in the Fletcher Challenge Collection, Auckland, was issued by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust in association with Fletcher Challenge Ltd, 1987.; Recto - bottom right - Edition limited to 3000 copies. Dunstan Hotel built 1863. Molyneux is the old name for the Clutha River. Dated in the 1860s because trees were flourishing by 1970. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 250 x 450 mm, on sheet 400 x 600 mm. Provenance: Deposited under copyright.

Date: 1863 - 1870

By: Powell, David, active 1860s; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Fletcher Challenge Ltd

Reference: C-112-042-a

Description: Shows the town's main street, with horse hitched outside hotel, a wagon going away along the street, Staite Bros Molyneux Store, an American flag hanging limp on a flagpole in the distance. There is a blacksmith's forge at right, a wagon resting on the road at left. Accompanied by an information text sheet, by Marian Minson. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom left - This facsimile reproduction of an original watercolour in the Fletcher Challenge Collection, Auckland, was issued by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust in association with Fletcher Challenge Ltd, 1987.; Recto - bottom right - Edition limited to 3000 copies. Dunstan Hotel built 1863. Molyneux is the old name for the Clutha River. Dated in the 1860s because trees were flourishing by 1970. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 250 x 450 mm, on sheet 400 x 600 mm. Provenance: Deposited under copyright.

Date: 1925

From: Living, John Frederick, d 1978 :Photographs of the South Seas Exhibition and holidays

Reference: PA1-o-1052

Description: Album recording a motoring and camping holiday through the South Island of New Zealand. This took in the New Zealand South Seas Exhibition in Dunedin and included the West Coast, Otago, and Canterbury. The central part of the album has images of Khandallah, Wellington, and the family home in that suburb. Family photographs include Doug on his Norton Motorcycle, and Jack and Neville similarly posed on a Douglas Motorcycle. Rene and Frank stand at the net holding tennis rackets, and mother has several images with young Joyce. The last part of the album recordes something of a holiday to Auckland where the family camped at Brown's Bay and took a trip to Kawau Island. A group shot on Mt Messanger on the way back and some views of Pukekura Park New Plymouth complete the album Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1978 - 1979

From: [Calendars for the year 1979, of approximately A3 size. 1978].

By: Morrison, Robin, 1944-1993; Alister Taylor Publishers

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-1979-1-01

Description: Calendar first published in 1978, this copy a 1979 reprint. Each page shows a black and white photograph of one or more residents affected by the proposed Clutha Dam and consequent flooding of the Clutha area; and one photograph of the meeting of the Kawerau and Clutha Rivers (November page). Residents are: Cover: Gary Forster, station master, and dog Carl. January: Harry Perriam, orchardist, Lowburn February: Isie Scott, Cromwell March: Rabbiters of the Pest Destruction Board April: Jane and Ted Lawrence, of Bannockburn May: Keith Lake, Northburn June: Rachael and Fanny Short, Bannockburn July: Welcome Home Hotel and patrons, Lowburn August: Doug Stout, Presbyterian Minister, Cromwell and Lowburn September: Harry Gair, Cromwell October: Charlie Perriam, Lowburn December: Shorty Sutherland and Pythagoras the cat, Lowburn Envelope housed with the calendar. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs in calendar of 12 openings, 310 x 390 mm.

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Five sketchbooks with views of Dunedin and district and manuscript notes]

Reference: E-017-3-015/016

Description: Unfinished drawing, showing a steamer on the right, jetties, part of the bridge across the Clutha and indications of buildings Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on two pages of sketchbook, 64 x 216 mm (page size)

Date: 1863

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

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Nairn, Charles James, 1823-1894

Reference: E-106-f-041-1

Description: Shows three prospectors looking down from a rocky ledge high above the Molyneux (Clutha) River. The settlement of Teviot can be seen in the distance. Wood engraving after the style of C J Nairn. Includes accompanying text. Other Titles - Sketches from the New Zealand gold fields Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, Vol 43, Nov 1863, p 504 (after Nairn) Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 150 x 240 mm

Date: [1900s-1910s?]

From: Mercer, Robert, fl 1964 :Photographs and albums of Maori, New Zealand views, and illustrations

Reference: PA1-o-339

Description: Album of photographs taken by unidentified photographers, taken in central North Island, and Otago and Southland regions, circa 1900s and 1910s. Some of the images are related to railways, including North Island scenes of the first passenger trip on 14th February 1909, during which the train stopped on the Raurimu Spiral because of a lack of engine power to haul it; the railway station at Longburn; a locomotive owned by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company; various engines including one image showing a J Class locomotive and an A Class locomotive with the caption "Note the difference in 20 years". South Island trains are shown in the Catlins District, including the construction of the Catlins River Railway, the Houipapa Quarry on the Catlins River Extension, loading wagons in the Balclutha ballast pit, the viaduct across the Catlins River at Houipapa, the Clutha Railway Bridge, and the Houipapa terminus on the Catlins River Railway. The North Island scenic views include the areas around Lake Rotorua, the Government Sanatorium at Rotorua, Sophia's Whare, a group of Maori boys diving for pennies, Whakarewarewa, Okere and Ohakune. Scenic views in the South Island are mostly around Dunedin (including Telford's country house in the Balclutha District), Clutha River, Balclutha, and the Catlins, including flax swamps and flax mills in the Catlins District. Many of the images are taken with an emphasis on atmosphere, includingGathering storm", "Beside the winding river", "Outward bound", "A heavy pull" and "A calm day". Inscriptions: Album page - "Thus we remember many a sunny hour with bike and camera"-Inside back cover Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with very dark blue cover, black leather corners and spine; 22 x 29 cm

Date: 1860 - 1880

From: Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :Album. [1860s?]

