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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: ca 1890

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0504

Description: Dredging for gold on the Buller river, circa 1890. On the dredge from left: Jack Burgess, William Welsh, W H Whitlock, William McGaw, Duncan Williamson. Annie and Mary Hunter, wearing aprons and hats, sit alongside. Photograph taken by the Tyree Studio. The same group are photographed at 10x8-0503 and 10x8-1028 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Dredging in the Buller. Tyree Photo 1575 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: ca 1890

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-1028-G

Description: Dredging for gold, Buller River, circa 1890. On the dredge, from left: Jack Burgess, William Welsh, W H Whitlock, William McGaw, and Duncan Williamson. Annie and Mary Hunter, wearing aprons and hats, sit alongside. Photograph taken by the Tyree Studio. The same group are photographed at 10x8-0503 and 0504 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Dredging on the Buller Tyree Photo 1549 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1846

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-325

Description: Shows Buller River, between high cliffs at night, the moon breaking through clouds and a canoe containing three or four figures being poled along Probably dates from Fox, Brunner, Heaphy and Kehu's exploring trip from Nelson to the West Coast of the South Island for 5 months in 1846. Other Titles - [Canoe on river, steep cliffs either side. 18--] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Buller Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour 368 x 253 mm Provenance: By descent to Wilkie Family Processing information: Painting formerly titled "Canoe on river, steep cliffs either side", until title deciphered in 1993.

Date: 1846

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; New Zealand Company; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: B-113-012

Description: An extensive view looking across the breadth of the Buller River with three small figures crossing with sticks - Charles Heaphy, Thomas Brunner and Maori guide Kehu - looking towards bush and hills. Exhibited in 'Picturing Paradise; the colonial watercolours of William Fox', Exhibition at National Library Gallery 25 February - 18 June 2000; Hocken Library, Dunedin, 11 September - 15 October 2000. Curated by Jill Trevelyan. Exhibitied in 'Drawn From Nature: Europeans Record New Zealand, 1770-1860' exhibition at the National Library Gallery, 31 March to 28 May 1989. Exhibited in 'Treasures in Trust' exhibition to celebrate 75th anniversary of the Alexander Turnbull Library in 1995. Other Titles - Matakitaki Inscriptions: Verso - New Zealand Company stamp dated 19 Feb 1847 and inscribed 'No. 208'; also title and '19 February. W. Fox' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 220 x 275 mm Provenance: New Zealand Company Collection. Purchased, London, 1916, by Alexander Turnbull

Date: 1864 - 1866

By: Nairn, Francis Edward, 1819?-1910

Reference: A-236-010

Description: Shows the wooden poles and wire across a stream, with one upright broken, the former supports for a punt. Bush-clad hills in the background. Probably drawn during the West Coast goldrush period Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on tissue paper, 237 x 140 mm (irregular) Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Nairn family collection, MS Papers 326..

Date: [189-?]

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0931-G

Description: Cable tram crossing the Buller River. Shows the tram hanging halfway above the river, with two women on board. There are two men standing on the bank on one side of the river. Photograph taken by the Tyree Studio, possibly during the 1890s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1846

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-092

Description: A low waterfall, seen in the early evening, with dark bush on either side. Believed to be in the area near the headwaters of the Buller River, and painted at the same time as Fox's almost identical view for the New Zealand Company, located at B-113-010 "Te Mai at its junction with the Teraumai. 16 February 1846" Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 318 x 420 mm Provenance: Wilkie family collection

Date: [between circa 1864-1890]

From: Green, N H (Mr), fl 1959 :Photographs

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PAColl-7304-02

Description: Buller River, Westport. Photograph taken by Frank Arnold Coxhead between circa 1864 and 1890. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Buller R. Westport N.Z. 652; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - F.A.C. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14 x 20 cm, on mount

Date: [between 1878-1894)

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0733-G

Description: Buller River valley, with Lyell school house, photographed by the Tyree Brothers between 1878-1894. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Buller River from Lyell Tyree Nelson NZ Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Collection of sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-085

Description: Shows a tramper on a track beside the river, with the bridge in the background. There are bushcovered slopes in the background. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title, initials W H and date in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 310 x 250 mm

Date: 1880-1890

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0619-G

Description: Horse drawn coach after being ferried across the Buller River. There are also two men on the ferry standing behind the coach with their horses. Photograph taken by the Tyree Brothers (firm) during the 1880s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Ferry, near Westport. Tyree photo Nelson. 5129 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1846

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; New Zealand Company; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: B-113-016

Description: Shows a swollen river curving between bush-clad hills, rushing over large boulders. A record of the 1846 expedition undertaken by Charles Heaphy, William Fox and Thomas Brunner with guide Kehu, from Nelson towards the West Coast, via the Buller River Other Titles - Rotoiti Inscriptions: Verso - title, signature (W. Fox) and date. Also New Zealand Company stamp, received 19 February 1847. N Z Company number 213 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 233 x 340 mm Provenance: Purchased, Alexander Turnbull, Francis Edwards Ltd, London, 1915, with other New Zealand Company material

Date: 1846

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company

Reference: B-113-010

Description: A low waterfall, believed to be in the region of the headwaters of the Buller River. Bush on both sides of the river. On verso of painting is "No. 210", with the N Z Company stamp which is dated 19 Feb 1847 Inscriptions: Verso - New Zealand Company stamp, number 210, dated 19 February 1847. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 185 x 255 mm Provenance: New Zealand Company collection. Purchased by Alexander Turnbull from Francis Edwards Ltd, London, 1915.

Date: [January 1860]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-108-031

Description: Surveyor Julius von Haast's visual notes on his surroundings during climbs in the Nelson Lakes district. Valleys and mountain ranges with peaks and other features marked. The Buller River enters Lake Rotoiti in the foreground to the left, with 'Separation Point, Blue Glen, Ben Nevis, Continuation of Dun Mountain, M[t] Patriarch, Devil's Armchair, Wairau Valley' also indicated. The Wairau Valley is on the right Pages 16 and 17 of a double leaf from a survey notebook, with notes in Haast's hand; cf. his Report of a topographical & geological exploration ... Nelson 1861, which describes this journey in detail Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - View northward from Mount Robert onto Lake Rotoiti and through the Wairau Pass. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Separation Point; Blue Glen; Ben Nevis; Continuation of Dun Mountain; M. Patriarch; Devils Armchair [ink]; Recto - centre - Buller; Lake; Lake; Wairau Valley [ink] Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on two sheets of paper, 111 x 360 mm.

Date: ca 1890

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0503-G

Description: Dredging on the Buller River, circa 1890. From left to right: William Welsh, Jack Burgess, W H Whitlock, Duncan Williamson, William McGaw. The two women in the boat nearby are Annie and Mary Hunter. Photograph taken by the Tyree Studio. The same group are photographed at 10x8-0504 and 10x8-1028 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Dredging on the Buller Tyree Photo 1550 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [January 1860]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-108-035

Description: Surveyor Julius von Haast's visual notes on his surroundings during climbs in the Nelson Lakes district. Valleys and mountain ranges with peaks and other features marked. A two-page spread with the Buller River in the foreground, a (riverside) beach opposite, and Mount Lyell and Mt Newton identified. Pages 24 and 25 from a survey notebook, with notes in Haast's hand; cf. his Report of a topographical & geological exploration ... Nelson 1861, which describes this journey in detail Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - Part of Buller River. Buller one and a half miles west of the Mangles towards the west. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Mt Newton; Mount Lyell [ink] Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on two sheets of paper, 111 x 360 mm.

Date: 1890s

Reference: 1/2-004413-F

Description: Two unidentified women crossing the Buller River in a 'tram' held aloft by wire cables, 1890s. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 20 January 1860

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-108-032

Description: Surveyor Julius von Haast's visual notes on his surroundings during climbs in the Nelson Lakes district. Valleys and mountain ranges with bush in the foreground Page 19 of a double leaf from a survey notebook, with notes in Haast's hand; cf. his Report of a topographical & geological exploration ... Nelson 1861, which describes this journey in detail Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - View into the Devil's Grip, Buller, 20 January 1860. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - title and date in German. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, 111 x 178 mm.