Land use - New Zealand - Tasman Region
Nelson. Census of population, education, land use, stock and dwellings
Date: 1845
Reference: fMS-Papers-6030
Description: Quantity: 2 folder(s) (61 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Bromide prints mounted on cardboard
Wakefield, William 1801-1848 : Deeds of sale of Maori land by Wanganui and Kapiti chiefs
Date: 1839
By: New Zealand Company
Reference: MSO-Papers-3730
Description: Source of title - Supplied Map connected to Deed in Cartographic Section (830gbbd/1842-Acc 133) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (72 x 63 cm)
Skellons, William fl 1854-1858 : Diary extracts
Date: 1858
By: Skellons, William, active 1854-1858
Reference: MS-1949
Description: The extracts cover the period from 26 Feb to 12 April 1858. Skellons left Melbourne for Nelson and later went to the Wairau. He was particularly interested in landscape and botany and mentions many people he met as he travelled. A tomato sauce recipe is included. Other - Title supplied by transcriber According to a supplied introduction to the transcript, William Skellons was a gardener who left England in 1854 and came to New Zealand in 1858 after spending some years in Australia. His diary was in the possession of Mr W R Allen, editor of the `Marlborough Express' (Blenheim) in 1953 and mainly concerns his Australian sojourn. Skellons lived in Blenheim and was the gardener at the Catholic Presbytery and the trees he planted were still there in 1953. The transcription is of the New Zealand section. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (12 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) (27.5 cm, red linen)
Letter from James Smith Cross
Date: 5 Aug 1853
From: Mowat, Alexander, 1813-1875 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3390
Description: Letter written from Nelson, refers to his application for land Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph
Interview with Mary-Jane Gray
Date: 21 Jan 1995
From: `Don't worry-they'll soon go away' : Rainbow Valley Community oral history project
By: Gray, Mary-Jane, active 1970s-1995
Reference: OHInt-0409-01
Description: Talks to Mary-Jane Gray about her emigration to New Zealand and early life here. Describes the `back to the land' movement, a visit to the United States, looking for land in Golden Bay and planning for the Community. Talks about early days in the community, including relations with the Council, decisions about the land, the formation of a company, conflict, `good times' and her decision to leave in 1978. Interviewer(s) - Lynn Rain Venue - Recorded during the 21st anniversary celebrations of Rainbow Valley Community Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 30 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1602.