Te Wahapu Inlet

Date: 1841-1842

From: Mair, Gilbert, 1799-1857 : Inward letters

Reference: MS-Papers-10823-1

Description: Letters to Mair at Wahapu and Wangarie [Whangarei?] concerning William and Robert Mair's tuition at the Waimate Mission School; reports on their progress and gives half yearly accounts for board and tuition; also refers to an outstanding debt Quantity: 1 folder(s) 4 letters.

Date: 2003

By: Williamson, Stephen, active 2003

Reference: MS-Group-1375

Description: Comprises commentary by Williamson on the diary kept by James Williamson Fedarb giving his family background, his association with whaling, the missionaries, traders, mining, the Treaty of Waitangi etc; appendices including date on wills, certificates, corresppondence, an obituary for Fedarb etc; also transcription of diary by Williamson and indexes to the diary of people, boats and places Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s). 1 megabyte(s) textual material. 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr S Williamson, Rogerstone, Newport, South Wales, Dec 2003

Date: 1841-1844, 1846-1848

From: Mair, Gilbert, 1799-1857 : Inward letters

Reference: MS-Papers-10823-2

Description: Comprises 6 letters to Mair at Wahapu and Wangarie [Whangarei?], written from Mangungu Hokianga between May 1842 and Aug 1844. Gives Mission news and personalities, deaths and illness in the family, detailed accounts on economic and social conditions in the Hokianga, comments on the Wairau Affray and his concerns about the unsettled condition of the local Maori. Also, 3 letters from Auckland and Waimate, South Taranaki Apr 1846-Nov 1848 re his posting to Taranaki; returns chest-of-drawers to Mair at Waihapu; gives impressions of his new station and local rivalry between Methodist and Anglican missions Quantity: 1 folder(s) 9 letters.

Date: 1844, 1847

From: Mair, Gilbert, 1799-1857 : Inward letters

Reference: MS-Papers-10823-4

Description: Letter of 10 Feb 1844 describes Baker's life at his new station at Tolaga Bay; that of 25 Sep 1847 is written fron Auckland; Mrs Baker's health; arrangements made to for the care of his family while absent; hopes to return to Bay of Islands; approves of his William making overtures to Mair's daughter Caroline Quantity: 1 folder(s) 2 letters.

Date: 1842, 1847

From: Mair, Gilbert, 1799-1857 : Inward letters

Reference: MS-Papers-10823-3

Description: Comprises 3 letters to Mair at Wahapu, written from Wangaroa in 1842, re business dealings in timber and cattle with Busby and Mair, grape vine cuttings and advice for planting them at Wangarie. With no money cannot buy potatoes or corn. Discusses his contribution to Busby's Bay of Islands petition to the Queen re settlers' rights and individual land claims Also 1 letter on estate of Woolley 1847 Quantity: 1 folder(s) 4 letters.

Date: 13 Apr 1849

From: Mair, Gilbert, 1799-1857 : Inward letters

Reference: MS-Papers-10823-5

Description: Letter from Warren at Waima to Mair at Wangarie; On Mr Buller's advice, asks if Mair could take charge of native school at Waima; gives conditions and salary Quantity: 1 folder(s) 2 letters.

Date: 1849 - 1850

By: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889

Reference: C-001-011

Description: Shows a waka being drawn up on a beach by a group of about sixteen men, while two Maori stand and one is seated in the right foreground, with a pig and several kete. In the background the hillside slopes to the sea and there is a long whare on the slope, with figures standing in front of it and a camp fire at the left end of it. Compare Oliver's watercolour in private hands: 'Launching a canoe, Bay of Islands', (photograph held in the Library's file print sequence), probably the sketch taken on the spot. 'Sketch on the Wahapu beach' was probably a second copy of 'Launching a canoe'. Details have been slightly simplified, but are otherwise identical. 'Sketch on the Wahapu beach' is probably a second copy in Oliver's own hand. The brushwork appears to be in his style. Dating: this work may date to the artist's visit to the Bay of Islands in April 1849, or to his visit with Governor George Grey to the Bay of Islands in August-September 1849. Other Titles - Captain Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on linen-backed paper, 350 x 533 mm.

