Places

Date: 1841-1847

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster collection and papers / of Kenneth Athol Webster

Reference: MS-Papers-1009-2/26

Description: Consists of: - Letter from John Frederick Churton to CMS (19 Jan 1841 & 2 Sep 1845) Letter from G A Kissling to Rev H Venn (7 Jul 1847) Resolution passed at a meeting of settlers at Store Bay, Auckland (19 Jan 1841) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1847 - 1965 - 1966

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: C-028-009-c

Description: Otaraia Pa, Ruamahanga River, Wairarapa. Shows the pa on top of a hill to the right, a group of people on the bank of the Ruamahanga in the foreground, and a small craft with a lateen sail on the river Reproduction of an original watercolour in the Library's collection, WC-045 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph

Date: 1847

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

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Crawford, Henry Nevay (Brigadier), 1907-1993

Reference: A-229-040

Description: Shows St Mary's Anglican church, in the foreground. The Sugar Loaf Islands are in the left background cf A229/10; watercolour of same scene. St Mary's Anglican church was completed in 1847. Crawford's other sketches of New Plymouth are dated 1847. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 177 x 261 mm

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: B-049-061

Description: Shows Ohiro Bay (or valley) with a flock of sheep attended by a shepherd and a large-single storied house nestled against trees, the home of Judge Halswell, unfinished according to the accompanying note by the artist. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 85 x 130 mm on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: 1846 - 1847

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

Reference: E-346-1-070

Description: View looking east along the Whanganui River from the opposite bank, with Putiki in the foreground, military tents on the town side, churches including Christ Church, houses, Rutland Stockade not yet complete and a fenced area around what was later York Stockade on the left. Jetties can also be seen. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

Date: 1847

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].

By: Johnson, John (Dr), 1794-1848

Reference: E-143-085

Description: A view across Tarawera Lake with Mount Tarawera in the background to the right Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of sepia ink and wash original 231 x 414 mm

Date: 1825 - 1847

By: Greenwood, John Danforth, 1803-1890

Reference: E-150-q

Description: Views of French and Swiss architecture; sketches of Wairau Valley, Guards Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound, Motueka River. Includes diary for Swiss trip 1825 and for Wairau journey, 1847, with Alfred Fell and Mr Edwards (see MS Papers 98-2 and -7, letter to Mrs Field). John Danforth Greenwood was a doctor and an early settler in Motueka from the 1840s Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 24 pencil mostly 132 x 215 mm in 86 p sketchbook 1/2 green morocco, green boards (in box ¼ green calf) Transfers: Transferred from Greenwood papers (Ms Papers 98)..

Date: 1847-1850

By: Ewen, Charles John, 1826-1883

Reference: MSY-6840

Description: Ewen records events in Kororareka, Wellington, Wanganui, Nelson and elsewhere, with particular emphasis on military movements and social life. He mentions earthquakes in the Wellington Region, 1847-1848, and Tamati and Te Rauparaha. Includes synopsis of entries by Colonel C B Brereton, 1952. Source of title - Transcribed Other - Volume 1 of the journal was missing from Nelson at the time the copy was made Ewen was a lieutenant in the 65th regiment; he sailed from New Zealand in Nov 1850 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (219 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy), (38 cm, green buckram hinged lid box)

Date: 1847-1850

From: Burt, William Beverland, 1912-1992 : Chatham Islands collection

Reference: MSY-6658

Description: Journal entries Dec 1847-31 Jan 1848, followed by a number of pages cut from the volume. Continues with entries 19 Feb-Jul 1850. Entries pertain to events in Wellington and Dunedin. The 1850 entries include a precis of his outward correspondence to Carkeek, Hoggard, Hart, Catchpool, A C Strode, Capt Stokes, Hickson, Jones (Waikawaiti), Grace, his wife Eliza, Alexander, Grimstone. Inside front cover: Newspaper cuttings, 1842-1843, 1864 (on his departure from Chatham Islands). Another relates to his father James Shand of Tain, 1846. Also part of a letter addressed to `My dear Archy' written from Tain, 25 Aug 1839. Inscription (at bottom) dated 6 July 1876 - "To my namesake on his 16th birthday anniversary from his affectionate father A.W.Shand". Inside back cover: Letter to Archibald from J Shand, 12 Dec 1843, Tain, and fragment of another letter from his father J Shand (undated) Reference to the death of Charles Cator, Wellington solicitor in 1848 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph Processing information: Originally located at MS-Papers-0434-38

