Places

Date: 1870s

By: Hobhouse family; Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-5788

Description: Photographs (some prints from Tyree collection) show views of Nelson, Bishopdale, gold sluicing, Clifton Motupipi, sluicing hose crossing a valley, scenes in Golden Bay, Bishop's School Nelson, St Michael's Waimea West, Wanganui ca 1876, SW suburbs of Nelson 1889, St Alban's Church Appleby, Brightwater Church, Maitai River, Bishopdale 1888, Settler's hut. Quantity: 32 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1845-1870]

Reference: Micro-MS-0521

Description: Anecdotes about early Nelson settlers, possibly by C J U Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (ca 20 pages).

Date: 1855 - 1870

From: Beatson, William, 1807-1870 :[Architectural plans of buildings in England and Nelson. 1840-1870].

Reference: Plans-99-020-149

Description: Shows a transverse section, longitudinal section, front and end elevations. There is a belfry on the pitched roof. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil, on sheet 304 x 383 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Patrick Beatson, in 1999.

Date: ca 1870s

From: Bloch, Theodor Thorlacius, 1844-1935 :Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-4256

Description: The loose prints: two of crowds at racetracks both showing the spectators' stand and one with a race in progress; a wooden church with clergymen in the doorway and what may be a vicarage next to it with three women in the garden; the wharves in Nelson showing a number of sailing ships and the premises of Franzen & Co; the interior of a church probably anglican; the view down Trafalgar Street, Nelson from the church steps; and a portrait of an unidentified freemason. Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s) from Bloch Album 3.

Date: [ca 1880s-1890s]

By: Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PA7-26-01

Description: Elevated view of Nelson showing houses and foot bridges over the Maitai River Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Maitai River. Tyree photo 994 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1864-65, ca1870s, 1890s

From: Barker, Margaret, 1924-2013: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-1257

Description: Quantity: 3 b&w copy negative(s). Finding Aids: Photocopies at PAColl-1257.

Date: ca1875-ca1885

From: Swainson, Jane :Photographs of military forces in Taranaki, Nelson, Hokitika, Parihaka and Rotorua.

By: Bayliss, Charles, 1850-1897; Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920

Reference: PA1-q-707

Description: Views of notable public buildings in Sydney dating from the late 1860s to the late 1870s. Nelson City during a public parade involving colonial soldiers. Soldiers in military encampments, parading, and firing Cannon. Views of Lake Rotorua, Parihaka at the time it was occupied by Government troops, Hokitika waterfront, floods in Greymouth, and a wedding in Nelson. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [187-?]

Reference: PAColl-4452

Description: Three copies of original photographs held by the State Library of Victoria. A panorama of Nelson from the Saltwater Bridge with Hounsell's and Lucas's to the left and the cathedral on the right; a view looking out to the harbour with the cathedral on the left; and a view of a gold mining settlement identified as being in the Nelson area by the State Library and consisting of a group of wooden buildings in the foreground with huts scattered on the hill behind. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 3 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Copy prints

Date: [Circa 1860s-1870s]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-o-385

Description: Album of New Zealand scenery taken circa 1860s and 1870s. Some taken by William Thomas Locke Travers (particularly in the Lake Guyon area), identified by comparison with photographs known to be his; and some possibly taken by the Burton Brothers. Names of all the places listed can be seen in the list above, except for two streams which are not mentioned in current maps and guides, Blue Duck Creek and Gem Creek (Lake Guion); and a rock formation near Aorere which was known then as the "Devil's Boots". A view at the foot of the Otira Gorge shows an old hotel (not named). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon leather binding, entitled `New Zealand scenery' in gold lettering; 24.0 x 31.5 cm

Date: 1860 - 1870

From: [Artist unknown] :Timetable of the Dun Mountain bus running between Nelson and the port. [Nelson, C. & J.T. Bray, 1867?]

Reference: C-069-001-centre

Description: Illustrated timetable showing a horse-drawn tram, with male passengers seated on the roof, female and further male passengers seated inside Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, section of whole measuring 575 x 450 mm

Date: 1855 - 1870

From: Beatson, William, 1807-1870 :[Architectural plans of buildings in England and Nelson. 1840-1870].

Reference: Plans-99-020-150

Description: Shows ground plan of school, with separate girls' and boys' classrooms and a porch. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil, on sheet 304 x 383 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Patrick Beatson, in 1999.

Date: 1870 - 1879

Reference: A-104-027

Description: A two-stored building with two turrets, seen from the street in front Printed on lined letter paper Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 93 x 138 mm on sheet 253 x 203 mm

Date: [1867-1879]

From: Dominion Museum : Historical material

Reference: AI-73-017

Description: Comprises legal documents re release of land, Otago Harbour Board; articles of agreement; mortgages re Otago Dock Board; mortgage, Thomas Cawthron; bonds with government; and Wellington Building Society letter to George Allen on leaving the company Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1870 - 1879

Reference: A-104-027-a

Description: A two-stored building with two turrets, seen from the street in front Printed on folded lined letter paper Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 93 x 138 mm on sheet 263 x 405 mm

Date: Between 1879 and 1882

By: Sorrell, Charles, 1855-1932

Reference: 1/2-190125-F

Description: Cabinet card photograph of Picton School, taken prior to reconstruction in 1882 by Chas Sorrell of Wellington. Charles Sorrell was first recorded as a photographer in 1879. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s) (copy of original print returned to owner). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 100 x 125 mm Finding Aids: Photocopy on shelf at PAColl-6715..

Date: 1855 - 1870

From: Beatson, William, 1807-1870 :[Architectural plans of buildings in England and Nelson. 1840-1870].

Reference: Plans-99-020-204

Description: Shows a plan of the building on a triangular block of land. Includes offices for principal, clerk and salesman, a bonded store, and a yard. According to the donor (see AT 13/14/1, 19 November 1999), this building was built for Messrs Edwards & Company, and opened in August 1864. It was built on rubble from the Boulder Bank in Nelson Harbour and at that time was the largest building in Nelson. Part of the building now houses a radio station (Nov 1999). 1860s cadastral map shows this triangle of land as belonging to the trustees of the Wesleyan Church. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sheet, 380 x 557 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Patrick Beatson, in 1999.

Date: 1873-1925

By: Curtis, Walter Sanderson, 1852-1925

Reference: Micro-MS-0796

Description: Notes, newspaper clippings, photographs concerning mountaineering, entertainment in Nelson. Also includes Curtis family genealogical information. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (ca 45 frames).

Date: 1874-1884

By: Feist, Frank Alfred, 1861-1948

Reference: MS-0736-0737

Description: Diary entries describe last years at school and early employment; lists and family details at the end of the volume. The school work book was kept between Oct 1874 and Oct 1875, while Feist was still a pupil at Richmond Boys School Source of title - Supplied Feist attended Richmond Boys School near Nelson, and in 1875 moved to the Wairarapa where he purchased his first country store at the age of twenty Quantity: 2 volume(s) (118, 94 pages). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (18 cm & 23 cm; black boards and ¼ maroon morocco, marbled board; in blue cases)

Date: 1842-1871

By: Nelson Temperance Society

Reference: Micro-MS-0681

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (c.100p.).

Date: 1879

From: Gunn, V R : Photographs of Nelson and Richmond and environs

Reference: PAColl-4929-02

Description: The staff and pupils of Rose Bank School, Nelson on the verandah and steps of the school with, from the right on the verandah, Miss Lily Campbell, Mrs Thomas Scott, Mrs Carter Wills, and Miss Fanny Campbell holding the baby Tommy Scott 1879. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/4-16248 to 16253 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).