Places

Date: ca 1880s

From: Post and telegraph collection :Mainly mail coach photographs ca. 1880's.

Reference: 1/4-019613-F

Description: Mail coach stuck in the Waimakariri River. Shows the horse drawn vehicle in the centre of the image, with rocks and shingle on the surrounding river bank. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer circa 1880s. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-533

Description: New Zealand views taken circa 1870s to 1880s by E Wheeler & Son. Scenes include both North Island and South Island views, and all places named are listed above, as are businesses, ships and buildings, where possible. Items of interest include a photograph of trout taken by the Upper Selwyn River "A good day's sport. 38 fish, with the fly, 2 rods" with two large baskets alongside. Two scenes show different means of transport across rivers where there are no bridges. One is the "Cage bridge" (or Flying Fox) across the Teremakau (Taramakau) River, and the other shows a ferry punt across the Buller River. A number of views show farming activities, including a scene near Cheviot of about 20,000 sheep being drafted for shearing; and one of a wagon laden with wool bales being hauled by a team of bullocks. A view of gold sluicing is shown in this album with the locality indistinct. The same view is shown in the first Wheeler Album (PA1-o-532) in which the locality is named as Waimea. Other Titles - New Zealand Views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue buckram cover, entitled "New Zealand Views. Wheeler & Son" in gold lettering on spine; 26.5 x 33.0 cm

Date: 1899

By: Elliott, George Herbert, 1860-1941; Dixon, Marmaduke John, 1862-1918

Reference: B-175-007

Description: Shows a view of the upper Waimakariri River, with snowy peaks of the Southern Alps in the distance. Two figures are standing on the shingle flats in the left foreground. There are cabbage trees on the headland at the right. The artist used the spelling "Eliot" up until 1910. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 203 x 292 mm (sight). Provenance: Originally a gift from the artist to Mr and Mrs Dixon. This is probably Mr & Mrs Marmaduke John Dixon who married Mabel Courage in 1897. The artist may have met the couple through Marmaduke Dixon's sister Rosa (later Rosa Spencer Bower), who studied at the Canterbury School of Art in the 1890s. Processing information: Deframed by the Library.

Date: 1875

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-175-008

Description: Shows at lower right a covered wagon stopped beside a wooden hut. Two men, three horses and a dog are standing beside the wagon, which is standing at the side of a road, curving away around the corner of a road that follows a river though mountainous country. There are snow-capped peaks in the distance. Several birds flutter around the hut, and there are stands of native bush at left and right. Title from the label attached to backing board (retained with the artwork) Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Signed and dated] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 332 x 464 mm. Processing information: Deframed by the Library

Date: [ca 1881]

From: Perkins, J (Mr), fl 1967 :Photograph album and loose prints

Reference: PA1-o-415-26

Description: Coach Road, near the headwaters of the Waimakariri River, Canterbury. A mountain range can be seen in the background. Photographed circa 1881 by an unidentified photographer, possibly William Herbert Perkins. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Coach Road Nr Waimakariri. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.2 x 19.3 cm, mounted on album page

Date: 1927

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1685-1/2-G

Description: View looking down on the Waimakariri River from Kowai Bush, near Springfield. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1926. Information from Godber's index held in Photographic Archives (under 97. Waimakariri River. (2) Springfield. 1927. Kowai Bush.) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1875

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Reference: MNZ-0643-1/4-F

Description: Cobb and Co's coach crossing the Waimakariri River in flood. Engraving made from a drawing by Thomas Samuel Cousins for "The Illustrated New Zealand Herald" of 1875 From the caption in Making New Zealand: "The ferry man with a lifebelt is showing the way, as the fords shift in every flood...the river at the spot referred to consists of a number of steams, which in bad weather are sometimes quite impassable" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 9 May 1923

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-0310-F

Description: Panoramic view of Raven Street, Kaiapoi, in flood, on the 9th of May, 1923. Shows houses and other buildings, with a horse and cart in the centre. Photograph taken in 1923 by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Raven Street in flood Kaiapoi N Z Showing north branch of the Waimak 9.5.23; Marginal notes on negative - on brown tape - Kaiapoi flood Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.5 x 113.3 cm

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 3] 1848-1849

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: E-334-136/137

Description: View from the south coast of Lyttelton Harbour, possibly from Mount Herbert or Mount Evans, looking north across Lyttelton and the Port Hills, to the Canterbury Plains and Pegasus Bay. Identifies Papanui [Bush], Rangiora [Bush], Hohoka [Ohoka?] Wakariri [Waimakariri River?] and Maukatui [possibly Mount Grey] Inscriptions: Recto - above image - 14 Sep; Recto - Artists notes identifying some areas Quantity: 2 drawing(s) (on one page). Physical Description: Pencil, 120 x 400 mm (page size)

Date: 1850

By: Weld, Frederick Aloysius (Hon Sir), 1823-1891; Scrope, Mary Constance, 1907-1987

Reference: A-269-011

Description: Shows a tent and shelter with camp fire on the nearer (south) side of the river. On the far side are two Maori whare and two food storage platforms. A range of foothills of the Southern Alps, including Mount Grey, is in the distance. In the centre foreground by the tent, are a European man, woman and child, probably the Godley family. Two further people are by the campfire and tent on the right. There are flax bushes and scrub on the south side of the river, and a cabbage tree on the north side Compare a very similar view in Canterbury Museum titled by Weld 'Camp, banks of Courtenay (Waimakariri) Canterbury Plains, Dec 5th, 1850'. The Canterbury Museum view contains more people and a clearer view of the shelter and camp fire on the right. On Dec 5th 1850, Weld camped on the south bank of the Waimakariri with John Robert Godley, Charlotte Godley and their three-year old son Arthur Godley, as well as Charles Torlesse, Charles Hunter Brown, E J Wakefield and a surveyor, Mr Boys. Charlotte Godley wrote to her mother about the camp 'The little tent, just big enough for a bed for us three ... The flax bushes and grass grew all about, higher than our tent ... As it got dark, a party of natives, who had been assembling at some huts just across the river, came over in a canoe to pay us a visit ... Next morning we were up early, and ... had to cross the river in a canoe, the horses having to be swum over' (Godley, Charlotte. Letters from early New Zealand. Christchurch, 1951, pp 143-144). The man seated in the tent is likely to be John Robert Godley, while Charlotte Godley will be the woman holding the hand of their small son Arthur by the river. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 170 x 245 mm Provenance: Scrope/Weld Collection.

Date: 1865 - 1871

From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].

Reference: E-501-f-052

Description: Shows glacier slope in background, descending towards foreground into large rock groupings. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - (On separate label): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Monotone watercolour, 225 x 287 mm.

Date: [190-]

Reference: PAColl-8603

Description: Photograph of two men resting against a protective groyne in the stony bed of the Waimakariri River, with mountains in the background, photographed in the 1900s by an unidentified photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.5 x 21.7 cm

Date: 1865 - 1871

From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].

Reference: E-501-f-028

Description: Shows stony river flat, with a stand of trees in right foreground, and grey bare misty mountain slopes behind. Stuck on same page as E-501-f-027. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 117 x 152 mm.

Date: 1860 - 1866

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-142

Description: Shows a cross sectional/panoramic view of mountains from Summit of Mt Torlesse (on left) to Summit of Mt White (on right). Named features are: Mt Torlesse, Broken River, Single Tree Hill, Blackwater Creek, River Waimakariri, Lake letitia, Summit of Mt White. Compass bearings and additional text beneath section. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and ink, 100 x 493 mm

Date: ca 15 Oct 1951

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-001052-F

Description: Public Works Department camp in Waimakariri Walley, photographed by John Dobree Pascoe, circa 15 October 1941. Shows a row of huts by the Waimakariri River. They are made of timber and canvas, with corrugated iron roofs and chimneys. In the distance are snow capped mountains. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top left - 21,052 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1865 - 1871

From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].

Reference: E-501-f-029

Description: Shows river flats, with bush-covered slope descending to riverbed at right, and bare mountains in the distance. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 186 x 270 mm.

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 3] 1848-1849

Reference: E-334-086

Description: Shows a map of the coastline with the following labelled rivers emptying into the sea: Hurunui, Te Kawa, Waipara, Te Kohai (two branches), Akaaka, Rakahuri, Kaiapoi, Kawari, Korotuaheka, W[ai]makariri, Puhererekanui, Otaroro [the Avon River, fed by] Wairarapa, Waimaru, Rakipawa. The Estuary is described as Opawa. Also shows Waiau, Motunau Island, Port Cooper, Port Levy (spelt Levi) and Pigeon Bay. A track is marked along the beach from Hurunui River mouth to Te Kawa, with short sea voyages noting approximate mileage to Waipara, Kaiapoi, with the pa indicated, Waimakariri, the Estuary, and Port Cooper. The position of Deans' settlement at Riccarton is also noted Likely to have been compiled from information from Maori accompanying Mantell in his travels Other Titles - 30th October Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - Oct. 30 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 120 x 200 mm

Date: Circa 1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0751-1/2-G

Description: The Otira to Christchurch express train, rounding a bend alongside the Waimakariri River. Boulder stopbanks to prevent erosion are visible along the river bank, and a railway bridge across the river is visible centre right. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber circa 1916. Original print of this image is at PA1-q-102 (Godber album Vol 109, p 27). Date from images on either side of this one in the Godber Album. Inscriptions: Album page - Otira - Christchurch Express. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1860 - 1866

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-140

Description: Shows cross sectional/panoramic view of mountain ranges from Summit of Mt Palmer (far left) to Mt Torlesse (far right). Named features: Summit of Mt Palmer, River Rakaia, Woolshed Hill, River Wilberforce, Peak Hill, Lake Coleridge Island, Carriage Road Hill, Round Hill, River Ryton, Sugar Loaf, Craigie (Craigieburn) Range, Castle Hill, River Porter, Mt Torlesse.. Cross bearings and additional text under drawing. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and ink, 145 x 800 mm

Date: 1850 - 1851

From: Fox, William 1812-1893 :Four illustrative views of the Canterbury settlement with descriptions; I. Port Lyttelton. II. Landing of the passengers from the "Cressy". III. Part of the great plain. IV. The Rivers Courtenay and Hinds. / From drawings made on the spot, by Miss Mary Townsend and William Fox Esq. London, John W Parker & Son ... 1851

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872

Reference: PUBL-0001-4

Description: View looking down onto a braided riverbed, with a party of men walking and on horseback, crossing its rivulets. The Hinds River joins from the far left, and Mt Torlesse can be seen in the right distance. The Waimakariri River was formerly called the Courtenay River. The Hinds River, so-called today, is not a tributary of the Waimakariri. The major tributary is the Kowai River, probably the one depicted here. The accompanying descriptive text reads: The main river is the Courtenay, which enters the sea near the middle of the Forty-miles Beach, delineated in the preceding Sketch. The junction of the Hinds with the Courtenay is at a short distance below the spot where this view was taken, more than thirty miles from Lyttelton. The time was the height of summer, when the bed of the Courtenay, a mile wide at this place, is a dry shingle, intersected by a network of streams. These streams are maintained in the driest weather by the melting of snow on Mount Torlesse, but are fordable at some places except at the time of heavy rains. The woods here delineated are of evergreen trees of great size; and they exhibit the general character of the natural forest in New Zealand. Indeed, the present combination of mountain, grassy plain, bright flowing water, and evergreen forest, is highly characteristic of the scenery of the Middle Island. Other Titles - Harewood Forest Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted etching, black and white, 164 x 355 mm