Browning Pass/Noti Raureka

Date: [Between 1930 and 1935]

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

By: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972; Wildey, Alexander, 1865-1953

Reference: PA1-o-408

Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others in the Southern Alps. They include views of mountain ranges, glaciers and valleys; mountain huts and life enjoyed by the mountaineers. Most of the photographs are fully described, with names of people usually given with initials and surnames, or nicknames. Landscapes too, are mostly fully described, with peaks and routes traversed marked on the images. The album includes a map of the Rakaia-Mathias River area, drawn by E. Porter; a map of the "Three pass route" across the Southern Alps, drawn by Len Boot (p. 003); two extracts from the New Zealand Alpine Journal hand-written by J D Pascoe (from Vol. IV, no. 18, p. 209-210; and Vol. IV, no. 18, p. 213-214); and a photograph of a painting by A E Wildey, with caption "Artist's versin of Carrington Peak" (p. 028). Pages 89-94 show the preparations and work undertaken by a large rescue party involved in searching for two school teachers, B Robbins and H D Smith, who died while attempting to cross the Harman Pass, en route from Hokitika to the Bealey. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in bottom right-hand corner; [247 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1910

From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Canterbury, Central Otago, Southland and Stewart Island sketches - 1889-1920

Reference: A-026-08-030

Description: Shows a view of hills and mountains. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 183 x 277 mm

Date: 1865

From: Dobson, Edward 1816-1908 :[Illustrations for] Report...upon the practicability of constructing a bridle road through the gorge of the Otira... - [Christchurch] ; Ward & Reeves, [1865].

By: Dobson, Edward, 1816-1908

Reference: A-004-025

Description: Shows a valley with a river meandering through with hills to the left and right of the valley. Plate from: Dobson, E. Report to the Secretary of Public Works upon the practicability of constructing a bridle path through the gorge of the Otira... In: Canterbury Provincial Council. Proceedings session XXIII, 1865, p [41]-64. Figs. 14-40 (fig. 15 incorrectly numbered 13). (Vol. now discarded). Related pencil sketches (acquired loose in same vol.) held at A-001-012/030. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, 90 x 141 mm

Date: 1865

By: Park, Robert, 1812-1870

Reference: A-215-021

Description: Indicates Twin Peaks and Lake Browning. Signed lower right. Fragmented, with extensive losses, removing part of the title. Source unknown. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on tracing paper 260 x 312 mm

Date: 1865

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: C-097-032

Description: Browning Pass in spring as viewed from Walter Greenlaw's camp, with Twin Peaks and Hamer Falls below, on the left in the distance Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Title in ink; Verso - centre right - Browning's Pass in spring (in ink) - Hamer Falls (in pencil), Twin Pks (outline in pencil); Verso - centre left - From Cronin Creek junction (in pencil) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 180 x 400 mm

Date: 1910

From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Canterbury, Central Otago, Southland and Stewart Island sketches - 1889-1920

Reference: A-026-08-029

Description: Shows rocky hills. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 183 x 277 mm

Date: 1865

From: Dobson, Edward 1816-1908 :[Illustrations for] Report...upon the practicability of constructing a bridle road through the gorge of the Otira... - [Christchurch] ; Ward & Reeves, [1865].

By: Dobson, Edward, 1816-1908

Reference: A-004-024

Description: Shows hills covered in grass with mountains in the far distance. Plate from: Dobson, E. Report to the Secretary of Public Works upon the practicability of constructing a bridle path through the gorge of the Otira... In: Canterbury Provincial Council. Proceedings session XXIII, 1865, p [41]-64. Figs. 14-40 (fig. 15 incorrectly numbered 13). (Vol. now discarded). Related pencil sketches (acquired loose in same vol.) held at A-001-012/030. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, 89 x 141 mm

Date: 1866

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-034

Description: Browning Pass as viewed from the first junction the Stewart River with Mount Harman in the distance on the right Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Title in ink; Verso - centre - Mt Harman - in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 180 x 265 mm

Date: 1865

From: Dobson, Edward 1816-1908 :[Illustrations for] Report...upon the practicability of constructing a bridle road through the gorge of the Otira... - [Christchurch] ; Ward & Reeves, [1865].

By: Dobson, Edward, 1816-1908

Reference: A-004-026

Description: Shows a sectional diagram of Browning's Pass indicating depicting two steep sloping mountains on the left and right with a valley in between and mountains in the background. Plate from: Dobson, E. Report to the Secretary of Public Works upon the practicability of constructing a bridle path through the gorge of the Otira... In: Canterbury Provincial Council. Proceedings session XXIII, 1865, p [41]-64. Figs. 14-40 (fig. 15 incorrectly numbered 13). (Vol. now discarded). Related pencil sketches (acquired loose in same vol.) held at A-001-012/030. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, 89 x 148 mm

Date: 1866

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-001-031

Description: A mountain landscape See also watercolour by Julius von Haast at A-149-006. Lithograph by Ward & Reeves in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes'. Christchurch, 1867, plate 15. The inscription is apparently not in Haast's hand, but the drawing is consistent with A-001-012/030, [Drawings relating to Edward Dobson's Report... 1865?], q.v. References: Ellis 691 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and Chinese white ; 178 x 243 mm

Date: 5 Jul-16 Aug 1865

By: Newbery, Alfred, active 1863-1884

Reference: MS-Papers-4212

Description: Diary covers period 5 Jul 1865 when the party left Christchurch to 16 Aug when an ascent was made to the top of the Pass. Details the activities of members of the party including a fatal shooting (of Joseph Trounce) and daily progress of survey work. Diary appears to be incomplete. Further information, gathered during processing, and concerning Joseph Trounce is enclosed. Source of title - From first page Accompanying material - Letter dated 14 Dec 1865, posted from Hawford near Christchurch to `My Dear Arthur', in same hand but unsigned, containing more information about the journey. Arrangement: Numbered as instalments 1-3 and probably posted to relatives Newbery, a Canterbury farmer and provincial government agent, participated in this expedition, which was contracted by the Canterbury Provincial Government to survey and lay-off a road to the West Coast goldfields via Browning's Pass. Survey party was led by John Samuel Browning and Arthur Dudley Dobson. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (12 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) Photocopy is enlarged 1.42x from the original Finding Aids: Index to persons mentioned in diary, with page numbers, is enclosed. Includes photocopy of a photograph taken at a later date showing the track

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-006

Description: Shows the valley of the Wilberforce River, with the Gap, and the Twin Peaks and Hall (Hamer) Waterfall in the left distance. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 15 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. Original watercolour for A-149-006 is at C-097-033 Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - Browning Pass Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Twin Peaks [ink]; Hall waterfall [pencil]; Gap [ink] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 142 x 248 mm.

Date: 1865

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-028

Description: Shows a panorama looking north and south from the mouth of the Hokitika River with shipwrecks near the bar to the right, the river winding inland to the left, the town and wharves to the far left and the Southern Alps in the background. Many peaks are identified, including, from left, North Range Kanieri, South Range Kanieri, Browning Pass, Mount Cook, Mount Stokes, Mount Hooker Reproduced in: Burrows, Colin James. 'Julius Haast in the Southern Alps'. Canterbury University Press, 2005, plate 31. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 128 x 1325 mm

Date: 1866

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-033

Description: Browning Pass looking north from the valley of the Wilberforce, as viewed from Walter Greenlaw's hut. Twin Peaks are on the left, and Hamer Falls below. Includes artist's notes in pencil. Original field watercolour for (A-149-006) entitled `View of Brownings Pass from the valley of the Wilberforce', 1866. Published Haast, Sir J.F.J von. Report on the headwaters of the Rakaia River, Christchurch, 1866. Plate 15. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Title in ink; Recto - above image - Looking north - in pencil; Verso - centre right - Pencil outline and rough sketch labelled `Twin Pks' and `Hamer Falls' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 180 x 265 mm

Date: 1865 - 1940

From: New Zealand. Internal Affairs Department :Making New Zealand; pictorial surveys of a century. Wellington, Department of Internal Affairs, 1940.

Reference: PUBL-0098-01-03-24

Description: A cartoon showing Sir John Hall training his telescope in the direction of Athurs Pass (indicated by a signpost), while an old woman embodying "The Standard" newspaper, stands beside him. "Making New Zealand" comments that public opinion was in favour of the route to the West Coast being over Brownings Pass, but the "Standard" agreed with Sir John Hall. Extended Title - From "Making New Zealand", New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, 1940. Volume 1, no 3, page 24. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print.

Date: 1865

From: Punch in Canterbury. Vol 1 no 1 (Apr 8 1865) - Vol 1 no 20 (August 19 1865?) [Christchurch, 1865]

Reference: PUBL-0078-003

Description: A cartoon showing a Canterbury squatter on the back of a mule labelled Public Works. The squatter is urging on the mule with carrots marked 'wethers 30 [shillings]', 'profit' and 'surplus stock'. The mule carries panniers filled with 'Dobson's report' and 'Browning's report'. Behind the mule is an old woman representing the Standard newspaper. The mule is kicking her over. The setting is a mountainous scene with a signpost pointing to Arthur's Pass in one direction and to Browning's Pass in the other. Refers to agitation in Christchurch to improve access to the gold-rush in Westland to allow a market for suplus stock and to enable trading between the west and east coasts. The reference to 'Dobson's report' is to Arthur Dudley Dobson's report on the feasibility of using Arthur's Pass to travel between Canterbury and Westland. 'Browning's report' is to John Browning's similar report about Browning's Pass. The latter, higher and further south, was not developed. Published in Making New Zealand, Vol 1, no. 3, p. 24, Navigators and explorers; and Vol 1 no. 7, p. 9. The squatters. (1940) Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-007

Description: Lake Browning in the centre, the Southern Alps beyond. Named features are Hall Glacier, Twin Peaks, River Arahura, Lake Browning, and Mt Harman. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 16 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. Original watercolour at C-097-035 Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - View of Browning Pass Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Hall Glacier; Twin Peaks; R. Arahura; Lake Browning; Mt Harman Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 100 x 275 mm.

Date: 1906

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

By: New Zealand Geological Survey; Bell, James Abbott Mackintosh (Dr), 1877-1934; Mackay, John, 1851-1937

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-3/17/231/Acc.54917

Description: Topographical plan of Browning's Pass and part of Davie & Wilberforce Survey Districts. Heading: "To accompany report on the Hokitika Sheet of the North Westland Quadrangle". Published by New Zealand Geological Survey, under James Mackintosh Bell, Director. Drawn by R J Crawford, June 1906. Printed by John Mackay, Government Printer. Also states "From topographical surveys by R P Greville and C E Adams. Trig data supplied by the Lands and Survey Department". Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed map on paper, mounted on linen-backed card with linen binding tape edge, scale 80 chains to 1 inch, 46 x 50 cm