Macquarie Island

Date: 1875-[ca 1930]

By: Mackay, Robert Percy, 1862-1948

Reference: MS-Group-0337

Description: Consists of 3 logs written by Mackay on the whaling ship Splendid for the years 1875-1877. The logs detail the voyages of the ship from Port Chalmers to various places around New Zealand, the Southern Ocean and into the Pacific. Also contains discharge papers dated Oct 1877; an annotated copy of `The Cruise of the Cachalot' by Frank T Bullen published in 1899 and an annotated proof of a galley for a newspaper article, ca 1930s, reporting on Mackay's life and his claim that Bullen's 1899 book was in fact based on the Splendid. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 4 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Quilters Bookshop, Wellington, 1994

Date: 1820

By: Bellingshausen, Fabian Gottlieb Benjamin, 1778-1852

Reference: MapColl-839aj/[1820]/Acc.820

Description: Photostat from ms in the Admiralty Library, London, from the Russian expedition under Capt. Thaddeus von Bellingshausen in the sloops `Vostok' and Mirnyi, 1819-21. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: 44 x 32 cm. Scale [ca. 1:130 000]

Date: 1957

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

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-339

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1877

By: Wilson, John, active 1877

Reference: qMS-2274-2275

Description: Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 2 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (32 cm; marbled boards)

Date: n d

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

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-349

Description: Includes historical notes, photographs, clippings and Oil Hunter's Agreement Other - Negative of `Auckland Weekly News' for 16 Oct 1919 photograph entitled `Massacre of the penguins' available (C20919) Quantity: 1 folder(s) 76 pages.

Date: 1957

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

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-346

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: n d

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

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-348

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1948-1949

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: PAColl-0614-2-17

Description: Photographs of the Australian National Antarctic Expedition, 1948-1949, taken by David Eastman and Alan Campbell-Drury for the Australian Department of Information and collected by the Evening Post. Photographs show the party on Macquarie Island where they re-established a weather station, and on Heard Island where they established the first station for the island. Quantity: 28 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 15 Jul 1912-26 Jan 1913

From: Sawyer, Arthur John, 1885-1932 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8335-2

Description: Letters from Sawyer to his mother while working as a radio operator on Macquarie Island. Also two post cards, 12 Jan 1915 and letter to `Ivy' from Gilbert Island, 30 Aug 1920 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: [ca 1910-1925]

From: Sparks, Hinemoa : Papers relating to Captain John Bollons

Reference: MSX-2993

Description: Includes important material on Captain Reed's occupation (with his wife) of Sunday Island, in the Kermadec Islands, from 1837-1845, together with Thomas Bell's and Captain Baker's later settlement there (page 10). Includes three page typed account [ca 1960s] by G H Edwards of the wreck of the "Orpheus" (which post-dates the compilation of the volume). Quantity: 1 volume(s) roughly 100 pages. Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: [ca 1913]

By: Whiteman, Alan Leonard, 1922-

Reference: PAColl-8261

Description: Photographs of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) led by Sir Douglas Mawson, taken ca 1913 by an unknown photographer. Includes images of brigantine Rachel Cohen, staff of the Macquarie Island station, a launch landing at Nuggets Point, sea leopard, wrecks of schooners Gratitude and Clyde, men of Hatch's oil party from Macquarie Island, crew of the SS Tutanekai at Port Ross in the Auckland Islands, and a surf boat alongside a ship at Enderby Island. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints 12.2 x 16.4 cm Provenance: Donated by Alan L Whiteman, Lower Hutt, 2005

Date: 10 Dec 1911-12 March 1912

From: Sawyer, Arthur John, 1885-1932 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8335-1

Description: Letters from Sawyer to his mother while a member of the Mawson Expedition to Macquarie Island Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1955

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

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-338

Description: Typescript consisting of chapters 13-22 & appendices Quantity: 1 folder(s) ts.

Date: Dec 1900-Mar 1904

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: MSY-4600

Description: A journal kept by Ranfurly's chief aide-de-camp, Dudley Alexander. Most of the journal comprises his illustrated letters to his sister Alice. This give detailed descriptions of places, various events and travels, people met and observed, historical anecdotes and more as Alexander accompanies the Governor, the Governor's family, politicians and others around New Zealand. The accounts are profusely illustrated with artworks, photographs, newspaper clippings and other mementoes of Alexander's travels. The events and adventures described are: A cruise on the Government steamer `Hinemoa' to New Zealand's sub-antarctic islands, 27 December 1900 to 21 January 1900. Included are sketches by Alexander, plant specimens, newspaper clippings and a photograph of the `Hinemoa'. A March 1901 tour on the Governor's train through the central North Island to Lake Taupo. A April 1901 tour by horse and train from Auckland to Wellington via Tauranga, Kati Kati, Paeroa, Te Kuiti, Mokau, New Plymouth, Opunake and Hawera, with accompanying map and photographs. A December 1901-January 1902 second visit to the sub-antarctic islands on the "SS Tutanekai". On this visit Ranfurly was accompanied by his wife and by the artist C N Worsley. Accompanying the account are sketch maps by Alexander, watercolours by Lady Ranfurly and Worsley, a sketch of an seabird by Dr Wilson of the Antarctic `Discovery' expedition, and a photograph of Alexander and Lady Ranfurly shooting seabirds. An account of a excursion on the Tasman Glacier, 12-16 February with Lady Ranfurly, with a watercolour sketch of Alexander by Lady Ranfurly, sketch maps and photographs. A March 1902 excursion to Mount Cook through central Otago, where Alexander describes the gold fields at length, Alexandra and Dunedin, illustrated with sketches, photographs, a map, and a small gold nugget. A railway journey on the lines south of Auckland, through Waingaro and Cambridge and on to Rotorua and surrounding districts, through the King Country and back to Auckland, accompanied by photographs and newspaper clippings. A drive through inland Victoria, Australia, in November 1902. A fishing expedition to the Opihi River near Timaru. A April-March 1903 expedition on the Tasman Glacier with photographs. Clippings relating to the Antarctic `Discovery' expedition of 1901-1903, with a sketch map by Alexander and a 23 March letter from Edward Evans of the expedition. A May 1903 railway journey to Rotorua from Auckland, with sketches and photographs of Tarawera and thermal areas, and on to Te Aroha and then to Te Kuiti, Waimarino and surrounding areas. Their are extensive photographs of and sketches of the party, the thermal areas and of a Maori whare inspected at Te Kuiti. A February excursion on the `Hinemoa' to Collingwood, Karamea, Westport, Greymouth, and back to Nelson. A journey through the Urewera ranges to Ruatoki to talk with Tuhoe leaders, with extensive photographs of the expedition. This expedition is also covered in a photograph album. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter

Date: 1902

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: E-566-f-011

Description: Shows a view across water to a line of small rocky islands with surf breaking on them. Gulls hover over the water in the foreground. Extended Title - From his "Sketches among the islands of the South Pacific", 1902. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C.N.W. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on page of sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, on page 235 x 390 mm.

Date: 1902

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: E-566-f-007

Description: Shows the beach at Nugget Point, crowded with penguins which surround the upright hulk of the "Gratitude" beached above the tide. A rocky island stands offshore to the right. The "Gratitude" was wrecked at Nugget Point, Macquarie Island, on 10 November 1898. Extended Title - From his "Sketches among the islands of the South Pacific", 1902. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C.N.W. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on page of sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, on page 235 x 390 mm.

Date: 1902

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: E-566-f-012

Description: Shows a view along a beach towards a rocky outcrop in the middle distance. In the right foreground stand groups of crested penguins, stretching away in larger groups along the beach. Extended Title - From his "Sketches among the islands of the South Pacific", 1902. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C.N.W. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on page of sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, on page 235 x 390 mm.

Date: 1891

From: New Zealand Graphic. [Auckland, N.Z., 1890-1908]

By: New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal

Reference: PUBL-0126-1891-365

Description: Shows an arrangement of ten images including: The North End, Bishop and Clerk Rocks, The Nuggets, The ketch Gratitude, Lusitania Bay - oil works and penguin rookery, SS Kakanui, Mainsail Reef, King penguins, Sea elephant, South East Harbour. Other Titles - Macquarie Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, on page of newspaper

Date: [Between 1950 and 1959]

Reference: 1/1-002737-F

Description: A view of Anare Station on Macquare Island, taken in the 1950s by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1902

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: E-566-f-010

Description: Shows a view across water to small rocky islands off the larger island, part of which can be seen at the right. Gulls hover over the water in the foreground. Extended Title - From his "Sketches among the islands of the South Pacific", 1902. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C.N.W. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on page of sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, on page 235 x 390 mm.