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Date: 1793-1895

From: Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) : Records

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-10-28

Description: Further Antarctic papers re the expedition under Ross, notebooks on the flora of Bay of Islands, 1841; proposed expedition to the Antarctic 1887-1901; Transit of Venus expedition, 1874; lecture notes. Also selected letters from the inwards letterbooks, including indexes, 1793-1895. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: See inventory for fuller description of the contents of this reel.

Date: 1869 - 1956 - 1958

From: Gore, Ross Digby, 1904-1981 :It happened in New Zealand. [208 original drawings. Late 1940s and early 1950s].

Reference: B-140-017

Description: Six-panelled account of Captain Cook's arrival in New Zealand in 1769 and speculations about the identity of Nicholas Young, who first sighted Poverty Bay from the Endeavour and after whom Young Nick's Head is named These illustrations were reproduced in New Zealand newspapers during the late 1940s and 1950s. The newspapers included The Evening Post, Auckland Star, Christchurch Star Sun, Taranaki Herald, Southern Cross, Students' Digest, Greymouth Evening Star, Evening Star (Sports) Dunedin, and the Southland Daily News. In 1953, 48 of them were collected and published as a booklet called 'It happened in New Zealand' by Ross Gore. In fact, more was known of 'Young Nick' than the cartoonist realised. See the further information in his subsequent cartoon at B-140-018 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 330 x 565 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Jenny Gibbs, of Auckland, in 1995.

Date: 1827

By: Mudie, F, active 1827

Reference: MapColl-832.1aj/1827/Acc.16023

Description: Shows "Gulf of Shouraka" (Hauraki Gulf), Coromandel, Waiheke district, soundings, and some Maori and English placenames (sometimes mis-spelt). Shows Manukau and Waitemata harbours. River Thames refers to the Firth of Thames. Compiled largely from the work of Dumont D'Urville and crew of Astrolabe, 1827, during his exploration of New Zealand, and possibly others. Possibly taken from British Admiralty Chart of the same area published in 1836 - (from Brian Hooker). Drawn by Mudie for the Clint's Establishment, Sydney, ca. 1838 (see AT 13/13 8.7.91 (Hooker)). Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photograph, scale [ca.1:342,000], 45 x 33 cm.

Date: 1820

By: Fairfowl, George, -1836

Reference: MapColl-832.11aj/[1820]/Acc.853

Description: Map of the East Coast of Northland from Doubtless Bay to Cape Brett, including the Bay of Islands. Shows soundings, islands, latitudes, bays, missionary stations. Drawn under the Captaincy of R. Skinner in the H.M.S. Dromedary, during its voyage to New Zealand, 1820. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale [ca.1:280,000], 30 x 37 cm.

Date: 1842 - 1907 - 1868

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-5/11/33-Acc.38166

Description: Map possibly intended to identify areas explored by Cotterill, Brunner, Mitchell and Dashwood, Weld, Lee & Jollie, Mackay and Travers (1842-1868) but only reference key completed. Base map of NZ - South Island, Nelson and Marlborough with parts of Canterbury. Lands and Survey [1907]. Quantity: 1 map(s) with ms annotations. Physical Description: Ink and colour drawings on cream paper. Scale [ca. 1: 506 880] 67.5 x 94 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1847 - 1958 - 1959

From: Scales, Sydney Ernest, 1916-2003 :[Illustrations for Heroes of peace and war by A. H. Reed. 1958 or 1959]

Reference: A-060-007

Description: Shows Thomas Brunner and his party of four Maori guides taking a laden raft downstream during a rain storm in an attempt to cross a swollen river, in Feb 1847 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 380 x 279 mm

Date: 1 Jan-20 Jun 1863 (1956)

By: Howitt, Herbert Charlton, 1838-1863

Reference: MS-1038

Description: Journal records his work cutting and forming tracks between Canterbury and the West Coast; meeting with groups of Maori and prospectors; a visit to John Henry Whitcombe's grave at the Taramakau River (he had been drowned on a similar expedition in May 1863) and the wet weather. There is mention of a Maori guide, Jack Tainui, re-burying Whitcombe and marking the grave with two paddles (page 28). Farmer and gold prospector who arrived from Australia to farm in 1860. Leader of a working party contracted by the Canterbury Provincial Government to cut a track to the West Coast, via the Hurunui Plains, Harper Pass and Lake Brunner to the Grey River mouth. Howitt, together with two other members of his party, Robert Little and Henry Miller, disappeared on Lake Brunner on 27 Jun 1863 (the journal ends 20 Jun). The surviving member of the expedition was James Belgrave Hammett. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (28 pages). Physical Description: Typed transcript (27 cm; red linen)

Date: 177-1870

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1938

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1863

By: Hammett, James Belgrave, active 1863

Reference: qMS-0910

Description: From the "Nelson Examiner", 1 Sep 1863 - Journal of Hammett Hammett was the only survivor of Howitt's party despatched by the Canterbury Provincial Government to cut a track by way of Lake Brunner to the West Coast. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (17 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; brown buckram)

Date: 1864-1911

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2051

Description: Comprise selected papers of the Fortescue, Seymour, Lillicrap, Gidley, Kilner, Kitson, Luxton and Tanner families Other Titles - Colonial Floras Other Titles - A history of the British Army Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1839-1886

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2281

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: [ca 1897]

Reference: MS-Papers-2800

Description: Includes description of lantern slides shown during the talk Quantity: 1 folder(s) (12 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms Provenance: Author unknown

Date: 1826 - 1836 - 1829

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: A-433-013/024

Description: See individual records Quantity: 12 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on pages, sizes varying around 280 x 183 mm.

Date: 1808-1977

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1955

Description: Selected records of Edward Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby, a journal of a voyage on the Marco Polo (1853), and records of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, comprising newspaper cuttings (1922-1971) and report of a visit to Australia 1922 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1841-1842

By: Webber, Edmund, 1817-1860

Reference: MS-Papers-10957

Description: Webber's memoirs were written while working as an unpaid clerk in the Treasury in Auckland in 1842. Covers his first 20 years and describes life while serving in the West African Survey under Sir Edward Belcher, return to England, and his 4 years on the Mediterranean Station. Webber's journal begins on the voyage to New Zealand 20 Aug and ends with Webber in Auckland, 22 Jun 1842. Describes departure from Sydney, life in Van Dieman's Land, meetings with members of the Ross Antarctic Expedition, visits to Norfolk Island, arrival at Bay of Islands, New Zealand landscape, attempts to obtain a government post, social life in Auckland and the barracks, land question, Governor Hobson, trial of Maketu, Auckland Maori. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - William Cocksworthy Museum, Kingsbridge, Devon via NZ High Commission (84-243)

Date: 1841

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; New Zealand Company; Great Britain. Admiralty; Brown, (Mr), active 1841

Reference: MapColl-834.1atc/1841/Acc.1373

Description: Topographic map of Motueka River, from its mouth at Tasman Bay, and showing the intended site of Nelson, inland from Kaiteriteri Harbour, as explored by Brown and Heaphy for the New Zealand Company. Shows area explored by Mr F G Moore, valley of the Rewai-eka, topographical features with comments, areas of timber and fern, and pa sites near the mouth of the Motueka River. Text on map is very hard to decipher. The number 2 is written on the map. Other Titles - Plan of the course of an expedition up the valley of the Motueka River, Tasman's Gulf. Written on map: Portfolio D, New Zealand, 15. Signed by Charles Heaphy Stamped New Zealand Company, Mar 29, 1842 Inscriptions: bottom right - Signed by Charles Heaphy; top left - Stamped New Zealand Company, Mar 29, 1842 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 38.6 x 28.2 cm

Date: 1837-1889

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2280

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1841

By: Robinson, N W, active 1841

Reference: MapColl-834.1aj/1841/Acc.17744

Description: Hydrographic sketch of Port Hardy, D'Urville Island, showing sounding depths and coastal place names, recorded by Robinson while on the ship, Brougham. Includes small sketch of the ship. The ship, Brougham, was used for New Zealand Company business (See 'White wings' by Sir Henry Brett) Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink on paper, encapsulated in plastic, scale indeterminable, 23.2 x 36.3 cm

Date: 1863 (1915, 1920)

By: Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921

Reference: qMS-1386

Description: Other related material bound in: 1. List of newspaper sources, 1863-1864, on Hector's expedition; with Moreton's ms transcripts of various newspaper accounts relating to the Milford district - particularly Martin's Bay, Jackson's Bay and Big Bay (The Press, 1875, 1886-1887). 2. Hector's official report (Otago Provincial Govt Gazette, 1863, p 435-478). 3. A E Wildey Making the most of our Fiordland (1926); with ms note by the author. 4. Newspaper account; Mr White's narrative of the disappearance of Professor Mainwaring Brown, while exploring Lake Manapouri, 10 Dec 1888. Also tourist brochure, 1924; reproductions of two paintings by Moreton, and photos of him and W Boers. Loose at rear: 4 newspaper clippings Quantity: 1 volume(s) (cca 60 pages). Physical Description: Typescripts and mss (35 cm; ½ green calf, green linen) Includes illustrations and portraits

Date: 1865

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

Reference: E-106-f-029-2

Description: Shows a tent beside a river, smoke rising from a fire and two men on the river bank. In the distance is a snow-covered mountain. Other Titles - Taramakau Valley Other Titles - An exploring party on the West Coast of New Zealand Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, 1865, p353 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) stuck to page of scrapbook.. Physical Description: Wood engraving, 150 x 240 mm