Southern Cross (Ship : 1891-1920)

Date: 2016 - 2017

From: Lyttelton Engineering Ltd: [Calendars. 2017-2020]

By: Lyttelton Engineering Limited (N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-Lyttelton-2017

Description: Calendar marking 100 years since Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition returned to Britain, thus ending the "Heroic Age". Calendar has six openings showing photographs as follows (all images form the Alexander Turnbull Library's Photographic Archive except for March/April: January/February: SS Southern Cross at Wellington about 1898 March/April: Auxiliary steamship Discovery at Wellington May/June: Auxiliary steamship Nimrod departs Lyttelton 1 December 1908 July/August: Auxiliary steamship Fram September/October: Unloading a motor sled on to the ice November/December: Auxiliary steam ship Kainan Maru at Wellington February 1911 Accompanied by 2 pages of highlights of the year for Lyttelton Engineering Ltd. Quantity: 1 Other printed ephemera item(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on spiral-bound calendar pages 493 x 340 mm. Provenance: Donated by Lyttelton Engineering Ltd in 2016.

Date: 1891

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to the Church of England (Anglican Church) in New Zealand and its congregations, parishes, churches and buildings]

Reference: Eph-B-RELIGION-A-1891-01

Description: The text of prayers and hymns for the dedication service: "Eternal Father, strong to save", Psalm 107, "Thy Kingdom come, O God", and various prayers. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, on folded pamphlet 215 x 135 mm.

Date: 1848-1974

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1390

Description: Comprise newspaper clippings of Bishop Walter Baddeley; ephemera relating to Bishop Chisholm, Charles Fox's 'Lord of the Southern Isles'and the Melanesian Mission at Sydney; miscellaneous correspondence 1860-1940; correspondence with the General Secretary 1921-1931; with the Trust Board (NZ) 1928-1963; concerning Honiara Cathedral 1961-1970; with the Australian Board of Mission 1931-1974; with NZ Anglican Board of Missions 1926-1965; registers of the Church of St Barnabas, Alanguala, Ugi 1948-1954; Synod minutes 1953-1965; copies of the Church calendar O Raverare Gagang in the Mota language 1939-1957; O Sala Usuri, a publication; legal papers 1880s-1960s; Ten thousand miles with the Southern Cross, a film by George Herrman Tarr 1921-1936 Language - Also includes many documents in Mota language Source of title - Transcribed from item Quantity: 6 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: See http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu for details of the contents of the reels. Provenance: Documents in the pre-1975 archives of the Church of Melanesia have been held since 1981 in the National Archives of the Solomon Islands

Date: [ca 1900-1955]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-099

Description: Photographs of New Zealand and overseas ships, many made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1900s-1950s. New Zealand related images include: Pen & ink drawing of S S Indralema; Port Napier at Wellington; Port Hobart; Marere (later sunk by a submarine); James Cook loaded with timber for Australia at Tauranga; Matthew Flinders at Greymouth; Oronsay on fire; several interior views of an Orient-Pacific liner. Also: Austral; schooner Huia berthed; auxillary scow Kahu; Matai; Pahau (former minesweeper); coaster Koutunui; Wakakura (former minesweeper); Southern Cross (Melanesian Mission ship), 1949; Wellington Harbour ferry Muritai; Wellington Star on maiden voyage from England. Also: Melbourne Star; Palana berthed at Auckland; Fernmoor; cargo being discharged at Mechanics Bay, Auckland; Orsova; Orontes; Oronsay; Ormonda at Aotea Quay; S S Hinemoa (NZ Government lighthouse tender); Wellington Harbour Board pilot boat Uta; Wellington Harbour ferry Cobar, Apr 1951 Includes various photographs of overseas ships (names not added to Name field) Quantity: 28 album leaves with black & white photochemical prints; 1 album leaf with black & white original photographic prints; 1 ink drawing. Physical Description: Photochemical prints, and silver gelatin print

Date: 1863-1932

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1301

Description: Selected documents from the pre-1975 archives of the Church, held at the Solomon Islands National Archives. Include diaries of Dr Charles Fox (some re-filmed) 1950-1963 (gaps); papers and log books relating to the Mission ships 1866-1900 and its master J Jacob; envelope marked 'letters of Bishop J C Patteson'; Papers re wreck of Southern Cross IV 1932; Arosi folk tales by Dr C E Fox; illuminated scrapbook 1930; Melanesian Mission Medical Officer's annual reports 1930-1932. Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - See also Micro-MS-Coll-08-0550 for other diaries of Dr C E Fox Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: See http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2008

Date: 27 Apr 1897-20 Nov 1901

By: Edgell, William Henry (Rev), 1873-1960

Reference: Micro-MS-0753

Description: Diaries of annual voyages from the Melanesian Mission school on Norfolk Island to the New Hebrides (North East) and other parts of Melanesia, with extended stays at Raga preaching, teaching and translating. List of Mota words, lists of his books, and lists of statistics on population of Raga, marriages, funerals and baptisms 1898-1900. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 600 pages). Physical Description: Negative microfilm only

Date: 24 Jul 1892-31 Mar 1895

By: Welchman, Henry, 1850-1909

Reference: Micro-MS-0751

Description: Daily record of teaching, preaching and providing medical attention to natives on the Solomon Islands and at the mission school on Norfolk Island, of trips on the mission ship, Southern Cross, and of a tour to the main centres of New Zealand, Jun-Aug 1893. some accounts, lists of native boys taught, and records of rainfall. Other - Other diaries, 1889-1908, available at Micro-MS-0752, Reels 4-5 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 300 pages). Physical Description: Negative microfilm only

Date: 1847-1965

By: Melanesian Mission

Reference: Micro-MS-0752

Description: Correspondence of missionaries and others interested in Fiji, 1870s' including references to Bishop Patteson's murder and to the labour trade. Correspondence of C E Fox 1952-1953, and drafts of the Lord of the Southern Isles, and other writings. Letters re annexation of Fiji. Articles by Eric Ramsden and others. Letters to Miss Rice, Oxford, mainly from Melanesia. Texts of writings of George Sarawia. Papers on Melanesia read by R E Tempest to English audiences. Correspondence and diaries of Henry Welchman 1887-1908. Photographs etc Includes a letter by Helen Welchman on Norfolk Island, describing her mission activities, the school at Siota, and the behaviour of local brides at their weddings, 1896 Other Titles - Lord of the Southern Isles The Anglican Mission to Melanesia was founded by Bishop Selwyn in 1849. The Mission's activities extended over the islands west of Fiji, including the Solomon Islands and the New Hebrides. The headquarters and training school were at Auckland 1849-1867, then at Norfolk Island until 1920, when the training school moved to the Solomon Islands, with the diocesan office being opened in Auckland. In 1975 the Mission became the Church of Melanesia, with its headquarters at Honiara. The London office was mainly concerned with forwarding supplies and raising finance. Quantity: 5 microfilm reel(s) negative. Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.