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Date: 2007

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MSDL-0409

Description: The papers consist of: Application form and supporting land deeds submitted by R M & J P Harrison; history of the family, farm ownership and improvements; cadastral and topographical maps; photographs of the farm and family. Original owner was William Edmund James Bullock who received a Crown Grant in 1883 of 97 acres (now Lot 1 DP 18732 Ngaere Survey District). The land has passed down through the female line of the family to the present owner Jackie Harrison and her husband Rod who purchased the dairy farm in Skeet Road, Matapu in 2003. In 2007 the property was awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 34 Electronic document(s).

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-002958-G

Description: Masonic Hotel and band rotunda, circa 1900. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [between 1877-1906]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

By: Stuart, Samuel E, 1855-1920

Reference: 1/1-002840-G

Description: Photographic copy of an original painting by Samuel E Stuart, painted between 1877-1906, depicting a scene at Mechanics Bay, Auckland, in 1861. Shows a Maori group in the foreground, by a row boat. They sit by a road coming down from a slight rise on the left. Sailing boats, and a waka, are close to the shoreline, where a man stands with a horse and cart. In the distance is a three masted sailing vessel. Further around the shore, on the left, are two people by a whare. Houses are on the hills above the bay. Photograph taken for the Auckland Star newspaper by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1855

From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :A collection of drawings in water colour ink and pencil illustrative of the scenery and early life of settlers and Maoris of New Zealand. 1855-1863. 1st series.

Reference: E-452-f-001

Description: A view across fields towards Mount Taranaki, from the region of Gardiner's Road (formerly Omata Road). Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 315 x 495 mm

Date: [between 1891-1910]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/2-140990-G

Description: Photograph taken by William Williams Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by curator John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Stereographic dry plate glass negative

Date: [ca 1880s-1920s]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-040984-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, 1/2 plate Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: 1840

By: Dempsey, John Church, 1802-1877

Reference: A-447-003

Description: Shows a profile portrait, in silhouette, of the Methodist missionary, Rev John H Bumby, who drowned in the Hokianga on 26 June 1840. He stands, presumably at the pulpit, with a book, his right forearm and index finger pointing upwards. He wears a wide-lapelled double-breasted coat and minister's collar. Commemorative text below the image reads: 'Drowned near Ho Kianga, New Zealand, by the upsetting of a Canoe, containing himself and twelve natives, who all shared the same Melancholy Fate, on the 26th June, 1840.' Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 155 x 101 mm

Date: 1852 - 1884 - 1851 - 1857

By: W E & F Newton (Firm); Johnston, James, active 1848-1860

Reference: Curios-042-014

Description: Shows a scene near Hauraki, 9 April 1851, with Archdeacon Brown and members of the Tauranga tribes, including an orator (probably Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi Te Waharoa) in the centre, who gestures with an upraised arm and a spear in his other hand. On the other side of the stream that runs between the two groups of men is another Church Missionary Society missionary, who negotiates for local tribes, whose members stand around him. Some of the Maoris' clothing is coloured pink, or pink and white-striped. Most of them hold either spears or rifles Impressed into the wooden frame on either side of the image: W E & F Newton, opticians & globemakers to the Queen, 3 Fleet St Temple Bar London Based on the wood engraving 'Reconciliation of hostile New Zealand tribes' [1851] by J Johnston, London, 1884 (the original arist is unknown). A copy of the engraving appeared in the Church Missionary Gleaner, first in no. 5, May 1852, p.49, and also in February 1884, p.22. (See Publ-0006-1884-022) It would appear that the reverse of the slide is the correct orientation of the image Other Titles - Hostile Inscriptions: [On top edge of wooden frame, in ink] Reconciliation of tribes, New Zealand Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured glass, 103 mm diameter, in wooden frame 150 x 203 mm

Date: 1880

By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908

Reference: G-006

Description: Shows a view of the Wairoa River from just above the river bank. A young boy can be seen on the bank, wearing a hat, possibly line fishing or throwing stones into the river. Willow trees and bush feature on either side of the foreground. A number of huts or whare can be seen on the opposite bank. A yacht can be seen in the distance, and in the middle distance is a canoe or waka with a single occupant. The clouds have a distinctive pink glow to them, which is reflected on the water. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Wairoa R [in brushpoint]; Recto - bottom right - JPB [in brushpoint]; Verso - top centre - Backhouse oil $30 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on board, 230 x 300 mm (sight)

Date: [ca 1880s-1920s]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-017758-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.

