Larus novahollandiae
Salmon album 9
Date: [Between December 1943 and February 1946]
From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints
By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999
Reference: PA1-q-205
Description: Photographs from three expeditions in the Homer area, between the Upper Hollyford Valley and the Cleddau Valley, December 1943-January 1944; December 1944-January 1945; and the Homer Tunnel Museum Expedition in February 1946, all taken by John Tenison Salmon. Many of the photographs are landscapes, but others show native plants growing in the area. Two sequences show the damage caused by avalanches, one showing damage to bush and to a bridge in 1944; the others show damage from a major avalanche which buried the eastern portal of the Homer Tunnel which was under construction at the time (September 1945). Members of the first two expeditions include George Howes and Murray Smith, and Walter Reginald Brook Oliver and Ray Forster. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 30 x 24 cm
Sound recordings of red-billed gulls (tarapunga), Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus
Date: 4 Feb 1983 - 15 Oct 1984 - 1 Nov 1984 - 04 Feb 1983
From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording
Reference: OHInt-0834-014
Description: Four tracks: Track 1: adults, calls reaction to presence of recordist; locality Kapiti Island, Wharekohu, southern end of island; rocky bay to west of Wharekohu, gulls nesting on a small stack a few yards from shore; sitting on nests or perching nearby, occasional short flights over colony; distance 10m; weather fine mild calm; recorded 4 Feb 1983. Tracks 2-4: South East (Rangatira) Island, Chatham group. Track 2: adult pair, reaction to recordist; locality north landing wave platform, rocky shore; standing beside nest site (no eggs laid yet); distance 7m; slight sea noise; weather fine cool, W wind; recorded 15 Oct 1984, 1230 hrs. Track 3: adults in nesting colony (20), reaction to recordist; locality west landing, rocky headland; gulls standing beside nest sites; distance 6m; some white-fronted tern calls from nearby; weather fine cool, W wind; recorded 15 Oct 1984, 1400 hrs. Track 4: adults at breeding colony; territory calls; locality Maggie's lookout near west landing; rocky shore; sitting or flying round colony; sound of sea, white-fronted terns in background; weather cool cloudy, fresh SW wind; recorded 1 Nov 1984, 0830 hrs. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT5-1598 Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). 4 event(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other see catalogue cards 279. Search dates: 1983 - 1984
Travel in New Zealand
Date: Probably March 20 - 21 1959
From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia
Reference: PA12-8793
Description: Transparency slides of Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams') travel in New Zealand in 1959. This sheet of slides was probably taken earlier than those on some of the preceding sheets (information from his diary). This sheet contains images taken between Lower Hutt, Masterton and Castle Point in the Wairarapa. Included are interior and exterior views of St James' Anglican Church in Lower Hutt; a view of the pass over the Rimutakas; St Matthew's Church and several street scenes in Masterton; Jessie Cooper's home; the open air Masterton Swimming Pool; views of the Wairarapa Plains with a sheep station; the Ruamahanga River; Mt Holdsworth Reserve looking up to the Tararua Range; views of Castle Point, including one of shells embedded in rock, the NZ native ice plant "disphyma australe"; and a woman selling fruit and vegetables at a roadside stall on the Carterton Road. Slides on this sheet are numbered 529-532, with gaps for 531, 534, 539-540 and 553. Arrangement: Mr Williams transferred slides (nos. 531, 534, 539-540, 553). These showed the Rimutaka Pass, a Masterton street scene, the Wairarapa Plains with the Ruamahunga River and sheep, and Cabbage Tree Grove on Palliser Road, which he took as part of his representative collection on New Zealand for various lectures which he gave when he returned to England. The lecture series are filed in later sequences. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm
Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :Gulls & Cape Runaway. 1957.
Date: 1957
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
By: Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965
Reference: B-165-008
Description: Shows a group of red-billed gulls standing on a curve of beach, with a hilly headland in the distance. Other Titles - And Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - [Signed and dated] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 255 x 355 mm (sight)
Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :[Red-billed gulls, ca 1940?]
Date: 1945 - 1955
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
Reference: E-709-q-006
Description: A red-billed gull exhibiting various behaviours Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sketchbook page, 253 x 291 mm
Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :[Red billed gulls. ca 1950]
Date: 1945 - 1955
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
Reference: E-708-q-001/004
Description: Pencil sketches of red-billed gulls Quantity: 4 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings on four pages of sketchbook, each 250 x 317 mm.
Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :[Red billed gulls. ca 1950] Eye greeny grey with red rim.
Date: 1945 - 1955
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
Reference: E-708-q-010
Description: Watercolour of two standing red-billed gulls, with colour notes Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on page of sketchbook, 250 x 317 mm.
Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :[Red-billed gulls. ca 1940?]
Date: 1945 - 1955
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
Reference: E-709-q-007/009
Description: Studies of gulls, including drawings of their legs Quantity: 3 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, with watercolour, on three sketchbook pages, 253 x 291 mm
Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :[Red billed gulls. ca 1950]
Date: 1945 - 1955
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
Reference: E-708-q-011/014
Description: Sketches of red-billed gulls Quantity: 4 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings with watercolour, on four pages of sketchbook, each 250 x 317 mm.
Commercial slides of New Zealand
Date: 1958 to 1959
From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia
By: Kiwi Colour Slides
Reference: PA12-8801
Description: Transparency slides of Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams'). Purchased slides of New Zealand plants including golden tainui and wineberry (makomako); and 22 slides of native New Zealand birds, and birds found in New Zealand. Headings listed above. All images part of series produced by Kiwi Colour Slides. Slides on this sheet are numbered 723-745, with one extra between 743 and 745 showing a pukeko, possibly photographed from a book or from information in a museum. Arrangement: Mr Williams transferred slides to create a representative collection on New Zealand which he used in lecture series on his return to England. None of this sheet were used in this way. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm
Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Dead seagull with wounded breast. 1886-1888].
Date: 1886 - 1888
From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Whangarei and Waiwera sketchbook. 1886-1888].
Reference: E-598-051
Description: Shows a redbilled gull lying on a grey background with a wound to its breast. Extended Title - from his Whangarei and Waiwera sketchbook, 1886-1888, page 51. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sketchbook page 223 x 145 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2002.
Ching, Raymond Harris 1939- :Red billed gull / Auckland, International Art Centre, c 1986.
Date: 1986
By: Ching, Raymond Harris, 1939-; International Art Centre (Auckland)
Reference: C-117-089
Description: Shows a red-billed gull and its reflection in shallow water From original signed watercolour. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Signed in pencil]: Raymond Ching; Recto - bottom centre - [Title]; Recto - bottom left - Published by International Art Centre / c 1986 Raymond Ching; Recto - bottom right - This reproduction is one of a single edition, limited to 850 copies, signed and numbered by the artist. (In fact this copy is unnumbered). Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 470 x 610 mm, on sheet 568 x 690 mm. Provenance: Deposited under Copyright.
Power, Elaine, 1931- :Gulls [1990]
Date: 1990
From: Power, Elaine, 1931- :[Bird studies prepared for four "Birds of New Zealand" books. 1987-1991.]
Reference: A-374-114
Description: Shows studies of a black billed gull and a red billed gull in flight, the head of a red billed gull, and a black-billed chick. Artwork prepared for publication in Elaine Power's "Sea and shore birds of New Zealand" (1990). This image appears on page 44 of this book. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sheet 297 x 210 mm.
Power, Elaine, 1931- :Black-billed gull [and] red-billed gulls [1990]
Date: 1990
From: Power, Elaine, 1931- :[Bird studies prepared for four "Birds of New Zealand" books. 1987-1991.]
Reference: A-374-113
Description: Shows a black billed gull and a red billed gull, with a juvenile red-billed gull, on wet sand. Title details appear on tracing paper overlay. Artwork prepared for publication in Elaine Power's "Sea and shore birds of New Zealand" (1990). This image appears on page 43 of this book. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sheet 300 x 205 mm, with tracing paper overlay.
Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :[Watercolour of red billed gulls. ca 1950]
Date: 1945 - 1955
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
Reference: E-708-q-005
Description: Watercolour of two standing red-billed gulls, with colour notes and the word 'Bad' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on page of sketchbook, 250 x 317 mm.
Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965 :[Red billed gulls. ca 1950]
Date: 1945 - 1955
From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].
Reference: E-708-q-006/008
Description: Pencil sketches of red-billed gulls Quantity: 3 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings on three pages of sketchbook, each 250 x 317 mm.
Red billed gull on nest
Date: [ca 1920s]
From: Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand :Photographs relating to Perrine Moncrieff
Reference: PAColl-3295-1-32
Description: Red billed gull on a nest at an unidentified location. Photograph taken circa 1920s. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 7 x 11.5 cm