MANUSCRIPT
Diary
- Date
- 12 Mar 1843-31 Dec 1845
- Reference
- MS-0130
- Description
Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Physical Description: Holograph
Many illustrations
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Electronic transcript available at MSDL-0117; Partial transcript available at MSX-8758
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Bambridge, William, 1819-1879 : Diaries
- Format
- 1 volume(s), Manuscripts, Holograph, Illustration: Many illustrations
Click to request to view this item, access digital version (if available), and see more information.
Usage
Using this Item
You can copy this item for personal use, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It cannot be used commercially without permission, please ask us for advice. If reproducing this item, please maintain the integrity of the image (i.e. don't crop, recolour or overprint it), and ensure the following credit accompanies it:
Diary. Bambridge, William, 1819-1879 : Diaries. Ref: MS-0130. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23097736More information can be found in our terms of use.
Copyright
Unknown
Plan of Kerikeri
Date: 15 Feb 1843
From: Bambridge, William, 1819-1879 : Diaries
Reference: MS-0130-081
Description: Sketch of Kerikeri which is marked with letters of the alaphabet. There is an alaphabetical key directly beneath the sketch listing twelve sites of historical interest Quantity: 1 piece. Physical Description: Black ink and blue watercolour sketch 70mm x 80mm, on page 155mm x 200mm
The government brig, Victoria
Date: Jul 1845
From: Bambridge, William, 1819-1879 : Diaries
Reference: MS-0130-287
Description: Sketch by William Bambridge, of the government brig, Victoria, in Auckland Harbour. The sketch appears on p 287 of the diary. Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Sepia ink 50 x 136 mm, on sheet 203 x 157 mm
View of the attack upon the settlement of Russell by the natives on Tuesday morning at ...
Date: 11 Mar 1845
From: Bambridge, William, 1819-1879 : Diaries
Reference: MS-0130-249
Description: Sketch of the battle scene at Russell, with annotated detail. The sketch is p 249 of the journal. Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Sepia ink 202 x 135 mm, on sheet 203 x 157 mm
Sketch of Gilbert Mair
Date: 27 Sep 1845
From: Bambridge, William, 1819-1879 : Diaries
Reference: MS-0130-308
Description: Page includes diary entries and sketch of Gilbert Mair. Bambridge writes "Above is a sketch of Mr Mair who has come in for his share of trouble in the late disastrous occurances at the Bay. This astonishing the quantity of property he has lost by European parties and very little hope appears of obtaining it. He sat for me to take his likeness. He has the appearance of a dissapointed person in it. He is a very good natured gentleman and I hope he will he experience the sunshine of life which once gladdened his pathway" Quantity: 1 piece. Physical Description: Pencil and ink sketch 65mm x 90mm, on paper 202mm x 156mm
The Tamaki church
Date: 5 Feb 1845
From: Bambridge, William, 1819-1879 : Diaries
Reference: MS-0130-237
Description: Sketch by William Bambridge, of the church at Tamaki. The sketch appears on p 237 of the diary and is described in the adjacent text; ..."a very nice substantial building of scoria...". Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Sepia ink 43 x 130 mm, on sheet 203 x 157 mm
Mrs Bambridge and children shelling peas
Date: 26 Nov 1844
From: Bambridge, William, 1819-1879 : Diaries
Reference: MS-0130-214
Description: Sketch by William Bambridge, showing his wife Sophia, son William and baby "shelling the peas for dinner", in the drawing room at their house at Judges Bay, Auckland. Also in this sketch is a young woman `Emma' who was engaged by the Bambridges to help with household duties. The sketch appears on p 214 of the diary and the activity is described in the adjacent text. Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Sepia ink 115 x 136 mm, on sheet 203 x 157 mm
Our kitchen
Date: 17 Jun 1845
From: Bambridge, William, 1819-1879 : Diaries
Reference: MS-0130-280
Description: Sketch by William Bambridge of his wife, Sophia, sitting by the fire in their kitchen, sewing with her embroidery frame clamped to the table. The sketch is on p 280 of the journal. Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Sepia ink 95 x 137 mm, on sheet 203 x 157 mm
Hakari at Kerikeri
Date: 29 Mar 1843
From: Bambridge, William, 1819-1879 : Diaries
Reference: MS-0130-021
Description: William Bambridge, writing master at St John's College, Auckland, described this colourful Ngapuhi hakari (feast) which he attended with Rev William Charles Cotton in his diary (page 21). Bambridge is possibly the figure with the hat seated at right. Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Sepia ink and watercolour 190 x 127 mm, on sheet 203 x 157 mm
Rev William Cotton teaching Maori
Date: 1843
From: Bambridge, William, 1819-1879 : Diaries
Reference: MS-0130-038
Description: William Bambridge, writing master at St John's College, Auckland, described this scene in his diary (page 38) in which Rev William Charles Cotton is teaching Maori to a group of middle aged and young women in the vestry. The word on the blackboard is `tamaiti' which Bambridge translates as `a son' Quantity: 1 piece. Physical Description: Sepia ink 80 x 50 mm, on sheet 203 x 157
Interior of new infants' school, Waimate (North)
Date: Nov 1844
From: Bambridge, William, 1819-1879 : Diaries
Reference: MS-0130-208
Description: Sketch by William Bambridge, showing the newly constructed schoolroom at the Waimate Mission Station. The sketch is on p 208 of the diary. Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Sepia ink 80 x 133 mm, on sheet 203 x 157 mm