Quarantine - New Zealand - Wellington Region

Date: Sep 1877-Dec 1879

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Barraud, Laura Cottam, 1859-1935

Reference: MS-Papers-7767

Description: Barraud records part of the return voyage to Wellington with her family on the `Zealandia', 12 Sep-26 Oct 1877, ending with two weeks quarantine on Somes Island after a smallpox outbreak. From Apr-Dec 1879 Laura resumed her diary describing family and social life in Wellington. Daughter of the artist Charles Barraud. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (22 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: Ca 2 Dec 1970

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

Reference: EP/1970/5206-F

Description: Maximum security station at quarantine station on Somes island, Wellington Harbour. Shows tour of facility, and cow in exercise yard. Photographs taken ca 2 December 1970 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: [ca 16 Sep 1989]

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

Reference: EP/1989/3383-F

Description: First New Zealand consignment of alpacas being unloaded from the ship Matiu, at Petone Wharf, Petone, Wellington region, 15 September 1989, after being quarantined on Somes Island in Wellington harbour. Somes Island quarantine station head Rod Sutherland accompanies them. Photographed by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: Jun-Oct 1874

By: Smith, George, 1836-

Reference: MS-Papers-0309

Description: Account of the voyage from London to Wellington, June-Oct 1874, on the vessel `Cartvale'. Details of quarantine internment at Somes Island. Includes the passenger's half of the contract ticket for Smith and his family George Smith, wife and 4 children travelled to Wellington as steerage passengers. Mrs Smith gave birth to another child on 21 July. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 notebooks, 1 ticket). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr & Mrs G A Whitham, 1968

Date: 1875-1878, 1974

By: Buchner, Max Joseph August Heinrich Markus, 1846-1921

Reference: fMS-Papers-2226

Description: Translation of work published Breslau, 1878, relating Buchner's voyage in 1875 as ship's surgeon on `Euphrosyne' (identified by Miss Walton as `Terpsichore') to New Zealand, where the ship was quarantined, and the Pacific; includes descriptions of the North Island, Maori life, natural history. Also print-out of passenger list (microfilm at Micro-MS-0031), and correspondence on Clausen family, emigrated 1875 Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 2 folder(s) (150 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, typescript (part photocopies)

Date: 21 Jun-25 Oct 1874

By: Selby, Edwin, 1853-1947

Reference: MS-1867

Description: Diary kept by a single man travelling on board the emigrant ship Cartvale on a voyage from London to Wellington, and thence to Turakina. Daily entries record weather encountered, progress of the ship, births and deaths, entertainment, time spent in quarantine on Somes Island, and arrival at Epworth Lodge, Turakina Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also reminiscences at qMS-1769 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (44 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (15 cm; marbled boards)

Date: [ca 28 Jun 1972]

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

Reference: EP/1972/3131-F

Description: $30,000 116lb Limousin calf, and Friesian foster mother, at the Wright Stephenson quarantine station at Ngauranga, Wellington, circa 28 June 1972. Photograph taken by an Evening Post staff photographer. Source of descriptive information - Evening Post caption, 28 June 1972, attached to back of print in illustrations file The calf was the second of her breed born in New Zealand, and later left Wellington for the International Genetics Station at Te Kowhai, near Hamilton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 10 December 1973

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

Reference: EP/1973/5404-F

Description: Oxford Down sheep quarantined on Mana Island, Porirua, New Zealand. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer 10 December 1973. In 1971 the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries took over the management of Mana Island. A sheep research and quarentine station was established on the Island under the control of the Ruakura research station, Hamilton. The flock was destroyed in 1978 following a suspected outbreak of scrapie. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm, comprising three images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1876, 1879

From: Barraud family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0089-03

Description: Includes her diary of a family visit to London and Paris, Apr-Nov 1876. She also records part of the return journey to Wellington on the `Zealandia', 12 Sep-26 Oct 1877, ending with two weeks quarantine on Somes Island after a smallpox outbreak. From Apr-Dec 1879 Laura resumed her diary describing family and social life in Wellington Part of SBDD project Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 pieces). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: Sep 1877-Dec 1879

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Barraud, Laura Cottam, 1859-1935

Reference: MSDL-1277

Description: Barraud records part of the return voyage to Wellington with her family on the `Zealandia', 12 Sep-26 Oct 1877, ending with two weeks quarantine on Somes Island after a smallpox outbreak. From Apr-Dec 1879 Laura resumed her diary describing family and social life in Wellington. Part of SBDD project Daughter of the artist Charles Barraud. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).

Date: [ca 1915-1919]

From: Roy Clark, WNTV 1, New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation : Photographs of Somes Island, 1914-18

Reference: 1/2-038618-F

Description: View of buildings on Somes Island, taken by an unidentified photographer, probably during World War I. In the background are large quarantine buildings. The single storey buildings in the foreground were built during World War I. The building marked with a cross was built by the YMCA and contained a billiard table. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1901

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to ships and shipping companies, mainly on voyages to and around New Zealand. 1900-1904]

By: Smith, Clive Kingsley, active 1901

Reference: Eph-A-SHIP-1901-02

Description: The left side shows a programme of songs and piano solos, performed on the "Gothic" by Mrs Herapath, Mr W S Inman, Miss K Smith, Mr E G Parrot, Miss M J Jollie, Mr R Wilson, Mrs Parrot, Mr Waymouth, Mrs J R Skeet, Mr Pryce Jones, Mr Howlison, Mr Gaunt. Apart from Mr Inman (ship's purser) and Mr Waymouth these were all saloon passengers on board the "Gothic", leaving London on 30 August 1901. The right side shows a cartoon of passengers disembarking at Somes Island where they were to be quarantined. The cartoonist is C.K.S., likely to be passenger Mr C Kingsley Smith. Other Titles - Somes Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and offset on opened programme, 200 x 255 mm.

Date: [ca 1925]

By: Heath, Thomas, active 1853-1875

Reference: qMS-0940

Description: Entitled `A few doggerel lines from memory that occurred during the voyage of the Collingwood' from London to New Zealand in 1875. Written retrospectively in 1925. The reminiscence covers the voyage and time in quarantine on Somes Island Relationship complexity - An edited transcript by Bob Molesworth is at MS-Papers-6818 23 year old Thomas immigrated to Wellington with his wife Eliza. Their son was born on Quarantine Island Quantity: 1 volume(s) (22 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; blue buckram)

Date: 25 Mar-12 May 1876, 1996

By: Buchner, Max Joseph August Heinrich Markus, 1846-1921

Reference: MS-Papers-5630

Description: Comprises translation of the arrival of the `Terpsichore' in New Zealand and quarantine period on Somes Island from 25 March to 12 May 1876. The vessel reached NZ near Banks Peninsula, sailed north and reached Wellington Harbour where it was directed to Somes Island. Buchner describes his feelings on arrival, notes aspects of the people he met, the weather, the two factions of immigrants which developed, the wildlife and life generally on a quarantine station. The photocopy was made from a poor copy of the original. Some words may be difficult to read Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - Buchner's book is in the Printed Collection at 910.4; there is a translation of it at fMS-Papers-2226 by Margery Walton, together with a printout of the passenger list of the `Terpsichore' (which is also at Micro-MS-0031) Buchner was doctor on board the `Terpsichore' which left Bremen 18 Nov 1875 and arrived in Wellington 25 March 1876. The passengers were quarantined on Somes Island. This translation covers the arrival in NZ and the quarantine period on Somes Island. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (13 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)