Places

Date: 1850-1909

By: Baines family

Reference: MS-Papers-1125

Description: Correspondence and diary of William Mortimer Baines who came to New Zealand in 1850 on the `Sir Edward Paget'. The papers deal with his interests in mining, timber and land. Includes letters from the Fooks, Dixon and Hunt families of Australia. Includes letters from Maryanne Verdon Baines (1859-1869), mostly to her husband after his departure for England. These are concerned to a large extent with her loneliness in Auckland and with plans for her voyage to England. In addition there are a number of letters written in 1869, by Maryanne and William's children, Fanny, Katherine and Rosa. Source of title - Supplied William Mortimer, came to New Zealand in 1850 on the `Sir Edward Paget'. In 1869 he returned to Britain, although he retained a financial interest in land in New Zealand. Quantity: 10 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescripts (photocopies) Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-070

Description: William and Sarah Lee arrived at Mercury Bay with their family in 1868 and settled at Purangi. The essay describes the family's forty years in various occuaptions - In the bush, on the rivers, on the gumfileds, at the goldfields and on the land. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available. Includes photographs

Date: Before 1854

From: Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898: Maori manuscripts

Reference: MSY-2108

Description: Contains various waiata and moteatea etc. Many of these relate to the Ngati Toa, Te Ati Awa and Ngati Raukawa, with many others relating to Te Arawa and Waikato. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (photocopy) Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1850 - 1880

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-084-006

Description: Shows part of the foreshore of Lake Taupo in the foreground, with Mount Ruapehu and Tongariro in the distance. Other Titles - Lake Taupo showing Ruapehu & Tongariro Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Wash sketch, 180 x 255 mm

Date: 1852 - 1853

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905

Reference: E-106-f-049-2

Description: Scene showing five miners working on a stream bed cradling with a `long Tom', a cradle and shovels. There are low banks behind the men covered with dense native bush including tree ferns. A tent is on a bank above the stream. Engraving by E Evans from painting by Charles Heaphy. Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, Vol 23, no 465. Dec 3 1853, p 465 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 150 x 230 mm

Date: 1849 - 1858 - 1872 - 1875

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to horse racing in New Zealand]

By: Auckland Racing Club

Reference: Eph-A-HORSE-RACING-1840/1870s

Description: Includes programmes for: 1849: Auckland races. First day, Tuesday December 11, 1848 (silk flier / programme). 1858: Auckland races. First day, January 1, 1858. Silk flier / programme. 1872: Waikato annual races, 28 and 29 February 1872. First day. 1874: Kowai Park races, May 29 1874. (Colour photocopy only; original is in Enys, John D. (John Davies), 1837-1912. [Natural history, agriculture and other topics. 1869-1874], page 8 - Ref P f591.9931 ENY 1869-1874). Horse owners include Messrs Markey, Lunn and D W S O'Brien 1875: Wellington Jockey Club Races to be held at the Hutt Racecourse on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 7 and 8, 1875. First day, Tuesday December 7. Blundell Bros, Printers, Wellington. [Programme card]. Quantity: 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (racing programmes). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on fliers, some silk, sizes varying up to 210 mm. Provenance: Some purchased from Anah Dunsheath in 2005. 1875 programme from the papers of Marjorie Connell, 2006.

Date: 1852 - 1979

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Avon Fine Prints

Reference: C-061-041

Description: Prospectus for Anthony Murray-Oliver's folio-sized volume of Charles Heaphy's paintings, including a full-sized reproduction of a watercolour from the collection of the British Library, 'Committee at Pata Pata [Coromandel], 1852, showing a large gathering of Maori and some Pakeha in the foreground, among houses and tents, with canoes pulled up at the fore, yachts in the harbour and two ranges of hills in the background, shortly after the discovery of gold in the Coromandel. The gathering was to finalise the sale of the Coromandel gold fields. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 260 x 333 mm, on one of four pages

Date: 1859-1860

By: Baker, Frederick Thomas, 1839-1896

Reference: qMS-0116

Description: Written in Auckland; describes daily life, social events, marriages etc; also news of war in Taranaki, political events in Auckland, and among Maori in the Waikato; reports news from missionaries and others, such as Turton, Parris etc Not definitely established, but it is probable that the author is Thomas Baker Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (18 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (34cm, blue pamphlet case)

Date: 1840 - 1850

By: Mitford, John Guise, 1822-1854

Reference: C-089-017

Description: A view of Whangape Lake from its shores Exhibited in 'Two centuries of New Zealand landscape art' Exhibition at Auckland City Art Gallery, 2 February - 22 April 1990. Title from K.S. Alexander Sketchbook, in Auckland Public Library. On mount: Lake close to Waikato. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 137 x 255 mm Provenance: Purchase: Mr Rich, Farnham Commons, Bucks., 1974.

Date: 1852

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Fox, Charles Arundel Overbury (Dr), 1886?-1971; Jones, Theodore Moreton, 1828-1895

Reference: E-299

Description: Comical drawings of officers of the Pandora, along with Gold Commissioner, Charles Heaphy, at the Coromandel goldfields The hand-writing is that of Theodore Morton Jones, the drawing by Charles Heaphy. The officers on the expedition were Lieut. Jones and Messrs Oke, William Stanley, Cuming, William Blackney, Andrew Farmer, Leck, Thomas Hooper Kerr and Ellis. The Pandora's Master in 1852 was Byron Drury and her surgeon was John Jolliffe and they are both mentioned in the captions to the drawings. Extended Title - Spine title: Drawings of the Coromandel gold field. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s) containing 4 cartoons in 1/2 morocco binding. Physical Description: 4 pencil and watercolour drawings 140 x 230 mm Provenance: By descent from Rear-Admiral T. Morton Jones, who was serving as a Lieutenant aboard H. M. S. Pandora, stationed off Auckland in Sept-Oct. 1852. He joined a party of fellow-officers for a gold-prospecting picnic to the diggings at Coromandel. Listed in the Museum Book Store Catalogue (London) in 1915, 1923 and 1927, then purchased (already bound) by Dr Charles A. O. Fox, of Lynch Cottage, Llanmorlais, Gower, Wales. He mentioned them in a letter to the Library dated 14 March 1960 (TL3/1/1) and they were subsequently acquired by the Library after passing through the hands of dealers Newricks and Bethunes.

Date: 1852-1930

By: New Zealand. Lands and Deeds Office (Auckland)

Reference: 99-234

Description: Conveyances and mortgages for the Auckland land registration area. There are no documents for 1853, 1855-1858, 1860-1862, 1890-1894, 1899, and 1915 Relationship complexity - See also Deeds and conveyances (73-149). Provenance unknown but very likely part of the same collection Arrangement: Arranged in chronological order Quantity: 2 box(es) (24 folders). 0.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs Provenance: Unknown Donor/Lender/Vendor - Provenance unknown. Box labelled `Conveyances ex Sydney Street MSS Room 10/12/68'

Date: [1952-1955]

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-6/14

Description: Research papers and radio scripts including `Chinese on the Otago goldfields' (several parts); `New Zealand's golden days'; `There's gold in the hills'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1853-1864], 1890

By: Shepherd, Annie Curme, 1834-

Reference: MS-Papers-5027

Description: Reminiscences of Annie Shepherd, originally published in the `Waikato Times' for 1890, covering her voyage to New Zealand in 1853, settlement in Taranaki and then Waikato, and the Waikato War Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (19 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (Photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mr R W Green, Auckland, 1994

Date: 1853 - 1859

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

Reference: MS-Papers-1009-2/74

Description: Contains correspondence (and translations into English of correspondence) about religious topics, including the availability of missionaries and the establishment of a college at Porirua, and correspondence about land and political issues Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1876

By: Cooke, John George, 1819?-1880

Reference: qMS-0542

Description: Family and personal history in England until the settlement in New Plymouth, 1841, with references to Jane Austen and her family (pp. 20,21,34,35). Account of voyage to New Zealand on Amelia Thompson, 1841. General account of the colonisation of the North Island, especially Taranaki, and history of relations with Maori there; also of Wellington, Auckland, Rotorua, Taupo, Otaki, Manawatu, Wanganui, Waikato, Lakes Tarawera and Rotoaira, 1841-1850 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (90 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (¼ blue morocco, blue buckram; 30 cm)

Date: 1852 - 1867

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-CHA-7/4/5-Acc.38871

Description: Identifies first discovery of gold in New Zealand 1852 and first discovery of gold in Thames, 1867. Also shows coal mines - MacDonald, Rotowaro, Pukemiro, Wilton and Martha coal mines. Base map - Department of Lands and Survey 1937 Quantity: 1 map(s) with ms annotations. Physical Description: Ink and colour on cream paper. Scale [ca. 1:1 000 000] 72.8 x 96 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1858-1964

From: Church of England in New Zealand Auckland Diocese : Church registers

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-19-04

Description: Contains registers for Ephiphany (Arch Hill), 1914-1964; St George's, Epsom, 1916-1948; St Columba, Grey Lynn, 1912-1945; Hauraki, 1858-1863; Helensville & Warkworth, 1881-1927 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: [ca 1858-1870]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-010

Description: The drafts of outward letters are from 1862-1864. The Maori letters include information about the meanings of various Maori words, intelligence about the Waikato and Taranaki campaigns in the New Zealand Wars and the establishment of the Kingitanga, ethnographic information, and a call for a review of Maori educational spending The printed Maori material includes a proclamation from the Governor calling for the end to intertribal hostilities, and an open letter from Wi Tako decrying Maori resistance to the Government in Taranaki and calling for peace. Includes traditional Maori narrative concerning the Tainui Waka and Ngati Toa. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: More detailed listing of printed material available in inventory.

Date: 1852 - 1853

From: Illustrated London news :Various scenes of early New Zealand published in the Illustrated London News. 1860s

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: B-070-007-2

Description: Looking down from above onto a bustling scene with huts, tents and other temporary shelters, canoes drawn up on the beach and many Maori and Pakeha, with both canoes and European boat and ships out in the harbour. The occasion is the opening of the Coromandel gold fields in October 1852. Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, Vol 23, no. 465. Dec. 3 1853, p. 465. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 150 x 230 mm

Date: 1858 - 1892

By: New Zealand. Māori Land Court; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922; Cussen, Laurence Carroll, 1844-1903

Reference: MapColl-832.1gmbh/[1858-1892]/Acc.4484-4492

Description: A collection of map information from various sources from 1858-1892. The maps no. 1-6 and 8 contain information from Native Land Court plans of the 1880's, Survey Office road plans, Lands and Survey's first amendment (Mr Cussen's topographical survey), a map by S. Percy Smith, and the Sub-Atlas committee. The information has been added in different pens and hand writing eg "Plan marked from Hokianga" or "no track here shown by Mr Cussen". The map marked no. 7 shows military information from the New Zealand wars eg "Troops to be sent to Waikaremoana via Ahikereru - Ruatahuna Huiarau from Taupo". Shows some native tracks eg "from Heruiwi" and corrections or previous omissions. Map no. 9 shows tracks on N.L.C. plans, one of which "is away at the Court". The maps show very little signs of any settlement, except No. 3 and 6 "Tapuaeharuru Pa" and "Te Pueto Stn". A mission station, a native settlement and a school are also indicated. The maps cover the region from Hokianga, Kawhia Harbour, Mokau River, Waikato River, Tirau, Taupo to Rotorua on maps 1-6, 8 and Rotorua to Waikaremoana to Poverty Bay on maps 7 and [9]. All maps depict rivers. Map 7 and [9] are maps with annotations. They are on the published base map "Four-mile sheet, No. 10" (Wellington, New Zealand Lands and Surveys, 1935). The others no. 1-6 and 8 are tracings of an unknown map. Quantity: 9 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copies, scale indeterminable, various sizes.