Ellings, E E (Mr), fl 1976: Photographs of Thames

Date: 1868

From: Ellings, E E (Mr), fl 1976: Photographs of Thames

Reference: 1/2-065408-F

Description: View of the settlement of Kurunui, Thames, looking towards Kurunui Hill. Shows the Kurunui Hotel, buildings in the town, and the chimney of a gold mining battery. A bank of the Firth of Thames is visible in the foreground. Photograph taken in 1868, by Henry Frith. The negatives at ½-065407-F, ½-065408-F, and ½-065409-F fit together to form a panorama. Kurunui township is located in the vicinity of is now known as Kuranui Bay, Thames North. Source of descriptive information - Note on back of file print reads: "Kurunui and Kurunui Hill in 1868. (See "Thames, The First Hundred Years", by William A. Kelly.). Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [187-?]

From: Ellings, E E (Mr), fl 1976: Photographs of Thames

Reference: 1/2-065402-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1884]

From: Ellings, E E (Mr), fl 1976: Photographs of Thames

Reference: 1/2-065412-F

Description: Grahamstown, circa 1884, taken by an unidentified photographer. Pollen Street is bottom left. Note on back of file print reads: "Grahamstown, Thames. Pollen Street in bottom-left corner. Large building was erected about 1880 and used from 1903 to present (1977) as Allan Adams Ltd Clothing factory. On right are post office and courthouse, Queen Street. Top-right is Wesleyan Church (now site of School of Mines Museum) with Holdship's Wharf. Chimney of Holdship's Timber mill to left of church. On extreme mid-left, building may be Cornwall Arms Hotel, with church-like building behind it the Masonic Lodge (and library). On left is Karaka Creek. As Wesleyan Church was shifted in 1885, and Clothing Factory was buildt in 1880, photograph was eveidently taken between those dates, possibly 1884." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [187-?]

From: Ellings, E E (Mr), fl 1976: Photographs of Thames

Reference: 1/2-065410-F

Description: Post office and courthouse, Grahamstown, taken ca 1870s by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1868

From: Ellings, E E (Mr), fl 1976: Photographs of Thames

Reference: 1/2-065407-F

Description: View of Moanataiari Creek, Thames, showing the chimney of the Caledonian Claim up the Valley in the background, and buildings in the settlement along the shore of the Firth of Thames (including the Prince Alfred Hotel, the Melbourne Boarding House, and the butcher W L File). Photograph taken 1868 by Henry Frith. The negatives at ½-065407-F, ½-065408-F, and ½-065409-F fit together to form a panorama. Note on back of file print states `Mudflats in foreground have since been reclaimed'. Location also identified as Beach Rd, Shortland (now Thames). Prince Alfred Hotel on corner Coromandel St. The chimney previously identified as the Moanataiari Battery corrected to Caledonian Claim after contact from a researcher, 6 March 2021. See also 1/2-020789 The mudflats in the foreground have since been reclaimed. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative