Agra (Ship)
Inglis, Alexander St Clair, 1829-1906 :[Sketches and watercolours]
Date: 1852-1862
By: Inglis, Alexander St. Clair, 1829-1906
Reference: Micro-Art-001
Description: Scenes on board Agra, views of houses, Napier, Orongorongo, Lake Okareka, Mt Vernon, Maori portraits Inscriptions: Signed Physical Description: Negative microfilm (27 frames)
Monica Ethel Kidd - Fac et Spera (Do and Hope); the Mathesons of Fourpenny
Date: 1990
From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection
Reference: MS-Papers-4280-045
Description: The essay details the Matheson family of Sutherlandshire, Scotland; The marriage of James Matheson and Helen Murray; the voyage to Otago on the `Agra' in 1858; life in Dunedin and Tokomairiro (Milton); life of their children; and life of the children of their eldest son George Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Mieville, Frederick Louis, 1830-1922 : Reminiscences
Date: 1851-1858 (1910)
By: Mieville, Frederick Louis, 1830-1922
Reference: MS-1638-1642
Description: Reminiscences written in 1910 of Mieville's life in New Zealand, mainly in the Mataura Valley, Southland, on Glenham Station. Includes 2 pages of photocopies of sketches by Mieville; and a Mieville and a Richardson family tree Includes shipboard accounts of the voyage to New Zealand on the Dominion, and a voyage home to England via Melbourne, on `Thomas and Henry' and `Royal Charter' in 1857, and return voyage in July 1858 on the `Agra'. Includes diary entries written by his wife, 1854 Publication - Extensive extracts used by Herries Beattie in his histories of Southland Mieville and his future wife Fanny Richardson both immigrated to Lyttelton in 1851 on board the `Dominion' Quantity: 5 volume(s). Physical Description: Holographs (in red buckram hinged-lid box) Sketches by Mieville
Mieville, Frederick Louis, 1830-1922 : Reminiscences / transcribed and indexed by Marsh...
Date: 1851-1858, 1910 (2000)
From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection
By: Mieville, Frederick Louis, 1830-1922
Reference: MS-Papers-6938
Description: Reminiscences written in 1910 of Mieville's life in New Zealand, mainly on Glenham Station in the Mataura Valley, Southland, and in Dunedin; transcribed and indexed by Marsha Donaldson. Includes shipboard accounts of the voyage to Port Chalmers on the 'Dominion' in 1851 with the Richardson family, a voyage home to England via Melbourne on the 'Thomas and Henry', and 'Royal Charter' in 1857, and the return voyage to Port Chalmers in 1858 on 'Agra'. He includes some of his wife's diary entries in his reminiscences. His first year in New Zealand was spent at Otepopo on the sheep station owned by Charles Suisted. He married Fanny Richardson in Dunedin in 1854. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (106, 7 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Accompanied by index to people and ships mentioned, and some places. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Marsha Donaldson, Upper Hutt (Nov 2000)
Testimonials, credentials and appointments
Date: 1858, 1865, 1883
From: Monckton, Francis Alexander, 1835-1910 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0429-04
Description: Includes testimonial from passengers of the `Agra', 1858, together with plan of ship's accommodation; Southland Provincial Gazette, 6 Apr & 5 Dec 1865; printed copy of his credentials and testimonials, 1869 (2 copies) F A Monckton was the ship's surgeon on the 1858 voyage of the `Agra' to New Zealand; W Budge was commander. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Mieville, Frederick Louis, 1830-1922 : Reminiscences / transcribed and indexed by Marsh...
Date: 1851-1858, 1910 (2000)
From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection
By: Mieville, Frederick Louis, 1830-1922
Reference: MSDL-1272
Description: Reminiscences written in 1910 of Mieville's life in New Zealand, mainly on Glenham Station in the Mataura Valley, Southland, and in Dunedin; transcribed and indexed by Marsha Donaldson. Includes shipboard accounts of the voyage to Port Chalmers on the 'Dominion' in 1851 with the Richardson family, a voyage home to England via Melbourne on the 'Thomas and Henry', and 'Royal Charter' in 1857, and the return voyage to Port Chalmers in 1858 on 'Agra'. He includes some of his wife's diary entries in his reminiscences. His first year in New Zealand was spent at Otepopo on the sheep station owned by Charles Suisted. He married Fanny Richardson in Dunedin in 1854. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Finding Aids: Accompanied by index to people and ships mentioned, and some places. Processing information: Part of SBDD (shipboard diary digitisation) project