Places

Date: 1914

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-q-914

Description: Opens with a group of men on a tramp into the valley of the Orongorongo River in the southern Rimutaka Ranges. Included are views of the river and surrounding mountains, in particular Mount Matthews which they climbed posing for a photograph at the Mt Matthews trig station. There are views in the native forest and one looking over the Wainuiomata Valley. One image shows a group of men standing on the Fernside Railway Station labled as the "Mt Hector Party". This probably relates to a group of photographs later in the album recording a tramp in the Taraua Ranges. A group of five photographs records a trip to the Dawson Falls on Mount Egmont. There are views of the road leading to the falls through native forest, the group sitting on a huge rock below the falls, and the falls themselves. The other images in this group show the party on the Mountain, and loaded onto a cart at Eltham. Two pages of views of Days Bay, Lower Hutt, showing individual houses, Croyden School, and coastal scenes. A surveying trip to Kapiti Island. Views of the western cliff face of the island, the caretaker's house and surroundings, a tame deer, nautilus shells, and H E Girdlestone standing beside an 8 inch micrometer on a tripod. Views of the Volcanic Plateau showing Mounts Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro and the surrounding plains. The departure of the Main Expeditionary Force from Wellington during the First World War. The focus of these images is on the transports moored at the wharves, and the two escorting warships, the Japanese "Ibuki" and the British H M S "Minotaur", in the harbour. A group of women playing golf on the Waiwhetu golf links Family and friends at Eastbourne. Trip to the West Coast and the glaciers. Views of the main road south of Ross passing through heavy native forest, the Franz Josef Glacier and people climbing its ice fields, Mount Tasman, the Toaroha Rapids, and the Fox Glacier. There are also views of the Pelorus River and Bridge, the Buller Gorge, the Buller River, and the bridge on the road between Lyell and Inangahua. A general view of Greymouth where the party stayed with friends whoes two children were photographed driving peddle cars. A southern crossing of the Tararua Ranges. The route was by way of Mount Reeves, then down into the Tauherenikau River valley, along the river, then up to Mount Alpha and along the ridges to Hector and out again along the Waiotauru River to Otaki Forks. There are two photographs of members of the tramping party, as well as general views of the ranges, the rivers, a mountain tarn, and the Waihoanga Bridge. A visit to the Army training camp at Trentham. Photographs of individual soldiers and groups of soldiers and visitors. Three views of a man on horseback and a dog in the Manganuiateo River. Three images of surveyors making observations at a trig station using an 8 inch micrometer. Views of the Southern Alps. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: From 1930 to 1938

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-o-008

Description: Album of black & white photographs supplementary to the 3 MS foolscap volumes of Annals of the Tararua Range (4), images nos 449a-568. Includes memo of topographical details and their origins on greywacke hills; ascent of Tararua Peak from Mt Hector track, March 29-30, 1930; Manawatu Gorge and northern end of the Tararua Range, April 1930; Kaitoke-Alpha-Tauherenikau circuit (27 Feb-2 Mar 1931), with several members of the Hutt Valley Tramping Club named, views of the Alpha Hut on the Hutt-Tauherenikau Divide, Tauherenikau Hut of the Tararua Tramping Club on the Tauherenikau River, and Smith Creek Hut; ascent of Arete Peak via Yeates Track 1-3 April 1932, with Jack Gavey and Arthur Black at the Ohau Hut; combined clubs ascent of Mt Tauririkohukohu (3455 ft), 18 Feb 1934; blue slip shatter belt, Waikawa River, Manakau, 1935; Wellington greywacke-argillite topography, Aug 1936; Western margin of the Tararua Range, no. 4, Manakau-Otaki sector; Heights Basin, Arapaepae Ridge revisited 15 Aug 1937; winter ascent of Mount Hector (5016 ft), 17 July 1938; ascent of Thompson Trig Station (2333 ft) from the Waitohu Valley.

Date: 1929-1948

By: Kendall, Leslie Frank, active 1920-1950

Reference: PA1-o-717

Description: Album compiled by Lesley Frank Kendall. The first section relates to tramping and the Mount Egmont Alpine Club. This includes - A large group of people on a mountain tramp ca 1929. Climbers on Mount Egmont. Building the first Syme Hut on Fantham's Peak, Mount Egmont, 1930. Military training camp at Long Bay. Emerson Street, Napier, in ruins, 1931. Two men on a motorcycle holiday. Group of photographs of the Wairarapa and Tararua Ranges. This includes - Men hunting in the Palliser Bay area. Views of the Rimutaka Range and road. Climbers on Mount Hector, Tararua Range, and at Kime and Field's huts. View of the Balclutha road bridge (built between 1933 and 1935). Kendall family members and a motor holiday in Central Otago ca 1936. This group also includes Queentown, the Buller Gorge, the DH 86 aircraft `Karoro,' and Canterbury. Views of Napier rebuilt. Sports matches include - New Zealand versus India, hockey, 1938. Otago versus Canterbury, rugby (probably Ranfurly Shield) 1938. Photograph group relating to a holiday in Auckland. Photograph group relating to a holiday at The Portage, Kenepuru Sound, Marlborough. Family gathering. Lesley Kendall in military uniform and Norma Clout on their wedding day, ca 1940. Group of photographs of unidentified children, people and places. Pig hunting trip, locality unidentified. Group of photographs of Lesley and Norma Kendall's first baby. Holiday on the South Island's West Coast. Wanganella on Barrett Reef, Wellington Harbour, 1948. Views of Ohinemutu and Whakarewarewa. Group of photographs relating to the Royal New Zealand Air Force training school at Levin, Second World War. Family photographs, views of Wellington, the Putangirua Pinnacles Palliser Bay, and Picton. Groups of people on holiday at Paraparaumu, 1930s. Groups of people on a day out at Ohariu Valley, Wellington, 1930s. Wellington College Mod. VB class, 1929. Lesley Kendall with athletic trophies for the 1929-1930 season. Family photographs, 1920s-1940s. House on Maungakiekie Avenue, One Tree Hill, Auckland. Group photograph of a dance party, Mount Eden, Auckland, 1930s. Two photographs of New Zealand Air Force groups, Second World war. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: [ca 1870s-1890s]

From: Bridge family :Photograph albums

By: Anson Brothers (Firm); Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Pulman (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-271

Description: Views of New Zealand, England, Australia and Canada, associated with family of Charles Joseph Bridge (d 1876), settler at Homebrook, near Lake Ellesmere; and his son, Charles Hastings Bridge. Includes pressed flowers and leaves, a coloured sketch of a rowing boat on a river lined with willow trees. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - Henry Hugh Chapman 1881; Henry Walter Bridge 1886 Quantity: 2 album(s) Album(s).

Date: ca 1900-1946

By: Neill, Wally, active 1936-1962; Lawlor, Thomas Joseph, 1882-1960; Luke, Monte, 1885-1967

Reference: PAColl-0514

Description: Set of five photographs with captions of tramping trips in the Tararua 1930-1940; portraits of Walter Burke, George Lambert, and Herbert Evatt, the last two taken by Monte Luke; photographs by Thomas Lawlor of St Mary's Church, Timaru, Lake Te Anau, and the steps approaching the Nelson Cathedral; and a bridge over a river near Greymouth. Complete total of photographs unknown Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1910]

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

Reference: 1/2-001569-G

Description: View of the snow-covered Tararuas. Taken from the banks of the Waingawa River looking towards a bridge over the river. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Waingawa River. Masterton. NZ. 558 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

Date: 8 May 1963

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-60224-F

Description: Aerial view of the upper Hutt Valley looking north east. Includes Manor Park, Manor Park Golf course, Haywards, Haywards electrical sub station, the railway line and Silverstream railway bridge, the Hutt River, Keith George Memorial Park, and in the distance Upper Hutt and the Tararua Range. Photographed 8 May 1963 by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 13.8 x 13.2 cm Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation Box Blue 231, Lower Hutt.