Date: 1849

By: Williams, John, -1905?

Reference: A-079-020

Description: View from a rocky foreshore, with a bush-clad headland to the right, looking across to Kororareka (now Russell) with several houses along the beach at the town and, at the west end, the large hakari built to celebrate the visit of Governor Grey at Christmas, 1849. Rising above the hakari (large food storage platform or scaffolding) is a series of hills with a flagpole on top of the highest hill Compare the wood engraving illustration of the same scene from A. S. Thompson's The Story of New Zealand (London, 1859), with caption Kororareka in 1849 from a sketch by Colonel Bridge. The location of Bridge's drawing or watercolour is not known. The wood engraving includes the carved prow of a large waka on the far right, and another large waka in the water being rowed into shore. Williams' pencil drawing includes a very small waka on the water. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in ink Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 252 x 365 mm Transfers: Removed from the Bridge / Williams sketchbook E-320-f? The paper is the same as A-079-019, also removed from this sketchbook, and marks alongthe left side on the verso of the work suggest that it was once glued into a bound volume.

Date: 1848

From: Wynyard, Robert Henry (Sir), 1802-1864: [Works on paper depicting scenes in New Zealand]

By: Wynyard, Robert Henry (Sir), 1802-1864

Reference: B-201-008

Description: A sketch from the inlet looking towards the military baracks at Wahapu. Although slight, the sketch represents the buildings within the settlement, including the Commander's house on the hill, and other buildings spread aling the beachline. Māori and Pākeha boats on the water. Other, more complete works of this settlement done by Cyprian Bridge and John Williams are held in the Drawings, Paintings and Prints collection. Inscriptions: Title inscribed in pencil beneath drawing Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 125 x 155 mm, on sheet 185 x 220 mm (folded dimension)

Date: 19 October 1955

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-39706-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 1845

By: Williams, John, -1905?; Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: C-030-016

Description: Extensive view across a bay towards a beach and headland, with houses, barracks, a parade ground with redcoats drilling, the Red Ensign flag flying beside the largest house high on the hill to the left, the home of Colonel Cyprian Bridge. There are several small boats on the water. Nobby Island is on the left. Other buildings along the waterfront, from left, include barracks, in the centre the magazine of the 58th Regiment, a sentry box (set back from the waterfront), the hospital, the canteen and the officers' residence on the right The title on Bridge's pencil sketch (f-E-320-014) identifies his own house 'where I was quartered 3 years and a half, the parade ground, officers' houses and our pleasure boats in the foreground'. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - signature & 58; Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 322 x 538 mm Provenance: The sketchbook was acquired by Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull in July 1893. Transfers: Removed from sketchbook E-320-f, along with C-018-020, an ink and wash version of the same view. Had been folded to fit in the sketchbook. Still in the sketchbook are Cyprian Bridge's "View of my house and cantonment at Wahapu" (p.14), probably the drawing copied by Williams; also on p. 12 and 13, 2 pencil and wash details of the same view, either by Bridge or Williams..

Date: 1845 - 1847

By: Williams, John, -1905?

Reference: C-018-020

Description: An extensive view looking across water towards Te Wahapu Inlet with houses and barracks ranged along the shore and Cyprian Bridge's houses further up the hill to the left, with a flag flying Compare Williams' watercolour of the same view 'Wahapu, New Zealand' (C-030-016), as well as Bridge's pencil drawing 'View of my house...' (E-320-f-014) and a two-part watercolour view by either Bridge or Williams, E-320-f-012 and E-320-f-013 Both Bridge and Williams, along with other members of the 58th Regiment, were stationed at Wahapu, 1845-1847 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, 252 x 728 mm Provenance: Removed from sketchbook which was purchased by Alexander Turnbull in Edinburgh in 1893 Transfers: Removed from Williams' sketchbook, E-320-f-008..

Date: 1845 - 1850

By: Williams, John, -1905?; Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885; Nops, John George, -1847; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: E-320-f

Description: Scenes from the Northland campaign of the New Zealand wars, 1845-46, other Northland views, portrait of Hone Heke. Includes two items by unidentified artists, and a lithograph of a map by John Nops. Inscriptions: Title on spine: Bridge & Williams - Maori war sketches. Cyprian Bridge and John Williams collaborated in documenting events of the war in the far north. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 2 lithographs, 4 drawings, 5 watercolour paintings, in album 344 x 380 mm, 1/2 brown calf, brown buckram. Provenance: Collection of Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull with an inscription in his hand inside the original front cover (loose at top of box A-079). Appears to be his 'New Zealand album containing 16 original sketches, 1845-6', purchased from W. Brown of Edinburgh, 19 July 1893 for £8 (letters of A H Turnbull). Transfers: A watercolour by Cuthbert Clarke showing an 1849 feast in the Bay of Islands removed from this album and located at B-030-007. An ink and wash drawing by John Williams, 'Stern of a canoe' now located at A-079-015 shows as an offset print on a page of the original binding - Watercolour on p. 5 (dimensions 200 x 280 mm) removed and transferred to box A-079-006.

Date: 1845 - 1847

From: Williams, John, d 1905 :Maori war sketches [by John Williams, Cyprian Bridge and other artists] 1845-1850

By: Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885; Williams, John, -1905?

Reference: E-320-f-012

Description: The right side of a two-part panorama of Wahapu Inlet, Bay of Islands, looking across the water towards a hill with houses at the shoreline By or after Cyprian Bridge or John Williams. cf C-018-020, a sepia wash drawing attributed to John Williams, and C-030-016, a watercolour by John Williams, as well as Bridge's pencil drawing View of my house and cantonment of Wahapu, E-320-f-014. These show the full scene comprised by E-320-f-012/013. Cyprian Bridge, John Williams and other members of the 58th Regiment were stationed at Wahapu, 1845-1847 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 190 x 260 mm

Date: 1845 - 1847

From: Williams, John, d 1905 :Maori war sketches [by John Williams, Cyprian Bridge and other artists] 1845-1850

By: Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885; Williams, John, -1905?

Reference: E-320-f-013

Description: The left-hand section of a view of Wahapu Inlet, Bay of Islands, looking across the water towards a hill with houses and barracks along the shore and one house-way up the hill. By or after Cyprian Bridge or John Williams. cf C-018-020, a sepia wash drawing attributed to John Williams, C-030-016, a watercolour by John Williams, as well as a pencil drawing by Cyprian Bridge, E-320-f-014, all showing the same scene as the combined view of E-320-f-012 and E-320-f-013. The scene includes Cyprian Bridge's house. Both Bridge and Williams, as well as other members of the 58th Regiment were stationed at Wahapu, 1845-1847. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 188 x 260 mm

Date: 1844 - 1846

From: Williams, John, d 1905 :Maori war sketches [by John Williams, Cyprian Bridge and other artists] 1845-1850

Reference: E-320-f-014

Description: Panoramic view from the water looking towards Wahapu. Bridge's house is the large one on the hill, left of centre, with a flag (the Red Ensign) flying. The parade ground, right of centre, close to the beach, has groups of soldiers parading. There are houses spread along the beach-line and several yachts on the water. Compare the watercolour copy of this drawing by John Williams held at C-030-016 and the sepia copy, also by John Williams at C-018-020. There are also part sections of the drawing, copied as watercolours at E-320-f-013 and -012. There is another watercolour copy in Auckland Art Gallery, also attributed to John Williams, entitled 'Wahapu Bay, Bay of Islands.' The latter work bears some inaccurate identifications The picture has a fold down the middle Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in pencil. Also artist's signature in pencil lower right, and 'Wahapu' in the sea area far lower right above the signature. Label glued to recto top left, with 'No. 27' in ink Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 192 x 647 mm