Rockwood Station (Glenroy, N.Z.)

Owned by Henry Phillips from 1852, sold in 1878 after his death in 1877. Owned by Samuel Roseveare from 1905. Near Glenroy, near Hororata, Selwyn District

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Manuscript

Phillips, Henry, 1851-1871 : Journal kept at Rockwood and The Point

Date: Jul 1855-May 1871

By: Phillips, Henry, 1804-1877

Reference: qMS-1645

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s) (156 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (33 cm, green linen)

Image

'Rockwood' homestead near Glenroy, near Glentunnel, Canterbury

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Roseveare, Samuel, active 1900s-1920s

Reference: Pan-1574-F

Description: Panoramic view of a single-storeyed wooden farmhouse with an attic window in the roof. A rocking chair and a wicker chair on the verandah in centre, bays on either side. Lawn in foreground, trees surrounding house. Flower beds along base of house, wire netting fence aound house and gardens. hills visible in the distance on the left. Photograph taken in 1925 by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1577 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - "Rockwood" 1925; Marginal notes on tape - S. Roseveare. "Rockwood" 1925. Glenroy. 3 oils. No charge. Red roof. Cream house. Autumn tints; Marginal notes on negative - 17 17 17 17 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 117.0 cm

Image

'Rockwood Station', near Glenroy, Canterbury

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Roseveare, Samuel, active 1900s-1920s

Reference: Pan-1577-F

Description: Panoramic view of farmland near Glenroy, Canterbury. Tussock in foreground, sheep grasing across a large paddock in the centre. High hills in background. Homestead in the middle distance partially hidden by trees centre left. Photograph taken in 1925 by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1574 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Panorama of Rockwood. 1925; Marginal notes on tape - S. Roseveare. "Rockwood" Glenroy. Cant'. 3 B&W. 1 oils. Be sure & get stoney hill on right in. Title. Panorama of Rockwood. 1925. No charge; Marginal notes on negative - 14 14 14 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 107.0 cm