Mount Peel Station

Date: 1869

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, including sketches of Banks Peninsula, Skippers Pass, Mt Peel, Rakaia, and Central Otago, 1868 to 1879]

Reference: E-032-1-027

Description: A panoramic view looking across the plains towards Mount Peel and the Southern Alps, with buildings roughly indicated to the left Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on two sketchbook pages, page size 91 x 123 mm

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: [Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline], 1850-1935 :Rangitata near Holincote [ca 1880]

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935

Reference: A-180-020-a

Description: View down the Rangitata River Other Titles - Bush at Mt Peel? Holncote, Holnicote, ca 1880? On verso of A-180-020, with same title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 185 x 327 mm

Date: 1907

From: [Banks, Isabel Violet, 1873- ] :[Scenes from travels in New Zealand] 1907

By: Banks, Isabel Violet, 1873-

Reference: C-078-025

Description: Scene on the road in Peel Forest near Mount Peel Station Holncote or Holnicote named after Acland Family seat in Devon England was the earlier name for the homestead at Peel Forest Estate. It is no longer in use. Inscriptions: Verso - title; Recto - bottom right - IVB Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 122 x 189 mm

Date: ca 1880s

Reference: 1/2-005352-F

Description: View of fields with Mount Peel Station on the left and Mount Peel on the right. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1896 - 1899

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Mary Medley's sketchbook No. 15. 1896-1899.

Reference: E-380-057

Description: Shows a house and possibly a small chapel amidst tall trees, beneath Mount Peel Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Mount Peel Canterbury Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 165 x 230 mm (page size)

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895: [Sketches]

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: E-281-q-023

Description: A single-storey house surrounded by a fence, with a shed or further house beyond it, a conical hill and other foothills of the Southern Alps in the near background. A figure with a pole over one shoulder walks along a path to the right towards the house. The house is surrounded by cultivated fields. Another building and possibly a haystack are to the right. Arowhenua is close to modern Temuka, South Canterbury, on the Opihi River. Tarahaoa is the Maori name for Mount Peel, possibly the conical hill behind the house. Mount Peel is some 40 km distant from Arowhenua and appears closer in this view than the location of modern Arowhenua would suggest. The name Arowhenua was applied to a larger area in 1848 than in modern times Other Titles - Arowhenua Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil works, 57 x 103 mm

Date: 1869

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, including sketches of Banks Peninsula, Skippers Pass, Mt Peel, Rakaia, and Central Otago, 1868 to 1879]

Reference: E-032-1-028/029

Description: A seascape looking towards land. A view of Mount Peel from the east Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on two sketchbook pages, page size 91 x 123 mm

Date: 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketches

Reference: E-346-3-001

Description: Mount Peel homestead, part of the chapel and part of the garden. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 163 x 224 mm

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-023

Description: Faint outline, possibly Peel Forest district. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-019

Description: Mount Peel homestead with some of its surrounding garden Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.

Date: 1869

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Collection of sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-082

Description: View from a garden with shrubs around the edge, looking out across the Rangitata plain Probably a view either from the Dennistoun or Acland family homesteads Peel Forest and Mount Peel Dating: some views by W M Hodgkins of Mount Peel are in a sketchbook dated around 1869; some are in a sketchbook dated 1882. This drawing may be a preliminary version of a watercolour in Dunedin Public Art Gallery, inscribed by the artist 'The South Canterbury Plains from near Peel Forest. 1882' Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 230 x 290 mm

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-025

Description: Mount Peel homestead with some of its surrounding garden Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896

Reference: E-346-2-026/027

Description: A view from near the Mount Peel homestead, taking in the Church of the Holy Innocents to the right, the woolshed and other buildings in the middle distance and looking towards the Rangitata River and the cliffs on the opposite side of the river. Cabbage trees and flax on slopes in the foreground and plantings around the church, possibly of yew trees. The churchyard is enclosed in a fence and garden The church was designed by Edward Ashworth, earlier resident in Auckland as an artist. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on 2 sketchbook pages, 129 x 356 mm

Date: 1993 - 1998 - 2002 - 1999

From: Eagle, Audrey Lily, 1926- :[Collection of original paintings made for "Eagle's trees and shrubs of New Zealand" books. 1955-2005]

Reference: A-437-141

Description: Shows leaves, berries and flowers of a Mountain Wineberry or Shrubby Wineberry. Full notes on verso. Artist's list: A. fruticosa (ii): Female flowers 1.12.98 from above Roaring Meg Power Station, Pisa Ra., coll. Rory Logan. Branchlet and berries 1.1.98 from above Lyn Creek, Mt Peel Station, Canterbury, coll. A Eagle. Berry and seed shown enlarged 8.2.99 from Mt Peel Station, coll. Rosemary Ackland. Juv. leaves from Ben Dhu Bog Reserve nr Twizel, Jan 2002, coll. A Eagle A. fruticosa (iii): Branchlet from Whana Huia, Ruahine Ra., 2.2.93, coll. Tony Druce Appears on page 279 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand" Other Titles - February, January, December Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 325 x 259 mm.

