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Date: 2007

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MSDL-0409

Description: The papers consist of: Application form and supporting land deeds submitted by R M & J P Harrison; history of the family, farm ownership and improvements; cadastral and topographical maps; photographs of the farm and family. Original owner was William Edmund James Bullock who received a Crown Grant in 1883 of 97 acres (now Lot 1 DP 18732 Ngaere Survey District). The land has passed down through the female line of the family to the present owner Jackie Harrison and her husband Rod who purchased the dairy farm in Skeet Road, Matapu in 2003. In 2007 the property was awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 34 Electronic document(s).

Date: [ca 1897]

From: McAllister, James, 1869-1952 :Negatives of Stratford and Taranaki district

Reference: PAColl-3054-1-02

Description: Stockley Farm, Kiore, Taranaki, circa 1897. Shows an area where trees have been felled. Photograph taken by James McAllister. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16.4 x 21.6 cm

Date: 1860 - 1870

By: Arden, Hamar Humphrey, 1816-1895

Reference: B-187-018

Description: A view of the farmhouse belonging to Taranaki sawmiller James Robson. In the foreground to the left is a large tree stump; the farmhouse, a single-storey wooden building, is in the middle ground; and another house can be seen futher off. Mount Taranaki rises large in the background. The colours of the trees suggests the Autumn season Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Early pioneers of Taranaki / Sawmiller James Robso's home in Ngaere, Tarankai [in pencil]; Backing board verso - centre - Miss Robson / 29 Princes St / C.1 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, 255 x 355 mm

Date: 186[6]

By: Huddleston, Francis Fortescue Croft, 1846-1922

Reference: A-468-014

Description: A view down a valley surrounded by hills. The land in foreground is dotted with harakeke plants that are seeding. The view appears to be looking towards a pass between low mountain ranges, with a high mountain on right of the view. Location is unidentified. The artist's initials and a date (apears to be 1866) are written lower right hand corner of the image. One of two drawings by Huddleston of the general valley area, the other being A-468-013, which also shows a farmhouse and fencing in place. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - FFCH / April 19 / 186[6?] [artist's initials in ink] Atist and surveyor Francis Fortescue Croft Huddleston was the brother of Eugenie Eugenie Elizabeth Croft Hayter, nee Huddleston, 1854-1936, who married Captain Francis Hayter in 1873. Hayter purchased Rollesby run (formerly Burkes Pass Station) in 1882. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, monochrome, 255 x 355 mm Provenance: Information from the vendor states the drawing was previously owned by the Hayter family. Processing information: Record and digital surrogate title updated on 7 July 2023 on advice of a researcher. Text suggesting the location was "possibly part of the farmstead belonging to the family of Captain Francis Hayter, who married Huddleston's sister Eugenie" was removed, the date was changed from 1860 to 1866, and geographic names for Rollesby Range and Burkes Pass were removed.

Date: [1866]

By: Huddleston, Francis Fortescue Croft, 1846-1922

Reference: A-468-013

Description: A view looking down to a valley floor, showing a wide sweep of flat land, a farmhouse and outbuilding. The fences and planting of a bushline appear to be quite new. Annotation in an unidentified hand on verso in pencil is faint and partially illegible. One of two drawings by Huddleston of the general valley area, the other being A-468-014. Date ascribed by archivist based on similarity to drawing at A-468-014. Inscriptions: Verso - top right - [M?] [?] [?ett] [Buller or Butler?] Artist and surveyor Francis Fortescue Croft Huddleston was the brother of Eugenie Eugenie Elizabeth Croft Hayter, nee Huddleston, 1854-1936, who married Captain Francis Hayter in 1873. Hayter purchased Rollesby run (formerly Burkes Pass Station) in 1882. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, monochrome, 235 x 345 mm Provenance: Information from the vendor states the drawing was previously owned by the Hayter family. Processing information: Record and digital surrogate title updated on 7 July 2023 on advice of a researcher. Text suggesting the location was "possibly part of the farmstead belonging to the family of Captain Francis Hayter, who married Huddleston's sister Eugenie" was removed, the date 1866 was added, and geographic names for Rollesby Range and Burkes Pass were removed.

Date: 1885

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1879-1888]

Reference: E-035-q-1-023

Description: Three sketches on one page. On the left, is a sundial near a fenced paddock, probably in the garden of G G Russell, at Glenfalloch, above Macandrew Bay. Two small boys are playing with toy yachts on the left side. Two studies of large trees note that they are at the end of the verandah Identification: identified from the drawing of the sundial, which appears in a small sketch two pages earlier, before a drawing identified as located at G G Russell's, above Macandrew Bay, Otago Harbour. There are also studies of the small boys with yachts, three pages earlier Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, page size 151 x 240 mm

Date: 1890

From: Hodgkins, Frances Mary, 1869-1947 :[Sketchbook, 1880s? Drawings by William Mathew Hodgkins, 1890]

Reference: E-447-q-010

Description: An unfinished landscape looking across a flat valley surrounded by hills Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sketchbook page, 203 x 125 mm

Date: 1879 - 1886

From: Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961]

By: Alington, William Herbert, 1841-1938

Reference: A-446-042

Description: Shows a view of a farmhouse and outbuildings, including a barn with its door open, surrounded by a boundary of bushes. This is possibly the farm of Broadlands, Burnham, where Herbert Alington farmed from about 1879-1886. The surrounding land appears to be flat and there is a range of hills or mountains in the backgorund, probably the Southern Alps. Inscriptions: Verso - centre left - Sketch by Uncle Herbert N.Z. [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper,127 x 225 mm Provenance: Artworks created by the family of Wellington architect William Alington, donated in 2011 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.

Date: 1885

By: Aubrey, Christopher, active 1868-1906; Monro, Paul Alexander (Dr), 1928-2013

Reference: C-173-004

Description: Shows a farm scene, probably in Otago. To the left, three workhorses walk side by side; in the distance to the left, the house and farm buildings can be seen, with a woman and two children crossing the field. To the right is a bull, a cow and a calf; and beyond them three kennels, each with a dog outside. In the distance are the Southern Alps, showing snow down to their foothills Inscribed on backing board; wrongly named as 'An early Wairarapa homestead' Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C Aubrey 1885 [in brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white on paper, 350 x 565 mm Provenance: From the estate of Dr PA and J B Monro, of Taupo.

Date: 1899

By: Hanson, Albert J, 1866-1914; King, Frederic Truby (Sir), 1858-1938

Reference: B-193-017

Description: Shows a farmer on horseback mustering a small herd of cows across a river near Picton. There is a footbridge across the river to his right. A house, possibly his own, stands near the banks. Tall hills rise in the background The painting was exhibited at the Royal Society of New South Wales exhibition, 1899, and at the Otago Art Society, 1899 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Albert J Hanson / '99 [in brushpoint]; Verso - centre - The river at Picton, NZ / Albert Hanson / Price 8 [guineas] [in ink on label] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on card, 260 x 392 mm Provenance: From the collection of Dr Truby King

Date: 1853

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/[1853?]/Acc.8105

Description: Topographic map of the area from Cape Palliser and Cape Turakirai [sic], the Rimutaka and Tararua Ranges, to Taumatawanga and the Warehana River. Shows land blocks taken up by various runholders, lands not purchased, and includes various Maori names for natural features. Rivers and streams are named. Names include G. Scott, M.A. Buxton, R. Collins, F. Burton, J. Paine, E. Meredith, G. Moore, M. Hill, S.M. Scroogs, H. Donald, Masters, Smith and Rerans, J.H. Northwood, C. Hales, G. Murch, G.P. Bidwell, A. Gillies, Cameron, D. Riddiford, P. Hume, J. Kelly, R. Russel [i.e. Russell], R. Barton. Title supplied by cataloguer Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 1853 - presumed date Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and coloured wash on brown paper, linen backed, mounted on stiff card, 61.4 x 49.1 cm.

Date: 1871

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: A-029-051

Description: Shows the rapids leaving the lake, at Frankton, the outlet of the Kawerau River. There is a three-storey mill building with a waterwheel attached on the water's edge at the right. In the left background, on the other side of the rapids is a group of farm buildings, belonging to the farm owned by W G Rees between 1862 and 1867. The mill at right has been identified as Robertson and Hallenstein's Brunswick mill (see F G W Miller's "Golden days of Lake Country" (Christchurch, 1961), page 112 (ATL 993.1 MILL). Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] Compare a similar view by William Fox, WC-327, titled by Fox 'Mr Rees' Station, Lake Wakatipu'. It has been dated by the Library 1864, when Fox is known to have visited Lake Wakatipu. The mill building is not yet present in Fox's view. Compare also a very similar view by William Mathew Hodgkins, E-016-4-027/028 [Mill at Frankton, Kawarau Falls, 1870] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 305 x 360 mm

Date: 1860 - 1869

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 :Maps from papers

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/[186-?]/Acc.1939

Description: Map of Akitio station from the coast includes the Akitio River to the Puketoi range to the boundary between the Wellington and Hawkes Bay districts. Donald Mclean's land is divided into two areas, one marked 'purchased land' and the second shaded area 'estimated contents ac. 10.000'. Two pencilled notes refer to the estimated acreage of the shaded area as 8,500 rather than 10,000 acres. Handwriten on top left: From the McLean papers Handwritten on bottom right: Survey office fee, 2'/6 Sticker on reverse states No.13 Title supplied by cataloguer Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and colourwash on paper and card, linen backed, coloured, 43.8 x 32.5 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 Papers - MS-Papers-0032.

Date: [ca 1870]

From: Orua Wharo Estate : Photographs

Reference: 1/2-026739-F

Description: Mount Herbert farm buildings, Waipukurau, photographed by Alexander St Clair Inglis circa 1870. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1850 - 1865

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Waghorn, Florence Mary, 1908-1989

Reference: A-035-027

Description: Shows T. P. Russell's farm in the Wairarapa, established 1846-7. The house, surrounded by fencing is in the middle distance, with hills behind. North east Wairarapa, near the Akitio River? Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink, with some watercolour 180 x 260 mm Provenance: Previously in the collection of Russell Mein Smith, Wairarapa.

Date: 2007

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MSDL-0396

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Russell Brodie; history of the farm and Brodie family; maps of the property (cadastral); history of land ownership; photographs of family and farm; historical newspaper cuttings about Rangitata Island and Ross Brodie (aviator); brochure about Rangitata Aerodrome and East Canterbury Aviation etc. Original owner was John Ross Brodie who took up land on Rangitata Island in 1891. From 1921 their only child Ross farmed the property until his death in 1953. His son Struan farmed the property until 1990 when it passed to his son Russell. In 2007 the property was awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 18 Electronic document(s).

Date: 1845

By: Williams, John, -1905?

Reference: A-079-016

Description: A Maori man in a blanket keeping watch over Ohaeawai Pa from behind a dead tree on a hill, with three other Maori seated beside him. The pa is in the middle distance, surrounded by a palisade and there is part of a farm with cleared bush and a small shed and fences closer to the watching group. Other Titles - Ohaeawai Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date in the artist's hand Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia ink and wash, 253 x 364 mm

Date: 1849

From: Hursthouse, Charles Flinders, 1812-1876 :An account of the settlement of New Plymouth in New Zealand, from personal observation, during a residence there of five years. London ; Smith, Elder and Co., 1849.

By: Ford & George (Firm); Good, Thomas, 1823-1907

Reference: PUBL-0185-095

Description: A lithograph made from the original drawing by Thomas Good. It shows the homestead on a hillside, surrounded by paddocks, one contaning grazing cattle, and stands of trees. Extended Title - Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, on page 120 x 200 mm.

Date: 1881

By: Aubrey, Christopher, active 1868-1906; Aitken, Robert Walter, 1828-1910

Reference: C-003-007

Description: Shows a view looking down from a rocky outcrop (partially seen in the extreme left foreground), on to the field of a farm with horses, cattle, a farmhouse, outbuildings, and at far right a haystack. A row of trees runs along one of the boundaries of the property, parallel to the river in the background. On the far side of the river are limestone cliffs and hills. The locality is more commonly known as Clifden, and Cyclopedia of New Zealand, volume 4, Otago and Southland, decribes it as having been a large sheep station. Other Titles - Clifden Notes on backing board recto: Painting of Clifdene Station on the Waiau River, Southland. Formerly owned by R W Aitken. Painted by a French artist. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Signed and dated] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 394 x 620 mm. Provenance: "This work originally belonged to a descendant of the Aitken family who owned Clifdene when Aubrey painted this work" (Auction catalogue, International Art Centre, 16 September 2008) Processing information: Deframed by the Library

Date: 1860 - 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Collection of sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-009

Description: Shows farm buildings on the bank of the river at the right. The Clutha River was formerly called the Molyneaux Other Titles - Stirling Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash, 85 x 215 mm