Albatrosses

Date: 1974 - 1975

From: [Calendars for the year 1975, of approximately A3 size. 1974].

By: Chatham Islands Jockey Club; Carter, Bill, 1932-; Tanner Couch Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-1975-01

Description: The front cover shows a map of the Chatham Islands. Each opening (covering two months) displays a photograph, and these include: Waitangi Wharf, Hapupu Airfield, Kaingaroa Beach, Mission House Maunganui, Royal Albatross Forty Fours Is., Race Meeting Chatham Islands. An advertiser is featured on each opening; these include: Chatham Islands Packing Co Ltd, Safe Air Limited, E H Boyce & Co Ltd, Thomas Borthwick & Sons (A'asia) Limited, Union Steamship Company of NZ Ltd, Wrightson N.M.A. Ltd. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 calendar. Physical Description: Photolithographs on calendar of 7 pages, each 447 x 296 mm. Provenance: One copy donated by Mr W E Carter in 2002..

Date: [Circa 1880s-1890s]

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919; Davis, John, -1893; Finch, F, active 1878-1900; Valentine, James, -1880

Reference: PA1-q-210

Description: Photographs of Hawai'i, Samoa and New Zealand, taken by various photographers circa 1880s and 1890s, including John Richard Morris, John Davis, F Finch and Josiah Martin. Inserted in an envelope is a hand-written list of photos, but these seem to bear no relationship to the album. The list includes places in New Zealand (none of which are in this album), Sydney, New South Wales, Brisbane, New Caledonia and Fiji (again none of which are shown in this album). The photographs of Hawai'i include Iolani Palace in Honolulu, and Queen Lili'uokalani; Samoan images show children, a waterfall at Falefa near Apia, and a group of dancers in traditional dress. Images of New Zealand include landscapes, Maori children, a hongi with two women, and a collage taken by Josiah Martin of images of Maori chiefs, waka and meeting houses at Parihaka and Ohinemutu. One photograph taken in the Bounty Islands shows mollymawk and crested penguins. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, title "New Zealand and Samoa" hand-printed in white ink; 30 x 23 cm

Date: [1880s]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-38-17

Description: Close-up photograph of nineteen albatross grouped together on flat area covered with grass on Campbell Island Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 6010. Albatross. Campbell Island. Burton Bros, Dunedin; Mount recto - bottom left - Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15 x 20 cm on mount 21.1 x 29 cm

Date: [Circa 1890s]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919

Reference: PA1-o-520

Description: Album of tourist views of New Zealand and the sub-Antarctic Islands, chiefly taken by John Richard Morris, Jnr, circa 1890s. Places and subjects listed above where identified. The Sub-Antarctic Island views are all of native flora and fauna of the different islands, listed on the images as mollymawks, albatrosses, sea lions, crested penguins and erect-crested penguins On page 32 there is a view of the SS Knight Templar leaving Lyttelton on February 17, 1900, taking about 260 soldiers and 300 horses of the 3rd Contingent "the New Zealand Roughriders" to Durban, en route to fight in the South African War. The wharf is crowded with people seeing the ship off, soldiers lined up alongside the ship, and bunting flying on two ships nearby. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; 24.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1990

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-363-170/200

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 31 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, sizes vary, some with bromides stuck on reverse. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 14 February 1895

From: Pollock album

Reference: PA1-f-049-29-5

Description: Photograph taken on a cruise of the southern islands by the Government steamship Hinemoa, with the Governor, Lord Glasgow, Sir James Hector and others. On 14 February, according to a newspaper report of the voyage, the Hinemoa sailed close to the cliffs on the north cape of Campbell Island, so that photographs could be taken of the Mollymawk rookeries, which at that time were just completing the breeding season. The weather at the time was very rough. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Circa 1929-1939]

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

By: Phillips, Edward Arthur, -1966; Springboks (Rugby team)

Reference: PA1-o-112

Description: Album of images collected and partly photographed by Gerald Rainsford Craddock. Images include clipping from newspapers and magazines, and postcards (chiefly of Akaroa, Wellington, Sydney and Perth). The photographs include family photographs, mountaineering trips, scenery in various parts of New Zealand, interior views of the Union Bank of Australia (Wellington Branch) where Gerald Rainsford worked from 1936-1939, and several views of the first Springbok test at Athletic Park in 1937. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "Photographs", 26 x 32.5 cm

Date: [Between 1906 and 1943]

By: Blyth, Harry George, -1955; Graham, Sarah, active 1970s?

Reference: PA1-o-045

Description: Views of the Chatham Islands, with emphasis on the house "Te Whariki" at Tuku, various aspects of wool baling, and wool transportation using a bullock team, and the landscape near Tuku. A number of images show buildings at Waitangi, Chatham Island, including the post office, the Mangoutu Hotel (also known as Odman's Hotel), the courthouse, and Heslop's Hotel. The house "Te Whariki" was built by E. Guest, but seems to be the home of Harry Blyth who appears in a number of the images. Harry Blyth is the collector of the images in the album, and possibly the photographer of some. It is also possible that some photographs were taken by Ernest Guest (photographer and postmaster), and some by Blyth's wife, Daisy Felicia Blyth (nee Cox), who was a photographer in her own right (see Turnbull Library Biographies Index) Title supplied by Library. Some original glass plate negatives at Guest, Ernest Matthias Capewell, 1873?-1957 : Photographs of the Chatham Islands, ATL-Group-00805. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Mottled brown cover, labelled "Photographs", 180 x 255 mm

Date: [1880s]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-38-15

Description: Rocks covered with hundreds of penguins and a few mollyhawks Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 5996. Mollyhawks & penguins, Bounty I[slan]d. Burton Bros, Dunedin; Mount recto - bottom left - Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.5 x 20.8 cm on mount 21.1 x 29 cm

Date: 1983 - 1984

By: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987; Fleming, Margaret Alison (Lady), 1917-2000

Reference: B-046-022/023

Description: Verso shows collage of the Flemings' greeting cards for the years: 1951, 1954, 1957, 1966, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1977, and one for 1984 along with a family tree (descendants). Recto shows panels depicting events from the year 1983: Albatross at Taiaroa Heads, Daniel Solander, wading birds at Foxton, cicadas, vist to Greece, Santorini, Istanbul, Assisi, Sweden, Ravenna. Quantity: 11 drawing(s) and 2 pieces lettering stuck on cardboard.. 23 drawing(s) and 15 pieces of lettering stuck to verso of same board.. Physical Description: Photolithographs, ink drawings, and photocopies, black and white, mounted on card, 357 x 510 mm.

Date: 1966

From: Falla, Robert Alexander (Sir), 1901-1979 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-327

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1861-1889

By: Tatlock, (Mr), active 1975; Dougall, William, 1845-1924; Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA1-f-144

Description: Comprises a photograph album containing images taken William Dougall and Frank Coxhead between 1861 and 1889 showing views of Otago and Fiordland, and a voyage to Campbell, Auckland and Antipodes Islands. Dougall's account of the voyage on the 'Stella' was published in The Southland Times between 15 to 21 February 1888 under the column heading "Far South". Negatives and photographic prints taken by William Dougall are also held at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand. Two copies of the 'Far South' pamphlet which accompanied the photograph album are held in the National Library of New Zealand catalogue at PAM 919.31 DOU 1888 and Pam 1888 DOU 1545 (Alexander Turnbull Library copy). Photographer William Dougall travelled as official photographer on the New Zealand government steamer CGS 'Stella' to the Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes and Bounty Islands in 1888. His account and photographs of the voyage were published as set of a bound photograph album and a pamphlet titled 'Far South: Stewart Island, The Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes and Bounty Islands: Notes' in 1888. Photographer Frank Arnold Coxhead was based in Dunedin circa 1864 to circa 1890s. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [1880s]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-38-16

Description: Close up view of penguins and mollyhawks (some are juveniles) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - 6025. Mollyhawks & penguins, Bounty Isl[an]ds. Burton Bros, Dunedin; Mount recto - bottom left - Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.5 x 20.8 cm on mount 21.1 x 29 cm

Date: [Circa 1894]

