Trails - New Zealand - Otago Region

Date: 1877

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1877-1880]

Reference: E-014-q-3-016

Description: Shows a man walking on a narrow track hewn from a sheer cliff face. One or two other walkers and horses are visible in the distance to the left. The men are probably gold-miners Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - A Rocky defile on the Bendigo Track near Cromwell Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 190 x 290 mm

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to marked walks, trails, tracks and walkways]

Reference: Eph-A-WALKS-Mt-Aspiring

Description: Not yet listed Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Fliers and booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm.

Date: 1886

From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Tasmania and New Zealand sketch book, 1883-1896

Reference: E-175-f-004

Description: Looking up at a high mountain Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 195 x 329 mm

Date: 1882

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] 1871, 1882 and 1885

Reference: E-036-q-1-023/024

Description: The image on the right shows a man walking up a narrow path carved into a cliff, probably associated with gold-mining in Central Otago Havey's Hut was high above Lake Wakatipu, near the gold-mining area Macetown Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on grey-green paper across two sketchbook pages, image size 130 x 382 mm

Date: 1882

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] 1871, 1882 and 1885

Reference: E-036-q-1-025/026

Description: Two views of a narrow path passing round mountainous cliffs. Two mountain peaks are named, one possibly Aur (for Aurum?) Peak, one Mt Soho Harvey's Hut was high above Lake Wakatipu, near the gold-mining area Macetown Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on grey-green and on white paper across two sketchbook pages, image size 130 x 382 mm

Date: 1893

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] November 1893

Reference: E-031-q-2-010

Description: A back view of two heavily-laden horses on a steep and narrow track amidst mountains. 'Snow on track', 'Snow and tussock', 'dull grey [sky] snow falling' noted around the edges of the view Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing in sketchbook, page size 151 x 218 mm

Date: 1878

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1877-1880]

Reference: E-014-q-3-047

Description: A tree lined track above above Warrington with hills and the coast in the background Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Near Warrington 23/3/78 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 290 x 190 mm

Date: 1870 - 1879

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook. 1870s?]

Reference: E-030-q-2-009

Description: Two small drawings on one page. The left-hand view shows a man on horseback part-way up the Devil's Staircase, with Lake Wakatipu and surrounding mountains beyond. The right-hand view is higher up the Devil's Staircase, has a cabbage tree on the right, and looks down the Remarkables into Lake Wakatipu's south arm towards the location of Kingston Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream paper, page size 137 x 223 mm

Date: 1875 - 1885

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Collection of unidentified sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

Reference: A-213-052

Description: A path between trees on a steep hillside, with mountains in the distance Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash with touches of watercolour, 82 x 140 mm

Date: 1895

By: Wilson, Laurence William, 1851-1912

Reference: B-195-001

Description: An early view of the Great Walk, established for sightseers in the 1880s. There are trees in the foreground with a track leading to a wooden house or hut, with a thatched roof and a stone chimney. Shows a man working outside, possibly chopping wood or digging a garden. In the background rise snow-peaked mountains, possibly part of the Humboldt Range Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Hut on the Routeburne Track / Lake Wakatipu / L W Wilson 1895 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on board, 510 x 330 mm

Date: [1930s]

From: Kent, Thelma Rene, 1899-1946 :Prints and negatives of New Zealand wildlife and scenery

Reference: PAColl-3052-08-02

Description: Woman tramper on the track that leads from the Hollyford River to the Dart River via the Harris Saddle and the Routeburn. This track crosses from Southland Region into Otago Region. Photographed by Thelma Kent some time in the 1930s. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - View from the track that leads from Howden Hut, over the Harris Saddle to Routeburn Huts - Southland, New Zealand. Many climbing trips are available in NZ, & many of the high peaks has still been unclimbed. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 20.4 x 15.3 cm