Mein Smith, William, 1799-1869
Artist, surveyor, runholder. Born Cape Town, and served in England, Canada and Gibraltar. Appointed Surveyor-General to the New Zealand Company in 1839, arriving in Wellington in January 1840 aboard the ship 'Cuba'. His family followed on the 'Adelaide'. Laid out the first settlement at Petone and the site of Wellington. Took part in political life after settling down in the Wairarapa. See DNZB (1990, Vol 1, 1769-1869, p399-400)
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Date:
1984
By:
Lawrence, Warwick Ritchie Crawford, 1915-2009
Ref:
MS-Papers-2464
Description:
Paper written for Brigadier H N Crawford of Naughton, Fife with annotations
Accompanying material - Biographical notes including information on William Mein...
Date:
1841 - 1967
By:
Avon Fine Prints; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869
Ref:
B-076-008-b
Description:
Shows a view of settlers' houses, the river and the opposite bank. Shows men in the foreground adding thatch to the roof of a house.
Accompanied by a flier...
Date:
10 Nov 1853
By:
Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869
Ref:
MS-Papers-3440
Description:
"Report of a journey from the upper part of the Wairarapa Valley, through the valley of the Kopuaranga, to the river Mangatainoka, and back through a part of...
Date:
1845
By:
Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869
Ref:
A-015-017
Description:
An interior view of the Pa, looking out towards Wellington Harbour. Includes houses (whare) and storehouses (pataka) as well as seated groups of people
Anot...
Date:
1852 - 1842 - 1856
From:
Pearse, John 1808-1882 :[Album. 1851-1856]
By:
Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869
Ref:
E-455-f-042-2
Description:
Scene inside Pipitea Pa. with several whare and a storehouse on poles. People standing and seated in the pa. Pearse has commented below the image :"The Maori...
Date:
1842
From:
Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.
By:
Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869
Ref:
PUBL-0011-04-1
Description:
Clearing in the centre of the pa, with groups sitting, standing and one man beating something on a stone, a woman cooking inside a whare and several dwelling...
Date:
1963
From:
Keyes, Ian Warwick, 1938-2004: Maps from papers relating to George Leslie Adkin
By:
Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869
Ref:
MapColl-f832.47a 1960-64/Acc.50045
Description:
Shows tracks traced from Judge Chapman's map by W Mein Smith, Surveyor General 1841.
Quantity: 1 map(s).
Physical Description: Pen and pencil on tracing pa...
Date:
1843 - 1845
By:
Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870
Ref:
A-465-010
Description:
shows the back of Francis Molesworth's house and stables in the Hutt Valley, with forest behind. The house shows its distinctive tree trunks supporting the v...
Date:
[ca 1970]
By:
Smith, Russell Wordsworth, 1913-1983
Ref:
MS-Papers-4445
Description:
Photocopy of a narrative of the life and times of William Mein Smith. Gives details of William Mein Smith's early years but mainly describes his trip to New ...
Date:
1833-1841 (transcribed 1920)
By:
Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869
Ref:
qMS-1840-1844
Description:
Vols 1 & 2 describes life as 1st lieutenant in Royal Artillery at Gibraltar. Vol 3 covers voyage from London to New Zealand on the Cuba, 1839, after appointm...
Date:
1853-1919
From:
Levin & Company Ltd : Records
Ref:
MS-Papers-1347-3/2/105
Description:
William Mein Smith (Title deeds to land at Ohariu, 1853, and lease from Levin to Smith & Revans, 1862); John Smyth, Kumeroa, 1893; South Taranaki Shipping Co...
By:
Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869
Ref:
PA6-365
Description:
Drawings and Prints Section has the tinted lithograph (Plate 4 in Wakefield, E J, Illustrations to Adventures in New Zealand... London, Smith Elder, 1845) an...
Date:
1842
By:
Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Day & Haghe (Firm); Weekly press (Newspaper); Demsey, K (Miss), active 1964
Ref:
C-060-013-a
Description:
Main features of the print named
Reproduction of Rack 172
Same as C-060-013 which was presented by Miss J Weldon, 17.1.1969
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). ...
Date:
1842
By:
Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Day & Haghe (Firm); Weekly press (Newspaper); Weldon, J (Miss), active 1969
Ref:
C-060-013
Description:
Main features of the print named
Reproduction of Rack 172
Same as C-060-013-a which was presented by Miss K Demsey, 3.2.1964
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s)....
Date:
1842
From:
Smith, William Mein 1799-1869 :The harbour of Port Nicholson and the town of Wellington (sketched in the middle of the year 1842). Plate IV.
By:
Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869
Ref:
B-110-056
Description:
Left one-third of full panorama from Thorndon to Te Aro. Main features named. Shows houses along foreshore of Lambton Quay and Thorndon. Shows Tinakore [sic]...
Date:
1842
From:
Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.
By:
Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869
Ref:
PUBL-0011-16-1
Description:
Left one-third of full panorama from Thorndon to Te Aro. Main features named. Shows houses along foreshore of Lambton Quay and Thorndon. Shows Tinakore [sic]...
Date:
1840
By:
Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869
Ref:
MapColl-832.4799gbbd/1840/Acc.53395
Description:
Plan annotated by Henry Samuel Chapman (1803-1881) an Australian and New Zealand judge, colonial secretary, attorney-general, journalist and politician. Some...
Date:
1840 - 1844
From:
Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.
By:
Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869
Ref:
PUBL-0011-10
Description:
A fenced enclosure with a tall structure of slender logs, surmounted by a white cloth, set in bush. Likely to be in either Wellington or the Wairarapa.
The...
Date:
1963
From:
Keyes, Ian Warwick, 1938-2004: Maps from papers relating to George Leslie Adkin
By:
Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869
Ref:
MapColl-f832.47a 1960-64/Acc.50050
Description:
Shows tracks traced from Judge Chapman's map by W Mein Smith, Surveyor General 1841.
Quantity: 1 map(s).
Physical Description: Pen and pencil on tracing pa...
Date:
1841
By:
Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Davies, B R, active 1841
Ref:
MapColl-832.47bj/1841/Acc.53394
Description:
Plan includes names of land plot owners in Lower Hutt and land plots between present-day Johnsonville and Tawa. Native reserve land adjacent to Wade's Town i...
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