Chatham Islands (N.Z.) - Maps
Rivers, W E T, fl 1876-1877 : Log book of the proceedings on board Her Majesty's Sapphire
Date: 11 Jun 1876-26 Oct 1877
By: Rivers, W E T, active 1876-1877
Reference: MSY-5720
Description: Rivers recorded hour, minute and second, courses, fathoms, wind, barometer and thermometer readings; he included remarks, bearing and distance; includes inserts and hand drawn maps. Notes on the River family included with volume. The `Sapphire' sailed from Fiji to Samoa, Wallis Island, Sandwich Island, New Hebrides, Sydney, Farm Cove, Melbourne, Hobson's Bay, Auckland, Wellington, Chatham Islands, Campbell Island, Dunedin, Tauranga (some of these ports were visited more than once), and back to Fiji and Australia Source of title - Transcribed Accompanying material - Brief notes on the Rivers family Rivers was captain of HMS `Sapphire' Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Neales, Nottingham, England, May 2003
Family histories and genealogies
Date: [1980]-1995
From: Wills Johnson, Kate Miria, 1929-1995: Papers and photographs relating to the Chatham Islands
Reference: MS-Papers-6799-3
Description: Family history data for Denis Murphy and his family; Elsie Laura Davis, `My first 80 years abridged' (1985); Elsie Davis's family data; and data for Isabella Paynter (nee Grennell). Also map of the Chatham Islands (NZMS 260, 1981). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Previous access statement 'Restricted - Content cannot be accessed without permission" was removed in May 2022.
The Chatham Island by pupils of Te Kairakau School, Chatham Island
Date: 1939
From: Fairbrother family : Papers relating to the Chatham Islands
Reference: MSZ-1385
Description: Comprises `The Chatham Island' by pupils of Te Kairakau school, Chatham Island for the Centennial Competition (1939) which covers the history and settlement of the Chatham Islands, the coming of the Maori, social history including sport and religion, agriculture and whaling, education, law and administration and botany. It has a large number of maps, illustrations, drawings and paintings, particularly of botanical specimens. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss Grey phase box