Hinemoa (Ship : 1876-1944)

Steam ship of 542 tons, built by Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Greenock in 1876, for the New Zealand Government's lighthouse service and Islands patrol. Originally had three masts, but the mainmast was removed ca 1880-1889. Dec 1900-Jan 1901, used for a cruise to New Zealand's sub-Antarctic islands by the Governor-General, Lord Ranfurly. Used as a Government survey ship for the Sub-Antarctic Scientific Expedition to Campbell Island and the Auckland Islands in 1907 during which the crew rescued the survivors of the Dundonald. Sold to a Southland company in 1925 for pleasure cruises to Milford Sound. Purchased 1942 by RNZN and converted into a sullage (waste oil) barge for use by American ships under repair at Wellington. Dismantled in 1944 and sunk in Pegasus Bay, 60 miles North-East of Lyttelton.

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Todd, Thomas : Views of Gisborne and Norfolk Island

Date: [ca 1900-1927]

Reference: PAColl-6545

Description: Two views of Gladstone Road, Gisborne, one with a jubilee arch celebrating 50 years of the Borough of Gisborne and the County of Cook; one of a man seated on a harpooned whale hauled up on the shore of Norfolk Island; and a man unloading a row boat caught in a big wave off a stone jetty on Norfolk Isalnd with the New Zealand Government Steamer Hinemoa moored just off the shore. Photographer unknown. The boat pictured in 1/4-015143 was smashed on the rocks just after the photograph was taken (source: accession card). Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-015143 to 015145 Quantity: 4 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

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Jeffares album 3

Date: [Between 1910 and 1914?]

From: Miller, E D N :Photographs by Isaac Jeffares, and of family

Reference: PA1-o-247

Description: Album of photographs taken by Isaac H B Jeffares, circa 1900 to 1914. Most of the views are in the Wellington region, including a large number of the Star Boating Club, ships in the harbour, the Wellington Botanic Gardens, and some of target practice and a military camp, probably in the Hutt Valley. Other areas are in an around Napier, and on the West Coast. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, entitled `Views'; 15.5 x 21.5 cm

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Various artists :[Boats in New Zealand]. Owens Group Ltd. Calendar 1981. Tauranga, Owen...

Date: 1769 - 1833 - 1900 - 1784

By: Owens Group (Firm); Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Barnes, Frank, 1859-1941; Underwood, Frank, active 1899-1915; Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Saint-Aulaire, Felix Achille, 1801-; Crawshaw, Lionel Townsend, 1864-1949

Reference: A-244-142/147-a

Description: Contents: A war canoe of New Zealand, 1773 [sic] / Sydney Parkinson. - S.S. Hinemoa (ca. 1900) / Frank Barnes. - The Constance Craig, Auckland (ca 1900) / Frank Underwood. - The Astrolabe striking a reef in the Bay of Plenty [i.e. La corvette l'Astrolabe tombant tout a coup sur des recifs dans la Baie de l'Abondance], 1833 / Louis A de. Sainson; engraved by F.A. de B. Saint Aulaire. - The Astrolabe in French Pass [ i.e. L'Astrolabe dans la passe des Francais...], 1833 / Louis de Sainson; engraved by F.A. de B. Saint Aulaire. - The Endeavour leaving Whitby for the Thames, 1768 (ca 1930) / Lionel Townsend Crawshaw. Accompanied by looseleaf descriptive commentary; filed with A 244-142/142-a. Set of looseleaf offprints also published as Owens Group calendar, 1981. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom left - Reproduced by Courtesy of The Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.; Recto - bottom right - [Artist's name] Quantity: 12 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 12 colour photolithographs (2 sets of 6), 203 x 280 mm, on sheets 244 x 313 mm. Provenance: Deposited under copyright.

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[Macmillan, Ethel] d. 1942 :Going to meet Mr Forbes & Mr Coates 1935

Date: 1935

By: Macmillan, Ethel Louisa, -1942

Reference: A-006-037

Description: Subject: Wellington Harbour, with pilot boat Inscriptions: Verso - In pencil in donor's hand: "Ethel Macmillan, Tauranga"; Verso - Title and date in pencil, with annotation: "We in Hinemoa. Pilot boat in sight" Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour over pencil 228 x 302 mm

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S S Hinemoa at anchor in Akaroa

Reference: 1/2-010263-F

Description: Nitrate Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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[Hobson, Henry], fl 1881 :Te Whiti; C.G.S.S. "Hinemoa"; Maoris going to Te Whiti's meet...

