Contractor & naturalist. Born in England, worked for some years on goldfields of Victoria & Western Australia. Went to Nelson in 1866 & spent several years prospecting for gold on the West Coast. By the 1880s was doing road works in the back country around Nelson. He corresponded with Walter Lawry Buller detailing his observations of bird life, flora & fauna. In 1899 he supervised the construction of the road between Elmslie Bay & French Pass. He married Anne Taylor (died 1931 aged 85) & they had 3 children (Jonathan Taylor, Dinah May & Anne Zella). (See Max Lash "Nelson notables 1840-1940" Nelson, 1992).
Brough, Jonathan, 1839-1927
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Brough, Jonathan, 1840-1927 : Diaries, reports, etc concerning surveying and road makin...
Date: 1882-1899
By: Brough, Jonathan, 1839-1927
Reference: qMS-0274
Description: Mainly daily accounts of government contract work on road-making, repairing and surveying. There are also notes on the geology and natural history of the area plus accounts of gold prospecting expeditions. Letters include several relating to contracts and one written to W L Buller on the flora and fauna of the Karamea River area Source of title - Supplied Brough was a contractor and naturalist, based in Nelson and the West Coast from 1866 Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photoprint) (35 cm, ¼ green calf, green buckram case)
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Landon-Lane, Maria Minnie, 1874?-1966 : Letter to Mr J N W Newport
Date: 1954, 1956
By: Landon-Lane, Maria Minnie, 1874?-1966
Reference: qMS-1125
Description: With which is bound: Brough, Dinah. Letter to Mr J N W Newport, Apr 1956 Mrs Landon-Lane's reminiscences of her childhood at Tophouse, and the Tasman District in general; includes details of her immediate family and forebears, as well as personalities in the area Quantity: 1 volume(s) (16 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; grey pam case)