Observatories

Date: [ca 1920s-1930s]

Reference: PAColl-6952

Description: 13 miscellaneous images: a house with a verandah and deck chairs; two of battleships, one moored at Overseas Terminal; the marina at Oriental Bay with the boathouses and Mount Victoria in the background; a view over Island Bay; a field of hay stacks; a large railway junction with various rolling stock and chimneys in the background; a view over Days Bay including the pier; men and women rock climbing; two motor buses outside a large house, possibly a hotel, with people milling around; the door to the Observatory Tower at the University of Canterbury; HMS Hood moored at an unidentified location; and people cooking outdoors under an awning. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-058211 to 058223 Quantity: 13 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1950 - 1959

Reference: Plans-80-1353

Description: Shows elevation and details of strong room, library and office Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on grease-proof paper

Date: [ca 1 Apr 1987]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Nicholson, John, active 1997

Reference: EP/1987/1575-F

Description: Dominion Observatory, Wellington. Exterior view of a brick building in the baroque revival style. Photographs taken circa 1 April 1987 by Evening Post staff photographerJohn Nicholson. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1827 - 1833

By: Noel, Alexis Nicholas, 1792-1848; Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: B-052-005

Description: Shows Maori and canoes, and a shore-built observatory Other Titles - Observatory of the ship Astrolabe in one of the bays at Houa Houa (Tolaga Bay) Extended Title - From Dumont d'Urville. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe, 1826-1827-1828-1829. Paris. 1833. Atlas 1, Plate 46 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured lithograph, 216 x 317 mm

Date: 1971 - 1833

By: Noel, Alexis Nicholas, 1792-1848; Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: B-118-017

Description: Shows Tolaga Bay with a French observatory, Maori on shore, canoes Off-print from calendar, no. 698 of edition of 1000 Other Titles - Observatory of the ship Astrolabe in one of the bays at Houa Houa (Tolaga Bay) Extended Title - Reproduced from: Dumont d'Urville, J S C Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe, (Paris, 1833. Atlas [historique] Pl. 46 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 239 x 355 mm

Date: 1971

By: Smither, Michael Duncan, 1939-

Reference: C-074-020

Description: A transformer station and observatory, probably in Taranaki Limited edition of 23 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Screen print, 458 x 558 mm

Date: 1950 - 1959

Reference: Plans-80-1354

Description: Shows longitudinal section and specification details for the Carter Observatory strong room Also included is a loose leaf with pencilled details Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on grease-proof paper

Date: 1952

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[39 copies of cartoons from 'Lodge looks at Wellington', Nevile Lodge, 1952]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; A H & A W Reed (Firm)

Reference: J-059-011

Description: Shows a group of enthusiastic people waiting to look through the telescope at the Carter Observatory. A woman is standing on top of the ladder looking through the telescope as the astronomers discuss how they don't want to disappoint the viewers. Exhibited in 'Lodge Laughs at Wellington: Celebrating the life and works of cartoonist Nevile Lodge' exhibition of cartoons By Nevile Lodge on Wellington topics over the period 1943-1988, curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive for the Wellington Museum of City and Sea, and exhibited at the Museum from 25 May to August 2004. Published in book 'Lodge Laughs at Wellington' by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive, 2004. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 size laser copy on poster paper.

Date: [ca 1929-1935]

Reference: PAColl-6901

Description: A largely miscellaneous collection including: looking towards Government House on Bowen Street with Government Buildings on the left; two of the junction of Featherston and Stout Streets looking towards Lambton Quay (these three probably taken from the Railway Station); a pretty rural cottage; two of a grasshopper like insect on a leaf; three of unidentified rural scenes; the Government Life Insurance office on Customhouse Quay; looking down the Terrace towards Bowen Street with St Andrew's Church on the left; the University of Canterbury buildings showing the entrance to the Observatory Tower; six of a bridge over the Avon River flowing through Hagley Park; five of Mount Taranaki; a waterfall possibly near Mount Taranaki; and Auckland looking towards the harbour with St Patrick's Cathedral on the right. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-038652 to 038654 and 038656 to 038678 Quantity: 16 b&w original negative(s) glass. 10 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1953 - 1954

By: Sanders, James Edward, 1911-1998; New Zealand observer (Newspaper)

Reference: H-633-001/033

Description: New Zealand topics include advocation of a state lottery, the rising cost of living, increased car licence fees, sales tax, mortgage rates, petrol prices, the 1953 visit by Queen Elizabeth 11 and Prince Philip, electioneering for the 1954 election, home brew in prisons, inflation, water supply disputes and shortages in Auckland, the future of the wine industry, geothermal power, traffic transgressions, advertising on parking meters, the Russian space programme and an observatory in Auckland and attitudes to public works in Auckland such as the harbour bridge and drainage. International topics include Australian lotteries, Winston Churchill keeping 'communist hands off' British Guiana, political troubles in Trieste and East Germany, relations between the Untied States and the USSR, radioactive pollution around Bikini Atoll, the TATTS talks and atomic bomb threats, the arrival of the yacht 'Hemskerk' in Sydney, the sale of Russian Embassy cars in Canberra and Soviet Russia's space programme. Quantity: 33 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopies. Image sizes 178 x 228 mm approx.

Date: 26 Jun 1999

From: Quaker Oral History Project

By: Brodie, James William, 1920-2009

Reference: OHInt-0427-27

Description: James William Brodie recalls childhood in Napier; housing; earthquake (1931); part-time job as paper boy, promotion to inspector of runner boys; Cadet position in Department of Lands and Survey and five years at University, part-time. Describes: Coastal Radar Installations; making contour maps; Surveying and Photogrametric Branch; marriage to Audrey (1945) and transfer to DSIR. Gives details of work at DSIR, including: Import Consents for Radio-active Isotopes from Harwell, UK; recruitment for geophysical units, Magnetic Survey & Ionosphere Research Laboratory in Christchurch; Seismological Laboratory; Oceanographic Observatory in Wellington, and the formation of the Geophysics Dept (including all three units) under Eddie Robertson ex Imperial College London University. Describes three years in Geophysics Division; geothermal project Wairaki, with Ministry of Works drilling 1950; seismic surveys of dams in Waikato Region. Describes overseas travel - 1954 ANZAAS (Australia & New Zealand Association for Advancement of Science) in Sydney; CSIRO (Council for Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation) laboratory at Cronula, Australia and 1958 to British Isles, Europe and USA to Oceanographic Research activity for 6 months. Describes work with international oceanographers, International Committee on World Oceanography, Bathymetric Charting, financed by ruler of Monaco. People mentioned include Dr Marsden, Frank Callaghan, W M Hamilton, Charles Watson Munro and Geoff Markham. After retirement spent one year living in Jakarta and describes Lutheran Missionaries work with recovered lepers and living conditions in Jakarta and rural Indonesia. Explains how wife and children were involved with the Society of Friends (Quakers) and his interest in the Friends history. Mentions proposed series of Quaker Historical manuscripts to be published [by James and Audrey Brodie] funded by Yearly Meeting [of the Society of Friends]. Mentions his involvement since 1979 with Women's International League for Peace and Freedom publishing. Mentions other interests since retirement: Board of Trustees of National Art Gallery and Museum; Royal Society and a member of project development team for Museum of New Zealand. Awarded OBE [1984} for services to marine science. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Penelope Dunkley Accompanying material - Copy of Curriculum Vitae of James William Brodie and list of publications Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007465-007469 Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 5.05 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-1887 (2 folders), OHDL-000816. Search dates: 1920 - 1999

Date: 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-125

Description: Photographs relating to religion, astronomy and computer science, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. The images related to religion are arranged alphabetically from S to Y. Contains images related to planetaria and observatories, including Carter Observatory and Katipu Place Observatory. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: 1874

From: Mueller family :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-4363-1-04

Description: Photograph of the United states Transit of Venus observatory at Queenstown, New Zealand, taken in 1874 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 18 x 24 cm, on mount 24.6 x 30.7 cm

By: Head, Marilyn, active 1992

Reference: OHColl-0357

Description: Project interviews key players in the Gifford Observatory, Wellington. Interviewees: Sydney Cummings, Jack Hutchings, William Newell, William Pickering, Tom Richards, Victor Stanley, David Waters. Interviewer(s) - Marilyn Head Arrangement: Abstracts: OHA-6280 to OHA-6286 Original recordings: OHC-017623 - OHC-017639 Tape numbers - OHC-016293 - OHC-016296; OHC-017623 - OHC-017639 Quantity: 17 C60 cassette(s). 7 folder(s) agreement forms. 7 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstract(s) to come. Processing information: Interviews not yet described: Jack Hutchings, William Pickering, Tom Richards, William Newell, David Waters, Sydney Cummings; brief record only for Victor Stanley.

Date: 1952

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[39 copies of cartoons from 'Lodge looks at Wellington', Nevile Lodge, 1952]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; A H & A W Reed (Firm)

Reference: H-727-033

Description: Shows a group of enthusiastic people waiting to look through the telescope at the Carter Observatory. A woman is standing on top of the ladder looking through the telescope as the astronomers discuss how they don't want to disappoint the viewers. Exhibited in 'Lodge Laughs at Wellington: Celebrating the life and works of cartoonist Nevile Lodge' exhibition of cartoons By Nevile Lodge on Wellington topics over the period 1943-1988, curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive for the Wellington Museum of City and Sea, and exhibited at the Museum from 25 May to August 2004. Published in book 'Lodge Laughs at Wellington' by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive, 2004. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy

Date: 2009

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0012428

Description: An astrophysicist stands outside the Mount John Observatory with a colleague looking at the night sky in which an image of a kiwi has been caught. He says that they now want a kiwi. Refers to a newspaper report that says that an astrophotographer has discovered a kiwi in outer space from New Zealand's internationally renowned Mt John Observatory. It may be 26,000 light years away but a high powered astro-photograph has picked up the distinct image of New Zealands national icon ease from Mt John Observatory, Lake Tekapo. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1780 - 1790

Reference: B-091-007

Description: A circular observatory tent with a pointed roof. The door is rolled back and a chair and stretcher can be seen inside. A section of the roof is shown rolled back. Ropes run from the top of the roof and walls to hold the tent in place. A large wooden chest is on the left. Scale of 6 and a half feet in Rhineland measures - Schaale van 6 voet en 1/2 Rynlands maat, also inscribed lower right Compare plate 65 in Cook, James. Voyage dans l'Hemisphere austral. 1778 A second drawing in the same hand, showing the wooden supports of the tent, is located at B-091-008 Other Titles - Representation of an observatory tent, in imitation and improvement of the one represented in Captain Cook's voyages [translation] Inscriptions: Verso - ... [illegible] Col. Gadson Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 300 x 460 mm Provenance: Unknown. Possibly from the collection of Alexander Turnbull