Date: 1881 - 1882

From: Hobson, Henry, fl 1881 :Album [of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki. 1881-1882].

By: Gibbs, William Brickell, 1844?-1898; Sherriff, George, 1846-1930

Reference: E-814-014

Description: Watercolour sketches show three Maori head and shoulder portraits, a portrait of Te Whiti walking in profile in a blanket (based on the illustration after George Sherriff in the London graphic, 8 April 1882 page 340), and a watercolour scene of a group of Maori in horsedrawn cariage, bullock cart and on foot. The inserted photograph is a ship portrait of the C.G.S.S. "Hinemoa", 282 tones, 180 horsepower, by photographer William Brickell Gibbs of Wellington. Extended Title - From Henry Hobson's Album of military photographs, cartes de visite and watercolours, Armed Constabulary, Taranaki, 1881-1882, page [14] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 170 x 247 mm, with inserted photograph 105 x 140 mm, on page of album.

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Field: Photographs of Byrd's Antarctic expedition, sport events, ships, and other scenes

Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6881

Description: A large collection of negatives concentrating on the Otago area. They include images of: Byrd's and Ellsworth's expeditions; Sir Joseph Ward's funeral procession along Dee Street, Invercargill; snow scenes in Dunedin; the 1926, 1928, 1938 and 1939 Saunders Cup; the 1928 Annette Kellerman cup; ploughing match in Taieri and Outram; the 1936 and 1938 Dunedin show; league test 1928; cup winners of the Cornwell Cup (possibly for yachting?); HMS Australia; yachting in Broad Bay 1927 and 1928; 1936 New Zealand surfing championships; a Karitane home in 1938; Waikouaiti races; Otago athletic championships 1937; the launch Annabella in Dunedin harbour; an athletics event including girls' hurdling; pipers round the Robert Burns statue in the Octagon; an amateur dramatics production of a play set in the 19th century; steam ships; the opening of the railway at Roxburgh; a children's party on HMS Dunedin; storm damage in 1937; celebrations in Kaikoura 1940; skating at Alexandra 1938; fire at Seacliff Hospital; Waitaki Dam; air raid precautions in 1939; trotting races; Portobello regatta 1909; Ellison's funeral; a series of 22 negatives of stuffed birds at the Otago University Museum; the opening of a Maori church at Otakou; an Auckland vs Otago rugby match; the opening of the Clydevale bridge; and Otago golf championship 1937. The photographer was Field. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-034982 to 035760, 035779 to 035871, 035916 to 036295, 036699 to 036914, 038264 to 038353, 038364 to 038476 and 052188 to 052355 Quantity: 1839 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives

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Robson family : Diaries

Date: 1872-1903

By: Robson, Charles Hepburn Orlando, 1855-1913

Reference: MS-Papers-6271

Description: Transcripts of diaries of Charles Robson and his daughter Amy Robson. Those of Charles Robson contain brief entries detailing his life on lighthouses around New Zealand from 1872 to 1903. Amy Robson then a 16 year old, recorded a trip on the Hinemoa around the Snares and southern part of of the South Island, arranged by the Government Light Service for her father and family upon his retirement. Transcripts made by Malcolm Robson. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s). 2 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts

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Wilson, Robert Adams 1875-1964 : Diary

Date: 30 Sep-11 Oct, 13 Oct-12 Nov 1891

By: Wilson, Robert Adams, 1875-1964

Reference: MS-Papers-1338

Description: Account of two voyages from Wellington to Milford Sound (30 Sep-11 Oct 1891; 13 Oct-12 Nov 1891) on the Hinemoa. Describes the sea and bird life and lists the types of bird eggs collected Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

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Notes relating to the islands south of New Zealand

Date: [ca 1887-1891]

From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers

Reference: MSX-7938

Description: Notes on shipwrecks on and around the Sub-Antarctic islands, descriptions of the islands and their exploration, compiled preparatory to a trip by Chapman on the Government steamer, Hinemoana, in 1891 Quantity: 1 volume(s).

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Dickie, W K, album 1 (scrapbook)

Date: [1920s?]

From: Dickie, William Kenneth, fl 1980s : Scrapbook albums

By: Dickie, John, 1869-1942

Reference: PA1-q-272

Description: Album (scrapbook of photographs, newspaper cuttings, coloured prints etc), chiefly images of ships, trains and aircraft. A few images show scenes in New Zealand, with several of Mount Cook (Mount Aoraki). Includes articles on the history of Wellington by Sir Henry Brett (author of New Zealand shipping history `White wings'), published in the Auckland Star during January and February 1927. Album compiled by Ken (William Kenneth) Dickie. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth cover entitled "Sunny memories", with coloured print of sailing ship Illawarra attached to front cover, with the names Ken Dickie, and Illawarra printed in white ink, 320 x 280 mm

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Photographs of sub antarctic islands and lighthouses

Date: ca 1913-1930

From: Tiller, Eileen, active 1957-2014: Collection

Reference: PAColl-0611-1

Description: Sub antarctic islands, lighthouses, Government steamers servicing lighthouses, early radio technology, and some of the people involved Arrangement: Negatives at F 175398 1/2 - F 175406 1/2, and F 69066 1/4 - F 69071 1/4 Quantity: 15 b&w original negative(s). 11 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Photographs relating to Anders Hansen, Auckland Islands, Taupo

Date: 1925-2005

From: Tiller, Eileen, active 1957-2014: Collection

Reference: PAColl-8991

Description: Photographs relating to Anders Hansen. These include a trip to the Auckland Islands on the Government steamer,`Hinemoa' in 1925. Mrs Hamiora's house in Taupo photographed in 1974. Maori artifacts collected by Anders Hansen's family when he was lighthouse keeper at Little Papanui Inlet from 1916 to 1919. In 2005 the Maori artifacts were sold to the Otago Museum where they now form the Anders/Tiller Collection. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-231014-F to 1/2-231020-F. 35mm-84439 to 35mm-84441. 1/4-114246-F. Quantity: 6 b&w copy negative(s). 3 colour original negative(s) strips with 8 images. 3 colour original photographic print(s). 1 colour original negative(s).

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Wallace, W L :Photographs taken by Wallace on a journey aboard the Hinemoa to Stewart I...

Date: [ca 1906]

By: Wallace, Walter Lawrence, active 1890-1957

Reference: PAColl-6699

Description: Views of Auckland Islands (18 images), Snares Islands (10), Antipodes Islands (5), Bounty Islands (8), Campbell Island (9), Chatham Islands (2) and Stewart Island (4), taken by Walter Lawrence Wallace during a voyage aboard the Hinemoa in 1906. Includes 1 image of a dead green turtle, possibly taken on Sunday Island (Raoul Island). Walter Lawrence Wallace (fl 1890-1957) was born in Timaru. He was a pharmacist who, in later life, worked in Suva Public Hospital. Note with collection reads: N Z Sub-antarctic Islands. W L Wallace in S s "Hinemoa" (Captain Bollons) c 1906." Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints, all approximately 106 x 78 mm

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Martin album

Date: [Circa 1880s]

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA1-f-036

Description: New Zealand scenery, chiefly in the Wellington region. Two photographs at the beginning have initials F.A.C (Frank Arnold Coxhead), possibly printed by Coxhead rather than photographed by him. Most of the images are labelled, but the photographers are mostly unidentified. Subjects and locations are listed above. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark green watered-effect cover, with leather corners and spine, gold motifs, entitled `Photographs' in gold; 37.0 x 32.5 cm

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Pollock album

Date: [Circa 1894]

By: Pollock, J H, active 1981

Reference: PA1-f-049

Description: Photographs of a state visit to the Cook Islands, followed by a tour of various subantarctic islands, viewing the landscape and fauna, by Lord and Lady Glasgow, on the ship Hinemoa, in 1894. Photographs of Rarotonga include portraits of Ariki Makea Takau and her husband Ngamaru Rongotini; large group scenes at various welcoming celebrations; scenes of life in Rarotonga; and Ariki Makea Takau's residence. The Cook Islands photographs are followed by several newspaper cuttings of Lord Glasgow's visit; followed by views of Snares Island, Campbell Island, Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands and Chatham Islands, also with newspaper cuttings. There are many views of penguins, mollymawks, Royal albatrosses, and sea lions; also views of people outside a Maori meeting house in the Chatham Islands. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album (lacks cover); 30.0 x 40.5 cm

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Campbell Island album 1

Date: 1880 - 1920

From: Grainger, J :Negatives and photographs relating to Campbell Island

Reference: PA1-q-047

Description: Photographs of ships which serviced Campbell Island during the 1880s and early 1900s; scientists on the Campbell Island Scientific Expedition in 1907; whalers, including Harry Norton and his brothers Dick, Jack and Tim, and the Heberley brothers, Walter, Harry and Johnny; also views of the remains of the Cook Brothers' whaling station at North East Harbour, photographed in 1943. Album created by Ian Stratford Stewart while preparing his book "Campbell Island; a history", published by A.H. & A.W Reed in 1976. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album in orange vinyl ring-binder, with images attached to pages with self-adhesive strips, 33 x 30 cm

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Letter from Inez Elliot

Date: [196-]

From: Tiller, Eileen, active 1957-2014: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11689

Description: Letter from Inez Elliot to Eileen Tiller (ca 1960s), which describes family life in the various lighthouses Elliot grew up in around New Zealand as a child during the early part of the Twentieth Century. She recalls stories of childhood activities, weather storms, the First World War, visits from launches and mentions a shipwreck off Cape Brett. Inez Elliot's parents were lighthouse keepers at various lighthouses around New Zealand. Title transcribed from item. Relationship complexity - Photographs relating to the lighthouse at Cape Brett accompany the donation of this letter and are in the Photographic Archive is Series-6581. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

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Hansen family photographs

Date: 1862-[ca 2005]

From: Tiller, Eileen, active 1957-2014: Collection

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Hinemoa (Ship : 1876-1944); Meluish, William, 1822?-1888; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Schaef, Arthur Waldemar, 1867-1940

Reference: PAColl-10718

Description: Contains photographs relating to the Hansen family, circa 1862 to 1990s. Taken by Hansen family members and photographers including Frank Arnold Coxhead, Fredrick George Radcliffe, Arthur Waldemar Schaef, William Meluish, and Burton Brothers. A commercial set of "New Zealand Graphic Series" stereoscopic prints shows a trip down the Whanganui River and the town of Whanganui. These are taken by Fredrick George Radcliffe with the exception of one photograph by Arthur Waldemar Schaef. The collection also contains a stereoscopic print titled "Milford Sound Starvation" by the Burton Brothers showing two men posed with empty barrels and an empty bottle on the rocky shore at Milford Sound. Photographs by Frank Arnold Coxhead show numerous views of Puyseger Point and its surrounds including Preservation Inlet. Futher nineteenth century prints include photographs, largely taken in Fiordland and the Otago Region, of landscapes (including Milford Sound, Dunedin gardens and coast, and Lake Wakatipu and surrounding peaks) and buildings in Dunedin (Garrison Hall, Knox Church, First Church, and Royal Exchange Hotel). There are also photographs of roading (Otira Gorge, Hokitika Road), railways (Rimutaka Incline), and an unidentified shepherd with his dog and herd of sheep. Other photographs include a William Meluish photograph of the goldrush at Gabriel's Gully, Tuapeka, taken in 1862. There are photographs relating to roads, railways, buildings, mainly in the Otago Region Assorted family prints from circa 1900s to 1930s include a photograph of Anders Hansen on board the government steamer 'Hinemoa' and further photographs taken on board the 'Hinemoa'. Other identified Hansen family members are George and Annie Hansen, who are also photographed on board a ship, which is likely bound for the Auckland Islands circa 1925. Other photographs relating to boats and shipping include row boats and small steamers on the water [delivering supplies from lighthouse tenders?] and wool being loaded into barges at a coastal woolshed and wharf. Photographs from the Wellington Region show Eastbourne and Wellington Harbour scenes. Photographs relating to a coastal farm, possibly Orongorongo Station, feature farm buildings, an unidentified group of three women and a boy riding in a cart drawn by a draught horse with another saddled horse behind, and two men shooting and bludgeoning a shark on the rocky shore. There is also a photograph of an unidentified wedding party. Two photographs from circa 1990s to 2005 show carved greenstone and bone Māori artefacts, collected by Anders Hansen and his family when he was the lighthouse keeper at Little Papanui on the Otago Peninsula. A Hansen family trip to Rarotonga and Aitutaki in 1977 includes photographs of accommodation (a resort, Rapae Motel) and other buildings, beach scenes, vehicles (bus, cars, motorcycle, tractor), a variety of flora (trees, flowers, and other plants), a waterfront scene, thatched roofs under construction, and local people (children by the road, women collecting water lilies, group selling produce). Identified buildings are Cook Island Liquor Supplies and a post office. Also photographs relating to Vaipae and the Ngatangiia Passage. Donor identified some images as being taken on a journey to the Auckland Islands. Greenstone and bone artifacts that appear in photographic prints are now at the Otago Museum. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 61 b&w original photographic print(s). 54 colour original photographic print(s). 13 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) stereoscopic. 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Photographic prints and ephemera. Provenance: Series of photographs by Frank Arnold Coxhead were given to Anders Hansen by the photographer while he was the lighthouse keeper at Puysegur Point circa 1880s to 1900s.