Reference: E-297-029

Description: A swift-flowing river between rocky banks, two men on the near left side of the river contemplating the river, a bridge with stone reinforcing at each end and a dwelling or hotel on the far side of the bridge to the right. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph 139 x 197 mm glued to album page 177 x 225 mm

Date: 1862 - 1864

By: Harrisson, Charles, active 1863

Reference: A-236-032

Description: A view looking down onto the Clutha River, at Coal Point (now Clyde) with Old Man Range in the background. Miners are working claims on both banks of the river, with houses and tents constructed above the claims. Many men are panning for gold at the river's edge. There is a small figure in a rowboat in the centre of the river Other Titles - Molyneux River Clutha Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Drawing on card : pencil ; image 192 x 214 mm on sheet 245 x 250 mm Transfers: For attribution and provenance see catalogue record for A-236-023.

Date: 1948-1958

From: New Zealand. Ministry of Education :Photographs from the Ministry of Works Library

Reference: PA1-q-939

Description: Flooding on the lower Clutha River showing the water covering surrounding countryside, flooded towns, damaged flood control structures, erosion of farmland, drains, land restored after flooding, and land in need of development. The bottom right hand corner is signed "B W Peryman, OCB, March 1959. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [Circa 1900s to 1910s]

From: Mercer, Robert, fl 1964 :Photographs and albums of Maori, New Zealand views, and illustrations

Reference: PA1-o-338

Description: Album of photographs taken in the Otago and Southland Regions, by unidentified photographers. All the locations are well identified. Some of the images are related to railways, including railway tunnels (e.g. The Caversham Tunnel when under construction circa 1909), and the Hunts Road Tunnel; the Clutha Railway Bridge; the Wingatui Signal Box; the Balclutha Railway Station, railway yards, and sales-yards; railway barns; D-class engine (New Zealand Railways steam-engine No. 355); the Owaka Express; and bush tramway tracks, one sawmill typical of small mills in the Catlins area. Many of the images are taken with an emphasis on atmosphere, including sunsets, stormy days on the coast near Dunedin, evening at Ocean Beach, storm clouds at Lawyer's Head, and "By beach and sand-hill". There are a large number of views of the Dunedin Botanic Gardens and the Winter Gardens, and the Dunedin Reservoir. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover, gold lines down spine and across corners; 19.5 x 26.5

Date: 1952

From: New Zealand. Ministry of Works: Contract H.D. 103. Construction of dam, spillway, powerhouse and other associated works for Roxburgh Power Project. Contract drawings. Wellington, New Zealand, April 1952. 300/3/52 - 13643.

By: Newman, Frederick Hugh, 1900-1964

Reference: E-630-f-002

Description: Elevation with a black and white reproduction of a watercolour or ink and wash drawing of the proposed dam Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 345 x 430 mm.

Date: 1941-1958

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Roberts, Jack Debnam Stewart, 1891-1980; Weigel, William George, 1890-1980; Smith, Robin Vaughan Francis, 1927-

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-177

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, ca 1941-1958 Main street of Arrowtown, church and cottage; homestead on road between Kingston & Queenstown with Remarkables behind; road construction on the Kingston-Lake Wakatipu Road; road into Arrowtown; Crown Range road (showing Jaguar XK150 Fixed Head Coupe); rural scene in Maungawera Valley between Lake Wanaka & Hawera, 1941; Kingston Railway Station and train; opendeck bus in Routeburn Valley; Cecil Peak from shores of Lake Wakatipu. Scottish bard at one end of Signal Hill memorial, Dunedin Lake Hayes; Mount Aspiring from North-East; Clutha River; Skippers Bridge; Thames Street, Oamaru looking south; aerial view of Dunedin looking south from railway station; sunken iris garden at Dunedin Botanical Gardens, 1958; mist over over Dunedin as seen from Southern Motorway. Photographers include: W H Raine, W G Weigel, J D S Roberts & R V Francis Smith Quantity: 29 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: ca 1922-1928

Reference: PAColl-6609

Description: 16 images of Central Otago including two of the Jamieson and Alexandra bridges over the Clutha River and examples of dry stone work on a house in Fruitlands. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-018154, 018156, 018160 to 018169, 018171, 018175, and 018177 to 018178 Quantity: 16 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew], 1833-1898 :[Landscapes and seascapes ca 1880]

Reference: A-213-020

Description: A river passing a distinctive large rock formation with hills behind, possibly the Clutha River Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 171 x 269 mm

Date: 1873

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, including sketches of Sumner, Lyttelton, Central Otago, Lake Wakatipu, Kawarau Gorge, Oamaru, Dunedin, Clutha River. 1870 to 1873]

Reference: E-016-4-068

Description: A bend in the Clutha River, near its mouth, with a path alongside. A house is behind a fence on the left, with possibly another house in the distance. Two men are in conversation, one on the towpath, one seted in a small boat moored alongside the path. The opposite bank is densely covered in native bush 'Jas Maitland' seems likely to be James Pillans Maitland, resident magistrate of the Clutha of Tokomairiro districts, and manager of a farm at Kaitangata, near a bend in the Clutha River or on Inch Clutha. Other Titles - Maitland Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, page size 88 x 153 mm.

Date: [ca 1986]

From: Cribb, Barbara E F, fl 2003-2011 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-8353

Description: Views of the Clyde Dam under construction, taken ca 1986 by Barbara Cribb Quantity: 9 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparency slides