Rona Bay

Date: 1884

By: Williams, William, 1858-1949

Reference: E-278-q-099

Description: Postcard with a photo-mechanical reproduction of a photograph, taken by William Williams in 1884. It shows Okiwi Brown seated at the door of his thatch-roofed hut at Rona Bay. His Maori wife Nan can be seen on the other side of the door. The two men standing near Brown are F W Devereux and T H Wyatt. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photo-lithograph, 64 x 110 mm on card

Date: 1926

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Crichton McKay & Haughton (Firm)

Reference: Plans-91-0162/0164

Description: Shows section detail, half-elevation of ingle, floor plan, section and elevations. Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on dressed linen, and diazo prints, sizes varying up to 380 x 497 mm.

Date: 1911-ca 1940

From: Beauchamp, Judy (Mrs), fl 1978 :Photographs

By: Morris, C H, active 1920s

Reference: PA1-o-348

Description: In part this album revolves around a family (of William Russell Morris) whose centre is the house at 9 Roscoe Terrace, Wadestown. It also revolves around one of the women in that household, Dorothy, who probably compiled the album. There are a number of women family members of different ages with whom (it would seem) she was close. There are also her colleagues at the Wellington Free Kindergarten, Taranaki Street, and the Newtown Kindergarten where she taught during the 1920s. A large part of this album is taken up with images of children, and by the end of the 1930s it looks as though Dorothy was an infant teacher at Marsden Collegiate School, Karori, Wellington, group photographs of pupils taken between 1933 and 1948. Holidays, and group outings sometimes involving picnics make up another large group of images. The only holiday outside New Zealand is to Fiji in 1920, and most of the images taken during this trip are of Indians and Indian events This is very much a woman's compilation. Men as a generalisation are few and far between and somewhat in the background when they appear. Thus it is also a good source of information on the clothing of women and children between 1920 and 1948 An envelope with four loose prints is inserted at the front of the album. Page 49 contains a newspaper cutting, showing a view of the tram stop at Moorhouse Street, Wadestown, with tram tracks and a tram, with bare fields on either side. Other - The school photograph at top left hand corner of page 39, is reproduced in the book "Marsden School" by Tosti Murray (1967), illustration no. 45. It identifies the class, the year, and all the pupils in the image. Other - The name C H Morris is taken from the Photo Archive Albums index, which says C H Morris was the photographer of three albums, and that he was a postmaster-general in the 1920s. There is no C H Morris listed in Wise's Post Office Directory, however William Russell Morris is listed as Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department; and listed as living at 9 Roscoe Terrace. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "The Cambrian album" in gold lettering; 24.5 x 29.5 cm

Date: 1924

From: Various photographers :Prints from panorama negatives

By: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948

Reference: PA6-321

Description: Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Eastbourne Recreation Grounds. Rona Bay, from Refreshment Pavilion. 1924. No. 356 Relationship complexity - Original R P Moore negative held at Pan-2014 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1907

Reference: MapColl-832.4792gbbd/1907?/Acc.22974

Description: Cadastral map of twelve numbered sections, with acreages, along County Road. The Rona Wharf is marked and the borough boundary between Days Bay and Rona Bay. Note on bottom left states: Copy of deed plan Eastbourne ca1907 Note at top right states: This boundary is between Days Bay and Rona Bay Note on bottom right states: This is Russo's property and it is not yet subdiv according to Eastbourne Roll. Russo pays rates Number 46 is handwritten in crayon on bottom right of map Notes on verso state: Mr Bell kindly return. A. Leigh Hunt per [initials or figures indecipherable]. A second pencilled note states: Belonged to Mr Read Title supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper, scale [1:2 376], 40.6 x 33 cm.

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-046151-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1957-1981

From: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986 : Papers

Reference: 2010-184-12

Description: Box contains five collated, mounted and bound volumes of newspaper clippings relating to the Eastern Bays, Wellington. Volumes cover Days Bay, Eastbourne, Rona Bay, Muritai, Eastbourne Borough and harbour ferries (1957-1967, 1968-1973, 1974-1976, 1977-1979, 1980-1981). Interleaved in the volumes are handwriten research notes, typescript correspondence and items of ephemera. Quantity: 1 box(es). Physical Description: Printed material, mss, typescripts & ephemera

Date: Between 1910 and 1913

By: Frank Duncan and Company

Reference: PA5-0149

Description: Rona Bay, Wellington, showing dwellings. Published by Frank Duncan & Co, between 1910 and 1913. Verso contains message unsigned and no salutation Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photograph 84 x 134 mm

Date: 1896

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: McKay, James Hector, -1944

Reference: Plans-90-1480

Description: Plan for a two-bedroom cottage and garden shed. Shows floor plan, front and side elevations, and a section showing the fireplace. Rona Bay was previously called Brown's Bay. Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - J Hector McKay / Helena Sanderson / George H Hall / Eleanor Elizabeth Flannagan Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, on paper 485 x 595 mm. Provenance: Bulleyment Fortune donation, 1990.

Date: 1938

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Crichton McKay & Haughton (Firm)

Reference: Plans-91-2002

Description: Scale 1/8 inch to 1 foot. Front elevation, side elevation, first floor plan and section for a two-storied wooden bungalow Miss Wighton lived at 119 Marine Parade, Rona Bay, Eastbourne. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil with coloured pencil on tracing paper, 438 x 449 mm Provenance: Donation: Bulleyment Fortune Architects, Wellington, 1989

Date: 1957

By: Clere & Clere (Firm)

Reference: Plans-80-0947

Description: Church hall plans, elevations and cross-sections. The proposed new extension includes a kitchen Almost identical to Plans-80-0946, but includes a few extra details and is dated Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed cotton, 414 x 387 mm Provenance: Presented, 1962 by Mr E H Clere

Date: September to December 1916

From: Firth, Pauline J, fl 1977 :Photograph albums of New Zealand and of World War I

By: Whitaker, Arthur, active 1916-1940?

Reference: PA1-o-173

Description: Snapshots of a group of friends at various sites around Wellington, but mostly at Days Bay. Views show a number of people, many of the images at a house in Days Bay which they called Angel's Rest. Photographs have humorous anecdotes, including such notes as `The cup that cheers???', `Mermen', `The smile that won't come off' etc. People are identified only by their Christian names. Collection created by Arthur Whitaker. Inscriptions: Album page - Volume 1. Sunny memories of leisure moments. Arthur Whitaker. 30/9/16 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with grey cover, and with inscription in black ink on front cover; 15.5 x. 11.5 cm

Date: 1925

By: Crichton McKay & Haughton (Firm); Bulleyment Fortune Architects (Firm)

Reference: Plans-97-011-046/050

Description: Includes elevations, floor plans, sections, and details of cupboards. Quantity: 5 plan(s). Physical Description: Plans, some diazo, some pencil and watercolour, varying sizes.

Date: ca 1910

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 2

Reference: PAColl-5584-05

Description: Rona Bay, showing some of the houses, the wharf on the left, a steamer in the harbour, and the road between the houses and the hills. Photographer possibly Aldersley as the photographer's reference is similar to his. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1957

By: Clere & Clere (Firm)

Reference: Plans-80-0946

Description: Church hall plans, elevations and cross-sections. On the verso of the sheet are unfinished drawings for a two-and-a-half-storey house, crossed out. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink & pencil on cartridge paper, 502 x 687 mm Provenance: Presented, 1962 by Mr E H Clere

Date: 1938

Reference: MapColl-832.4792gbbd/1938?/Acc.14547 ; 14548 ; 15549

Description: Three maps comprising one cadastral map of numerous numbered sections, with measurements mainly in perches and a small number include acreages, of the area from Rona Bay through Eastbourne to Muritai. Each sheet is numbered one to three. Sections having private objections and those with borough objections are referred to in keys on each map, as are details of sales of sections. The tables of sales includes reference numbers, dates, sale prices, valuation revision figures and borough council valuations. Includes references to numbered Deeds Plans. Roads are named. Sheet No. 1 of the Rona Bay area includes names of Dellabarca, Topp, Morrison, Mansfield, Johns, Stewart, Virtue, H.I.E.P.B. Includes an enlargement of sections 1 and 2. Sheet No. 2 includes the name of Keasing Sheet No. 3 includes names of Hamilton, Smith, McDonald, James, Bennett, Ayson, McFarlane, Geddis, Collier, Haycock, Grant. Title supplied by cataloguer Eastbourne - 3 maps is handwritten on the verso of sheet no. 3 Sheet No. 1 is written centre right of map Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) on 3 sheets. Physical Description: Ink, pencil and colourwash on dressed linen, coloured, scale not given, 226.7 x 76.5 cm., sheets 78.4 x 76.5 cm. and smaller

Date: 1934

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Crichton McKay & Haughton (Firm)

Reference: Plans-91-0180

Description: Shows floor plan, longitudinal section, front and back elevations, and elevation of the new ingle. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on dressed linen, 410 x 547 mm.

Date: ca 1880s

Reference: PAColl-7541

Description: Okiwi Brown and his wife Nan sitting outside their house at Muritai where they were the first settlers. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - "Hokanui" [sic] Brown with Maori wife first settler, Muritai, Eastbourne c 1890(?) He is said to have given accomodation [sic] to drovers taking stock on the coastal route to the Wairarapa. Photo per John Pascoe, Eastbourne. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Copy of an original print

Date: 1935-1945?

From: Cooper, Charles Stanley, 1920-1999 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1918

Description: Photograph album with images taken in the Wellington region between 1935 and 1945 by an unidentified photographer, possibly Charles Cooper. First half of the album has detailed captions, but there are none in the second half. Includes images of: -Cars in 1935-1936 -Men competing in the Peck Shield Harbour Race in Petone -Picnic with the staff of 'Truth' at Rona Bay -Mourning decorations on Wellington buildings for George V's death -Images taken at Woburn and Silverstream, Lower Hutt -Camping -Spectators watching rugby in Kilbirnie -Family photographs -A photograph of Cooper's father, also named Charles Cooper. He appears in the image captioned "Just a little tub of mine". -Eight prints at the back of the album relate to Cooper's service in the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album, with brown cover embossed with the label 'Snapshots', bound with a string tie

Date: [between 1927-1932]

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

Reference: EP-3991-1/2-G

Description: Days bay or Rona Bay, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt City. Photograph taken between 1927 and 1932 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative