Browns Island (Motukorea)

Date: ca 1930 - 1960

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Sayers, Alan John, 1915-; Whites Aviation Ltd; Ely, Dunstan, active 1949; Smith, Robin Vaughan Francis, 1927-

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-019

Description: Photographs of Auckland City and Harbour taken circa 1930 to 1960 for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of suburbs, parks, the university, Queen Street, the Harbour Bridge and illuminated buildings during the coronation celebrations in 1953. Photographers include R V Francis Smith, Alan Sayers and Dunstan Ely. Also includes several aerial photographs by Whites Aviation Ltd. Quantity: 70 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1900-1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-037498-G

Description: View of boys on a large wooden swing. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Brown's Island. Auckland. 1212 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry glass plate negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1897

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-091

Description: A view of Browns Island, probably from Karaka Bay, St Heliers. The shore is quite rocky. There are two men visible in the foreground, one sitting on a rock, the other pulling in his little rowboat. A larger boat with sails heads for the shore. On the right, a house and a boatshed can be seen amongst the bush Other Titles - Browns Island Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Distance to be softened [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on loose page of sketchbook, 183 x 263 mm

Date: [ca 1930s-1988]

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10010-007

Description: Aerial photographs taken by Leo White and Whites Aviation circa 1930s-1988. Images show the Auckland region, particularly Devonport. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in sets according to location. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Finding Aids: Most of the Whites Aviation negatives have been digitised and images are searchable by Record title and by Whites Aviation reference number e.g. WA-12345..

Date: 24 February 1956

From: Minhinnick, Gordon, 1902-1992 :[111 original pencil and ink cartoons. 1930s-1980s]

Reference: C-171-019

Description: Depicts a farmyard scene with Auckland Mayor John Luxford as a farmer ('Old Man Luxford') leaning on a fence and reading a newspaper. The farmyard contains a number of traditional farm animals (pigs, cows, chickens, ducks and a farm dog) that are being terrorised by baby crocodiles. Traditional stock feed has been replaced with 'Best Algae'. Brown's Island is visible in the background. Refers to two news stories, the first that the Auckland Council was considering farming Brown's Island and the second that farmed crocodiles 'pay dividends'. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Farmer John [in pencil]; Recto - top right - Minhinnick [in ink] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Felt pen and pencil on paper, 365 x 500 mm

Date: 1879

From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]

Reference: E-085-002

Description: Two rough sketches of part of Auckland Harbour. The upper view shows Brown's Island, the lower a rocky shore, with a horse and cart, and the sea and pointed rocks in the background Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 178 x 254 mm (page size).

Date: 1885

From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]

Reference: E-085-052

Description: Several studies on one page, mostly of a small timber scow with one of the lighthouse at Brown's Island, Auckland. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, 178 x 254 mm (page size).

Date: 1954

By: Sanders, James Edward, 1911-1998; New Zealand observer (Newspaper)

Reference: H-633-034/048

Description: New Zealand topics include Auckland Festival of the Arts, undercover traffic officers, the perceived threat of Japanese imports to local manfacturing, dental costs, Auckland's drainage scheme, national economic performance, youth behaviour, the construction of Auckland International Airport, the 1954 Budget, P.A.Y.E., Social credit and the appeal of quackery, the effect of British dockers strikes on goods imported for the Christmas market. International topics include Japanese exports to New Zealand, British influence in Gibraltar, Malta and Suez, Communist China and striking dockers in the United Kingdom. Quantity: 15 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopies. Image sizes approximately 110 x 172 mm.

Date: May 1974

By: Esler, Alan Eric, active 1961-1974

Reference: MS-Papers-10405

Description: Private report: includes a brief history, analysis of vegetation and notes for future management of the island Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) 12 pages. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with map and line drawing (duplicated) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Found in Cataloguing Dept, Jul 1998

Date: Aug 1946

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-03569-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: January 1958, March 1959, May 1960

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7687

Description: Transparencies of aerial views of Auckland Harbour Bridge and Browns Island, taken 1958-1960 by Whites Aviation. Also includes a view of the bridge from the ground. Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: 1986

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

Reference: A-362-084/111

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 28 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1984

From: O'Brien, Gregory, 1961- :[Original illustrations for publications. 1980-1996].

Reference: A-371-151/155

Description: Includes: "Walking bird" [1984?] (Ink and wash) Taranaki" 1984 (Ink and red biro) "Motukorea". 1984 (Ink drawing) "Laingholm". 1984. (Ink drawing) [Poet asleep]. [June] 1984. (Ink and wash drawing) Quantity: 5 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings, sizes varying Provenance: Donated by Gregory O'Brien, Wellington, in 2005.

Date: January 1958, January 1961, January 1962

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7688

Description: Transparencies of aerial views of Browns Island, and Rocky Bay and Matiatia on Waiheke Island, and view of Queen Street, Auckland City, taken 1958 and 1961-1962 by Whites Aviation Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: 1980

From: Brown, Helen Campbell 1917-1986 :[Sketches]. 1937-1982.

By: Brown, Helen Campbell, 1917-1986; Jones, Lesley, active 1987

Reference: A-167-018

Description: Shows distant island across calm water. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - HELEN BROWN . 80; Verso - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 253 x 354 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/ inventory available.. Provenance: Donation from the estate of the artist, 1987.

Date: 1879

From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]

Reference: E-085-003

Description: Two rough sketches. The upper view shows Brown's Island, the lower looks across to Somes Island from Eastbourne, taking in the foreshore at Lowry Bay to the right and a building near the summit of Somes Island Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & wash, 178 x 254 mm (page size).

Date: 1952 - 1953

By: Sanders, James Edward, 1911-1998; New Zealand observer (Newspaper)

Reference: J-036-001/088

Description: New Zealand topics include family life, a proposed atomic power plant for Auckland, rates blowout in Auckland, electoral boundary changes, rising public transport fares, retailing, banking, income tax, agricultural protection policies, power cuts and hydroelectric power, flucating wool prices, financing of and patronage of the arts, telephone tapping, undercover police, education policy and funding of the Education Department, meat imports from Denmark, meat trade with the United States, trade with the USSR, political parties, the cost of living, difficulties funding the construction of the Auckland Harbour bridge, the Land Settlement Bill, local body financing, the profitability of the National Airways Corporation, deregulation of power boards, sales tax on motor vehicles and aging vehicles, import controls, traffic accidents and drivers' licences, manners and customs, Royal visit, international borrowing from the United States, public expenditure, taxation, funding of Auckland's sewage scheme, price controls, exchange controls, the budget, strikes, housing policies, the election, betting, rugby, cricket spectators, rabbiters, hairdessing prices and the liquor trade and duck shooting. International topics include relations between the United Kingdom and the United States, the Empire Finance Ministers Conference, naval command of the Atlantic, climate change and international relations in Europe, the British monarchy, the "communist threat from the 'Red East' ", US President Eisenhower's dealings with USSR President Joseph Stalin, judicial power disputes in South Africa, race relations in South Africa and in Kenya, New Zealand's meat trade with the United States, meat imports from Denmark, New Zealand's trade with the USSR, the American Presidential election, Pacific region relationships, an international air race, the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain, attacks on British residents in Egypt, the spece of the Korean war, disputes over Persian oil and internal politics in Persia (Iran). Quantity: 88 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 size photocopies, vertical orientation. Image size approximately 370 by 250 mm.

Date: 8 Jun 1959

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-51155-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 31 Aug 1967

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-67143-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: Jan 1938

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-62741-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Leo White Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches