Places

From: [Metal filing cabinet containing postcards]

By: Tobin, Helen, active 1997

Reference: Eph-POSTCARDS-Tobin

Description: Includes postcards arranged geographically according to location within New Zealand: Napier/Waikaremoana, Wellington, Nelson/West Coast, Rangitikei/Manawatu, Taupo/Rotorua, Wanganui, Christchurch/Dunedin etc, Wanganui Collegiate, New Plymouth, Miscellaneous. Inscriptions: Many cards have messages on the back. Quantity: 245 postcards in 11 topical categories.. Physical Description: Photolithographs, 89 x 139 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Helen Tobin in 1997.

Date: 1870-1880

By: Best, Walter, 1848-1929; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Monkton, Charles Henry, 1840-1890; Harding, R E (Mrs), active 1949

Reference: PA1-q-028

Description: Photograph album compiled by Walter Best, comprising views of Wellington, Auckland, Picton, Nelson, Naseby, Manawatu Gorge, Mahurangi, Te Ore Ore Pa, Masterton, Hutt River, Lorne station on the Waikohu River, Napier, Lyttelton, West Coast, Reefton, Maitai Valley, Bulls, Wanganui, Waitotara, Waimate plains and Mitre Peak. Also includes a photograph of the Best family home, Fernbank, Tinakori Road. Photographers represented include James Bragge and Charles Henry Monkton. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Copy negatives at 1/1-000763, 1/1-000783, 1/1-00260, 1/1-002712 to 1/1-002721; 1/2-004094, 1/2-004136, 1/2-004698, 1/2-004699, 1/2-014969, 1/2-015699, 1/2-018087, 1/2-020713, 1/2-020714, 1/2-020716; 1/4-009246, 1/4-010018, 1/4-010023, 1/4-10024, 1/4-010894, 1/4-014970 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Donated by Mrs R E Harding, Wellington, in May 1949

Date: [Circa 1860 to 1870]

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA1-f-042

Description: Photographs of New Zealand taken by Daniel Mundy during the 1860s (some dated 1868), and about 1870. Captions hand-written by Mundy on verso of each page. (Information from comparison with handwriting and signature `D.L.M.' in Mundy Album III, p 51) Early photographs of Wellington show a view down Boulcott Street, a view probably from Boulcott Street looking down over `Rhodes Bay' (now the reclaimed area beyond Willis Street), and looking towards the city from Thorndon. One view in the North Island shows the Kinross residence in Napier. Most of the photographs are of central North Island, with particular emphasis on the volcanic areas around Lake Taupo, Lake Rotomahana, the Waikato River (including the Huka Falls and Aniwhaniwha Falls), Tokaanu, Ohinemutu and the Pink Terraces. Several scenes show military outposts and redoubts, including two of Captain Gilbert Mair "and his men" (the Arawa Flying Column), at Kaiteriria Pa, Rotokakahi "just arrived after a raid after Te Kooti"; and one of the interior of the pa "with Captain Mair's contingent". In the South Island scenes include Lyttelton, Akaroa Harbour, the Otira River and Gorge, Bealey River, the summit of Arthurs Pass, the Porters Pass Hotel, Taramakau River, Gibson's Quay at Hokitika, one of several small churches at Hokitika, and Hereford Street (Christchurch). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green leather cover, geometric pattern, gold decoration, entitled `New Zealand' in gold; 30.5 x 42.5 cm

Date: [1888-1892]

By: Bourke, Edmund G, active 1888-1892; Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Connolly & Company; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919; Hart, Campbell & Company; Butcher, Pablo, active 2004

Reference: PA1-f-242

Description: Album compiled by Captain Edmund Bourke RN of HMS Hyacinth, on voyages in the Pacific ca 1888-1892. New Zealand views include Auckland, Tikitapu Bush, Waitakere Creek, Pink & white Terraces, Atiamuri, Ohinemutu, Wairakei, Napier, Wellington, Upper Hutt, McNab's Gardens (Lower Hutt), the Teremakau river and cable car, Nelson, Westland, Otira Gorge, Taipo, the Waimakariri River, Christchurch, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Dunedin and Invercargill. Pacific views include Rarotonga, Samoa, Fiji (including Suva), New Caledonia, Tahiti and Hawaii. Photographers represented include George Valentine, James Connolly, Wheeler & Son, J R Morris, and Hart, Campbell & Co. Includes of gold mining and sluicing in Westland, HM ships Ringarooma and Hyacinth, and games of croquet and polo in Hawaii. HMS Hyacinth, a 3rd class cruiser commissioned in 1886, cruised in the Pacific under the command of Captain Edmund G Bourke RN. In October-November 1888 Bourke sailed around the Cook Islands with the Vice-Consul, hoisting the flag in Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, Mitiaro and Mauke. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Finding Aids: Manuscript list of images housed with album.

Date: [Between 1860 and 1870]

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA1-f-040

Description: Photographs taken by Daniel Mundy in the 1860s. All but one were taken in the South Island. Captions hand-written by Mundy on verso of each page. (Information from handwriting and signature `D.L.M.' in Mundy Album III, p 51). The North Island view was taken in Napier, and shows a two-storeyed house with quoinings, a horse-drawn coach outside, and to the right there is a wooden church. South Island views include many landscapes; hotels; the Christchurch government buildings, the Victoria Bridge, High Street and Cashel Street; and three sheep stations. Two are well-known, Benmore Station and Gramere Station (then known as Hawden's Station [i.e. Hawdon's Station]. The third is possibly that of George Gilbert Suman [the hand-written description appears to be `Sumans Station' at German Bay, and according to Wise's Post Office Directory, William Gilbert Suman lived in German Bay in 1875). There are three photographs showing Daniel Mundy's travelling darkroom (p 13, 25, and page 43) Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green leather album, geometric pattern, gold decoration, entitled `New Zealand' in gold; 30.5 x 42.5 cm