Flour mills - New Zealand - Wellington Region

By: Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: A-071-015

Description: A three-storied wooden mill building, next to the Ngauranga Stream, hills behind and part of another tall wooden building to the left. Shows the flourmill of Francis Bee, a Wellington baker (Information from Wellington molinologist, Ian Johnson, 1993) Other Titles - Ngauranga Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [title and signature in pencil] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching 175 x 124 mm (platemark) on sheet 254 x 184 mm

Date: 1900

By: Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926; Onslow Historical Society (Wellington, N.Z.); Crompton-Smith, Elsie Marian, 1901-1996

Reference: A-071-016-b

Description: A two-storied wooden mill, the mill-wheel to its left, bushes in the foreground, a fence and open fields with a cabbage tree beyond. Shows the Otaki Maori Church of England Mill, "Hadfield's Mill", built 1850, a flourmill. There was a second mill at Otaki, the Pukekaraka Catholic mill, built 1854, established after local Maori had been sent to Sydney to be trained in its use. The Catholic mill had a much larger iron mill-wheel than the smaller wooden wheel shown here. The mill was located on Mill Road, Otaki. (Information from Wellington molinologist, Ian Johnson, 1993) Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching 153 x 119 mm (platemark) on sheet 185 x 170 mm Provenance: Donated by the Onslow Historial Society, who received the material from the collection of Elsie Crompton-Smith, via Mr W A McCormick. Retained by Mr McCormick for many years before being passed to the Onslow Historical Society.

Date: 1887-1888

By: Walton, Henry, -1920

Reference: qMS-2115

Description: Includes horticulture accounts and notes for 1950 to 1957 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (154 pages). Physical Description: Mss (33 cm; black morocco, grey boards)

Date: [ca 1898]

By: Gillespie, H, active 1964

Reference: PAColl-D-0163

Description: One large mounted photograph showing wagons led by R Hole in front of Chamberlain's flour mill, Albert Street, Masterton, ca 1898. Photograph taken by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Descriptive note Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted. Physical Description: 297 x 385 mm mounted on card

By: Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: A-071-016-a

Description: A two-storied wooden mill, the mill-wheel to its left, bushes in the foreground, a fence and open fields with a cabbage tree beyond. Shows the Otaki Maori Church of England Mill, "Hadfield's Mill", built 1850, a flourmill. There was a second mill at Otaki, the Pukekaraka Catholic mill, built 1854, established after local Maori had been sent to Sydney to be trained in its use. The Catholic mill had a much larger iron mill-wheel than the smaller wooden wheel shown here. The mill was located on Mill Road, Otaki. (Information from Wellington molinologist, Ian Johnson, 1993) Same as A-071-016, but with the additional word "Mossy" in the title, added by the artist. Note on verso of this copy: "Exhibited in the Academy [of Fine Arts] Gallery for the Chamber of Commerce Centennial, June 1956, no. 81." Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [title and signature in pencil] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching 153 x 119 mm (platemark) on sheet 208 x 168 mm

Date: 1850 - 1859

By: Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885

Reference: B-009-004

Description: A large two to three storied watermill in the Ngaio Gorge, with its water wheel on the left and water rushing through. The roofs of two other houses with smoke rising from the brick chimney of one, visible in front and a path to the right. A dam and a small lake can be seen behind the mill. Attribution on stylistic grounds The mill was built in Ngaio Gorge, in the 1840s and 1850s, where the Mobil petrol tanks are now located, about half way up the Gorge. Other Titles - Schultze's mill, Kaiwharawhara Inscriptions: Verso - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on card 248 x 339 mm

Date: 1942, 1944, 1945

From: Daniell, Frederick Charles, 1879-1953 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-3763-4/5/40

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1843 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Webb, Esther M, active 1938-1957

Reference: B-031-005

Description: Shows the windmill, looking south towards Mount Cook (with the barracks on top in the distance), Brooklyn hills and Te Aro from the foot of Mount Victoria where Oriental Bay Road begins. There is a sandy beach in the left foreground, with a man sifting sand or shells, probably for construction. The man is being watched by three children. Bullock carts are visible at the foot of the windmill and there are several other buildings close to it. There are two hens in the yard close to a house in the right foreground, and a square wooden construction in the right foreground, possibly a small lime-kiln. The windmill, or flourmill, was built in March 1843 at the foot of Marjoribanks Street and Kent Terrace junction, the present site of the Embassy Theatre. It was the only open-structured mill in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 181 x 370 mm

By: Bargain Basement

Reference: PAColl-3953

Description: View, over a fence and past trees, of a flour mill in the process of construction, in Masterton. This may be the mill owned by A W Renall which was Wairarapa's first flour mill, built between 1859 and 1862 and burnt down in 1896. (Information from file print which says to compare this image with 1/2-050034: 43. Masterton. Streets. Renall. ca 1880's, which is a watercolour of A W Renall's Mill by William Henry Bowry) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1850

Reference: G-175

Description: A circular painting showing the mill at the left, with its water wheel at the far left. The Ngaio Gorge Road is at the right and there is a wooden bridge in the right foreground, over a foreground stream. A horse and cart are stopped beside the mill building. The hillside has been cut to make the road which winds away upwards amongst bush vegetation. The mill building appears smaller, probably an earlier stage than that shown in other depictions by William Holmes (B-009-004 and B-009-005) and Charles Emilius Gold (A-288-028). The painting may therefore date from the late 1840s, according to information in Ward's "Early Wellington" (1928), page 237, suggesting the mill was first built around 1845. By the same artist as the work at G-181. Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Circular oil, 347 mm diameter, on board 392 x 385 mm.

Date: ca 1860s

From: Creator unknown : Photographs of Wellington, from the Dorset album

Reference: 1/2-021195-F

Description: Kaiwharawhara flour mill, Wellington, circa 1860s. Photographer unidentified. Note on file print reads "Brees (1845) described this as 'Recently completed by the proprietors, Messrs Matheson and Schultz' It had two pairs of stones." Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1860s]

From: Creator unknown : Photographs of Wellington, from the Dorset album

Reference: 1/2-021196-F

Description: Scene at Korokoro, circa 1860s, with Percy's Britannia Flour Mill. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: [1850s?]

By: Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885

Reference: B-009-005

Description: Attributed to William Howard Homes on stylistic grounds. Shows Mathieson and Schultze's flourmill to the right with a red-cloaked man leading a horse along Old Porirua Road on the left. Wellington Harbour can be seen in the distance, the building on the near-side of the harbour is possibly the Rainbow Hotel. Matiu / Somes Island and Wellington City are also shown. Title transcribed from item. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom left - The Harbour from Keiwara Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on card Processing information: Description updates 5 April 2023 following information provided by a researcher.

Date: possibly between 1862-1896

Reference: 1/2-111229-F

Description: Scene in Masterton showing a flour mill, possibly between 1862-1896. Photographer unidentified. This may be the mill owned by A W Renall which was Wairarapa's first flour mill, built between 1859 and 1862 and burnt down in 1896. (Compare this image with 1/2-050034: 43. Masterton. Streets. Renall. ca 1880's, a watercolour of A W Renall's Mill by William Henry Bowry) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1857]

From: Government House Collection : Prints of Te Aro flat, Lambton Quay, Parliament Building, Government Buildings, Post Office and Governor's residence

Reference: PAColl-D-0008

Description: Te Aro Flat, Wellington, ca 1857. View looking south-east along Manners Street and Courtenay Place with Mount Victoria in the background and the harbour on the left. Shows Rhodes Wharf and residence on the far left; the arched roof of Kebbell's Mill, middle ground, centre; te Aro Pa with swamps, beyond the mill. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Title on print gives an incorrect date. The Grand Opera House was later built on the site of Kebbell's Mill. Photograph was taken after the 1855 Wellington earthquake. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Building with arched roof is Kebbell's Floor Mill, now the site of the Grand Opera House, and Te Aro Pah beyond.; Recto - beneath image - Te Aro Flat - 1846; Recto - beneath image - Manners Street is shown connecting with track now Courtenay Place Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 37.5 x 30.5 cm

Date: 1846 - 1847

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Pencil sketches and watercolours of New Zealand 1839-1850]

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889

Reference: A-229-043

Description: View from Kaiwharawhara, looking across Thorndon Flat towards Te Aro and Mt Victoria. The Hotel at Kaiwharawhara is in the foreground and Hoggard & Simmonds windmill at the foot of Marjoribanks Street on Mt Victoria is clearly shown in the background. Kaiwharawhara stream is bridged and there is a Maori canoe pulling in to the stream mouth. The Mount Cook Barracks, shown as a single large building on top of Mt Cook are also depicted in the background. Simmonds & Hoggards Flourmill was built in 1843. Crawford returned to Wellington in 1846. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink and wash on paper 176 x 260 mm

Date: 1891

By: Aubrey, Christopher, active 1868-1906

Reference: C-030-012

Description: Part of Masterton from King St. showing G E and E E Chamberlain's flourmill on the corner of Victoria and Albert Sts and the Methodist Church on the corner of Chapel St and Lincoln Rd. In the foreground two drovers on horseback with a mob of sheep. A number of houses, a large stand of native bush and hills are also shown. Dated from other works in the Wairarapa dated 1891. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 304 x 558 mm

Date: 1843 - 1847 - 1845

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: PUBL-0020-17-1

Description: A Maori family in the foreground, with the buildings of Simmonds and Hoggard's Windmill behind them (now the site of the Embassy Theatre at the foot of Mount Victoria). Part way up the hill to the left is 'Victoria Cottage' (the top of Marjoribanks Street). This was William Fitzherbert's farm cottage. The windmill was built in 1843. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving 69 x 139 mm

Date: ca 1900

Reference: 1/2-061492-F

Description: Looking down on the Kaiwharawhara flour mill, Wellington, from the old Porirua Road, circa 1900. A dam is on the bottom right. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1885]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025978-G

Description: Stereographic scene at Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt, showing a weathered tree stump, Willcox's flour mill, and hills behind. The man seated in the tree stump is unidentified. Photograph taken circa 1885 by William Williams. Source of descriptive information - from file TL 6/1/41: "Well. Hutt. Wilcox's [sic] Mill, Waiwetu [sic]. mid 80" Willcox built a four storey mill in 1842, at the junction of the Waiwhetu Stream and White's Line, which operated until about 1885. (Information from Lower Hutt, past and present : a centennial and jubilee publication / Lower Hutt [N.Z.] : Lower Hutt Borough Council, 1941, pages 59-60) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative