Places

Date: [circa 1905 to 1912]

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department

Reference: PA1-o-498

Description: Photographs of a range of industries in New Zealand, possibly related to the Christchurch International Exhibition in 1906-1907. Industries include animal related products including wool, from fellmongery to transportation and finally weaving; meat works, including the slaughter house, the mutton cooling room, shipping fozen mutton, the beef cooling room; butter, at the Hautapu Butter Factory, showing butter in the factory, and delivering butter at Ngaruawahia Railway Station; the Waikato Bacon Factory, and pig carcases. Other industries include flax, with scenes showing a flax mill, carting flax to the mill, stripping, washing and drying flax, and also grading hemp and loading bales of it at Auckland wharves; kauri timber industry, from felling the trees, hauling logs by bullock, floating logs over the Wairoa Falls, sorting timber at the mill booms, timber mill on the Wairoa River, and a million feet of sawn timber at the mill. The latter part of the album shows scenes of gold dredging on the Buller Gorge, hydraulic gold-mining at Ross, Westland; coal mining at Brunner; kauri gum diggers and a warehouse storing kauri gum; and finally views of the Sugar Refinery in Auckland, and a warehouse filled with sacks of sugar. Other Titles - New Zealand scenery Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, leather corners and spine, entitled "New Zealand scenery" in gold lettering; 26.0 x 34.5 cm

Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-532

Description: Views of New Zealand taken by E Wheeler & Son, circa 1870s to 1880s Most of the views are identified, either on the photograph itself, or in hand-written captions below; places shown are listed above. One image has caption "Flax cutting" on the photograph which shows a man standing be a group of cabbage trees, with a house? or possibly a mill with a water wheel in the background behind the trees, while the hand-written caption reads "Valley scene, Hokianga". Other Titles - New Zealand views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover (damaged), entitled "New Zealand Views" in gold lettering; 25.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: [Circa 1910s?]

By: New Zealand. Government Tourist Bureau

Reference: PA1-o-473

Description: Photographs of the South Island taken by various photographers, mostly unidentified, circa 1910s Other Titles - New Zealand photographs - South Island Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "New Zealand photographs. South Island" in gold lettering; 26 x 32 cm

Date: [1860s-1880s?]

Reference: PA1-q-166

Description: Scrap book of miscellaneous photographs, many of which have no captions and have not been identified. At the front of the album is an undated newspaper cutting showing the original building used for the Colonial Museum in 1865, which `has been revealed by the pulling down of the Dominion Museum, at the back of Parliament House. For many years this building has been used for a variety of purposes, museum exhibits being housed in adjacent quarters, but it is about to be demolished'. The first group show interior scenes of the Canterbury Museum, with exhibits of bird skeletons, and mounted birds. Other scenes show mounted animals, possibly not in Canterbury. Scenery includes views of the Franz Josef Glacier; and a number which are identified showing the gold-mining area around Ross and Donoghues, the Totara River and Mikonui River. One page has six photographs of mountainous regions in Switzerland; several show the area near the Wellington caves in Queensland, Australia; and two views show the breaking of the Cook Strait Cable. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, maroon spine and corners, entitled `Photographic scrap book'; 30 x 24 cm Provenance: No donor or provenance information available. Possibly part of a larger collection.

Date: [1930s]

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: PA1-f-057

Description: Album of photographs of scenes, advertisements and posters advertising rail and ferry travel in New Zealand. The advertisements were used in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, and the posters were displayed at Railways Ticket Offices. The posters, and advertisements using "Mr Goodseat" were part of their campaign to show the advantages of travel by rail. The artist for many of these signed himself 'Matthews'. Scenic photographs also show some aspects of life in New Zealand, including a series on the flax industry with harvesting, drying and processing the fibres. Another group shows a farm, including a house made of corrugated iron, with sacking covering the windows; land clearing and ploughing with horses, draining the land, and a pile of harvested kumara; and several photographs of a man panning for gold, and inspecting pieces of rock with a magnifying glass; a group of men on horseback with dogs setting out on a hunt, and a cage full of pheasants before being released for the shoot. Pages 78-81 show activities associated with the mail service. They include people buying stamps in a post office, men sorting mail, large bags prepared for out-of-town delivery (some bags being delivered to the inter-island ferry for transport to the South Island). From there they show postmen emerging from the Chief Post Office with their satchels ready for local delivery, with the final scenes of delivery into a household letterbox, and one of a woman being handed her mail at the door. There are a number of much earlier photographs in the album, including pictures of Major Ropata, Sir Donald McLean, John Webster and F E Maning, and one of Te Aro in 1857. Advertisements included "Buy New Zealand made goods, for the children's sake. Cut these cords. Unemployment"; an advertisement for Hannah's footwear using a photograph of The Mystery train" (advertising a trip to Paraparaumu Beach, and another to Ohau). Several photographs show large groups of people who travelled on the Mystery Train, picnicking at the beach at Paraparaumu, boiling up a huge billy, and a child in a backpack on her father's back). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, green spine, entitled `Miscellaneous Book C3"; 39 x 56 cm

Date: Between 1868 and 1890

By: Larkworthy, Falconer, 1833-1928; Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-140

Description: Photograph album of New Zealand scenes The first sequence contains views of the road from Christchurch to the West Coast, taken by Daniel Mundy in February 1868. Another group are of further scenes in the South Island taken by the Burton Brothers around the Dunedin area. There are several views of Scotland and England, including one of the Brendon Hill Incline, an iron-mining area in Exmoor, and a view of the Larkworthy family castle in Aberdeenshire (name of the castle not clear in album). Later views in the album are taken by unidentified photographers, and include scenes of the Franz Josef Glacier, with the Waiho River; sluicing for gold at Black Gully; a tubular flume at Donnellys Creek; the Totara Ferry; viaduct at Jones' Creek; bush at Donoghues; and views of Ross and Hokitika. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - Larkworthy album Relationship complexity - See also qMS-1129-1132 (donated at the same time) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, entitled `Scrap book'; 32.5 x 27.0 cm Provenance: Donated by Mrs W M Lowry and Mrs V M Matthews, England, 1956

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

By: Hargest, Miles, active 1982

Reference: PA12-11306

Description: Mainly photographs of unidentified people living in Central Otago. Also a gold panner in action, and a large mechanical digger operating. Quantity: 10 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

By: Sheehan, Grant, 1950-; Hargest, Miles, active 1982

Reference: PA12-10784

Description: Panning for gold near Arrowtown, and views of the ruins of the village built by Chinese gold miners. Quantity: 9 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [Circa 1870s and 1880s]

From: Nairn, Douglas, fl 1973 :Photographs of New Zealand and Fiji

By: (W N) Tuttle & Company; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Hart, Campbell & Company; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland)

Reference: PA1-o-359

Description: Photographs of New Zealand, taken by various photographers. Some are unidentified, but many are taken by the Burton Brothers, J V (James Valentine), Tuttle & Co, for Simpson & Co., and Hart, Campbell & Co. In the North Island, a large number of photographs show the area around Mount Tarawera before and after the volcanic eruption in 1886. There are a number showing the huge deposits of mud and ash which covered the area, with views of the landscape and of ruined buildings, followed by scenes of the Pink and White Terraces, before the eruption. On page 8, there is a view of Ranana (London), on the Wanganui River with the caption, "Maori village similar to those overwhelmed by the eruption". Other scenes in the North Island were taken in Auckland City, Ohinemutu, Rotokakahi, and Whakarewarewa, Ti Eke [i.e. Tieke] on the Wanganui River, and one of Wellington City taken from Mount Victoria. South Island views include many around the main lakes, including Wakatipu, Wanaka, Manapouri, Queenstown and Hawea; Milford Sound and Mitre Peak; the Otira Gorge; Kawarau Gorge and Bridge; Oamaru; Port Chalmers; and Dunedin. Views of gold mining areas in Otago include excavation sluiced out by hydrants at St Bathans, and the miners' towns of Naseby with the river choked with tailings, and Nokomai. Portraits of Maori including Ana Rupene. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with marron leather binding covered with waxed brown-paper cover, entitled `New Zealand photographs, [E?] Nairn'; 25.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: [ca 1880s-1900s]

By: McEachen, John Allan, 1844?-1920; Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA1-q-105

Description: Gold dredges, gold sluicing, and machinery associated with gold mining in the South Island. Includes a few photographs taken in Australia, particularly the Pioneer Tin Mine in Tasmania. Inserted in a pocket in the front of the album are 19 loose prints, chiefly showing various claims in the North Island, some of which are taken by H J Locke. Also named in these images are the Saxon Mine and Ivanhoe Mine. Pinafore Claim was located at Waiotahi, Thames. Cambria Claim was a gold mine located in Thames. Gold King Dredge was on the Clutha River near Roxburgh circa 1899. Title supplied by Library. Date range estimated partly on dates that dredges were known to be operating. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-062522 to 062553, and also includes those in the vicinity of 1/2-062625 and 1/2-062630 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Mottled black exercise book, entitled `Photographs. Dredges. Sluicing. Machinery. New Zealand. Australia'; 35 x 23 cm Provenance: Purchased from American Book Service, 1975

Date: [ca 1860s-1880s, ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Newcomb, Stanley Peter, 1934-2008 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9453-6

Description: Scenic photographs taken for New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department Quantity: 86 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Bween 1870 and 1885]

Reference: PA1-o-091

Description: Album of early New Zealand scenes, mainly taken by the Burton Brothers. Images include gold digging, gold dredging (image of Sew Hoy's dredge), and gold sluicing, one showing the flume on a Scandinavian race at St Bathans. There are a number of views of the Pink and White Terraces, scenes of Maori life in the King Country, and scenic views of Dunedin and the Queenstown-Lakes District. The album consists of about 71 pages, of which 25 are empty. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Maroon covered album, 23 x 31 cm Provenance: Donated by Kings Cottage Museum, Australia, 1987

Date: 1926 to 1931

From: Hunter, Thomas Alexander (Sir), 1876-1953: Albums and photographs

Reference: PA1-o-235

Description: Album of photographs, chiefly taken by Sir Thomas Hunter. Many of the images are of tramping, camping and climbing holidays with friends and family, both in the North Island (Lake Waikaremoana, the far north, and in the Ruapehu and Taupo Districts), and the South Island (Greenstone River, gold sluicing and gold panning at Moonlight, Queenstown and Wanaka). Most scenes state the location, but very few people are identified, and then only by Christian name. Photographs were taken overseas on a trip to London via Panama, and to New Zealand via San Francisco, May-September 1931. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled `Photographs'; 18 x 29 cm

Date: [1900s]

By: Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931; New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PA1-o-316

Description: Album of scenic views of New Zealand, many taken by Thomas Pringle, others taken by photographers from the New Zealand Tourist Department, and others by unidentified photographers. A number are hand-coloured. South Island scenes include Milford Sound, lake and mountain views, and some of Christchurch city. North island scenes include a number in Wellington, with views of city streets, the Chief Post Office, Government Buildings, St John's Church and the railway station. Most of the other North Island views are of tourist destinations, particularly in the thermal regions, with hot springs, geysers and mud pools. There are a large number relating to Maori, especially at Whakarewarewa, with taniko weaving, flax weaving, poi dancers, te hongi, and posed portraits of young girls in front of a meeting house wearing different styles of cloaks. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown textured cover; 25.5 x 30.0 cm

Date: [Between 1880s and 1890s]

From: Bothamley family: Papers and photographs

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911; Lindt, John William, 1845-1926; Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936

Reference: PA1-o-431

Description: Photographs taken during the 1880s and 1890s, chiefly by Henry Charles Clarke Wright, with others probably taken by Herbert Deveril. All show scenes in New Zealand except one, prabably taken by J W Lindt, of an Australian aboriginal man and woman standing over a kangaroo which they have caught. They have boomerangs and a spear. Photographs of the town of Tarawera and the White Terraces were taken before the eruption in 1886. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, coloured picture of two cats playing with a ball of wool inset, and bordered by gold and black decoration, entitled `Children's scrap book'; 25.0 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1932-1933

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-221

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1932-1933 relating to gold mining and prospecting at Cromwell and Kawarau River, Central Otago Quantity: 67 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-533

Description: New Zealand views taken circa 1870s to 1880s by E Wheeler & Son. Scenes include both North Island and South Island views, and all places named are listed above, as are businesses, ships and buildings, where possible. Items of interest include a photograph of trout taken by the Upper Selwyn River "A good day's sport. 38 fish, with the fly, 2 rods" with two large baskets alongside. Two scenes show different means of transport across rivers where there are no bridges. One is the "Cage bridge" (or Flying Fox) across the Teremakau (Taramakau) River, and the other shows a ferry punt across the Buller River. A number of views show farming activities, including a scene near Cheviot of about 20,000 sheep being drafted for shearing; and one of a wagon laden with wool bales being hauled by a team of bullocks. A view of gold sluicing is shown in this album with the locality indistinct. The same view is shown in the first Wheeler Album (PA1-o-532) in which the locality is named as Waimea. Other Titles - New Zealand Views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue buckram cover, entitled "New Zealand Views. Wheeler & Son" in gold lettering on spine; 26.5 x 33.0 cm

Date: [between 1900-1930]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: PAColl-3057-1-07

Description: Scene at Blackwater, Inangahua County. A group of four Chinese goldminers are sluicing for gold with a ground sluice. There is a wooden dwelling behind the working area, with bush-covered hills in the background. Photograph taken by William Archer Price between 1900 and 1930. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Ground sluicing. Blackwater. No. 1225B. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 11.1 x 16.7 cm

Date: 1852

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Wynyard family

Reference: B-182-008

Description: Shows five diggers at work at a clay bank in a forest clearing. One of them is using a "long Tom" gold sluice. In their midst stands a figure in blue, with a long stick; he is either resting or supervising. In the background, a large kauri tree has been felled and is lying on the undergrowth. Beyond it can be seen the roof of a tent. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 224 x 184 mm. Provenance: Previously owned by a descendant of the Wynyard family. Processing information: Deframed by the Library.

Date: [189-?]

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0697-G

Description: Workmen from the Waikaro-Mumu HGS Company, a Takaka based (sluicing?) firm. Shows men gathered around a jet of water from a pump. Photograph taken circa 1890s by the Tyree Studio, probably in the Takaka district. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Workmen, Waikaro-Mumu H.G.S. Company Takaka Tyree Photo 10130 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative