Historic stately home at 64, 72, 72A Hillsborough Road; 40F Herd Road; 30 Korma Road; 19 Budock Road; and 593-595, 615-615A Mount Albert Road, in Monte Cecilia Park, Hillsborough, Auckland. The property, bought by William Hart in 1844, was named The Pah after palisading from Whataroa Pa was uncovered during construction of the first farmhouse on the property in 1847. The house was built between 1877 and 1879 as a "gentlemen's residence" for Auckland businessman, James Williamson (1814-1888), by Thomas Mahoney (1854?-1923), of plastered brick in the Italianate style, based upon Osborne House in the Isle of Wight. Purchased by the Sisters of Mercy in 1913 and known as the Monte Cecilia House. In 2002 the homestead was purchased by the Auckland City Council as as part of council plans to develop the surrounding estate into a premier park for the city, Monte Cecilia Park. It now houses the TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre, and is a Category 1 Historic Place (Register Number 89).
The Pah Homestead (Auckland, N.Z.)
Mitchell, Gilbert Gregory McCarthy, 1889-1965 : The Pah Farm story; Monte Cecilia
Date: 1959
By: Mitchell, Gilbert Gregory McCarthy, 1889-1965
Reference: qMS-1372
Description: Includes plans, appendices and bibliography Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript (33 cm; light blue wraps, blue pamphlet case)
Vanished Delft; handmade material culture at the Pah Homestead, curated by Anna Miles. ...
Date: 2017
From: [Ephemera, fliers and exhibition catalogues of octavo size, relating to sculptors and sculpture in New Zealand]
Reference: Eph-A-SCULPTURE-2017-01
Description: Illustrated booklet accompanying an exhibition of 78 mainly three-dimensional art works. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 44 pages, 245 x 140 mm. Provenance: Two copies donated by Anna Miles in 2017.
North Island houses
Date: 1981, [1970s-1990s]
From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage
Reference: PA12-11700
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. Includes three transparencies from the New Zealand Historic Places Trust showing interior views of Alberton, Auckland. Title transcribed from item. Many slides are not dated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, plastic case labelled 'North Island Houses'. The arrangement was by location of house, approximately from North to South. 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.
TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre: The Pah Homestead. Opening celebration: 3 new exhibitions...
Date: 2017
By: TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre
Reference: EPHDL-0369
Description: Digital poster advertising an event shows images from the three exhibitions: a Leo Bensemann portrait of Caroline Oliver; a photograph by Max Oettli of a man on a seat at Auckland Railway Station in 1971; and a drawing by Miriam Harris from "Cycles" 2016. Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: Received by email, 5 April 2017.
Monte Cecilia College, Hillsborough, Auckland
Date: 2 Mar 1979
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-74672-F
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Monte Cecilia, Hillsborough, Auckland
Date: [ca 1930]
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-62616-G
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Monte Cecilia College, Mount Roskill, Auckland
Date: 24 May 1968
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-67736-G
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Monte Cecilia College and Franciscan Friary, Hillsborough, Auckland
Date: 16 Sep 1966
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-66319-G
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Bullock-Webster, Harold, 1855-1942: [Diary, illustrated]. Vol. X
Date: [August-October 1883]
By: Bullock-Webster, Harold, 1855-1942
Reference: E-115
Description: Volume X of Harry Bullock-Webster’s illustrated diaries describes the author’s activities mainly in Auckland and Waikato 1883-84, immediately prior to his marriage to Maud Williamson, daughter of the Hon. James Williamson, one of the most powerful and influential businessmen in New Zealand. By 1883, when Volume X of the diaries was compiled, Bullock-Webster was mainly operating in Auckland and developing his own business interests, which included semi-professional sports journalism and illustration, but more predominantly trading in horses. He was also at this time courting James Williamson’s daughter Maud Williamson and was a frequent visitor to the Williamson’s lavish residence, the Pah (now the Pah Homestead in Hillsborough, Auckland). Bullock-Webster worked for the financier and land speculator Thomas Russell as an estate manager from 1881 until his marriage to Maud Williamson in 1884. The heavily illustrated diary shows mainly horses or horsing events, as well as various individuals and interiors of buildings. The 12 diaries formed the basis for Bullock-Webster's book 'Memories of sport and travel fifty years ago: from the Hudson's Bay Company to New Zealand (Auckland N.Z. : Whitcombe & Tombs, 1938) Pagination in pencil by the author on recto pages, top right. The diary is Volume X of a sequence of 12 diaries by Harry Bullock Webster, 11 of which are in the collection of the Waikato Museum. The Library holds a microfilm copy of 10 of the diaries, made in 1972, at Micro-MS-0762. Bullock-Webster, Harold 1855-1942 : Notebooks. 1882-1886. Quantity: 1 volume(s) illustrated diary. Physical Description: Diary in black leather binding with simple blind tooling, marbled endpapers, and laid paper; 185 x 115 mm (cover) Provenance: Prior to purchase, acquired by Modern First Editions Ltd in the UK and offered for sale at £3500; sold at auction by Reeman Dansie Auctioneers & Valuers, Colchester, Essex, UK, in May 2018; prior to that, in a private collection, Essex, UK.