Born on Stewart Island. Son of Arthur William Traill and his wife Gretchen Wohlers. Also known as Roy. Labourer, fisherman, wildlife ranger, bushman. See the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Vol 5, T18. Father of Sheila Natusch.
Traill, Robert Henry, 1892-1989
Traill, Roy, 1892-1989
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Manuscript
Campbell Island; Stewart Island - Preservation Inlet
Date: 1978-1985
From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 : Papers
Reference: 87-208-232
Description: Includes the Campbell Island management plan; speech by Fleming on biogeography and physical data and correspondence relating to Preservation Inlet on Stewart Island Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
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Roy Traill and boat on Stewart Island
Date: 1940s
From: Rowland, Lorna Waring, 1908-1988: Papers and photographs
Reference: 1/4-132718-F
Description: Shows Roy Traill about to launch a small boat. A print from this negative is at Library reference PAColl-2552-06-01. Title taken from list at Library reference MS-Papers-12355-2 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
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Illustrations for 'Three Islands' by Lorna Rowland
Date: 1940s
From: Rowland, Lorna Waring, 1908-1988: Papers and photographs
Reference: PAColl-2552-06
Description: Photographs, some probably taken by Lorna Rowland, to illustrate articles on New Zealand she wrote for the 'New Zealand Freelance' in the 1950s. Photographs are numbered, although the sequence is not complete, and some are inscribed on the back. They include images taken on Stewart Island/Rakiura, Tia Island, and in the North and South Islands of people, landscapes, and buildings. Most of the images of people are in rural settings and include a group of men "wild goose hunting", two deerstalkers, Roy Traill on Stewart Island/Rakiura, and Tom Bragg on Tia Island with kelp drying for pōhā (kelp bags for food). Also includes a photograph of Lorna Rowland on board the 'Alert' (Harbour Defence Motor Launch), possibly at Dusky Sound. Title transcribed from item. Arrangement: Originally in a box labelled "Illustrations for Three Islands by Lorna Rowland." Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white photographic prints, many with annotations on reverse.
Manuscript
Traill family : Papers
Date: 1809-1937, 1959, 1978
By: Traill family
Reference: MS-Group-1528
Description: Comprises of C Traill's notes on native plants cultivated on Stewart Island and annotated `Handbook to the ferns of New Zealand...'(1861). Also letters from T Kirk, FW Hutton, and Sir J Hector, with genealogical material; R H Traill's scrapbook concerning family and district history; and ledger of voyage cutter `Susan'. Also contains a notebook with sketches and notes of shells by Charles Traill. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 5 folder(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter (photocopies)
Manuscript
Correspondence - Traill, R H
Date: 1935
From: Falla, Robert Alexander (Sir), 1901-1979 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2366-098
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Robert Henry Traill
Date: [ca 1932]
From: Natusch, Sheila Ellen, 1926-2017: Photographs of Stewart Island
Reference: 1/2-135936-F
Description: Robert Henry Trail, circa 1932, taken on Stewart Island by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative