Born in Wellington. Lived in Hataitai, then Strathmore, Wellington. Daughter of Frederick William Furkert, 1876-1949.
Furkert, Doreen Ursula, 1933-
Questionnaires and documentation
Date: 2007
From: New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage : Oral history project questionnaires relating to World War II, the occupation of Japan, and the Korean War
Reference: MS-Papers-11799-26
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Wapiti hunting (talk)
Date: [1937-1938]
From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5995-2
Description: Comprises holograph of talk on wapiti hunting given by Furkert and transcript of same by Ursula Furkert Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Milford Track return exploration trip
Date: 3-10 Apr 1929
From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5960-6
Description: Comprises daily record of expedition undertaken by Furkert and party from Te Anau to Milford Sound and report on trip and other notes; report transcribed by Ursula Furkert Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 :Photographs
Date: [ca 1884-1934, 1937]
By: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949; Furkert, Doreen Ursula, 1933-
Reference: PA-Group-00438
Description: Collection comprises: Family photographs, landscape views, Public Works and Development projects in Central Otago and Taranaki, views of New Plymouth, Stratford, Mount Egmont, Mt Ruapehu, mountain huts, and Public Works Department personnel. Photograph of wapiti, taken 1937 by Frederick William Furkert. Photograph of Main Highways Board, 1929. Photographs of Murchison Earthquake. Photographs of Fiordland and Milford taken by F W Furkert during a trip over the Graves-Talbot Track in 1931. Photographs of expedition from Lake Hauroko to Dusky Sound in 1934. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-175716-G to 1/2-175867-G, 1/2-230839-F and 1/2-230840-F Quantity: 154 b&w original negative(s). 114 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 album(s). 36 b&w original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Negatives, photographic prints, album, transparencies Transfers: Transfers - Collection as a whole received by Photographic Archive and other material transferred from here to Manuscripts and Archives and Published Collections. - To Manuscripts & Archives - Papers regarding the passing of F W Furkert.
[Furkert, Frederick William] 1876-1949 :[Public Works Department camp at Ohakune, ca 19...
Date: 1905 - 1908
By: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949; Furkert, Doreen Ursula, 1933-
Reference: G-231
Description: Two tents on the right amidst scrub, taller trees beyond, snow clad mountains in the background Painted while engineer and artist F. W. Furkert was in charge of the Public Works Department staff detailed to complete the Main Trunk Line, completed in 1908. Quantity: 2 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on board 176 x 253 mm Provenance: Family descent. Donated by the artist's daughter.
[Furkert, Frederick William] 1876-1949 :[Tent and part of the Public Works Department c...
Date: 1905 - 1908
By: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949; Furkert, Doreen Ursula, 1933-
Reference: G-232
Description: A large tent supported by tree branches in a clearing with a wooden structure, possibly a kitchen or lavatory beyond the tent. Dense trees in the background. Painted while engineer and artist F. W. Furkert was in charge of the Public Works Department staff detailed to complete the Main Trunk Line, completed in 1908. Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on tin 171 x 279 mm Provenance: Family descent. Donated by the artist's daughter.
Reconnaissance map of part of Fiord County drawn by John Hay, surveyor, June 1883 [trac...
Date: 1883 - 1934
By: Hay, John, 1848-1907; Furkert, Doreen Ursula, 1933-
Reference: MapColl-834.6a/1883/Acc.26304
Description: Shows sounds, rivers, lakes, mountains and burns in the lower part of Fiord County. Includes: Cunaris Sound, Dusky Sound and Long Sound; Lake Hakapour; Lake Poteriteri; Lake Hauroto; Lake Monowai and Lake Kakapo and the Princess Mountains. Also shows The Hump, Oblong Hill and Caroline Pk. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed: John Hay, District Surveyor, June 1883 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Tracing, ink and wash, on dressed linen, col, 73 x 70.7 cm. Scale [1:126 720] Provenance: Donated by Ursula Furkert Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0576 = Frederick William Furkert, 1876-1949.