Surveying - New Zealand - West Coast Region

Date: 1882-1899

By: Brough, Jonathan, 1839-1927

Reference: qMS-0274

Description: Mainly daily accounts of government contract work on road-making, repairing and surveying. There are also notes on the geology and natural history of the area plus accounts of gold prospecting expeditions. Letters include several relating to contracts and one written to W L Buller on the flora and fauna of the Karamea River area Source of title - Supplied Brough was a contractor and naturalist, based in Nelson and the West Coast from 1866 Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photoprint) (35 cm, ¼ green calf, green buckram case)

Date: 1877

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department

Reference: MS-Papers-2918

Description: Mainly concerned with railway work Quantity: 1 folder(s) (18 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms

Date: 1892 - 1893

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916; Strauchon, Kathleen St. George, 1899-1981; Strauchon, John, 1848-1934

Reference: A-048-015

Description: Looking down onto a valley Previously thought to have been drawn ca 1870. John Strauchon, a previous owner, was Chief Surveyor of Westland at the time Douglas made the 1892 drawings. In May 1893, he became Chief surveyor for Taranaki. Dated with reference to John Pascoe's "Mr Explorer Douglas", page 49, and others. See New Zealand surveyor, CIV: 6, June 1930. (This gives information about John Strauchon's official positions, but does not give dates of Douglas' drawings). Inscriptions: Verso - title and other pencilled notes Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash on paper 190 x 150 mm Transfers: Transferred from Strauchon, John (1848-1934) MS collection..

Date: 1892 - 1893

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916; Strauchon, John, 1848-1934; Strauchon, Kathleen St. George, 1899-1981

Reference: A-048-016

Description: Looking up a creek amongst mountains Previously thought to have been drawn ca 1870. See New Zealand surveyor, CIV: 6, June 1930. (This gives information about John Strauchon's official positions, but does not give dates of Douglas' drawings). For dating and other details, see letter AT 13/14/1, 7 February 1995. Dated with reference to John Pascoe's "Mr Explorer Douglas", page 49, and others. Inscriptions: Verso - title and other pencilled notes Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash on paper 190 x 150 mm Provenance: John Strauchon, a previous owner, was Chief Surveyor of Westland at the time Douglas made the 1892 drawings. In May 1893, he became Chief surveyor for Taranaki. Transfers: Transferred from Strauchon, John (1848-1934) MS collection..

Date: 21 May 1863

By: Young, William, active 1863

Reference: qMS-2304

Description: Publication - An English translation of Lauper's German account was printed in the Canterbury gazette, 1863 Other - Typescript compiled by Miss N L Miller in 1938 Relationship complexity - Lauper's full account of the expedition written in German is located at MS-Papers-0348 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (5 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; grey cloth)

Date: [19 Jul 1891-12 Jan 1892]

From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection

By: Vance, William, 1899-1981

Reference: MSX-9266

Description: Handwritten field notebook/diary of surveyor/engineer, John Higgins. Well indexed notebook describing conditions of roads, tracks, bridges etc on the West Coast of the South Island. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0 Linear Metres. Provenance: Ex Libris William Vance. Purchased at Bethunes Auction, 8 Dec 2010, lot 315.

Date: 1956

By: Thompson, Hugh Montgomery, 1887-1956

Reference: MS-Papers-6538

Description: Thompson wrote his reminiscences in 1956, shortly before he died. He describes his family background, where they lived, his school days, mostly in Palmerston North, joining Lands and Survey Department, Wellington, in 1905 and moving to Nelson in 1906, Hokitika in 1910, Invercargill in 1911, Hastings in 1913, Wanganui from 1919 to 1924 when he worked for the Public Works Department in the King Country and in 1935 his move to Greymouth. From 1938 to 1956 he and his family lived in Tauranga. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: [197-]

By: Young, Frances Lesley, 1896-1983

Reference: MS-Papers-1531

Description: Publication - Father and son; a Young saga [Christchurch, 1976]. Section on William Young also published in Journal of the Auckland-Waikato Historical Society, Apr 1976 Quantity: 2 folder(s) (355 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 28 Sep 1863-5 Mar 1864

By: Bain, Robert Preston, 1825-1894

Reference: Micro-MS-0805

Description: Account of a surveying expedition to the Jacksons Bay area, ending with an overland journey from Martins Bay to Lake Wakatipu, via Lake McKerrow, and the Hollyford and Greenstone Valleys, then to Queenstown and Dunedin, via the Dunstan Road. Having chartered the schooner `Fawn', the party set out from Port Chalmers, making its way northward and through Cook Strait. The party went ashore at Ship Cove in Queen Charlotte Sound. The vessel then rounded Capes Farewell and Foulwind and landed the surveying party at Jacksons Bay. Account includes mention of parties of goldminers in the area, having been dropped off by vessels `Nugget' (p3) and `Courier' (p4), six miners from the `Courier' joining Bain's party; also visit to Claude Ollivier's grave (p3); meeting with miner Thomas Watson and his account of the drowning of his mining partner, Henry Cowell (p7); dropped supplies for Dr James Hector's party (p3); refers to drowning of crew member of the `Pryde' (ie `Pride of the Huron'), Thomas Davis, and his burial (p11); William Arthur's (Otago Provincial Chief Surveyor) camp (pp11-12) and von Tunzelman's Station on the shores of Lake Wakatipu (p12). Besides surveying the coast from Awarua Point to Abut Head, the party also explored the Jackson and Waiototo Rivers and surrounding areas. Account also refers to two members of the party as `Jones', who narrowly escaped death in a fall, and `Blackmore', who retrieved Davis' body from the Arawhata River, but they are not further identified. This typed transcript seems to have been made from Bain's signed holograph report held at the Canterbury Museum Archives. This document is on blue lined foolscap paper, originally tied but now bound in maroon buckram. The last page has been inscribed on rear: `Mr Bain / Journal / West Coast / 21 Mar 1864' and bears the number `268' circled. Source of title - Transcribed title Robert Bain was a surveyor contracted by the Canterbury Provincial Government to survey what was then the West Coast of Canterbury Province, from Abut Head to Awarua Point. Bain's survey was later completed by John Rochfort. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (13 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm Processing information: Micro-MS-0804 & Micro-MS-0806-0810 also on this reel

Date: 1892 - 1893

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916; Strauchon, John, 1848-1934; Strauchon, Kathleen St. George, 1899-1981

Reference: A-048-017

Description: View of mountains Previously thought to have been drawn ca 1870. See New Zealand surveyor, CIV: 6, June 1930. (This gives information about John Strauchon's official positions, but does not give dates of Douglas' drawings). For dating and other details, see letter AT 13/14/1, 7 February 1995. Dated with reference to John Pascoe's "Mr Explorer Douglas", page 49, and others. Inscriptions: Verso - title and other pencilled notes Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash on paper 190 x 150 mm Provenance: John Strauchon, a previous owner, was Chief Surveyor of Westland at the time Douglas made the 1892 drawings. In May 1893, he became Chief surveyor for Taranaki. Transfers: Transferred from Strauchon, John (1848-1934) MS collection..

Date: 1892 - 1893

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916; Strauchon, John, 1848-1934; Strauchon, Kathleen St. George, 1899-1981

Reference: A-048-019

Description: Looking onto plains Previously thought to have been drawn ca 1870. See New Zealand surveyor, CIV: 6, June 1930. (This gives information about John Strauchon's official positions, but does not give dates of Douglas' drawings). For dating and other details, see letter AT 13/14/1, 7 February 1995. Dated with reference to John Pascoe's "Mr Explorer Douglas", page 49, and others. Other Titles - Copland Inscriptions: Verso - title and other pencilled notes Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash on paper 190 x 150 mm Provenance: John Strauchon, a previous owner, was Chief Surveyor of Westland at the time Douglas made the 1892 drawings. In May 1893, he became Chief surveyor for Taranaki. Transfers: Transferred from Strauchon, John (1848-1934) MS collection..

Date: 1863-1960, 1971

By: Mueller family

Reference: MS-Papers-0448

Description: Letters written by Gerhard Mueller to his wife Bannie, 1865-1866, while surveying on the West Coast. These were edited by his daughter, Miss M V Mueller, under the title "My dear Bannie" (Christchurch: Pegasus Press, 1958). Also various copies of the letters; notes on material relating to the publishing; letters to the publishers, J D Pascoe and others; some of Miss Mueller's own papers (mainly copies of radio talks about Rotorua); several letters from F H Giesow, who married Mueller's wife's sister, Catherine, and was Mueller's business partner. Source of title - Supplied title Other Titles - My dear Bannie Quantity: 65 folder(s). 0.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typescript and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available. Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photographs transferred in 1971 (see list in inventory). A few additional photos were transferred in Aug 2002 (PAColl-4363) - To Drawings & Prints Collection - 14 Charles Douglas watercolour sketches.

Date: 1863-1873

By: Lowe, John Henry, 1841-1928

Reference: MS-Papers-0664

Description: Eight letters from Lowe to his father (and one to his brother) (1863-1873), written from Plymouth, the `True Briton', Lower Moutere, Matakitaki, Westport, Wellington, and on the `Lord Warden' plus notes from newspapers with comments by A G Bagnall re Lowe's arrival at Nelson (1864); the letters describe surveying on the Buller River, work as District Surveyor of Goldfields at Westport and later as District Engineer at Wellington. Also a short diary of trip in New Zealand bush near Ngatimoti and trip from Nelson to Wellington on board the `Auckland', with small sketches. Also notes sent to W J Lowe by J H Lowe referring to and correcting a work. Includes sketch map of part of the North Island of New Zealand and a small part of the north east South Island. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (39 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Sketch book.