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Album relating to New Zealand lighthouses

Date: 1980-2003

From: Tiller, Eileen, active 1957-2014: Collection

By: Hanna, John Robert, 1850-1915

Reference: PA1-q-1313

Description: Scrapbook album compiled by Eileen Tiller relating to lighthouses and the Hansen family, covering a time period of circa 1860s to 2000s, likely compiled over a period from the 1980s to 2013. Photographers largely unidentified but many are likely taken by Hansen family members. Eileen Tiller is identified as a photographer. Includes typescript histories, clippings, and photographs from lighthouses and their surrounding areas and associated buildings. The lighthouses featured are Cape Maria van Diemen, Cape Reinga, North Head of Kaipara Harbour, Cape Brett, Moko Hinau [sic] Island, Cuvier Island, Tiritiri Matangi Island, East Cape, Cape Egmont, Portland Island, Castlepoint, Cape Palliser, Pencarrow Head (lighthouse and low-level automated light), Baring Head, Somes Island, The Brothers, and Stephens Island. Cranes and derricks, pullies, tramlines and pathways, social activitities (listening to the wireless, picnics), construction of lighthouses, automated lights, and the introduction of solar powered navigation lights (Parengarenga and Fraser Rock) are some subjects that are covered. Animals, including goats and dogs appear in some photographs. Identified people include Hansen family members (Anders Hansen, Elizabeth Hansen, Lena Hansen, Annie Hansen, and Fred Hansen are named); Inez Pearce, Mr Pearce, and Mrs Sheerwood at Cape Brett Lighthouse; Oliver Robertson and Mr Dowley at Cape Egmont Lighthouse; keeper Mr Shepherd and W Cookson of Wairoa [Cape Egmont or Portland Island lighthouse?]; Nicholas Sciascia, including a carte de visite by Hanna, and material relating to his death; J Marchbanks, Chief Engineer of the Wellington Harbour Board, and other unidentified Habour Board employees; Mr R S Wilson principal keeper at Pencarrow; Steve O’Neill Principal Keeper at Pencarrow; Captain C M Duthie; Mrs E Riddiford; and Mr Pearce, Hermia Hutton (née Hansen) and Bob Hutton, and Jamie Seddon all photographed on Somes Island. Unidentified people include a family at Tiritiri Ligthouse, Swiss Sharemilkers and their musical instruments at Cape Egmont Lighthouse, and two group photographs of keepers and their families on Portland Island (one on a beach picnic, another seated in front of a house). Named ships are the government lighthouse tenders 'Hinemoa' and 'Tutanekai'. The 'Huanui' is also identified, There are photographs and articles relating to shipwrecks including that of the ship 'Pirate' on Portland Island and that of the 'Zuleika' off Cape Palliser. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Scrapbook album arrived at the Library containing loose items and with items stored in an envelope stuck to the front cover. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing photographs, clippings, ephemera. Physical Description: Scrapbook with brown plastic cover, 31.5 x 38.2 Transfers: Materials separated from this album are now at MS-Papers-12440-1.. Processing information: Material that was loose or stored in inappropriate housing was separated from album for conservation and housing purposes.