Places

Date: 1893

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

Reference: E-373-039

Description: Looking across the river towards a small settlement, possibly at Pipiriki, with two canoes drawn up at the water's edge, tree ferns, two buildings and taller trees with high hills behind Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - title. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, in sketchbook, 130 x 360 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

Date: [ca 1910s]

Reference: PAColl-6888

Description: Two images of a man cutting his son's hair sitting on a waka next to the Whanganui River; two of a waka being rowed on the river and one of the crew holding their hoe; a cow being lifted by a winch into a boat; yachts and row boats in Auckland harbour for the Auckland Regatta; two of Auckland harbour ferries; a steamer at a pier on the Whanganui River; three children playing on a shore line near Auckland with a pier in the background; a group of men, women and children round a camp fire with a makeshift tent in the background; and a row of houses with the wreckage left from a fire in the foreground. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-044216 to 044228 Quantity: 13 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1897

From: Clarke, David fl.1897 :[The Wanganui River; sketch and story/ written by Margaret Bullock; sketches by David Clarke. Wanganui, A.D. Willis, 1897].

By: Clarke, David, active 1897

Reference: E-416-001

Description: Shows Shakespeare's Cliff, Wanganui, on far side of Wanganui River. On near bank in left foreground are Maori tents, canoes, mother and baby, 5 other figures, and dog asleep. Extended Title - From: Bullock, Margaret. "The Wanganui River; sketch and story" / written by Margaret Bullock; sketches by David Clarke. Wanganui, A.D. Willis, [Christmas 1987]. Page 1. Inscriptions: Illustration has title below image; unsigned and undated. ATL has another copy of pamphlet at PAM [1897] BUL. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 192 x 169 mm. Finding Aids: Shelf-list/Inventory available..

Date: 1865

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :Gibr[altar] 1874 [to 1877]

Reference: E-350-q-042

Description: View from a bush-clad hill on the south bank of the Whanganui River, looking down to the river and inland towards snow-covered Ruapehu. There is a cabbage tree on the right, and a Maori canoe on the river Other Titles - Ruapehu, Whanganui Inscriptions: Album page - bottom left - title and date in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on page 170 x 240 mm

Date: 1847 - 1849

From: [Park, Robert] 1812-1870. Attributed works. :[Wanganui district sketchbook. 1847?]

Reference: E-078-q-006

Description: Four separate drawings of houses, one of bush, one of Maori poling a canoe along a river, another of a group of Maori, plus calculations. One corner of the page has been cut out and there are dabs of watercolour at the edge, suggesting that the sketchbook once contained watercolours Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 177 x 253 mm (irregular)

Date: 1862

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Pencil sketches and watercolours of New Zealand 1839-1850]

By: Crawford, Henry Duncan, 1859-1908; Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Deighton, Samuel, 1822-1900

Reference: A-229-033/034

Description: Left-hand view (A-229-034) "Running in bull ..." shows a Maori village with several people and a bull being pursued by a man on horseback. The view is intersected diagonally by a stream, with a small canoe being poled along it. Trees and hills in the background. Right-hand view (A-229-033) "Bull of Ngatimaniopoto" shows a bull, tethered by the neck and nose and standing in a river, being hauled by teams of Maori men and driven from behind by others standing in the river with sticks. Tall trees in the background. The sheet was once folded in half The name Tapuia Kumera (or Kumara) not found in gazetteers. However J. C. Crawford in his "Recollections of travels in New Zealand ... " (London, 1880) describes this scene and locates "Topini's village of Tapuia Kumera, situated on a river flat of the Whanganui [River] about two and a half miles above its junction with Ongarue" , i.e. close to the site of Taumarunui. The bull shown is being led by Ngati Maniapoto men on a trading expedition from Tapuia Kumera to their own area. The bull was distressed after Samuel Deighton had cut a hole for a nose-ring the previous day and objected to being removed. Bull of Ngatimaniopoto (A-229-033) was used as the basis for an engraving illustrating J. C. Crawford's "Recollections of Travel in New Zealand and Australia", with the same title, opp. p. 158. The men attempting to budge the bull look rather more tentative and nervous in the drawing than in the related engraving. Other Titles - Ngati Maniapoto Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & ink on paper 176 x 260 mm (2 drawings on one folded sheet)

Date: 1903

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketches

Reference: E-346-3-042

Description: View across the Kauarapaora Stream to a small Maori settlement, Raorikia, with a church, several houses and waka pulled up above the waterline and at the water's edge. The work is dated from the view on the previous page, Raurakia, Jany 1 1903. Raorikia is 16 km north of Wanganui, on the Whanganui River Other Titles - Raorikia, Raurakia Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sketchbook page, 163 x 224 mm

Date: 1841 - 1847

By: Gilfillan, John Alexander, 1793-1863; Avon Fine Prints

Reference: C-061-012

Description: Shows a Maori family in the foreground, a "crofter's cottage", ships and canoes on the river and the buildings of the town, including Christ Church, on the opposite side of the river Painted during Gilfillan's stay in New Zealand, 1841-1847. Reproduction of an original watercolour held by the Dixson Galleries of the State Library of New South Wales. No. 69 of a limited edition of 750 copies Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 325 x 493 cm on sheet 495 620 mm

Date: 1913

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

Reference: PA1-o-1224

Description: Mainly a series of holidays, tramping trips, and local excursions. The first is a trip to the head of Lake Te Anau and Milford Sound via the Milford track. It begins on the road between Glenorchy and Paradise, then through the valley of the Route Burn River to the Hollyford Valley where the party camped on the shores of Lake Howden. From there they passed Lakes Fergus and Gunn into the Eglinton River Valley and on to Te Anau, and then onto the Milford track to Milford Sound via the Clinton River Valley. Images on the way include Mount Balloon, Mount Elliott, Routeburn Hut, and Lake Ada. There is a view of Mitre Peak, Mount Tutoko, and the Pembroke Glacier from Milford Sound. The second series relates to a camping trip to Wanganui and the Whanganui River. This includes a game of golf and visiting friends in St John's Hill. There are views of the party's camp and a number of images taken during a canoeing trip up the Whanganui River in what looks like a Maori dug out canoe. Two other images in this group are of men standing beside the trigs on Mounts Holdworth and Dundas in the Tararua Ranges. The third series is of family and friends at home in Eastbourne and in the bush at Muritai; Girdlestone, a friend, and two women on motor cycles on the coast road; views of Eastbourne from the hills above the suburb; women on the beach and reading at home. The fourth series relates to a trip to the Volcanic Plateau during which the party climbed Mounts Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe. There are two group photographs of the whole party, one taken in front of the Waihohonu Hut, and the other on the summit of Mount Ruapehu. The fifth series shows a party of men and women on a walk and a picnic in the beach forest in Gollan's Valley near Eastbourne. The sixth series is a record of a holiday to Queen Charlotte and Pelorus Sounds taken by a group of men over Christmas 1913. There are views of the sounds and surrounding landscape, of Portage where the party stayed, and of boat and fishing trips that they made during their stay. The seventh series is of a tramping trip to the Orongrongo River Valley. The views are of native forest, the river and the mountains, and one of two men boiling a billy beside their tent in the bush. The eighth series consists of two photographs of the wreck of the "Devon" on the rocks at Pencarrow Heads, Wellington harbour. This occured on the 25th of August 1913. The ninth series is a group of photographic postcards of the Te Anau, Milford region, and probably relate to the trip recorded at the beginning of this album. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [Circa 1890s to 1910s]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-299

Description: Photographs probably taken by George William Barltrop, circa 1890s-1900s. Most of the scenes are taken on a river boat trip up the Whanganui River, and include two of groups of Maori; one showing two nuns in full habit, walking behind three young Maori girls who are wearing ankle-length dresses. Some of the river scenes show stretches of the river, including several `on the rapids', and one of a group of men in a waka. Others are of the various villages passed on the trip, including one of the river boat tied up at Jerusalem, with a cart drawn by two horses alongside. One view shows the mouth of the Whanganui River at Patea, and from there the images are of the New Plymouth area, including Mount Taranaki (then Mount Egmont), the Sugar Loaves, the monument to Wiremu Tamati on the hill at Corbett Park (Oakura), and Opunake. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, impressed title `Photographs'; McIntosh XV, 15 765-814; 16 x 22 cm

Date: [Circa 1900s]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-302

Description: Album of photographs probably taken by George William Barltrop, circa 1900s. Most of the views are taken from a ferry on the Whanganui River; stretches of the river; kainga (villages); groups of Maori on the riverbanks; a low-lying waka with two men in it; and a scene of passengers disembarking. There are a number of views of Paranui Pa, including an overall view, groups of Maori children, including one entitled `Haka for a penny'; a kaumatua seated in a doorway, by himself in one image, and with two children in a second image. One view of a gathering for the Missions to Seamen; two portraits of a young woman, taken from different angles (possibly Emma Jane Barltrop). Other - Pages are numbered 896 to 935 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, entitled `Photographic views'; 20.5 x 17.5 cm

Date: 1861 - 1880

From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :[Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford and Samuel Deighton. 1860-1880]

Reference: E-926-036

Description: Shows a view of Pipiriki, with a cliff headland in the centre foreground. Two canoes are drawn up on the bank in the left foreground, and there are huts and fences at the left, and hills in the distance. Another version of this image is at E-041-028 Other Titles - River Extended Title - From his "Sketchbook of copies from originals by James Coutts Crawford" [1860-1880], page [36 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Wash drawing, 145 x 235 mm

Date: 1902

By: Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: A-123-014

Description: Three small Maori canoes moored at the edge of a wide river. Low hills in the background on the far bank of the river. The original for W. F. Barraud's etching "Canoes Pipiriki" (A-070-014 and A-072-002). The etchings have figures added in the canoes and standing on the bank. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 253 x 348 mm

Date: [Circa 1910s-1920s]

From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area

By: New Zealand. Government Publicity Office

Reference: PAColl-0959-38

Description: Scenic views of New Zealand chiefly taken by Government Publicity photographers. North Island views include the Waitomo Caves system, including the "Waitomo Caves Hostel" (circa 1908); "King Edward's Court" and "Bride's Jewels" in the Ruakuri Cave; and an image of glow-worms. The other main area in the North Island is along the Whanganui River, including small ferry boats, the Makere Houseboat, and a Maori in a dugout canoe. There is one view of Lake Waikaremoana showing the Panekiri Bluff (no. 28); and one view of Seatoun, Wellington, taken circa 1910s. South Island views are chiefly in the Southern Alps and glacier area on the West Coast. The other main region is lake Kanieri, with a number of images of a small boat named "Dorothy". Most of the places identified are listed above. Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".

Date: 1877

By: Gully, John, 1819-1888

Reference: C-060-016

Description: A palisaded whare to the right, with canoes below. Houses on both sides of the river and a small church. The river and hills in the background. The village shown may be Pipiriki A colour variant print of plate 12 in Gully, J. New Zealand scenery. London, 1877 Extended Title - From: Gully, J. New Zealand scenery. Dunedin, Wise, 1877, plate 12 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 280 x 375 mm

Date: 1841 - 1847

By: Gilfillan, John Alexander, 1793-1863; Avon Fine Prints

Reference: C-061-012-a

Description: Shows a Maori family in the foreground, a "crofter's cottage", ships and canoes on the river and the buildings of the town, including Christ Church, on the opposite side of the river Painted during Gilfillan's stay in New Zealand, 1841-1847. Reproduction of an original watercolour held by the Dixson Galleries of the State Library of New South Wales. No. 68 of a limited edition of 750 copies Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 325 x 493 cm on sheet 495 620 mm

Date: 1902 - 1911

By: Barraud, Edward Noel, 1857-1920; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: A-070-014

Description: Three small Maori canoes moored at the edge of a wide river, with parcels and a person in two, and a further figure standing on the shore. Low hills in the background on the far bank of the river. Purchased as the work of Noel Barraud and located with other Noel Barraud work at A-070-014. However it is indentical to his brother W. F. Barraud's signed work "Canoes, Pipiriki" at A-072-002. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching 100 x 150 mm.

Date: 1902 - 1911

By: Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: A-072-002

Description: Three canoes drawn up at the edge of the river, with people and goods in two of them, a third person standing on the bank and hills on the opposite side of the river. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching 100 x 150 mm

Date: 10 Jan 1848

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: A-466-001

Description: Shows a fine detailed view of the town of Wanganui, from across the river. Shows settlers' houses, the Christ Church, and the Rutland and York (incorrectly noted as 'Fort') stockades on the hill mounds above the town. The Gun-boat stockade, on the site of Mouta Gardens, seems to have been demolished, although the fencing is still in place. A two-masted sailing ship is visible on the river, with a dinghy tied to it, along with a fully-manned waka and a smaller canoe. Two figures sit on the bank in the foreground, their backs to the viewer. A tall flagstaff stands on the hill behind the York stockade Attributed by the auction house to Captain William Mein Smith, but this is probably incorrect. By comparison, it could possibly have been drawn by Thomas Bernard Collinson, 1822-1902, who was employed to build the Rutland stockade. The Library holds other views of Wanganui by Collinson from around the same time (at A-292-001/080). Although the handwriting does not match, the drawing styles are very similar Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Wanganui New Zealand / Jan 10 1848 / Fort Stockade / Rutland Stockade [in ink] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Indian ink on paper, 185 x335 mm, on card backing 280 x 430 mm

Date: [ca 1910]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-008499-G

Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.