Places

Date: 1852

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875; Ralph, Thomas Shearman (Dr), 1813-1891

Reference: A-215-017

Description: View from Te Aro Flat, probably from the bottom of Mount Victoria, looking towards Wellington. A small hut at the water's edge nearby, swampy ground and the Waitangi Stream in the foreground, fencing marking Te Aro Pa, European houses beyond, cliffs marking the beginning of Lambton Quay with houses running its length at the waterfront, the sloping line of The Terrace, with several houses running up the hill in the left background and ships moored in the harbour. One of two copies at A-215-017 and A-215-018. One copy is an untouched proof, the other has pencil pencil additions of mosque, basilica, buildings on hills and wharf Another copy in Pearse, J Album (ATL) p. 34. This copy is not able to be issued Inscriptions: Signed: E N : T S Ralph Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 194 x 294 mm on sheet 245 x 295 mm

Date: [1894-1900?]

From: Denton, Frank J, 1869-1963 :Collection of negatives, prints and albums

Reference: PA1-o-132

Description: Photographs, chiefly of the Wellington area, probably taken by Frank J Denton. A number show the house `Fernhill' in Woolcombe Street (now part of The Terrace), Wellington, views from the house and its gardens. Portraits in clude Laurie Denton, Tom Tolley (locksmith), Alfred Bennett and his family, Mrs Denton Snr, Mrs Waters (had a grocery shop in Dixon Street), G L Adkin (as a boy), Miss Dixon (of the aerated water family, the Dixons of Dixon Street), George Butler (artist), and Beaglehole (David Ernest Beaglehole, father of Professor Ernest Beaglehole, and Professor John Cawte Beaglehole). Also includes photograph of a portrait painted by George Edmund Butler of his father Joseph Cawte Butler (maternal grandfather of John Cawte Beaglehole). Other Titles - Wellington I Album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Maroon cover decorated with painted leaves, 22 x 26 cm

Date: [ca 1910s-1950s]

By: Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6866

Description: 152 views and portraits. They include: at least 22 of Picton and and the surrounding area showing boating in the harbour, people pic-nicking on the waterfront, people watching a rowing race, a speedboat called Pelorus Jack racing in the Sounds, and ferries coming in to the terminus; 10 images of the geothermal area around Wairakei inlcuding mud pools and geysers; nine images of a Studebaker Commander 6 either parked at scenic views or driving along country roads; eight images of men talking possibly at race meetings; six of the timber industry particularly the building of a timber boom; four aerial views of a liner coming into Auckland harbour; three views of groups of well-dressed men and women wearing what are possibly conference badges in an area decorated with bunting; three similar images of a large group of women photographed at Te Aro School near the Carillon also with conference badges; three general views of Wellington harbour; three images of the Spa Hotel, Taupo; two images of two women in bathing suits; two views of the railway station from The Terrace, Wellington; two views of a girl in Wellington Botanic Gardens; a scene on board the RMS Mononwai with a woman being photographed framed by the life belt; two of Aorangi; one of the ferry Cobar in Wellington Harbour; two of children riding on donkeys; two of the same elderly couple outside their house; two of young men on the boat Starlight; a group of what are probably sheep shearers outside their shed; Aotea Quay, Wellington; the yacht Ilex in Wellington harbour; children playing on swings; a large wooden gothic style house (location unknown); sheep droving; two women on a Bell Bus Company tour; various scenes on board ship including passengers watching an entertainer, a boxing match and a crossing the equator ceremony; a ship's officer climing down a rope ladder on the side of a ship; two of kauri trunks being transported on the Roxen, 1932; and a small child looking at an overturned carved wooden statue. The majority of the remaining images are of unidentified landscapes. Photographer(s) unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-030982, 030983, 030985, 030992 to 030996, 030998, 031005, 031007 to 031010, 031012, 031013, 031016 to 031045, 031049, 031051 to 031059, 031154 to 031192, 031198 to 031203, 031205 to 031217, 031227 to 031248, 031737, 031739, 031740, 092294 to 092305 Quantity: 114 b&w original negative(s) film. 38 b&w original negative(s) glass. Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: [ca 1866-1867]

From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district

By: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901

Reference: PA7-44-29

Description: View of the buildings along Lambton Quay extending south from Brown's Wharf on the far left. Sweeney's Nelson Hotel can be identified in the centre. Houses on Wellington Terrace and further up can be clearly seen. One of a series of panoramic views of Lambton Quay taken by W H W Davis ca 1866-1867. Forms panorama with PA-7-44-06 (1/2-052975). Almost identical image to PA7-44-28 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 1844 - 1846

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Hatton, Walter Scarlett, 1873-1938

Reference: B-061-003

Description: A view from below the summit of The Terrace, looking south down onto Te Aro and along the beach towards Mount Victoria and Oriental Bay. There are houses along the shoreline, a jetty, Manners Street runs parallel to the shore and there are houses dotted back over the flat land. There is low scrub in the foreground Appears to be a copy of the left side of of S C Brees' "Te Aro flat from near Captain Sharpe's residence" which shows Wellington in 1844 or 1845. (Panorama plate 66 in Brees' Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand, published London, 1847). Some details differ. The road in the left foreground is more marked, there are additional houses stretching back over the valley floor, and several buildings nearer the foreground are different from Brees' engraving, as are the details of the outline of Mount Victoria and the cliffs leading towards Oriental Bay. Several of these differences can also be observed in the wood engraving of the same view published in the Illustrated London News, 'Wellington, Te Aro flat' Sept 11 1847, p. 168, and in a related oil painting in the National Library of Australia. Both this watercolour and the oil painting may be copied from the Illustrated London news. The style of the watercolour is very like that of W. S. Hatton, who is known to have copied many views from the Illustrated London news, although his or her work was normally signed. Paper watermarked D & C Blauw Other Titles - Hatton, Walter Scarlett, 1873-1938 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on laid paper, 229 x 381 mm

Date: [ca 1945-1954]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Fitzgerald, F G, active 1945

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-230

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance in 1940s-1950s. Wellington houses under consideration as possible home for the Prime Minister, Hon S G Holland in 1950 - Mrs W E Herbert's residence [186?] The Terrace; Dental Clinic, Tinakori Road; former home of Stronach Paterson, Pipitea Street. House being moved by truck to Fairlie, South Canterbury, Mar 1950; Alex Lindsay String Orchestra playing at an outdoor concert held at the sound-shell glade of Wellington Botanic Gardens, 1954; debuntantes and committee at Marlborough College Golden Jubilee Ball, Mar 1950 (all named on verso). Series of mounted and captioned photograph taken by F G Fitzgerald of mountaineering in Southern Alps. Views include: cameraman on Harman Pass photographing snow on the Kelly Range Saddle; Cronin Glacier between Mounts Marion and Rosamund viewed from the Whitehorn Pass; Arahura River valley. Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1894-1897

From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs

Reference: PA1-q-078

Description: Family photographs of the William Hughes Field family, their home in Everton Terrace, Wellington, with views of Wellington and the harbour taken from various streets nearby. One group of images taken from Kelburn Park in February 1897 show the ship (with an escorting flotilla) in which Lord Glasgow was leaving New Zealand after his term as Governor of New Zealand. A few images show scenes in Christchurch. The yacht `Sunbeam' (privately owned by Lord Brassey) is shown in Wellington Harbour in a number of views. Several photographs shows areas on the outskirts of Wellington. Views fom Pukerua of the hills to the north and Kapiti Island; Otaihanga (with one of a Maori family at their home); Upper Hutt, showing Mr and Mrs Sarjeant's backyard, Mr and Mrs Barber's orchard, and two views of a farm owned by Mr [Martin?]; the coast at Island Bay, and fishermen and their huts at Island Bay. Signature of William Hughes Field is found inside the front cover `W. Hughes Field. 1895' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Grey album with black corners and spine, entitled `Photographs. W.H. Field. Index'; 29.0 x 24.5 cm

Date: [ca 1866-1867]

By: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901

Reference: PA7-43-07

Description: View taken from off-shore of buildings along Lambton Quay with Brandon's Corner on far right. Houses in Wellington Terrace and beyond, and the Bolton Street Cemetery (on right) can be seen on the hills behind, with Tinakori Hill in the background. Identifiable premises on Lambton Quay are: T J Mountain; Edward Greaves Smith (Music Warehouse); Henry Owen; baker's shop; chemist & druggist; G Read; J Cook & Son. The Star Boating Club's shed can be seen on the waterfront. One of a series of panoramic views of Lambton Quay taken by W H W Davis, ca 1866-1867. Pasted on verso: A glimpse of New Plymouth's beautiful recreation grounds showing the nband rotunda with the Poet's bridge in the background (ca 1890s-1900s). Photograph cut from a newspaper. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - right of image - Wellington. Before 1865 Relationship complexity - Same images at PA7-09-04 (albumen print), PA7-43-13 (albumen print), PA7-44-06 (silver gelatin print), and PAColl-3339-03 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 22 x 25.5 cm on card 22 x 27.7 cm

Date: [ca 1915-1925]

Reference: PAColl-6889

Description: 5 views of Miramar Gas Works and the streets surrounding it including carts being loaded from overhead hoppers; three of the Hutt River mouth; one of railway yards with a gas works in the background; a view from The Terrace looking out over the harbour with gardens in the foreground; and one of Island Bay looking east across The Parade. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-044251 to 044261 and 106035 Quantity: 12 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1842 - 1845

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: B-049-047/049

Description: Views of Wellington between 1842 and 1845. The top view shows the house of William Wakefield (the site of the Beehive) looking up The Terrace beyond. The central view is of Captain Daniell's sawmill on the Kaiwharawhara stream. A bullock cart is carrying logs to the right, several men are resting in the foreground, there are piles of tree trunks in the foreground, and tall bush in the background. The lowest view shows the bank on the corner of Willis Street and Manners Street with soldiers marching by, from the barracks next door to the bank. Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261

Date: Probably March 24 - 25 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

Reference: PA12-8792

Description: Transparency slides of Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams') travel in New Zealand in 1959. This sheet of slides was probably taken earlier than those on some of the preceding sheets (information from his diary). This sheet contains images of Wellington, including Wellington Airport; views from Mount Victoria; around the Wellington coast including shore with marram grass and black-backed gulls; the Petone Settlers' Memorial; Marine Parade around Miramar, with the Monowai sailing through Wellington Heads; buildings in the city including Parliament Buildings, Government Buildings, Wakefield House at 90 The Terrace, used by the Founders Club; and an old two-storeyed wooden house on the Terrace; the Corinthic loading various goods at Wellington Wharves; Lambton Quay; Cable Car terminal and views of Wellington; and the Carter Observatory. Slides on this sheet are numbered 505-528, with a gap for no. 506. Arrangement: Image no. 506 (showing the view from Mount Victoria in Wellington) was taken as part of Williams' representative collection on New Zealand for various lectures which he gave when he returned to England. The lecture series are filed in later sequences. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: 1887 - 1888

From: Hoare, E A, fl 1887-1888 :Drawings, watercolour sketches, photographs and notes of E A Hoare, Artiste, on board 'S S Tongariro'. December 1887 to March 1888

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: E-955-f-042

Description: A view down Nairn Street towards upper Willis Street, with Thorndon in the distance. St Peter's on Willis Street is identified by its spire. The Terrace rises up along the hill to the left. The harbour and western hills can be seen in the distance. A gaslight street lamp is in the immediate foreground on the left Burton Brothers catalogue number 2298 See also A-109-009 for a wood engraving print of a similar scene Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 140 x 195 mm, on sketchbook page 255 x 370 mm

Date: 1842

From: Smith, William Mein 1799-1869 :The harbour of Port Nicholson and the town of Wellington (sketched in the middle of the year 1842). Plate IV.

By: Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: B-110-056

Description: Left one-third of full panorama from Thorndon to Te Aro. Main features named. Shows houses along foreshore of Lambton Quay and Thorndon. Shows Tinakore [sic] Range, Kai Wara Wara [sic], Nga Hauranga [sic], the Terrace, Willis & Co.'s store, Kumu Toto Point and Pa, Doctor Evan's house, Colonel Wakefield's house, Barrett's hotel, Medical hall, Company's Emigration Barracks, and Government flagstaff. Extended Title - From Wakefield, Edward Jerningham. Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1845. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Thorndon Flat; Recto - Items named in scope and contents note are written indicatively above and below image. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand coloured, 243 x 457 mm.

Date: 1892 - 1893

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-017

Description: View across the harbour with Points Jerningham and Halswell and the eastern hills. In the foreground is a sloping partly bush-clad site, with the tower of St Andrews on the Terrace (?) to the right and a large multi-storey building further down the hill, near the water's edge, probably the wooden Government Buildings. Ships in the harbour. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil in sketchbook 130 x 180 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

Date: 1852

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875; Ralph, Thomas Shearman (Dr), 1813-1891

Reference: A-215-018

Description: View from Te Aro Flat, probably from the bottom of Mount Victoria, looking towards Wellington. A small hut at the water's edge nearby, swampy ground and the Waitangi Stream in the foreground, fencing marking Te Aro Pa, European houses beyond, cliffs marking the beginning of Lambton Quay with houses running its length at the waterfront, the sloping line of The Terrace, with several houses running up the hill in the left background and ships moored in the harbour. This copy has been heavily annotated with various people, soldiers (including a group in the act of firing), large buildings, including at least two with domes, buildings on the skyline, etc. An untouched proof copy of this lithograph is held at A-215-017 Another copy, an etching, in Pearse, J Album (ATL) p. 34 (E-455-f-034-2 hand-coloured). This copy is not issuable Inscriptions: Signed: E N : T S Ralph Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 194 x 294 mm on sheet 245 x 295 mm

Date: [ca 1900-1929]

Reference: PAColl-6911

Description: 8 miscellaneous images: 5 aerial views of Wellington, including Hataitai before the building of the Mount Victoria tunnel, the Botanic Gardens with Karori in the distance, inland from Point Jerningham, and the railway lines and Thorndon; two of the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) greeting Maori performers; and a studio portrati of an elderly couple, the man holding an intricately carved walking stick. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-048897 to 048904 Quantity: 8 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-033-1

Description: 'Very hasty sketch from [the artist's town] acre done in 5 mins' with numbered features. The view looks from The Terrace out towards Wellington Harbour. The features include the site of Pearse's proposed house, bush that is yet to be cleared, the Tararua Mountains in the distance, the Hutt Valley, the hills behind Eastbourne, a few of the houses in Thorndon, 'Mr Moore's acre' next to Pearse's, and part of The Terrace, below Pearse's section. There are two sailing ships in the harbour. Pearse's land was on the corner of Wellington Terrace and Aurora Terrace Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on blue paper, 147 x 206 mm

Date: Aug 1940

From: Edwin family :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-0120

Description: Panoramic view of Wellington taken from 179 The Terrace (Edwin house on corner of Boulcott Street and The Terrace), Wellington. Shows houses in Boulcott Street (in foreground) and The Terrace (opposite Herbert Gardens). The T & G Building is on the far left and Antrim House on the far right. Taken by an unidentified photographer in Aug 1940. Inscriptions: Mat recto - beneath image - Title; names of former owners of houses and names of some buildings; Verso - centre - Additional information written at time of deposit Similiar view at 1/2-058525 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 145 x 570 mm with mount (3 silver gelatin prints forming a panorama)

Date: [between 1880 and 1900]

By: Connolly & Company

Reference: PA7-40-29

Description: Panoramic view looking down onto houses on The Terrace, buildings in central Wellington and across the harbour to Oriental Bay. Photograph taken by Connolly & Co, ca 1880s-1890s Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Connolly, Wellington The obelisk was erected at the centre point of the Octagon in 1890 in memory of those who fought and died in the New Zealand Land Wars in Taranaki. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 21.2 x 29 cm

Date: [ca 1866-1867]

From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district

By: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901

Reference: PA7-44-28

Description: View of the buildings along Lambton Quay extending south from Brown's Wharf on the far left. Sweeney's Nelson Hotel can be identified in the centre. Houses on Wellington Terrace and further up can be clearly seen. One of a series of panoramic views of Lambton Quay taken by W H W Davis ca 1866-1867. Forms panorama with PA-7-44-06 (1/2-052975) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print