Ross achieved the rank of rear admiral in the Royal New Zealand Navy and researched widely, and published several books on New Zealand maritime history.
Ross, John O'Connell (Rear Admiral), 1916-1983
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Map
[Creator unknown] :The river Shooke Hanga New Zealand [copy of ms map]. [1821]
Date: 1821
By: Ross, John O'Connell (Rear Admiral), 1916-1983
Reference: MapColl-832.11aj/1821/Acc.35852
Description: Hydrographic map of the Hokianga Harbour, showing latitude, longitude, variation, rise and fall and high water. No placenames given on the map. Other Titles - Hokianga Other Titles - Shookehanga Other Titles - Shookianga Inscriptions: Public Record Office - 'Copyright - not to be reproduced photographically without permission'. Reference co. 201/130. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 32 x 24 cm.
Image
Hall, George Patterson, 1875-1958: Photographs of Campbell Island, early whaling, and o...
Date: [1910s-1930s]
By: Hall, George Patterson, 1875-1958; Ross, John O'Connell (Rear Admiral), 1916-1983; Hunt, John E, active 1976; Dawbin, William Henry Ivo, 1921-1998
Reference: PA-Group-00594
Description: Photographs of maritime life, including wreck of ship Knight of the Garter, whaling from the Whangamumu whaling station, and coastal shipping, compiled by Captain G P Hall ca 1900s-1910s. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 29 b&w copy negative(s). 1 album(s). 52 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Film negatives, photograph album, photographic prints Provenance: Previously owned by Mr John E Hunt of Levin, descendant of Captain George Patterson Hall. According to correspondence in 1976 with the donor, the original negatives were possibly in the ownership of William Henry Ivo Dawbin (1921-1998). The negatives may now be in the collections of the State Library of NSW, who acquired the papers of Dawbin. Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Photographic Archive; material transferred to other sections from here - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Sextant (Curios-037-003); Whale tooth (Curios-038-010) - To Manuscripts & Archives - Hall, George Patterson, 1875-1958; Papers (MS-Group-1848) - To Book Collections - Turnbull Libary Record (Mary 1977, v 10, no 1); souvenir booklet of Lighthouse keepers reunion; Maori whaling by W H Dawbin..
Manuscript
Drafts and articles on shipping
Date: [ca 1898]-1977
From: Hall, George Patterson (1875-1958) : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9629-3
Description: Articles on sea superstitions, round Cape Horn, and whaling around Campbell Island and New Zealand. Authors include Rear Admiral Ross Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Inward and some outward correspondence
Date: [1964]-1997
From: Starke, June, 1923-2006 : Research papers
Reference: 2003-228-03
Description: Includes promotional sheet for Ron Keam's `Tarawera' and New Zealand history papers (1964, 1965) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
They came by sea / John O Ross (i)
Date: [198-]
From: Wards, Ian McLean, 1920-2003 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11631-010
Description: P 1-100 of typescript titled `They came by sea; an account of the maritime activity on the coast of New Zealand in the pre-colonial period'. Includes a covering note addressed to Wards. Another version of this work is held at 87-001-2. See also MS-Papers-1500-26 for an earlier version dated 1981. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript
Manuscript
They came by sea / John O Ross (ii)
Date: [198-]
From: Wards, Ian McLean, 1920-2003 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11631-011
Description: Pages 101-201 of `They came by sea; An account of the maritime activity on the coast of New Zealand in the precolonial period' Another version of this work is held at 87-001-2. See also MS-Papers-1500-26 for an earlier version dated 1981. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Ms
Manuscript
Ross, John O'Connell (Rear Admiral), 1916-1983 : Papers
Date: 1973-1983
By: Ross, John O'Connell (Rear Admiral), 1916-1983
Reference: MS-Papers-1500
Description: Papers relate to Ross's research into pre-colonial shipping in New Zealand coastal waters, New Zealand place names and the discovery of Port Nicholson. Included are biographies of James Herd, John Rodolphus Kent, Thomas McDonnell, Robert McNab, Frederick George Moore, Robert Murray and Thomas Wing Source of title - Supplied title Ross rose to the senior rank of rear admiral in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is the author of several books on New Zealand nautical history Quantity: 46 folder(s). 3 box(es). 1.46 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts (some carbon copies) and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available. Transfers: From Photographic Archive -.
Manuscript
Ross, John O'Connell (Rear Admiral) 1916-1983 : Papers
Date: [ca 1967-1987]
By: Ross, John O'Connell (Rear Admiral), 1916-1983
Reference: 87-001
Description: Typescripts of "William Stewart of Stewart Island" (162pp), "The Ditty box" (85pp), "Early Marine Dept Surveys in New Zealand" (ca 150pp), "They came by sea" (201pp), and [Sea] "Dictionary" (299pp) Relationship complexity - See MS-Papers-1500-25, 26, & 31 (comprising accessions 74-083, 75-287, & 83-189) Quantity: 1 box(es) Contains 5 folders. 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Mrs Mildred Ross, Dunedin Processing information: One folder has been described.