Date: 1893

From: Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961]

Reference: E-932-003/004

Description: Shows a view of the Rakaia river, spread over two detached pages of William Herbert Alington's sketchbook. The panorama is wide, and features cabbage trees, flaxes and toetoe in the foreground, with the snow-covered Southern Alps in the distance Other Titles - 1893 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - H A 9/4/93 [Artist's initials]; Verso - top right - These pages belong to Uncle Herbert's sketch book [in pencil]; Verso - top left - Scenes in the Rakaia river bed [in faint pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 127 x 360 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.

Date: 1879 - 1886

From: Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961]

By: Alington, William Herbert, 1841-1938

Reference: A-446-042

Description: Shows a view of a farmhouse and outbuildings, including a barn with its door open, surrounded by a boundary of bushes. This is possibly the farm of Broadlands, Burnham, where Herbert Alington farmed from about 1879-1886. The surrounding land appears to be flat and there is a range of hills or mountains in the backgorund, probably the Southern Alps. Inscriptions: Verso - centre left - Sketch by Uncle Herbert N.Z. [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper,127 x 225 mm Provenance: Artworks created by the family of Wellington architect William Alington, donated in 2011 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.

Date: [ca 1880s-1920s]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-007707-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.

Date: [ca 1880s-1920s]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-017751-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.

Date: 1893

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-447-006

Description: A view of a house in Waihola, Otago, surrounded by a picket fence. Some bushes and trees are visible. A man, sitting astride a horse, appears to be talking to a woman standing by the fence. The work has the mark of two framers as part of its framing: McGregor, Wright's, Picture Framers and Art Dealers, 115 Lambton Quay, Wellington; and Frame Work picture framers, 20 Seaview Road, Paraparaumu Beach (dated April 2008) Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Waihola - 1 Jan 1893; Verso - top left - W M Hodgkins. Unsigned sketch - given us by Joan Hodgkins [in ballpoint pen on backing board] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, 190 x 235 mm

Date: [ca 1880s-1920s]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-007701-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.

Date: 1893

From: Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961]

Reference: E-932-002

Description: Shows a view of Talbot Trees, which was bought by the Alington brothers in 1872, and which became the family home of Charles Sydney Alington in 1878. The house and the cottage next to it are surrounded by quite dense bush and trees, and a pine forest can be seen in the background. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, ca 180 x 127 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.

Date: [ca 1880s-1920s]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-008345-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.

Date: 1871

From: Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961]

Reference: E-932-001

Description: Shows a bearded man in full riding costume, holding a riding crop in one hand and a cap in the other. A horse is seen behind him, being led by another figure that is very sketchily drawn. Another, smaller picture is incorporated, of two stick figures playing cricket Many of the Alingtons were keen cricket players; all three brothers who settled in New Zealand played for the Ellesmere Club Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Rakaia river bed - Figure in scene is Madil; Recto - beneath image - W.H.A. 1871 29th July [inscriptions in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, ca 180 x 127 mm Provenance: Artworks created by the family of Wellington architect William Alington, donated in 2011 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.

Date: 1836 - 1863

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Boys, active 1835

Reference: A-442-049

Description: Shows a whare in the left foreground with a door at the left and a window at the right. There is a carved tekoteko figure on the ridgepole and the door and window surrounds are carved. At the right, a little further off, is a plainer house, also with a doorway and window on the front wall. A woman breastfeeds a baby in front of the house at left, and another child sits beside her. The image of the larger house is based on Louis Auguste de Sainson's "Nlle Zelande; cabane de la Baie Tolaga" 1833. Other Titles - New Zealand; Oceania or a fifth part of the world Extended Title - From: "Oceanie ou cinquieme partie du monde" in the series "L'Univers", by M G L Domeny de Rienzi, Firmin Didot Freres, Paris 1836-1863 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Handcoloured engraving, image 100 x 153 mm, on sheet cropped to 127 x 209 mm.