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: B-049-032/034

Description: Shows views in the Wellington area. The top view looks across cleared land towards Porirua Harbour, with cows grazing; the central view looks north along Lambton Quay with Barrett's Hotel and other buildings on the left, a group of Maori seated and standing on the waterfront to the right; the bottom view is of a rocky archway on the coast between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki Other Titles - Porirua Other Titles - Paripari Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: 1847

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Leeper, Janet, active 1960s

Reference: A-189-006

Description: A study of a tall fern tree Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 160 x 129 mm4.7 ins

Date: 1846 - 1847

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-054

Description: The right side of a two-part panorama with A-292-052. This section of the image shows the Paekakariki Hill Road winding down to Paekakariki and the Kapiti Coast. The left section (A-292-052) shows a soldier reclining on Paekakariki Hill, beside the road, looking north up the Kapiti Coast with Mt Taranaki appearing above the horizon on the left. The soldier is smoking a pipe and has a bundle on his back. A-292-055, [Map of Waikanae Pa, 1847?] is on the verso of A-292-054 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper 239 x 153 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. [Plate 20]. Pitone Pa, Wellington, 59; Tinakori Road Wellington, 60; Residence of His Honor Judge Halswell at Ohiro. Engraved by Henry Melville. Drawn by S C Brees. [London, 1847].

Reference: A-259-045-1

Description: Shows the Pitone or Petone pa on the waterfront at Petone, with a waka pulled up on the beach at the right. Several groups of Maori stand in the foreground. Other Titles - Petone Extended Title - From his "Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand", plate 20. [1847]. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on sheet 80 x 135 mm.

Date: [1835], 1847-1894

By: Speedy family

Reference: MS-Papers-2184

Description: Papers include holograph extracts from Speedy's diary of 1863 giving details of skirmishes in Waiuku area; letters to Speedy in his official capacity; letters to Sarah from her husband and relatives 1863-1890; letters from Sarah to her children 1890-1894; marriage certificate for Sarah and James 1835; miscellaneous letters to members of the Speedy family; mss list of birth dates for family members; envelope addressed to J H Jerram in Auckland (one of Speedy's daughters became a Mrs Jerram); and two photographs, one of the family home at Fairlea, Waiuku, and the other possibly of Major Speedy, ca 1860s James Speedy served as an officer in the British Army in India. He married Sarah Squire in Calcutta in 1835. By the 1850s the family had moved to NZ and settled in the Waiuku area. Major Speedy was Resident Magistrate and Native Agent for the Mauku, Waiuku and Pukekohe districts during the wars of the 1860s. In July 1863 he established and took command of the Waiuku Volunteer Force Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts (stencilled copies) and photographs

Date: 1847

From: [Greenwood, John Danforth] 1803-1890 :[Sketchbook] 1822 [1825], 1847.

By: Greenwood, John Danforth, 1803-1890

Reference: E-150-q-040/041

Description: Double-page spread view of the length of the Wairau Valley, with part of N. George Morse's station in the foreground, including the house set among trees on the far left. The drawing is a faint one The Marlborough Express of 3 October 1961 lists Morse as a first settler of the Wairau Valley Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: pencil, 128 x 420 mm Transfers: Transferred from Greenwood papers (Ms Papers 98)..

Date: 4 Apr 1845-13 Oct 1847 (ca 1890)

By: Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885

Reference: MS-0257-0258

Description: Account of the war against the Maori in the Bay of Islands, with a list of those killed at Okaihau, 1845 Source of title - Title page Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (22 cm; red linen)

Date: 1847

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

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

Reference: C-103-041-2

Description: Looking north up the coast from a kainga at Waitara with a whare to the right Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 110 x 172 mm

Date: 1842 - 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: A-259-044-a

Description: Top image shows the church on the site of St Mary's of the Angels, Boulcott Street; middle image shows the first court building in Lower Mulgrave Street; and the lower image shows Francis Molesworth's house, known as Newry, on the Hutt River Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Handcoloured engravings on sheet 367 x 275 mm.

Date: 1847

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

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

Reference: C-103-025-4

Description: The beach at Omata with an interesting rock formation of rounded lumps on a base, a human figure at the right giving it scale. The view looks south and there is a flax plant to the left One of 9 small drawings on this sheet Other Titles - New Plymouth Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia ink, 80 x 110 mm

Date: 1847 - 1849

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: E-070-021

Description: Small European settlement, viewed from the opposite bank of the river, with bush, including a cabbage tree in the foreground. Brees' text in "Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand" suggests that the buildings shown are a survey station. First published in: Brees S C Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand (London, 1847) Plate 12, No 32. text p.21 See A-109-029 Other Titles - Karikari Extended Title - From: Brees, S C Guide and description of the panorama of New Zealand (London, 1849) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured 72 x 127 mm