Rakaia River
Paddi album
Date: [Between 1933 and 1945]
From: Paddy, Laurence George Malvern, 1906?-1971: Photographs relating to the Lauri Paddi Band
Reference: PA1-q-182
Description: Photographs relating to the dance band scene in New Zealand in the 1930s and 1940s, largely associated with Lauri Paddi (aka Laurence George Malvern Paddy] and various bands. Many of the images are signed by musicians in the bands, not all the signatures being legible. Names have been listed where possible. Musicians with signatures Ian H Pitcaithly, W O Pritchard, and Jeffrey Madden, are probably the same as musicians listed on a poster for the Auckland Peter Pan Orchestra (Nin Pitcaithly, Billy Pritchardt, and Johnny Madden). One series of photographs shows musicians performing with Lauri Paddi going on tour in the South Island, including two views taken from a car, following a train on the road/rail Rakaia Bridge. The stage show 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' was performed at the Paramount Theatre, Wellington, in 1944. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with light brown mottled pattern, entitled `Photographs'; 25.5 x 31.5 cm
Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898 :Rakaia. Mount Gargarus. Valley of Wilberforce. Mount ...
Date: 1860 - 1880
By: Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898; Atkinson, Dorothy Alison, 1892-1986
Reference: C-090-002
Description: Looking up the Rakaia towards the Southern Alps with Mount Gargarus (or more probably Mount Algidus) as the central peak, the valley of the Wilberforce to the right The artist appears to be mistaken about the identity of the central peak. Mount Algidus lies above the junction of the Wilberforce and Rakaia Rivers. Mount Gargarus is to the north Other Titles - Mount Algidus Inscriptions: Signed: J C R; Recto - Mount Gargarus; Valley of Wilberforce; Mt Neaves; bottom left - written notes on colour for early morning and noon Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 305 x 497 mm
[Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Mt Smite. 4/4/15.
Date: 1913 - 1915
From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Canterbury, Central Otago, Southland and Stewart Island sketches - 1889-1920
Reference: A-026-06-056
Description: Shows lagoon, grassland, a hut and Rakaia flat in the foreground with mountains in the background. Other Titles - 1916 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sheet, 182 x 273 mm.
Wheeler and son album 1
Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]
By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)
Reference: PA1-o-532
Description: Views of New Zealand taken by E Wheeler & Son, circa 1870s to 1880s Most of the views are identified, either on the photograph itself, or in hand-written captions below; places shown are listed above. One image has caption "Flax cutting" on the photograph which shows a man standing be a group of cabbage trees, with a house? or possibly a mill with a water wheel in the background behind the trees, while the hand-written caption reads "Valley scene, Hokianga". Other Titles - New Zealand views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover (damaged), entitled "New Zealand Views" in gold lettering; 25.5 x 32.5 cm
Personalities, events and scenes (mainly South Island)
Date: [1939-1950]
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
By: Roberts, Jack Debnam Stewart, 1891-1980
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-116
Description: Photographs, published (or considered for publication), in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1930s-1950s. Names and date of publication recorded on the back. Names of selected identified subjects entered in Name field. Includes a series of thirteen photographs taken at the Akaroa centennial procession, Dec 1950, of floats and people involved, including one of Mrs S A Glynan (President of Parent Teachers Association) handing out icecreams. Three photos of E W (Ted) Heald of Christchurch (with moustache), published 26 Apr 1950; Joe Parsons (ex jockey) of Auckland, article and photo published 29 Mar 1950 (p 41); three photos of Holme Station at Pareora, South Canterbury, article and photos published 29 Mar 1950 (p 5); naval guests at the Viceregal Garden Party held at Government House, Auckland (Captain J H Ruck-Keene of HMNZS Bellona and his wife, & Mr & Mrs Hugh Wright of Auckland), published 15 Feb 1950 (p 14); 2 photos of Fenton family reunion, descendants of John James Fenton, article and photos published 8 Feb 1950 (p 22); large group of English immigrants who arrived at Wellington on the Atlantis, article & photo published 8 Feb 1950 (p 16); 100 year old English nun Sister St Daniel of Liverpool, published 19 Jun 1940; two photos of Kings Empire Veterans reunion held in Auckland, ca Apr 1950; old Rakaia bridge, ca 1934 & new Rakaia traffic bridge built ca Mar 1939; women cycling at Lake Wanaka; Fox Glacier, ca May 1950; crew from the Wanganella (which went aground) disembarking from an aeroplane at Auckland, Dec 1948; etc Eight photographs of elderly Arrowtown men, taken for publication in Jun 1940 by J D S Roberts of Bannockburn Quantity: 42 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Photographs of trampers during and after crossing the flooded Rakaia River
Date: 1931
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
By: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972
Reference: PA1-o-412-060
Description: "Snares and delusions that beset the rakaia pilgrim. Fording the "great grey green greasy Limpopo" a boulder rumbling torrent." Photographed by John Dobree Pascoe on the 26th of December 1931 Top photograph (PA1-o-412-060-1) "Drama in a nasty side stream. Bones, Bill, and Allen fishing for Basil Honour who was well and truly "over" with his pack holding him down in the roaring flood. [It] looks like an eel spearing expedition, but was nearly more serious. This was only a side stream, the main stream had yet to come" Bottom left photograph (PA1-o-412-060-2) view of the Rakaia River showing the main stream and the nasty side stream Bottom right photograph (PA1-o-412-060-3) "Safely over the Rakaia floods at this cost. [We are] shivering with misery and wet as shags. Packs upside down to empty surplus water" Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Three siver gelatin photographic prints mounted on album page 305 x 250 mm (page size)
"Views in New Zealand" vol 2 - Photographs taken by Herbert Deveril
Date: 1873-1876
From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums
By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911
Reference: PA1-f-174
Description: Photographs, mainly of Auckland, but including some good views of Tauranga and one of Oamaru, taken between 1873 and 1876 by Herbert Deveril of Wellington. Also includes major bridges in Canturbury and Otago, government buildings and one native school. Deveril came to New Zealand in 1873. These photographs were displayed at the Philadelphia Centenary Exhibition in 1876. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
New Zealand - Miscellaneous
Date: 1939-1940
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-215
Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1939-1940. Karangarua River bridge; Rakaia River bridge; market gardens in Heathcote Valley; Palmerston North library; Old English Fair held in Dunedin in aid of the patriotic funds; new Gisborne Intermediate School; Archbishop Julius Memorial stone; Auckland's Patriotic Queen Carnival; model of HMS Rodney; giant pipe cast by Public Works Department for pipeline at headworks of the mid-Canterbury irrigation scheme; Garden Place Hill earthworks at Hamilton; hop picking, Riwaka Valley; new friary built for the Brothers of St Francis at Hillsborough, Auckland; construction of tunnels and power house for hydro-electric works at Tuai, Waikaremoana; opening of Horowhenua College, Levin; demolition of wing at Nelson College; floating pontoon being lowered into position at Mechanics Bay; tram cars converted into homes. Construction of Centennial Drive, Kapiti Coast; new Hamiltion General Post Office; construction of Wellington Harbour Board cargo shed; opening of Catholic church at Georgetown, Invercargill; shoe-cleaner at Lincoln College; view of Waikanae Beach from Kaiti Hill, Gisborne; road works north of Gisborne; Railway Bus Terminus, Dunedin (opposite Queens Gardens); Dunedin Emergency Transport Organisation practising arm signals. Race-goers at Wellington Racing Club meeting, and at Canterbury Jockey Club & NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club meeting at Christchurch. Landslide at a Brighton farm; construction of the Pokeno-Paeroa line; laying of the foundation stone of building in Stout Street by Minister of Public Worls, Hon R Semple. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
New Zealand scenery - Canterbury Region
Date: 1928-1960
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-178
Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, 1928-1960 Rural scenes near R G Deans estate, Homebush, 1960; Waimate (Victoria Park; aerial view, 1934 & 1947; silo at Queen Street, 1928); Kelsey's Bush; Kaiapohia monument, Kaiapoi; Lake Heron; junction of Lake Tekapo & Te Rapa River; Porters Pass; Lake Lyndon in winter & showing snow covered Fisherman's Hut; jet boating on Waimakariri River; The Hermitage, Mt Cook; Lyttelton Harbour; train crossing the railbridge over Rakaia River. Lewis Pass; Mount Cook (John Pascoe photograph); cars crossing the bridge over the Ashburton River; sheep on a Winchmore farm; elevated view of Akaroa; aerial view of Stewarts Gully and Waimakariri River; view of Lake Ohau with Volkswagen Kombi on roadside. Quantity: 34 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Pascoe album 4
Date: [Between 1926? and 1937]
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
By: Ambras, Walter Frederick, 1888?-1970; Clark, Richard E, active 1931-1961; Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950; Speight, Robert, 1867-1949
Reference: PA1-o-409
Description: Photographs taken by John Pascoe and others in the Southern Alps, particularly Canterbury and Westland regions. They include groups of mountaineers; views of mountain ranges, glaciers and valleys; mountain huts and life enjoyed by mountaineers. Many images show climbers exploring new routes in the Southern Alps, and first ascents of various mountains, including Mount Farrer (by N. Barker & G.D.T Hall, 27.12.1935); exploration of the "Adams ice-world" (from 27th-30th December 1935); Mount Kensington (28.12.1935); Mount Hulka (28.12.1935); Guardian Peak (30.12.1935); Speculation Hill (1.1.1936); exploration of Hot Spring Creek headwaters (2.1.1936); Tent Peak, Arrowsmith Range (Jan. 1931); Cloudy Peak (by B.A. Barrer & F.R. Askin, 28.12.1931); The Marquee (Easter 1932); the first crossing of the Lyall-Lawrence watershed (solo trip by F. Ambrose, 1926?); and the second ascent of Mount Arrowsmith (by Evan Wilson, J. Wilson, & A. Anderson, Jan. 1931). Several photographs show methods of crossing rivers, particularly in gorges, and in flood situations; and several show the suspension bridge in the Wataroa (Whataroa) Gorge, built by miners in 1906). McRae's Hut was located in Clyde Valley, Canterbury. Abandoned in 1890. Photographed by J D Pascoe in 1930s, and again in 1961. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in lower right-hand corner; [236 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm
[Headwaters of Waimakariri and Rakaia rivers and surrounding area, Southern Alps. no. s...
Reference: MapColl-834.47a/[nd//Acc.618
Description: Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Part coloured, 34 x 34 cm. Scale 1:253 440
[Artist unknown] :Ye selection of ye Rakaia shingle reserve. [ca 1880]
Date: 1875 - 1885
Reference: B-034-027
Description: Seven men seated in the Rakaia riverbed, drinking. The man on the far right has an artist's palette and a palette knife. In the background is a rail bridge with a steam train, crossing the river. A cartoon from December [no year] Guide, with pencilled identifications of subjects: Lane, Bishop, Foster, Hart, Gordon, Hobbs, Ike. 'Hart' may be Canterbury runholder and MHR George Hart Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 315 x 455 mm
Salmon album 12
Date: [Between 1940 and 1954]
From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints
By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999
Reference: PA1-q-208
Description: Album of photographs taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1940 and 1954. The sequence of images is not chronological. Slip attached to spine reads: Trips - Bold Peak, 1943, Mt. Arthur tbld, Marlb. Sounds, Mt. Algidus, 1946, Honeymoon, 1948. 7th Pacific Sc. Congress. West Coast. The album opens with views taken on a trip to the West Coast in January 1954; followed by a West Coast museum trip, February 1940; a Neslson-Westhaven expedition, November 1952; John and Pam Salmon's honeymoon in the South Island in December 1948; and a trip to Mt. Algidus, February 1946. The next trips in the album were the Mt. Arthur tableland museum expedition, February 1946, and again in February 1948; the Bold Peak district, February 1943; trip around the Sounds on "The Alert", August 1948; air trip over the Sounds in April 1949; and then the South Pacific Science Congress, Auckland-Christchurch, February 1949. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 30 x 25 cm
[Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Taken from the cairn - Duncan's seat. 26.3.15.
Date: 1913 - 1915
From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Canterbury, Central Otago, Southland and Stewart Island sketches - 1889-1920
Reference: A-026-06-045
Description: Shows a hut, grassland and Rakaia Bed in the foreground with mountains in the background. Other Titles - 1916 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sheet, 182 x 273 mm.
[Geological sketch map, Waimakariri River to Rakaia, Canterbury, by Julius von Haast, 1...
Date: 1860 - 1869
By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887
Reference: MapColl-834.44caq/[186-?]/Acc.3230
Description: Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Coloured, 65 x 82 cm. No scale
Westland, Jessie, fl 1893 : A week's camping up the Rakaia River
Date: Mar-Apr 1893
By: Westland, Janet Mildred, active 1874-1893
Reference: Micro-MS-0924
Description: Record of a six day camping trip made up the Rakaia River to the Canterbury foothills. Account was privately printed (16 pages) in England (Farmer & Sons, 295 Edgeware Road, London) by the writer's mother, Mrs Jackson, from letters and manuscript, supplimented by a printed account which appeared in the Christchurch paper shortly after their return. It is thought to be the only surviving copy. James Westland's rather shorter account was printed in the "New Zealand Alpine Journal" in 1893. Source of title - Title page Jessie Westland (nee Jackson) was married to James Westland. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (49 frames). Original had photographs inserted which had been taken on the trip. Scenes had been identified and captions added by John Pascoe, Jul 1958.
[Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Mount Kinkel.
Date: 1913 - 1916
From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Canterbury, Central Otago, Southland and Stewart Island sketches - 1889-1920
Reference: A-026-06-001
Description: Shows river bed in foreground with cabbage trees and a glacier with Mount Kinkel. Other Titles - 1916 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sheet, 182 x 273 mm.
Records
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2676
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
[Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Kinkel from the hillocks. 4/4/15.
Date: 1913 - 1915
From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Canterbury, Central Otago, Southland and Stewart Island sketches - 1889-1920
Reference: A-026-06-055
Description: Shows grassland, tussock and Rakaia flat in the foreground with mountains in the background. Other Titles - 1916 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sheet, 182 x 273 mm.
Slides of New Zealand
Date: [ca 1965-1975]
From: Edwards, Muriel, 1907-1981: Slides taken around New Zealand
Reference: PA12-10628
Description: Slides taken by Muriel Edwards of New Zealand scenes, circa 1960s-1970s. Includes images of the Rakaia River and Highbank power station, Robert Falcon Scott memorial boulder (Queenstown Gardens), Skippers Canyon, Fitzroy Gardens (near Rotorua) and Muriwai's Cave carved entrance. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies