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Date: 1914

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-q-914

Description: Opens with a group of men on a tramp into the valley of the Orongorongo River in the southern Rimutaka Ranges. Included are views of the river and surrounding mountains, in particular Mount Matthews which they climbed posing for a photograph at the Mt Matthews trig station. There are views in the native forest and one looking over the Wainuiomata Valley. One image shows a group of men standing on the Fernside Railway Station labled as the "Mt Hector Party". This probably relates to a group of photographs later in the album recording a tramp in the Taraua Ranges. A group of five photographs records a trip to the Dawson Falls on Mount Egmont. There are views of the road leading to the falls through native forest, the group sitting on a huge rock below the falls, and the falls themselves. The other images in this group show the party on the Mountain, and loaded onto a cart at Eltham. Two pages of views of Days Bay, Lower Hutt, showing individual houses, Croyden School, and coastal scenes. A surveying trip to Kapiti Island. Views of the western cliff face of the island, the caretaker's house and surroundings, a tame deer, nautilus shells, and H E Girdlestone standing beside an 8 inch micrometer on a tripod. Views of the Volcanic Plateau showing Mounts Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro and the surrounding plains. The departure of the Main Expeditionary Force from Wellington during the First World War. The focus of these images is on the transports moored at the wharves, and the two escorting warships, the Japanese "Ibuki" and the British H M S "Minotaur", in the harbour. A group of women playing golf on the Waiwhetu golf links Family and friends at Eastbourne. Trip to the West Coast and the glaciers. Views of the main road south of Ross passing through heavy native forest, the Franz Josef Glacier and people climbing its ice fields, Mount Tasman, the Toaroha Rapids, and the Fox Glacier. There are also views of the Pelorus River and Bridge, the Buller Gorge, the Buller River, and the bridge on the road between Lyell and Inangahua. A general view of Greymouth where the party stayed with friends whoes two children were photographed driving peddle cars. A southern crossing of the Tararua Ranges. The route was by way of Mount Reeves, then down into the Tauherenikau River valley, along the river, then up to Mount Alpha and along the ridges to Hector and out again along the Waiotauru River to Otaki Forks. There are two photographs of members of the tramping party, as well as general views of the ranges, the rivers, a mountain tarn, and the Waihoanga Bridge. A visit to the Army training camp at Trentham. Photographs of individual soldiers and groups of soldiers and visitors. Three views of a man on horseback and a dog in the Manganuiateo River. Three images of surveyors making observations at a trig station using an 8 inch micrometer. Views of the Southern Alps. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1909 to 1918

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-f-008

Description: Photographs supplementary to the 3 MS foolscap volumes of Annals of the Tararua Range (Vol 1, figures 1-146). Images show geology, topography, physiography and flora of the Tararua Ranges. Views of the Tararua Ranges, with peaks named (figs 1-6); ascent of Mt Waiopehu (3588 ft.), 22 Jan 1909 (figs 8-10); 1st crossing of the Tararua Range from Levin to Masterton, 13-19 Feb 1909, finishing on a campsite on the farmland of Alfred Deal at Waingawa, also a view of Mr Deal's house, and views of Masterton, including the Masterton Post Office and public gardens (figs 11-45); visit to the High Fall on the Poruriri Ridge near Tokomaru, 30 Oct 1910 (figs 46-49); ascent of Mt Tawirikohukohu (3455 ft) via the Ohau Rover, 18 Dec 1910 (figs 50-52); 3rd ascent of Mt Waiopehu, 3-6 Jan 1911 (Figs 73-76); across the Tararua Range via Palmerston North-Pahiatua Road, 22-23 Jan 1911 (figs 73-76); visit to the Ohau-Mangahao divide via the southern branch of the Ohau River, 12 Feb 1911 (figs 77-83); 2nd crossing of the Tararua Range from Levin to Masterton, 9-17 Feb 1911 (figs 84-128); ascent of Te Paki trig station on the Tararua foothils east of Shannon, 10 Dec 1916 (figs 129-132); topography & physiography of the valley of the Makahika, tributary of the Ohau River, 6 Jan 1918 (figs 133-134); 2nd ascent of Te Paki & topography of the Upper Tokomaru Valley, 28 Apr 1918 (figs 135-136); 1st visit to the No.1 gorge on the Mangahao River, 29 Feb 1919 (figs 137-138); topography & physiography of the Waireka & Wainui valleys, 13 Apr 1919 (figs 139-142); physiography of the Poruriri Ridge & Mangaharakeke Falls, on the Tararua western foothills near Tokomaru, 24 Aug 1919 (figs 143-146).

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-040-1

Description: A view from the Western Hills above the Hutt Road, looking towards the end of the Miramar Peninsula with the Wellington Harbour entrance to the left in the distance. Bush in the foreground and Cook Strait in the background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 121 x 171 mm

Date: 1900 - 1930

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

By: Moore, Dorothy Evelyn, 1887-1963

Reference: E-754

Description: Includes pencil and watercolour sketches of Botanical gardens Wellington, manuka in Botanical Gardens Wellington, near Wellington, Point Howard from the road to Lowry Bay Petone, the Heads from York Bay Wellington, native beech York Bay Wellington, Egmont from Mokoia (several sketches), Mokoia homestead (2 sketches - similar to watercolour at B-163-005), stream near Melville Rd Kaponga, tree manuka on the "Round trip" D[awson] Falls, adult totara and weinmannia racemosa at the edge of the paddock at D[awson] Falls, Hastie's Hill, totara at D[awson] Falls - stem is shortened in this drawing, totara at D[awson] Falls. Latest date may be around 1930 - this is the date of the watercolour of Mokoia homstead at B-163-005. Inscription inside front cover indicates that the sketchbook was given to Dorothy E Moore from her mother in 1900 and then to Dorothy's sister John L Moore in 1920, also by the mother. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Hardbound red buckram sketchbook with gold-inscribed title "Sketches" on front cover, with 19 leaves, each 165 x 225 mm.

Date: [ca 1920s]

By: Evans, I, active 1920s

Reference: PA1-o-1519

Description: Photographs taken on holiday in New Zealand by woman identified as I Evans. Comprises photographs of men, women and children from Tuhourangi and Arawa iwi, many in traditional costume; Model Village at Whakarewarewa; Ohinemutu Pa; Lake Rotorua; Guide Ruth, Ana Hato; Guide Rangi; Wairakei geysers; Rotomahana; buried forest; Arapuni; Hongi's Track; Lake Taupo; Wellington Harbour from Ngaio; tobacco growing at Riwaka; apple packing shed at Redwood's Valley, Nelson; Devils Boots, Collingwood; Government Buildings, Wellington; Wainui House, Nelson; houseboat, Whanganui River; self-portraity of photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 151 x 202 mm Provenance: Purchase, 2009

Date: 1930 - 1949

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

By: Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965

Reference: A-379-002

Description: Shows a tree with sparse foliage, standing out from the rest of the bush on a hillside. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 357 x 257 mm.

Date: 1985

From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording

Reference: PA12-6579

Description: View of native forest at Nga Manu Nature Reserve, Waikanae (8 December 1985).. Views of York Bay, Lower Hutt (10 November 1985). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard mounts.

Date: 1920s-1930s

By: Vinicombe, Audrey K, active 1998

Reference: PAColl-5659

Description: Photographs of Graham and Elsie Massingham at various localities in New Zealand. Graham Massingham and his wife came out from England in the late 1920s. The 1928 Wises Post Office Directory describes Massingham as a company manager and lists him as living in Dunedin at 34 Dundonald street, Andersons Bay. Later in the 1930s he lived at 75a Grant Road, Wellington. He died on 20 November 1947. Quantity: 33 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1848 - 1850

From: [Turnbull, Henry Hume] d 1858 :[New Zealand and Pacific sketchbook, 1848 to 1856]

By: Turnbull, Henry Hume, -1858

Reference: E-454-q-009

Description: Road in left foreground with stumps at its edge, a tall tree and lower bushes with the harbour and hills visible in the background. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page 180 x 259 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Kate Kavanagh, England, 1993

Date: 1861

From: [Cookson, Janetta Maria] 1812-1867 :Auckland Wellington 1861 1851-1865

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866

Reference: E-340-q-045/046

Description: Image on left; A view of Auckland in Aug 1861 showing dwellings, picket fences etc. and right image shows dwellings and kauri forest in the background, Sept 1861. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Auckland, August 1861; Recto - bottom right - Tree Kauri Forest. Sept 1861 Quantity: 1 drawing(s) (double-page spread). Physical Description: Pencil, 175 x 520 mm.

Date: [ca 1950-ca 1969]

From: Shute, Martin, fl 1950s :Album of views of New Zealand and India

Reference: PA1-f-254

Description: Views of wellington, some of its principle streets, and in particular some of the new buildings constructed in the late 1950s and 1960s. General views of the city taken from Mount Victoria and the harbour shoreline show the central city and give views of the waterfront and parts of the Town Belt. There are coastal localities such as Kau Bay and Wellington heads, a view of Rongotai and the Airport, and a view across the southern Hutt Valley looking west. Another group of images relate to forests and forestry. These include land clearance, stands of Pinus radiata, machines moving logs, and a fire engine. Others record a trip in the South Island, possibly the West Coast. There are views of hills covered in native forest, rivers, lakes and mountains. One group of images were taken in Rajasthan, India. These include towns, palaces, fortifications, temples, and the Taj Mahal. Photographed by Martin Shute in the 1950s and 1960s Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Transfers: Loose prints which came with this album are now housed at collection ref no PAColl-8744-1..

Date: 1863

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :Wairarapa and Manawatu sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-172-046

Description: The upper reaches of the Otaki River with high bush-clad banks. Part of the camp on a bank in the right foreground. The artist has noted that the river banks contain slate and feldspar Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on sketchbook page, 138 x 230 mm

Date: 1845

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018

Reference: A-187-048

Description: A small nikau whare in a clearing at the foot of a tree-fern and other taller trees. Drawn 1 June 1845. Caption added later referring to the 1847 Ngati Toa raid on Boulcott's Farm, Hutt Valley. Other Titles - hut Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W. S. 1 June 1845.; On accompanying label: text of title, with date 24 Feb.y 1847 and initials W. S. in ink Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on buff paper, 112 x 90 mm

Date: 1873 - 1877

By: Horsfall, John Atherton, 1819-1900

Reference: C-071-001

Description: A bend in the Hutt River, probably in its upper reaches near Taita, with partially bush-clad low hills around it. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 366 x 587 mm

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-040-2

Description: 'Homewood' viewed through the arching branches of trees. A cow is in a fenced area in the foreground, as are two men, one on horseback. The house, with a bush background is set against a hill and is shown as a large one-and-a-half storey building, with a verandah. There is a roadway or cleared area in the immediate foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & ink, 130 x 74 mm

Date: 1853

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866; Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-048-049

Description: Scene in a clearing in Hutt Forest, with tall tree trunks to the left, a low raupo whare centre with a tree fern in front. A Maori figure is crouching at the entrance to the hut. Title from pencil inscription; date on verso. Almost identical to A-048-050 (untitled). Copy of lithograph by Cuthbert Clarke after William Swainson, held by British Library (Add MS 19954, folio 90 (132). Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and sepia wash with chinese white 252 x 175 mm

Date: 1950-1984

By: Hitchings, Helen Margaret St. Clare, 1920-2002; Sisarich, Warren, active 1980s-1990s

Reference: PAColl-7914

Description: Photographs of houses in Little Pipitea Street, Hill Street and the ministerial residence (Prime Ministers residence) in Tinakori Road, Thorndon; scenes in Stratford, Hanmer Springs and Lake Manapouri; and copies of paintings by Rita Angus and Douglas MacDiarmid. Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: To Manuscripts & Archives - Manuscript of report on Prime Ministers House; Letters and notes with Rita Angus catalogue for 1983-1984..

Date: 1913

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-o-1224

Description: Mainly a series of holidays, tramping trips, and local excursions. The first is a trip to the head of Lake Te Anau and Milford Sound via the Milford track. It begins on the road between Glenorchy and Paradise, then through the valley of the Route Burn River to the Hollyford Valley where the party camped on the shores of Lake Howden. From there they passed Lakes Fergus and Gunn into the Eglinton River Valley and on to Te Anau, and then onto the Milford track to Milford Sound via the Clinton River Valley. Images on the way include Mount Balloon, Mount Elliott, Routeburn Hut, and Lake Ada. There is a view of Mitre Peak, Mount Tutoko, and the Pembroke Glacier from Milford Sound. The second series relates to a camping trip to Wanganui and the Whanganui River. This includes a game of golf and visiting friends in St John's Hill. There are views of the party's camp and a number of images taken during a canoeing trip up the Whanganui River in what looks like a Maori dug out canoe. Two other images in this group are of men standing beside the trigs on Mounts Holdworth and Dundas in the Tararua Ranges. The third series is of family and friends at home in Eastbourne and in the bush at Muritai; Girdlestone, a friend, and two women on motor cycles on the coast road; views of Eastbourne from the hills above the suburb; women on the beach and reading at home. The fourth series relates to a trip to the Volcanic Plateau during which the party climbed Mounts Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe. There are two group photographs of the whole party, one taken in front of the Waihohonu Hut, and the other on the summit of Mount Ruapehu. The fifth series shows a party of men and women on a walk and a picnic in the beach forest in Gollan's Valley near Eastbourne. The sixth series is a record of a holiday to Queen Charlotte and Pelorus Sounds taken by a group of men over Christmas 1913. There are views of the sounds and surrounding landscape, of Portage where the party stayed, and of boat and fishing trips that they made during their stay. The seventh series is of a tramping trip to the Orongrongo River Valley. The views are of native forest, the river and the mountains, and one of two men boiling a billy beside their tent in the bush. The eighth series consists of two photographs of the wreck of the "Devon" on the rocks at Pencarrow Heads, Wellington harbour. This occured on the 25th of August 1913. The ninth series is a group of photographic postcards of the Te Anau, Milford region, and probably relate to the trip recorded at the beginning of this album. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1920-1929

From: Cox, Thomas George, 1887-1973 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-6712-3

Description: Photographs of trips taken in the countryside, of bridges, rivers, streams, waterfalls, native forest, mountains, coastal scenery and other scenic views. There are pictures of cars and one of a motorcycle with side car. There are prints of two fly fishermen displaying their catch in a net and of a man holding up a large eel. Others show yachts in sail, and men and boys in yachts; adult fun sports at a group outing identified in PAColl-6712-2 as being the "optic championships". Another group are shown playing cricket in the grounds of Days Bay House. There is also a single print of a hunter showing his bag of wild game birds. Animals are represented by cattle and horses, one of the latter associated with two men and a wagon-full of freshly harvested hay, another is harnessed to a coach parked beside a stationary train. A sequence of prints records the dams and lakes of the newly completed Mangahao Hydro in the hills inland from Shannon. Three prints show a ship grounded in coastal shallows. There are portrait and group photographs of people, including children, and one print of a children's party. Several show picnic groups.

Date: 1843

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-035-017

Description: A clearing amongst tall native trees, with a the house of George Compton in the background, surrounded by a low fence, the whole viewed through a gap between the trunks of two large trees. There is a fallen tree trunk in the centre with a man seated on the trunk, his back to the viewer and staff in his hand. Note on verso: Compton's cottage on Daniel's Island, River Hutt in 1843. (The whole cut down and the buildings destroyed - 1847). Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W. S. 1843-54. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 165 x 224 mm