Ōtamahua / Quail Island

Date: 1857

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875; Brooks, Vincent, active 1850s-1880s; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-109-043-a

Description: View looking down from Mount Pleasant towards the township of Lyttelton, with streets, houses, churches, commercial buildings and wharves visible. Several ships moored in the stream, Quail Island can be seen to the right and the hills opposite (Diamond Harbour, Purau, Teddington). In the foreground are cabbage trees to the left and rocky outcrops to the right After Edmund Norman's lithograph: Lyttelton, Port Victoria, 1855, reference number B-051-006, which in its turn is based on an ink drawing in the Library's collection, Lyttelton Port Victoria, reference number B-009-008. A second very similar drawing with the same title is held at B-009-009 Extended Title - From: Hursthouse, Charles. New Zealand or Zealandia. Opposite p.226 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, tinted, 89 x 153 mm

Date: 1857

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875; Brooks, Vincent, active 1850s-1880s; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-109-043

Description: View looking down from Mount Pleasant towards the township of Lyttelton, with streets, houses, churches, commercial buildings and wharves visible. Several ships moored in the stream, Quail Island can be seen to the right and the hills opposite (Diamond Harbour, Purau, Teddington). In the foreground are cabbage trees to the left and rocky outcrops to the right After Edmund Norman's lithograph: Lyttelton, Port Victoria, 1855, reference number B-051-006, which in its turn is based on an ink drawing in the Library's collection, Lyttelton Port Victoria, reference number B-009-008. A second very similar drawing with the same title is held at B-009-009 Extended Title - From: Hursthouse, Charles. New Zealand or Zealandia. Opposite p.226 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, tinted, 89 x 153 mm

Date: 1853 - 1966

By: Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885; Avon Fine Prints; Adlard, Henry, active 1822-1853

Reference: B-076-013-a

Description: Looking down Lyttelton Harbour towards its entrance and Godley Head, from Quail Island, with the settlement of Lyttelton at the foot of the Port Hills on the left in the distance. A small house and garden are in the foreground, the home of Mr Hamilton Ward on Quail Island. A dog is tethered near kennels beyond the fence on the right. Various features are numbered, including Mount Pleasant, the town and the Sumner Road A reproduction of an engraving originally published in Adams, C E. A spring in the Canterbury settlement. (London, Longman Brown, 1853) Plate 1. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph (hand coloured) 6.1 x 10.5 in on sheet 10 x 15 in

Date: 1849

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-075-2

Description: View from above the Sumner Road, Lyttelton, looking south towards Quail Island. The drawing appears to be a preliminary sketch for Mantell's ink drawing at C-103-075-1 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 85 x 201 mm

Date: 1853

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866

Reference: A-048-034

Description: View from high above Lyttelton, looking east, with bush on the slopes of the foreground. Holy Trinity Church in Lyttelton can be seen below, along with several houses. The harbour and Quail Island are in the middle distance with the eastern hills of the harbour in the distance For attribution and provenance see A-048-027. Other Titles - Bridle Track; Bridle Path Inscriptions: Verso - Title and date from pencil inscription Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 175 x 252 mm

Date: 1853 - 1966

By: Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885; Avon Fine Prints; Adlard, Henry, active 1822-1853

Reference: B-076-013

Description: Looking down Lyttelton Harbour towards its entrance and Godley Head, from Quail Island, with the settlement of Lyttelton at the foot of the Port Hills on the left in the distance. A small house and garden are in the foreground, the home of Mr Hamilton Ward on Quail Island. A dog is tethered near kennels to the right, beyond a fence. Various features are numbered, including Mount Pleasant, the town, and the Sumner Road A reproduction of an engraving originally published in Adams, C E. A spring in the Canterbury settlement. (London, Longman Brown, 1853), Plate 1. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph (Hand-coloured) 152 x 260 mm on sheet 253 x 376 mm

Date: [ca 1915-1918]

By: Harris, H (Lieutenant), active 1915-1918

Reference: MS-Papers-2759

Description: An account written by Lieutenant Harris relating to the capture of The `Pass of Belmaha', a United States vessel, by a German submarine. Typescript (copy) of Canterbury art work (details of Plate 1 & 2) by unidentified artist. Sub-title is `Port & Harbour of Lyttelton, from the residence of Hamilton Ward Esq, Quail Island', undated Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typescript

Date: 1854

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866

Reference: A-048-038

Description: Looking down into Lyttelton from a southerly point above the town, with a large flax bush to the left, scrub and trees on the slopes, Holy Trinity Church and houses below, with the Harbour, Quail Island and the south-east end of the harbour (Teddington) in the distance For attribution and provenance see A-048-027. Inscriptions: Verso - Title and date from pencil inscription Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 175 x 258 mm

Date: 1934

By: Ward, Louis Ernest, 1866-1938

Reference: A-197-031

Description: Looking across a paddock towards a fence and gate and a line of trees, with the roofs of several houses visible among trees to the left. In the background is Lyttelton Harbour with Quail Island right of centre and the entrance to the Harbour in the distance. A wharf or boatshed is visible in a bay to the left, probably part of Governor's Bay Signed: L.E. Ward. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 210 x 260 mm

Date: [ca 1890]

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA7-53-17

Description: View of Lyttelton Harbour from Quail Island. In the middle foreground is a man pointing to something in the far distance. The jetty (with winch) can be seen on the left. Photograph taken by Wheeler and Son, date unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 19 x 24 cm

Date: [19--]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries

Reference: MS-Papers-0261-01/4

Description: Untitled small notebook containing certain agreements re style for `Horowhenua'. Reporter's notebook labelled `Tararua', containing list of "Illustrations", and pencilled notes on Tararua trips. Exercise book containing large number of loose sketches and maps of Central Hawke's Bay; Hastings and Cape Kidnappers; Palmerston North (fossil bed); Plimmerton area; Lyttelton and Quail Island; Port Nicholson/Hutt/Wainuiomata; Wairekei Geyser Valley; Kapiti Island; Foxton/Shannon area Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 pieces].

Date: 1857

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875; Brooks, Vincent, active 1850s-1880s

Reference: A-109-043-b

Description: View looking down from Mount Pleasant towards the township of Lyttelton, with streets, houses, churches, commercial buildings and wharves visible. Several ships moored in the stream, Quail Island can be seen to the right and the hills opposite (Diamond Harbour, Purau, Teddington). In the foreground are cabbage trees to the left and rocky outcrops to the right After Edmund Norman's lithograph: Lyttelton, Port Victoria, 1855, reference number B-051-006, which in its turn is based on an ink drawing in the Library's collection, Lyttelton Port Victoria, reference number B-009-008. A second very similar drawing with the same title is held at B-009-009 Extended Title - From: Hursthouse, Charles. New Zealand or Zealandia. Opposite p.226 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, tinted, 89 x 153 mm Processing information: Transferred from the collection of the National Library of New Zealand, November 1975

Date: 1896

From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :[Sketchbook, 1896-1898, 1904]

Reference: E-120-q-2-015

Description: Shows a girl sitting on a large rock at the side of the track, later the road from Dyer's Pass, Cashmere down to Governor's Bay. Lyttelton Harbour and Quail Island are in the background. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Title & date Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 207 x 284 mm

Date: 1897

From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :[Sketchbook, 1896-1898, 1904]

Reference: E-120-q-2-004

Description: View from a hill above Evan's Pass looking down and south towards Lyttelton, Quail Island and Governor's Bay. The Sumner Road can be seen winding around a hill far below Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 207 x 284 mm

Date: 26 Sep 1876-23 Jan 1877

By: Stephens, Sarah Elizabeth, 1851-1920

Reference: MS-Papers-10633

Description: Written in the form of a letter to relatives at home, the diary gives details of shipboard life including the dislike of the matron assigned to the single women, cooking difficulties, storms, deaths, Christmas drunkenness and mutiny. Sarah Stephens travelled with her family on the Cardigan Castle from Gravesend, London to Lyttelton. The ship was effected by fever and quarantined for nearly 3 weeks on arrival in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (19 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by the Mersyside Maritme Museum, Liverpool, England

Date: 5 May 1923

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1732-F

Description: Panoramic view of Lyttelton Harbour and wharves. Looking down over lyttelton Port with the wharves in the centre. Township on the left above the port, houses and gardens and cleared land on the right and left on the hills behind the port. Hills across the harbour. Quail Island far right. Several steamships in port. Pleasure craft, yachts, fishing boats moored in small harbour to the right of the wharves, inside the breakwater. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Port of Lyttelton (New Zealand) No. 545 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 98.0 cm

Date: 1923

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1733-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down over Lyttelton Port and the breakwater. A large area of mudflats on the right beyond the breakwater. Several steamships in port. Pleasure craft, yachts, fishing boats moored in small harbour to the right of the wharves, inside the breakwater. Township on the far left, some houses far right. Cleared hills across the harbour, mountains in the background. Quail Island visible far right. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1731 and Pan-1732 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Lyttelton. N.Z. No. 546 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 105.4 cm

Date: 1907 to 1909

From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering

Reference: PA1-o-463

Description: Album of photographs (with a few stereoscopes), relating to Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition between 1907 and 1909. None of the images have captions. The first photographs show some of the Manchurian ponies being trained on Quail Island while in quarantine. The training includes their being roped together, towing a sled on sand on a beach, and along the edge of the water. The horse trainer is probably W H Tubman, a professional horse trainer, with Bertram Armytage who was in charge of the ponies, and Alistair Forbes Mackay, a surgeon and biologist who also helped looked after the animals. There are also scenes of the arrival of the sled-dogs, probably on Quail Island. Views of acitivities surrounding the departure of the Nimrod, including one of Shackleton greeting people, a large crowd on the wharf at Lyttelton, and the escort of HMS Powerful in Lyttelton Harbour. Source of descriptive information - Identification of some people and places from other albums in this collection. Also information about Quail Island and the horse trainer W H Tubman from internet at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/mail-island-dog-kennels Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, "Photographs" lettered in gold, "Shackleton's Exped. 1907-09, Vol VIII" lettered in while ink on spine; 23 x 28 cm

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7007

Description: Photographs of Christchurch region taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Views include Lake Victoria and Hagley Park; the Supreme Court Building; Christchurch Provincial Council building interiors; a cob cottage at Sumner; Christchurch at night from the Port Hills; Lyttelton Harbour and Quail Island; Christ's College; exhibit of cranes in the bird hall of the Canterbury Museum; a damaged willow on the banks of the Avon; the Scott Memorial; Christchurch Cathedral; and daffodils in Hagley Park. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7006

Description: Photographs of Christchurch region taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. A number of views were taken from the Port Hills, including the Sign of the Takahe, Lyttelton Harbour & Quail Island, Christchurch by day in smog and by night, the Sumner Estuary, and the Southern Alps; other views include interior and exterior views of the Christchurch Provincial Council Chambers, an interior exhibit at Canterbury Museum, the Scott Memorial, a bridge across the Avon Victoria Lake and Hagley Park. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm