Places

Date: 1879

By: Lyon & Blair Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/1879/Acc. 8980

Description: Plan of the subdivision of section 56 of the Opaki block, showing lands for sale; also shows the property of Te Rophia (sic Te Ropiha) to the southeast of the lands for sale Extended Title - Wellington: J.H. Bethune & Co., 1879 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Friday, 19th December, 1879. Important sale of Small Farm Allotments, Opaki Plains, Masterton. Messrs. J. H. Bethune and Co. Have been favored with instructions from the Executors of the late Henry Bannister, Esq., to sell by public auction, at their rooms, corner of Featherston and Brandon streets on FRIDAY, 19th December, at 2 o'clock- The Opaki Estate, consisting of 1,178 acres of valuable agricultural land subdivided into 24 small farm allotments, varying from 40 to 122 acres each ... Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: 46 x 49 cm. Scale 1:7 920

Date: 1985

By: Price, Susan, 1960-

Reference: MS-Papers-4096

Description: Tabulation of properties, alphabetically by street and number, of property valuations in Brooklyn, from J H Bethune & Company's valuation books. See J H Bethune and Company Limited records (Acc 84-113) for original valuation books. Part of demographic/sociological research on Wellington suburb of Brooklyn for Victoria University of Wellington thesis. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (26, 9 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Ms S Price, Kelburn, Wellington, 1985

Date: 1922 - 1923

By: City Printing Company; Wright & Carman Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-REAL-ESTATE-1922-01

Description: Shows a view of Lyall Bay. Accompany sheets promote the area as a place to live, and describe the marked growth in the suburb in the last 13 years. Prices of each section are listed, and it is implied that values will rise when the new tunnel is completed. Other Titles - Stellin Estate Date confirmed in Evening post, for 13 December 1922, property pages. The auction of the property in 72 section allotments was conducted by J H Bethune & Co. on 14 December 1922 at 2.30 pm. The vendor was Mr James Stellin. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on 3 sheets, each 250 x 314 mm. (Second sheet was originally larger)

Date: [1957]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-36

Description: Comprises notes on old occupation site at Kau Bay, Pt Halswell, Wellington Harbour (with maps); map of the Greytown area; map, pa near mouth of Waitotara River; map, Ohawe Village, Waingongoro River; Melanesian greenstone adze, Bethune's sale; new type of patu from Western Marlborough Sounds (with map); melanezoid adze; Maori place-names of Croisilles Harbour, Marlborough Sounds (with map); a series of maps of the NZ Company's 1st general survey, Wellington district; map, native garden, on Owhariu Stream Arrangement: Notebook no 35 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1900 - 1910

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Ki/[19-?]/Acc.37543

Description: Copy of a cadastral map of sections between Overton [i.e Overtoun] Terrace, Belvedere Road and Evans Bay Road, Kilbirnie, Wellington. Numbered sections include acreages, boundary measurements and sites of houses. Scale of original: [1:2 376] Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Duplicated plan, scale indeterminable, 33.4 x 20.7 cm.