Date: 1860-1869

By: Burnett, James, 1826-1872

Reference: Micro-MS-0806

Description: Letters to his wife, Jane, mostly written from the West Coast coalfields; full description of an expedition with von Haast to make a geographical and topographical examination of the area 1860; application for a lease for coal mining in Buller Reserve 1866; report on coal in the Whangarei district. Includes typed transcripts of some letters. Whangarei and Nelson settler, Nelson Provincial Engineer, 1858 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 100 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm

Date: [ca 1956]

By: Kehoe, Edward Luke, 1882-1959

Reference: qMS-1088

Description: Essay, probably written by Kehoe, detailing survey activity in the Nelson-West Coast area, mainly the 1846 party under Brunner, Heaphy and Fox Source of title - Title page Quantity: 1 volume(s) (12 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm; grey pam case)

Date: 1898-1924

By: Schadick, Julius, 1845-1924

Reference: MS-Papers-1519

Description: Diaries record day-to-day work of borough engineer for Westport; surveying road and railway construction, Fairdown project. Family letters, notes and obituaries. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and printed matter

Date: 1892 - 1893

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916; Strauchon, John, 1848-1934; Strauchon, Kathleen St. George, 1899-1981

Reference: A-048-018

Description: Looking down onto plains Previously thought to have been drawn ca 1870. See New Zealand surveyor, CIV: 6, June 1930. (This gives information about John Strauchon's official positions, but does not give dates of Douglas' drawings). For dating and other details, see letter AT 13/14/1, 7 February 1995. Dated with reference to John Pascoe's "Mr Explorer Douglas", page 49, and others. Other Titles - Copland Inscriptions: Verso - title and other pencilled notes Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash on paper 190 x 150 mm Provenance: John Strauchon, a previous owner, was Chief Surveyor of Westland at the time Douglas made the 1892 drawings. In May 1893, he became Chief surveyor for Taranaki. Transfers: Transferred from Strauchon, John (1848-1934) MS collection..

Date: 1865

By: Fraser, Malcolm (Sir), 1834-1900

Reference: A-081-016

Description: Tent in foreground, bush and high peak in centre left background Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 125 x 174 mm Transfers: Done while Fraser was district surveyor on Canterbury West (Westland) goldfields; see A-081-011-15, 17, 18.

Date: 1863

By: Lauper, Jakob, 1815-1891

Reference: MS-Papers-0348

Description: Account of his journey, as guide for John Henry Whitcombe, from the headwaters of the Rakaia River across the Southern Alps to the mouth of the Taramakau River, near Kumara. Whitcombe was working on contract for the Canterbury Provincial Government and drown during the expedition. Also, holograph notes by William Young of Lauper's and Whitcombe's exploration. A typescript copy is at qMS-2304 Publication - Published as: Over the Whitcombe Pass: the narrative of Jakob Lauper, reprinted from the Canterbury Provincial Gazette, 6 July 1863 (Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd, 1960), edited by John Pascoe Accompanying material - Photocopy of death certificate in folder and carbon copy of a letter to donor from the Librarian Source of title - Transcribed from item Other Titles - Translated as `Draft report of the expedition and death of Mr Withcomb' Swiss mountaineer, guide and lighthouse keeper Quantity: 1 folder(s) (36 pp; 11 pp). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Processing information: Transferred from Misc MS G4 & N6, Jun 1969

Date: 5 Jul-16 Aug 1865

By: Newbery, Alfred, active 1863-1884

Reference: MS-Papers-4212

Description: Diary covers period 5 Jul 1865 when the party left Christchurch to 16 Aug when an ascent was made to the top of the Pass. Details the activities of members of the party including a fatal shooting (of Joseph Trounce) and daily progress of survey work. Diary appears to be incomplete. Further information, gathered during processing, and concerning Joseph Trounce is enclosed. Source of title - From first page Accompanying material - Letter dated 14 Dec 1865, posted from Hawford near Christchurch to `My Dear Arthur', in same hand but unsigned, containing more information about the journey. Arrangement: Numbered as instalments 1-3 and probably posted to relatives Newbery, a Canterbury farmer and provincial government agent, participated in this expedition, which was contracted by the Canterbury Provincial Government to survey and lay-off a road to the West Coast goldfields via Browning's Pass. Survey party was led by John Samuel Browning and Arthur Dudley Dobson. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (12 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) Photocopy is enlarged 1.42x from the original Finding Aids: Index to persons mentioned in diary, with page numbers, is enclosed. Includes photocopy of a photograph taken at a later date showing the track