Places

Date: [Between 1880s and 1890s]

From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs

Reference: PA1-q-079

Description: Views of the Otago Region taken by unidentified photographers, circa 1870s to 1895. Many show buildings in Dunedin, including one house `Lisburn House' built for the Fulton family in 1865; also commercial buildings, church buildings, school buildings (Otago Boys' High School), and Dunedin Gaol. The church buildings include the Chapel in Leith Street, the Chapel in Great King Street, and the Baptist Chapel. Beyond Dunedin there are views of Naseby, Butchers Gully, Port Chalmers, Cromwell, Kyeburn, Shag Valley, and Lake Hayes, Lake Wanaka and Lake Hawea. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover decorated with gold birds, lettering and decorations outlined in black; 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Date: ca 1880s

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/2-003202-G

Description: View of old Port Chalmers, looking across the harbour towards the township, with ships in the harbour, and the Methodist chapel and the Anglican church visible on the hill, centre background; the Presbyterian church at far right centre. Photographed by David Alexander De Maus. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Port Chalmers. 31. Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 1875-1899]

By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; Grayston, Daphne, -1966

Reference: PA-Group-00198

Description: Photographs taken by David Alexander De Maus at his Port Chalmers studio, ca 1875-1899. Collection consists mainly of portraits of sailing ships and steam ships visiting Port Chalmers, but also includes views of Port Chalmers and environs. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives catalogued at 1/4-009294, 009439, 009579, 009586, 009617, 009681, 009687, 009768, 009822, 009826, 009829, 009834, 009838, 010123, 010167, 010215, 012551, 012552; 1/2-003202 to 003215, 003217 to 003227, 180393, 190155, 190172 to 190173; 1/1-003300 to 003500, 003503 to 003515, 005724 to 005750, 021643 to 021657. Prints at PAColl-3035-1. Negatives made by D A De Maus at his Port Chalmers studio, at 62 George Street. Quantity: 625 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 1/1 and 1/2 plate glass negatives Provenance: The collection was divided on the death of De Maus; the shipping photos being taken to England by his daughter, Mrs D Grayston, another group being held in Outram by another daughter, Mrs O J Armour, and a third group being left in the studio, which had passed in 1932 to Miss Catherine Euphemia Matheson. She worked as a photographer from that address. Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 1993. Reference number changed from PAColl-3035 to PA-Group-00198 in 2008.

Date: 1875-[ca 1930]

By: Mackay, Robert Percy, 1862-1948

Reference: MS-Group-0337

Description: Consists of 3 logs written by Mackay on the whaling ship Splendid for the years 1875-1877. The logs detail the voyages of the ship from Port Chalmers to various places around New Zealand, the Southern Ocean and into the Pacific. Also contains discharge papers dated Oct 1877; an annotated copy of `The Cruise of the Cachalot' by Frank T Bullen published in 1899 and an annotated proof of a galley for a newspaper article, ca 1930s, reporting on Mackay's life and his claim that Bullen's 1899 book was in fact based on the Splendid. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 4 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Quilters Bookshop, Wellington, 1994

Date: 1883

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-139-2

Description: Shows the lighthouse at Port Chalmers Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - The Last of New Zealand. The tug cast off and making for Port Chalmers. 22/2/83. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 52 x 242 mm

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-169-006

Description: 12 sketches including one of a street scene in Europe, one of shipping at Port Chalmers, one landscape, the rest figures of men Assorted wood engravings pasted on verso Quantity: 13 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink, watercolour sketches on blotting paper, glued to sheet 327 x 238 mm

Date: between 1942 and 1959

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

By: Matheson, Catherine Euphemia, active 1932-1950

Reference: 1/1-021647-G

Description: Two American Liberty ships at Port Chalmers; number 97, the 'Frank Joseph Irwin' with a tugboat alongside; and number 93, the 'Lincoln Steffens'. A dredge is visible behind the 'Frank Joseph Irwin'; and the sheer-legs in the foreground. Probably photographed by Catherine Euphemia Matheson who took over the De Maus studio in 1932. For information about the ships see "The Liberty ships" (p 65) by L A Sawyer (WN 623.824 SAW 1970) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: Between 1873 and 1875

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/2-014446-G

Description: View of the three-masted schooner "Euphrosyne" moored at Port Chalmers. Photographed by David Alexander De Maus. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - "Euphrosyne." Foundered. 1875 Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1876]

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-46-06

Description: Elevated view looking down over the township of Port Chalmers and across the Otago Harbour to Quarantine Island, Goat Island (with single men's quarantine barracks visible) and beyond to the Otago Peninsula (Mt Charles on left and Harbour Cone on right). In the immediate foreground (on left) is the old cemetery. In the foreground there is a railway wagon and large stockpile of rocks waiting to be shifted. In foreground to the right is the cutting for the main Trunk Railway. Retail shops and commercial premises in George Street can be seen, including those of James Menelaus, James Bosworth Taylor (painter & paperhanger) & Simmonds & Sons. On the hill to the left in Grey Street is the Port Chalmers Grammar School and Holy Trinity Church (only partially visible). Photograph was taken by Herbert Deveril and dated ca 1876. The new Port Chalmers Grammar School in the foreground (centre right partially obscured by trees) was built 1874-1875 and occupied from December 1875. The building in George Street on extreme left was not completed until March 1875. Alongside this building is a large excavation for buildings eg Marine Hotel completed in 1881. Accompanying material - Sketch with roads and the main buildings and features identified by Ian Church of Port Chalmers Museum, 2008 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 24.2 x 36 cm

Date: [1880s-1890s?]

