Anglican Communion - Missions - New Zealand - Auckland Region

Date: 1968

From: Alexander, John Hood, 1917- :New Zealand historic buildings. Pen wash paintings with text by John H. Alexander. Auckland, Morton Williams Ltd, 1968.

Reference: B-086-018

Description: View of the stone mission house at Mission Bay, Auckland. In the foreground are two large trees (possibly gums). Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, sepia, on sheet 142 x 182 mm

Date: 1852

By: Salisbury, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess, 1830-1903

Reference: qMS-0412

Description: Describes St John's College, discussions with C J Abraham, and his views on missionary and political affairs Quantity: 1 volume(s) (34 pages). Physical Description: Ms (35 cm;) (red tie case)

Date: [ca 1860]

From: Urquhart album

By: Crombie, John Nicol, 1827-1878

Reference: PA1-q-250-17

Description: Beach front scene at Kohimarama, Auckland, circa 1860, with Bishop Selwyn's Melanesian Mission station. Two waka, and a group of whare, are visible in the foreground. Photograph taken by John Nicol Crombie. Image, and information regarding it, in "Auckland through a Victorian Lens" by William Main, 1977, page 27. Inscriptions: Album page - Kohimarama near Auckland NZ Arrangement: In folder stored with album Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 16.5 x 21.3 cm, mounted on card Processing information: Record was updated on 15 August 2022 to allow the attached digital surrogate to be purchasable.

Date: 1844 - 1846

From: [Selwyn, George Augustus], 1809-1878 :[Three watercolours. 1. Purewa Creek, Auckland Ch., Flying Fish and Marian, Okahu N. Village. 1840s; 2. Purewa [and first St John's College] ca 1845; 3. Putiki, Island of Waiheke. 1840s]

Reference: A-439-007

Description: Shows a view of the group of wooden buildings making up the first Auckland buildings of St John's College. Shows a two-storeyed building in the right foreground, with several figures sitting and standing in front of it, a row of four houses nearby and further houses at the far left, with fences linking the buildings over the cleared land. At the river is a stream, probably Purewa Creek and to the west, hilltops including Mt Wellington and a higher flat plateau in the distance (possibly Mount Hobson). See also a sketch of the same subject, from the same vantage point, by Thomas Biddulph Hutton, at Auckland Art Gallery, accession number 1939/17/1. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 148 x 222 mm.

Date: 1940 - 1985

By: Selwyn, George Augustus (Bishop), 1809-1878

Reference: A-439-006/008

Description: Three watercolours painted by Selwyn in the 1840s, showing scenes in the Auckland area. Quantity: 3 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolours, sizes varying about 150 x 220 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1897 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-1897..