By: Pollock, J H, active 1981

Reference: PA1-f-049

Description: Photographs of a state visit to the Cook Islands, followed by a tour of various subantarctic islands, viewing the landscape and fauna, by Lord and Lady Glasgow, on the ship Hinemoa, in 1894. Photographs of Rarotonga include portraits of Ariki Makea Takau and her husband Ngamaru Rongotini; large group scenes at various welcoming celebrations; scenes of life in Rarotonga; and Ariki Makea Takau's residence. The Cook Islands photographs are followed by several newspaper cuttings of Lord Glasgow's visit; followed by views of Snares Island, Campbell Island, Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands and Chatham Islands, also with newspaper cuttings. There are many views of penguins, mollymawks, Royal albatrosses, and sea lions; also views of people outside a Maori meeting house in the Chatham Islands. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album (lacks cover); 30.0 x 40.5 cm

Date: [1888]

By: Dougall, William, 1845-1924

Reference: PAColl-1575

Description: Comprises 28 photographs taken by William Dougall in 1888. The are mounted on card and include some duplicate images. Photographs show landscape and wildlife views of Stewart Island and subantactic islands that lie south and west of Foveaux Strait. - Albatrosses on Campbell Islands - Auckland Island including Enderby Island hut and wreck of the "Grafton". - Penguin colony on Bounty Islands Dougall's account of the voyage on the 'Stella' was published in The Southland Times between 15 to 21 February 1888 under the column heading "Far South". Negatives and photographic prints taken by William Dougall are also held at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand. Two copies of the pamphlet which accompanied the photograph album are held in the National Library of New Zealand catalogue at PAM 919.31 DOU 1888 and Pam 1888 DOU 1545 (Alexander Turnbull Library copy). Scottish born photographer William Dougall lived in New Zealand between circa 1875 and circa 1890. He ran his own photography studio in Invercargill from 1884. Dougall travelled as official photographer on the Government steamer CGS 'Stella' to the Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes and Bounty Islands. The steamer departed from Bluff on 19 January 1888 and returned to Port Chalmers on 9 February 1888. His account and photographs of the voyage were published as set of a bound photograph album and a pamphlet titled 'Far South: Stewart Island, The Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes and Bounty Islands: Notes' in 1888. Quantity: 1 box(es). 28 b&w original photographic print(s). Finding Aids: Negative register: Half plate volume 15.. Processing information: Copy negatives created by Library in 1979. Prints removed from phase box, rehoused and description enhanced in June 2022. Phase box not retained.

Date: 1887

From: Hoare, E A, fl 1887-1888 :Drawings, watercolour sketches, photographs and notes of E A Hoare, Artiste, on board 'S S Tongariro'. December 1887 to March 1888

Reference: E-955-f-003-2/3

Description: Shows shipboard views of seabirds. Full annotations read: 'Albatross from the stern in a biting wind. The birds were most beautiful sailing round and round without moving their wings. A splendid rough sea following us'; and 'Other birds seen between the Cape and Hobart. Cape pigeons [Cape petrels] - black and white plumage, beautifully marked - Cape hens [White chinned petrels] - much larger, brown, with "wicked faces" - Molly Hawks - "Mother Carey's chickens" [Storm petrels] - reminded me of swallows on the water, usually seen "forward", not following, as the large ocean birds did' Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 95 x 147 mm and 83 x 110 mm (irreg), on sketchbook page 255 x 370 mm

Date: 1958 to 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

Reference: PA12-8815

Description: Transparency slides of Australia selected by Mr Williams as a representative collection to be used in a series of lectures on his return to England. This sheet shows views of Kings Park and Botanical Gardens and the War Memorial in Perth, a street scene and view from the waterfront; evening sky over Fremantle; an albatross; scenes in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens showing stringybark gum, a white wisteria, a Judas tree and an unidentified girl holding a koala bear; junior sports at Scotch College in Melbourne; and a view from the Dandenong Mountains to the Great Dividing Range. Views of Sydney including arrival off the Heads in the early morning, passing under Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney waterfront and a tugboat, and the bridge from various angles in Sydney. The slides are not filed in his original numerical sequence, and are selected by subject relating to particular talks. Arrangement: These slides were selected by Mr Williams from his original sequence to create a representative collection of Australian images which he used in illustrated lectures on his return to England. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: 1970 - 1979

By: Shearer, Archibald Reid, 1914-1997

Reference: Eph-A-BIRD-1970s

Description: Includes: Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of NZ. Wellington Branch. Programmes for 1970-1971, 1971-1972 1970s: Pictorial Publications Ltd. New Zealand birds; a pictorial letter folder [1970s?] Otorohanga Nocturnal Kiwi House. Pamphlet (2 slightly differing copies - ticket no 59 and ticket no 7994) Pictorial Publications Ltd, Hastings. Tiki postcard. Tui, NZ [ca 1970-1980s?] New Zealand's most exciting Overland ride! Napier's "Gannet safari", from Napier City to the world-famous Cape Kidnappers Gannet Sanctuary. Regular seasonal services - or charter. [Pamphlet]. (2 copies undated, and one dated 1970). Pureora Forest Park. The North Island kokako. [Pamphlet. 1970s?] 1970: New Zealand Wildlife Service. New Zealand's native birds. A R Shearer, Government print, Wellington, 1970. 30,000/6/70-81512D [Folded sheet] New Zealand. Wildlife Service. Tree planting for native birds. A R Shearer, Government Printer, Wellington, New Zealand, 1970. 73739-70D (2 copies) NZ Federation of Cage Bird Clubs (Inc). Schedule of prizes of New Zealand's 38th Grand National Show to be held in the Memorial Hall, Miranda Street, Stratford, 30 July - 1 August 1970. 1972: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Wildlife Branch. Mt Bruce Native Bird Reserve. 1972 [Pamphlet]. New Zealand. Wildlife Service. The Royals of Taiaroa; a conservation project. A R Shearer, Government Printer, Wellington New Zealand, 1972. 30,000/5/72-11164D (2 copies) Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc. Annual general meeting, Friday 2 June 1972. Flyer NZ Federation of Cage Bird Clubs (Inc). Schedule of prizes, 40th Grand National Show. Horticultural Hall Christchurch, 28-29 July 1972. 1973: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Wildlife Service. Kiwi S.O.S.; a message to farmers, hunters and trappers. 1973 New Zealand Department of Lands and Survey. White Heron Colony Waitangiroto. A R Shearer, Government Printer, Wellington, 1973 - 5000/9/73 (2 copies) 1974: Cape Kidnapper Bird Sanctuary. Published by the Department of Lands and Survey for the Cape Kidnapper Bird Sanctuary Board, Napier, New Zealand, 1974. 10,000/P4 (2 copies) 1976: World Wildlife Fund New Zealand. On this page you can see all the kakapos, takahes and Chatham Island robins left in the whole of New Zealand ... You can help save them. Printed in the interests of conservation by Shell Oil Ltd 1977: Miranda Naturalists' Trust. A century of birds around the Auckland Isthmus. [1977?] 1979: Cape Kidnapper Bird Sanctuary. Published by the Department of Lands and Survey for the Cape Kidnapper Bird Sanctuary Board, Napier, New Zealand. 1979/10,000/P4 (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1903-1908

By: England, Rupert, 1878-1942

Reference: PA1-o-149

Description: Photograph album containing images of the ships `Morning' and `Nimrod' and their crews. Album created by Rupert G England, Chief Officer of the Morning on Scott's expedition to Antarctica (1903-1904), and later commander on the Nimrod on Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica (1907-1909. None of the crew members are identified. There are several photographs of women and children (members of Rupert England's family?). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - England, Rupert Relationship complexity - See also qMS-0672 : England, Rupert : Journal, which was purchased at the same time Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth-covered album, dark green corners and spine, 25 x 32 cm Provenance: Purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1971

Date: 1972

By: Miller, Harry Vye, 1907-1986; Palette Products Ltd

Reference: C-084-009

Description: Shows the albatross colony at Taiaroa Head including the buildings on top of the hill, from the land approach, with Pilot's Bay in the foreground. Reproduced from the original watercolour, dated 1972. The location of the original watercolour is not supplied in the accompanying text; however the accompanying text does supply biographical information about the artist. Edition size not given Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 291 x 610 mm on sheet 507 x 760 mm