Date: 1875 - 1885

From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935

Reference: B-190-019-1/2

Description: On the recto, a view from the hills above the Rangitata River on the Canterbury Plains, north of Timaru. The river can be seen running across the centre of the painting and the red roof of the Acland's house (Mt Peel Station) can be seen above a line of trees. On the verso, another watercolour, of the Tengawai River and surrounding hills at Cave, an historic settlement between Fairlie and Timaru The Lysaght and Acland families became related, when Mary Emily Dyke Acland married Frederick Villebois Lysaght in 1887 Other Titles - Rangitata Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Rangatata [sic] River from behind the Acland's house [in pen and pencil]; Verso - bottom right - Hills from "the Cave" near Albury, Timaru [in pen] Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on two sides of sheet, 255 x 355 mm

Date: [ca 1872]-1888

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-1878

Description: Photograph album produced in 1888, titled 'Some representative sheep farms. Canterbury and neighbourhood.' Photographs taken by E Wheeler and son, of Christchurch, New Zealand. Album is dedicated to Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Governor of New Zealand. - Images feature farms and homesteads, with the photographer's inscription on the print identifying the farm and the owner (name and place spellings are transcribed from the item). These comprise: Mount Peel (Hon J B Acland), Waikanini (W Barker Esq), Otekaike (Hon R Campbell), Peel Forest (G J Dennistoun & Co), The Warren Woodbury (F W Donkin), Mount Palm (T Chapman), Mount Fyffe Kaikoura (A S Collins), Waimate (J Douglas), Homebush (J Deans), Longbeach (J Grigg), Grassmere, Westerfield (C Hawdon), Hororata (Sir J Hall), Horsley Down (Mallock & J D Lance), Underwood (A Hawdon), Fernside (S Heywood), St Helen's (W A Low), Windsor Park Otago (E Menlove), Lyndon (Macfarlane Bros), The Warren E Oxford (Langton), Waitakahi (A McLean), Glenmark (G H Moore); Achray (Macfarlane), Mt Somers (A E Peach[e?]), Raukapuka Geraldine (W Postlethwaite), Cheviot (Hon W Robinson), Orari Gorge (C G Tripp Esq), Mount Messing (R Rutherford), Montrose (Rutherford), Waireka (R Wade), Swyncombe Kaikoura (W D Wood), and Highfield (Wharton & Co). - Gardens and surrounding scenic landmarks (such as rivers and mountain ranges) are often visible as part of building portraiture. Buildings and structures other than main homesteads include woolsheds, manager's houses, a meat freezing factory (Belfast), the Port Robinson slipway, stock yards, worker's whares, ferret houses, and Glenmark Station's extensive lakes and water features. Images are almost exclusively of the exterior of buildings with only the interiors of woolsheds seen. Many images include the families that lived in the houses and often their dogs. Farm workers are seen in some images. Farm animals pictured include sheep, horses, mules, farm dogs, and oxen. Activities such as shearing with a Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine, wool sorting, wool scouring, wool transportation (horse drawn carts and ox wagons), sheep dipping, and sheep drafting are shown. Other activities include rowing in a boat, lawn mowing, and lawn tennis. Other - Album has covers that appear to have been created by the General Assembly Library. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - Dedicated by Permission to His Excellency Sir W F D Jervois, G.C.M.G., C.B. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green and black album embossed with gold typeface, 24.4 x 32 cm Provenance: Donated by Parliamentary Library, Wellington, 2014 Transfers: From Book Collections - NZ&P: as part of a large ongoing donation of mainly published material..

Date: [1970s-1990s]

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11723

Description: Transparencies of houses in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name or brief description, and/or the location, of the house. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Title transcribed from item. Many slides are not dated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, plastic case labelled 'South Island Houses'. The arrangement was by location of house, approximately from North to South, from back to front then from left to right. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 1989, 1991, 2001, 2002, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-12211

Description: Transparencies of country churches in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name and the location of the church. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Churches and locations annotated on the slide mounts include St George's Anglican Church at Motupiko, St Paul's Anglican Church at Glenmark, Tarras Church, St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church at Pauatahanui, St James Anglican Church at Ngatimoti, Presbyterian Church at Enfield, St Paul's Church at Hairini, Church of Our Lady of the Assumption at Motukaraka, Ratana Temple near Mangamuka, St John's Anglican Church at Hororata, St Michael's Anglican Church at Waimea West, St Anne's Anglican Church at Pleasant Valley, St Mary's Anglican Church at Beaconsfield, St Alban's Anglican Church at Pautahanui, Holy Trinity Anglican Church at Ohariu Valley, St John the Baptist Anglican Church at Waimate North, St Matthias' Anglican Church at Makara, Minniesdale Chapel at Wharehine, St James' Anglican Church at Kerikeri, St Bride's Anglican Church at Mauku, All Saint's Anglican Church at Howick. Also includes a transparency of Mt. Peel homestead. Title transcribed from item. Most transparencies are undated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in five small plastic slide cases, each holding approximately 30- 40 mounted transparencies, and each labelled "Country Churches". There was no apparent order. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-021

Description: Faint outline, possibly Peel Forest district. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.

Date: 1880

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935

Reference: A-180-020

Description: Looking across river flats from low hills, probably in an easterly direction. Cabbage trees in the foreground. Dark bush on part of the river flats and on nearby hills in the middle distance The name Holncote or Holnicote (mis-spelled by the artist) was an Acland family name for the homestead at Mount Peel Station. It is no longer in use. On verso: another similar view (A-180-020-1) Other Titles - [Bush at Mt Peel? Holnicote. ca 1880?] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 185 x 327 mm