Places

By: Diamond, Will, active 1900?

Reference: G-334

Description: Shows the ruins of St Thomas Church, Kohimarama, Rangitoto Island in background Inscriptions: Signed: Will Diamond Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on board 310 x 536 mm

Date: 1860 - 1862

From: Abraham, Caroline Harriet, 1809?-1877 :Sketchbook. [1860-1864]

Reference: E-569-026

Description: Shows a small group of men, possibly soldiers, standing near the sea, with the Melanesian Mission of Kohimarama at the left, the beach on the right. Other Titles - [Houses and people by the sea. Former title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on page of sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil sketch, on page, 126 x 173 mm.

Date: 1859 - 1865

From: Abraham, Caroline Harriet, 1809?-1877 :Sketchbook. [1860-1864]

Reference: E-569-022/023

Description: Double spread shows a view of all the buildings in the Kohimarama Mission School complex. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on pages of sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil sketch, on double page spread 126 x 346 mm.

Date: 1910 - 1930

By: Lloyd, Trevor, 1863-1937

Reference: B-064-001

Description: Shows the ruins of a stone church, St Thomas' Anglican Church at Kohimarama Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching 173 x 250 mm

Date: [ca 1938]

From: Williams, P C :Photographs of Levin, Weraroa and Auckland c1900s

Reference: PAColl-0434-05

Description: The ruins of St Thomas' Church in a field in Kohimarama, Auckland. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: ca 1860

From: Urquhart album

By: Crombie, John Nicol, 1827-1878

Reference: PA1-q-250-38

Description: Scene with whare, and unidentified group, on a hill above Auckland Harbour, on the "uplands of Kohinimarama [Kohimarama]" (quoted from The Weekly Register of 30 July 1860, see "Maori in Focus" by William Main, 1976, page 9), circa 1860. Shows men of the Imperial forces standing in the centre. An unidentified Maori man, wrapped in a blanket, is crouched in the foreground, with dogs alongside. Photograph taken by John Nicol Crombie. Image, and information regarding it, published in "Maori in Focus" by William Main, 1976, page 9. Other Titles - Maori Home (information from "Maori in Focus" by William Main, 1976, page 9) Inscriptions: Album page - Auckland Harbour New Zealand Arrangement: In folder stored with album Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15.3 x 21.1 cm, with rounded upper corners, mounted on card 17.7 x 23.8 cm

Date: 1923

From: [Ephemera relating to carnivals and celebrations in New Zealand. 1920-1929]

By: Webster (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-CARNIVAL-1923-01

Description: A schedule of events for 6-13 January, including yacht races, swimming sports, dinghy races, model yacht races, aquatic events, Scotch and Irish dancing, flower and horticultural show,home industries exhibition, floral fete, hunting competitions, boy and girl riding contests, athletic sports, tug of war, wrestling, baby show, Fire Brigade tournament, bowling tournament, tennis tournament, aviation displays, grand bazaar, side shows. Includes photographs of two women swimmers, Miss P Hoeft, and Miss Violet Walrond. Dated from the time at which Violet Walrond would have been competing as a swimmer. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 12 pages, each 204 x 135 mm. Provenance: Purchased from John Martin, dealer, London, in 2005.

Date: 1860 - 1862

From: Abraham, Caroline Harriet, 1809?-1877 :Sketchbook. [1860-1864]

Reference: E-569-033

Description: Shows a few figures paddling in the waves on the beach at Kohimarama, with the Melanesian Mission College at the right. Other Titles - [Beach scene. Former title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on page of sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil sketch with some watercolour, on page, 126 x 173 mm.

Date: 1957, April 1960

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7773

Description: Transparencies of aerial views of suburbs in Auckland City, taken 1957 and April 1960 by Whites Aviation. Comprises views of Glen Innes, Glendowie, Kohimarama, and Otahuhu. Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: 1860 - 1862

From: Abraham, Caroline Harriet, 1809?-1877 :Sketchbook. [1860-1864]

Reference: E-569-027

Description: Shows a scene in the Waitemata Harbour. There is a tall rocky island in the right foreground, and sailboats and a headland beyond, with St Paul's steeple on the skyline. Bastion Rock was removed from the harbour in the twentieth century Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on page of sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour on page, 126 x 173 mm.

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: PAColl-10055

Description: Note: These photocopies were made by the Library from prints and an album lent by the donor. The prints were identified on the backs and in captions, and enabled the archivist to describe the negatives in the collection. Includes a copy of the Berntsen family tree provided by the donor and the negative sleeve book that originally held the negatives in this collection. The first fourteen images relate to members of the Berntsen and Mollgaard families on the farm owned by Niels Johan Berntsen at Waipatiki out towards the coast from Dannevirke. Most of the people are identified and include - Niels Berntsen's children; Joe (Johannes Berntsen), Andy (Andreas Ries Berntsen), Kitty (Johanne Katherine Berntsen), Dina (Kirstine Marie Berntsen). George Peter Berntsen's children; Harold Johannes Berntsen, Elizabeth Berntsen. The Uncle Peter Berntsen in this collection is probably George Peter Berntsen, brother of Niels Johan Berntsen. The Mollgaards were family friends. Mollgaards included in this collection are - Elvina (Sister) Mollgaard, Rudolph Mollgaard, Hans Mollgaard, and Mr Mollgaard. There is also Uncle Ole Olsen, and a young woman called Marie. The rest of the images are a record of Anton Berntsen's time as a pupil of the Walsh brothers' New Zealand Flying School at Kohimarama, Auckland, which he attended in 1917-1918. Many of the students are identified as well as the three instructors, George Bolt, Bob Going, and Marmaduke Matthews. There are photographs of one of the two B&W Boeing seaplanes purchased in 1916, flying boats designed by the Walsh brothers and built at the school, the Curtis and Hall Scott engines bought in to power the aircraft, and views of everyday life at the school at work, play, and rest. The grandparents and fathers of the Berntsen children in this collection left Denmark in 1872 with 15 other Danish families, and joined the emmigrant ship `Ballarat' in England. The ship berthed at Napier, New Zealand, on the 15th of September 1872. The names of the Berntsen parents who emmigrated with their family were Anton and Bodil Katrine (nee Neilson) Berntsen. The children and young men and women in the first part of this collection are the children of their eldest child and son, Niels Johan Berntsen, and of their youngest child and son, Peter George Berntsen. Quantity: 62 photocopy/ies. 1 photocopy/ies of an album. 1 empty negative sleeve book.

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123891-F

Description: Interior view of an aircraft hangar at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Most of the view is taken up with an aircraft that may be being overhauled or under construction. The engine is uncovered and its wingspan is incomplete. Anton Berntsen is sitting in the forward cockpit. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123928-F

Description: View of an American built Curtis aircraft engine in Walsh flying boat "B" at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken circa 1917 by Anton Berntsen. The engine has eight cylinders so it may be the Curtis OX-5 aircraft engine which was state of the art new in 1917. If earlier it could be the Curtis OXX engine. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123887-F

Description: B&W Boeing seaplane "F" of the New Zealand Flying School seen in flight above Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123895-F

Description: B&W Boeing seaplane "F" ready for inspection at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. The aircraft is on railway tracks, and in the background can be seen other aircraft and the hangars. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123893-F

Description: Aircraft high above Waitemata Harbour off Kohimarama, Auckland. Rangitoto Island can be seen in the background. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123885-F

Description: George Bolt working on an aircraft engine at the New Zealand flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. George Bolt trained at the New Zealand Flying School, and then stayed on as an instructor of student pilots. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123886-F

Description: B&W Boeing seaplane "F" of the New Zealand Flying School flying over Waitemata Harbour off Kohimarama with Rangitoto Island in the background. A motor launch is moored in the foreground. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123892-F

Description: Unidentified building at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123899-F

Description: New Zealand Flying School instructor Marmaduke Matthews (extreme right), and a group of student pilots bringing the Walsh flying boat "B" out of the hangar. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. The first flying boat at the school was a Curtis from the USA which the Walsh brother's modified to suit their purposes. They then went on to develope their own flying boats based on the Curtis. "B" was the first of the series of home built flying boats. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm