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Date: 1899-1902

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-65

Description: Scenes in New Zealand during the term of Lord Ranfurly as Governor, taken by unknown photographers. The top left photograph (PA1-f-195-65-1) showsl a bullock team in the Kaihu Forest, 1899, with a group of men, at the right of which is Richard John Seddon. The top right photograph (PA1-f-195-65-2) shows Government House, Wellington, illuminated for the coronation of Edward VII, 1902. The centre left photograph (PA1-f-195-65-3) shows a scene in the Bay of Islands, with a sailing boat, 1899. The centre right photograph (PA1-f-195-65-4) shows Lady Eileen Knox, 1897. The lower left photograph (PA1-f-195-65-5) shows Captain Collin Post of SS Tutanekai, 1899. The lower right photograph (PA1-f-195-65-6) shows a Maori kainga with a group seated in the foreground. Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Six photographic prints mounted on album page 416 x 286 mm (page size).

Date: [Circa 1900s]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-302

Description: Album of photographs probably taken by George William Barltrop, circa 1900s. Most of the views are taken from a ferry on the Whanganui River; stretches of the river; kainga (villages); groups of Maori on the riverbanks; a low-lying waka with two men in it; and a scene of passengers disembarking. There are a number of views of Paranui Pa, including an overall view, groups of Maori children, including one entitled `Haka for a penny'; a kaumatua seated in a doorway, by himself in one image, and with two children in a second image. One view of a gathering for the Missions to Seamen; two portraits of a young woman, taken from different angles (possibly Emma Jane Barltrop). Other - Pages are numbered 896 to 935 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, entitled `Photographic views'; 20.5 x 17.5 cm

Date: 1869 - 1901

By: Liardet, Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn, 1799-1878; Anderson, Nora, active 1901; Hogg, Neville William (Dr), 1927-2007; Sisarich, Warren, active 1980s-1990s

Reference: C-126-006

Description: Extensive view framed by tree ferns and flax in the foreground, looking down unto a small river winding through cultivated fields and scattered houses, with the kainga mentioned in the title presumably the cluster of buildings to the right. There is a ridge of low hills beyond the near river valley then the extensive plain of the Waihou River, formerly called the Thames, with mountains in the distance The original watercolour by Liardet is at C-137-005. The Thames River, named by Captain Cook, is now known by its original Maori name as the Waihou River. The "Kawaeranga" River is the Kauaerangi. Mt Pukekawa does not appear to be a name used in the area depicted any longer - the closest Pukekawa is some 50 kilometres to the west on the far side of the Waikato River. On the verso is a pencil and faint watercolour drawing of a pair of pink dancing shoes and a fan. Other Titles - Embouchure, Kauaerangi River, Waihou River Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title, both artists' names and dates, in brown brushpoint in cursive calligraphic style.; Verso - "Mrs Anderson Coromandel sc" plus framing instructions dating from the 1960s. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, on sheet 315 x 467 mm. Provenance: Owned by Warren Sisarich, 1960s. Sold at Dunbar Sloanes, Wellington, to Dr Neville Hogg of Dargarville.

Date: [ca 1895-1905]

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

Reference: 1/2-001117-G

Description: View taken at Whakarewarewa showing women and young girls holding bags containing potatoes ready to place in a hot pool to be cooked. Guide Sophia in second from left; the rest of the group have not been identified. There is a wooden building in the background. A copy made by William Archer Price from a photograph taken by an unknown photographer in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 205 Cooking at Whakarewarewa. Placing potatoes in boiling pool. William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches