Places

Date: 1848 - 1849

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

By: Turnbull, Henry Hume, -1858

Reference: E-454-q-014

Description: A road winding between bush-clad hills above a gully, probably Karori Road, Porirua Road or the Kaiwharawhara / Ngaio area. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & sepia wash on sketchbook page 180 x 259 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Kate Kavanagh, England, 1993.

Date: [1870s-1880s]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Blomfield, Charles, 1848-1926; Bragge, James, 1833-1908

Reference: PA1-q-261

Description: Photographs of New Zealand taken circa 1870s to 1880s, many by unidentified photographers, with several being taken by James Bragge. One that is clearly by Bragge shows his named carriage "J. Bragge. Photographer. Lambton Quay, Wellington" in a photograph taken on the road on the Featherston side of the Rimutaka Hill (on page 18). The first fourteen pages show views of the Pink and White Terraces, each from varying angles. These are followed by views of Ohinemutu. Many of the photographs are unidentified, including one of a meeting house with a group of Maori men, women and children in front. Painted on the maihi are the words "Mauimua Mauiroto Maui", painted fish and Maui in a boat fishing. On page 26 is a photograph of a painting, possibly by Charles Blomfield, showing Lake Rotomahana with the Pink Terraces on the right and the top of the White Terraces in the foreground, beside which there are two men. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, gold border; 38.0 x 28.5 cm

Date: 1848 - 1849

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

By: Turnbull, Henry Hume, -1858

Reference: E-454-q-011

Description: A small house and fence on the left bank, the stream, and Old Porirua Road running along the flat land on the right bank, looking into the hills of the Ngaio Gorge. There are two people faintly sketched on the left bank, so the area shown may be the ford. A horse and cart are moving along Porirua Road. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page 180 x 259 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Kate Kavanagh, England, 1993

Date: 1849

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: B-103-006

Description: Bush clad hillside, probably around Ngaio Gorge, showing the effects of the 1848 earthquake in Wellington, with deep valleys Geologist Gaye Downes suggests that this scene is likely to be drawn from Old Porirua Road, about 2/3 of the way up from Ngaio Gorge, looking upwards Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 175 x 250 mm

Date: [1850s?]

By: Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885

Reference: B-009-005

Description: Attributed to William Howard Homes on stylistic grounds. Shows Mathieson and Schultze's flourmill to the right with a red-cloaked man leading a horse along Old Porirua Road on the left. Wellington Harbour can be seen in the distance, the building on the near-side of the harbour is possibly the Rainbow Hotel. Matiu / Somes Island and Wellington City are also shown. Title transcribed from item. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom left - The Harbour from Keiwara Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on card Processing information: Description updates 5 April 2023 following information provided by a researcher.

Date: 1850

By: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889; McClintock, Madeleine, active 1985

Reference: B-159-024

Description: Shows a Maori man and woman with a child on the woman's back, walking beside their packhorse on a road at the left. The packhorse is laden with red saddlebags. The road continues into the foreground and curves away again to the right, disappearing into a bushcovered hilly area. The couple are passing a central rata tree in flower, and there are bushcovered hills in the distance. In the foreground in front of the rata is a pool or section of a river. Location suggested to be the Hutt Valley, but may be one of the gorges off the western side of the harbour, possibly near the old Porirua Road. Letter of authentication dated 24 August 1983 on backing board. Sometimes known as "Maori travellers ..." Other Titles - Maori travellers with packs and horse, pack horse, Hutt Valley [former title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 375 x 262 mm. Provenance: Formerly owned by the artist's great granddaughter, Mrs Madeleine McClintock. Auctioned at McArthur & Company Auckland in October 1983 (lot 28)

Date: 1840 - 1849

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Crawford, Henry Nevay (Brigadier), 1907-1993

Reference: A-229-008

Description: Kaiwharawhara stream and bridge in foreground; across the stream is a raupo hut and John Lodge's two-storeyed public house (also known as the Rainbow Hotel or Kaiwharawhara Hotel). The raupo whare is either one built for road-makers, or the immigration barracks built by Te Kaeaea (Taringa Kuri) to house Scottish colonists put ashore at Kaiwharawhara in December 1840. The area is shown before the 1855 earthquake, which raised the flat land in this part, and made the stream more shallow. The road up the hill on the near side of the stream is the Porirua Bridle Path, 6 feet wide. On the far side of the stream is the original Porirua coach road. (Information from Kapi-Mana news, Vol 23 no. 14, 10 March 1981, p. 22, by William Secker). Original deposited by on indefinite loan by Brigadier H N Crawford, August 1968. (See TL 2/56). Bequeathed to the Library in 1993 See also Onslow Historian, Vol 6 no 3, 1976, p. 9. Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 177 x 261 mm

Date: [Circa 1860s-1870s]

By: Tensfeld, John, active 1869-1882; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: PA1-o-493

Description: Album of photographs taken by John Tensfeld circa 1860s-1870s. Title page reads: "New Zealand souvenir, by John Tensfeld, artist, Dunedin. Containing twenty interesting views of the most important places in New Zealand" Photographs as shown: Port Chalmers; Dunedin (view from jetty); Dunedin (Princes Street); Dunedin (view from Bell Hill); Dunedin (view towards bay); Waikouaiti (Otago); Christchurch (Government Building); Christchurch (Council Chambers); Nelson; Nelson (view from cemetery); Hokitika, Westland (Gibson's Quay); Kanieri, Westland (diggings on Hokitika River); Greymouth, Westland (Mawhera Quay); Cobden, West Coast (on Hokitika [i.e. Grey] River); Westport, West Coast (Gladstone Street, Buller); View near Nelson; Dunn Mountains (Province of Nelson); Old Porirua Road (near Wellington); Forest scene (North Island). Album from A H Turnbull's own collection, with his own bookplate inside front cover. The album had the original numbering 3791-3809. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover; 23.5 x 31.0 cm Provenance: From the library of Alexander Turnbull.