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA1-o-111

Description: Scenic views, mostly of New Zealand, some of Australia, and a few taken in Scotland. Photographs mostly taken by Frank Arnold Coxhead; two of those taken in Scotland were by George Washington Wilson (G.W.W.). The album also contains a large number of coloured postcards, coloured reproductions of paintings, and coloured scraps. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark green cover, with black spine and corners, 27 x 38.5 cm

Date: [Circa 1930-1935]

From: Birrell, Kenneth Stewart (Dr), b 1909 :Albums of photographs taken by Kenneth Stewart Birrell

Reference: PA1-q-030

Description: Family photographs, and scenic views of New Zealand taken by Kenneth Stewart Birrell. Most are taken in the South Island, particularly around Dunedin, and Queenstown. Several are dated, taken in the 1930s. Images include the old cob cottage at Taioma, the "Waianakorua Camp", and Kawarau Dam. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth-bound album labelled "Enlargements", 230 x 295 mm

Date: [Between 1870s and 1880s]

By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd.

Reference: Pa1-o-389

Description: Early photographs of New Zealand, mostly taken by unidentified photographers. One collage of Union Steam Ship Company ships, ship captains and the head office building in Dunedin was photographed and issued by David Alexander De Maus. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album cover pink and white pattern with gold tracery, red spine; 24.0 x 32.5 cm

Date: [ca 1870s-1880s]

From: Gibbs, James Joseph, fl 1963 :Photographs of New Zealand towns and cities

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-46-16

Description: View taken from the hillside above the wharves at Port Chalmers and looking out to the entrance to the Otago Harbour. A number of sailing ships are berthed at the wharves. In the immediate foreground on the right is the second Presbyterian Church built in Port Chalmers in Mount Street. Photograph taken by Herbert Deveril in late 1870s or 1880s. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - 67. Port Chalmers, New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 26.2 x 35 cm

Date: Between 1877 and 1905

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/1-002439-G

Description: The sailing ship Taranaki berthed at Port Chalmers alongside the Shaw, Savill & Albion Co. Export Stores. Photograph taken by David Alexander De Maus. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - "Taranaki."; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 518; Marginal notes on negative - top left - 518 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1872

From: New Zealand Institute of Marine and Power Engineers :Photographs of the Star of Canada, the Taranaki and the Rangitira (ships) ; panorama of a New Zealand Expeditionary Force leaving Albany

By: Muir and MacKinlay (Firm); New Zealand Institute of Marine and Power Engineers

Reference: PAColl-D-0061

Description: Photograph of S.S. Taranaki in dry dock at Port Chalmers, 1872. Photograoh taken by an unidentified photographer. Copy made by Muir & MacKinlay, Wellington (date unknown) Inscriptions: Backing board recto - beneath image - Presented by Mr Chas Seager. S.S. Taranaki in dock Port Chalmers 1872 Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: 31 x 39 cm on card

Date: [ca 1890]

By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925

Reference: PAColl-8123

Description: Mills & Co Wool and Grain Stores at Port Chalmers. Photographed ca 1890 by David Alexander De Maus. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Mills & Cos Wooland Grain Stores Port Chalmers; Mount recto - beneath image - De Maus exhibition photo. And fine art publisher, Dunedin and Port Chalmers. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 14 cms, mount 27 x 22.4 cms

Date: 1905

From: Various artists :[Clippings of cartoons published in New Zealand newspapers. 1890s-1905].

Reference: A-225-027

Description: Shows Prime Minister Richard Seddon with muddy hands, as he digs at the site of the Port Chalmers dry dock. He is speaking to a man in suit and hat. The suited man is William Cable, chairman of the Wellington Harbour Board in 1904-1905. He was known to point out often that "big shipping repair jobs were constantly being sent out to Lyttelton or Port Chalmerse reason that Wellington, with the best commercial harbour in the country, had no dock at all" (See Cable's obituary, Dominion, 10 June 1922 - pasted in NZ Obituaries, volume 2 (1922), page 18) Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on newsprint, 280 x 237 mm. Transfers: Transferred from Ephemera Collection in 2002..

Date: After 1880

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/1-002505-G

Description: The sailing barquentine 'Wrestler' at Port Chalmers. Photographed by David Alexander De Maus. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - "Wrestler."; Marginal notes on negative - top left - 590 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Permin, James William, 1880-1921

Reference: PA4-0842

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Port Chalmers, taken by J W Permin Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Port Chalmers; Recto - right of image - J W Perman - photo; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: Between 1898 and 1900

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/1-002417-G

Description: The Southern Cross at the time of the Antarctic Expedition in the dry docks at Port Chalmers, photographed by David Alexander De Maus. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Antartic [i.e. Antarctic] Expedition "Southern Cross" in dock. Port Chalmers. NZ.; Marginal notes on negative - top left - 583 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches