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Date: 1864 - 1965 - 1978

From: [Various artists] :Postcards of reproductions of original watercolours in the Hocken Library, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ. [1970s]

By: Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898

Reference: E-278-q-071

Description: Reproduction of Williams' original watercolour showing the Manukau Harbour and settlement at Onehunga, 1864. Woman on horseback in foreground (lower left), and several sailing ships in the harbour. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photo-lithograph, 95 x 152 mm

Date: 1911, 1908, 1913, n d

From: Daniell, Frederick Charles, 1879-1953 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-3763-3/6/31

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

From: Carnegie, Andrew 1835-1919 : New Zealand library applications

Reference: fMS-038

Date: 16 February - 21 March 1958, 1960

From: Tomsett, Maurice William Henry :Colour slides of New Zealand

Reference: PA12-7766

Description: Phase 8 continued - 170. Cornwall Park, sheep grazing; 171. One Tree Hill Memorial, Sir John Logan Campbell (Early settler); 172-173. Overlooking Ellerslie, Penrose; 174. Onehunga, Manukau Harbour; 175. Memorial, Mt Hobson in background; 176. Royal Oak, Epsom, Memorial; 177. Volcanic crater below memorial; 178. Auckland airport. Three slides of views of Auckland in 1960. Includes views of the Winter Garden (Auckland Domain), and aerial views over the city Quantity: 12 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1896

By: Fleming, Charles Colville, 1837-1901

Reference: MS-Papers-2059

Description: Lecture, probably to Methodist Church group in Auckland, expresses immigrant's view of Maori migration, and of New Zealand and some account of early Auckland especially Onehunga and Remuera Fleming settled in Onehunga ca 1857, later becoming Deputy Mayor Quantity: 1 folder(s) (13 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (and photocopy)

Date: [ca 1908]

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6408

Description: Postcards of St Mark's Church, Remuera; the Waikato River at Hamilton; HM fleet in Lyttelton harbour; two of the Pavilion baths and grounds in Rotorua; the view from the grounds from the tower of bath house, Rotorua; an evening view of the Marine Parade gardens, Napier; the anglican church at Onehunga; a commemorative postcard of the dash to the south pole by Shackleton in 1908; Ferry Bridge over the Waiau River at Hanmer taken by Muir & Moodie; three views of boating at Hamurana Springs; Lakelet in the park, Queenstown; main street in Cust; Auckland Exhibition Grounds; Somerville Memorial Church at Remuera; Myers Park and Kindergarten; St David's Presbyterian Church; beach at Sumner, Christchurch; sanatorium and band rotunda, Te Aroha. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Prints also housed at PA5-0109 and PA5-0085. Quantity: 8 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 8 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 14 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Circa 1900s]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-301

Description: Photogprahs of New Zealand circa 1890s to 1900s, probably taken by George William Barltrop. The first sequence includes scenes around Auckland harbour, including Rangitoto Onehunga, with one view of passengers on board the ferry `SS Takapuna'. One photograph shows a group of young Maori standing on the bank of the Whanganui River (four young men under an umbrella). Wellington area views of Pahautanui (Pauatahanui), Horokiwi, Lyall Bay and the Wellington Heads. On page 873 (the album pages run from 856 to 895), there is a postcard with heads of George William Barltrop and his wife Emma Jane Barltrop, with a collage of images relating to the Missions to Seamen. Slipped beneath the postcard is the death notice for Emma Jane Barltrop (died 24 September 1954). There are views of the Rimutakas from the railway line; a flock of sheep being herded along a road in palmerston North; three people standing outside a wooden bungalow in Palmerston North; and there is a view of another house in Feilding. The river mouth at Oroua; the grounds of the Wanganui Race Course (with white swans on the lake; a woman feeding a peacock, and a woman under an umbrella, walking on rail tracks beside the sea at Castlecliff; followed by three views from a boat on the Whanganui River, one a view of Upokongaro, with the church spire just visible, and two of groups of Maori waiting on the riverbank. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover entitled `Photographic views'; 20.5 x 17.5 cm

Date: 1860 - 1880

By: White, Duncan, active 1864-1868; New Zealander (Newspaper : 1845-1866)

Reference: C-060-002

Description: Shows farmland and scattered houses in Onehunga, with Manukau Harbour in the distance. Extended Title - "Printed at the 'New Zealander' Office." Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 195 x 482 mm.

Date: 1861

By: Scrivener, Henry Ambrose, 1842-1906

Reference: B-064-047

Description: Shows general view of Manukau Harbour with Onehunga in background, and buoys, markers and boats, with gulls in foreground. Other Titles - Harbour Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - HAS / 7/7/61.; Recto - bottom centre - Onehunga. Manukau Harbor. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 227 x 286 mm.

Date: [ca 1900-1910]

By: Walker, A (Mr), active 1968; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; C M (Photographer), active 1905; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Pratt, A A, active 1900s

Reference: PAColl-6639

Description: Postcards of ferries at wharves in Auckland, interior and exterior of St John's Cathedral in Napier, Waihi from Martha Hill, bowling green on the Domain at Te Aroha, Lyttelton at regatta time, Lyttelton harbour, Opera House, St Luke's Danish Church and All Saints Church and the Municipal Buildings, Palmerston North; the Triangle, Dunedin; Auckland Hospital, Grafton Road; Palmerston North Post Office; a view over Auckland from Mount Eden; the bridge over to the Cafe Continental; Hastings Street, Napier; Perry Street, Masterton with a hall on the right; tea kiosk in the park, Masterton; two carts on the road to Lansdowne, Masterton; the tramline to Onehunga, Auckland; Queen Street, Auckland; and Auckland harbour and wharves. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negative at 151877 Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 16 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 14 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Postcards

Date: 1864-1880

By: Glenny family

Reference: MS-0842-0845

Description: Shipboard diaries of Isaac William and his father James Glenny who travelled to New Zealand on the `Mary Warren' in 1864; includes list of passengers. Also two notebooks giving Isaac Glenny's specifications for contracts in Northland, and details of the Volunteer Engineers' unit at Onehunga Quantity: 4 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (various sizes and bindings, in red box) MS-0843 is illustrated with code of ship's flag signals

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-079

Description: The essay is the story of Patrick Donovan, an Irishman who came to Auckland in 1840 with his first wife, Julia McAuliffe and their children. They first went to Hobart and then Melbourne before arriving in New Zealand. He established himself in business in Auckland as innkeeper of the Shamrock, Rose and Thistle, Shortland Crescent, and later farmed at Onehunga. He was the owner of land in various parts of Auckland. In 1853 he was elected to the Auckland Provincial Council, serving till 1855. Julia died in 1845 and he remarried Elizabeth Scott in the same year. The essay includes brief notes on his 16 children, and covers the years 1835-1899 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available. Includes photographs of David Donovan and Harriet McLeod nee Oshbaldiston, 6 Sep 18883; Florence Elizabeth Donovan, ca 1890; Frederick Little and Catherine (Kate) Donovan on their wedding day

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-050

Description: Shows a view over the red iron roofs of houses in a hilly suburban area, with the Manukau Harbour in the distance. A building on the crest of the hill in the middle distance has a tower and may be a church. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 203 x 142 mm.

Date: 1905-1909

From: Berwick, S W (Mr) :Albums of New Zealand scenes and coastal towns

Reference: PA1-o-833

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1907 - 1913

By: Harry H Tombs Ltd; Art in New Zealand (Periodical)

Reference: Eph-A-POST-TM-1907/1913

Description: Christmas greeting cards sent by the telegraph messengers and postal workers, mainly in the South Taranaki district (Eltham, Stratford, Waverley, Patea, Opunake), but also from Wanganui, Woodville, Dannevirke, Marton, Foxton, Onehunga, Christchurch, Hokitika, Nelson, New Plymouth, Wellington, Feilding, Hastings and Thames. Quantity: 43 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Embossed cards, sizes varying up to 90 x 140 mm. Transfers: Collection accessioned in Ephemera, and photographic cards transferred from there to Photographic Archive PAColl-9266..

From: Statutory Branch. Head Office. Department of Lands and Survey :[Aperture cards of] maps and plans

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-L&S-AT2

Description: Shows the extent of the jurisdiction of the resident magistrates and the executive council in respect of licensing regulation. Gives the layout of each village with little additional information. Some roads are named and some important localities noted. Quantity: 1 map(s) on 4 aperture cards. Physical Description: 35mm microfilm inserted into card, scale [1: 15 840], copy at same size as original Provenance: Donated by Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, November 1982

Date: 1977 - 1871

By: Backhouse, John Philemon, 1845-1908

Reference: C-079-049-a

Description: A panoramic view across undulating volcanic hills towards Manukau Harbour. A man in a Scots bonnet stands in the right foreground. A goat stands in the left foreground. A church and a few scattered houses can be seen in the middle distance Reproduced from pen and wash drawings in Backhouse sketchbook, 1870-1871, for the centenary of Onehunga. Limited edition of 250 copies The sketchbook, on loan to the Onehunga Public Library, was donated to the Alexander Turnbull Library in 1989 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 249 x 707 mm

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-039

Description: Shows a small cave in a diagonally stratified rock face, topped with clinging coastal shrubs. At the left is a section of Manukau Harbour with Onehunga and possibly Mount Hobson beyond. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 252 x 176 mm.

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-074

Description: The essay traces the lives of Isaac and Frances Fletcher. Isaac was a coastguard in Kent, and rather than give evidence against friends he fled home and enlisted at Chathan with 58th Regiment in 1844 arriving in Sydney in 1845 and coming to New Zealand in 1847. He bought his discharge in 1849. His wife Frances Bateman had emigrated to New Zealand with friends arriving on the Victory in 1851. The couple were married in 1853 and settled in Onehunga. They raised a large family. Isaac followed a mariner's life, Frances nursed, taught many to read and write and helped Dr Purchas. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available. Includes photographs

Date: [ca 1910]

By: Perkins, G, active 1966; William Beattie & Company

Reference: PAColl-4690

Description: The junction of the rivers at Cromwell; horse and cart driving past a cricket match in the Basin Reserve, Wellington. Postcards of Lake Tarawera, the Waimangu Geyser basin and the desolation around Waimangu published by W Beattie & Co. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: One print housed at PAColl-5744-21 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 7 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Provenance: Donated by Mr G Perkins, Wellington, 1966 Transfers: Print at PAColl-5744-21.