Indian Ocean

Date: 1826 - 1835

From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840]

Reference: E-295-q-093

Description: Watercolours of eight named marine organisms, with accompanying descriptive captions near each drawing. They include: Madrepora Corimbosa, Madreporora proliferis, Neandrina cerberiformis, Pocillopora caerulea, Fungia Rubra, Coryophyllia angulosa Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title in pencil and overwritten in ink (in part) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 335 x 244 mm

Date: 1976

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning world politics. Published in the Auckland Star, January 1976 - June 1977].

Reference: A-331-039

Description: The cartoon shows two Russian soldiers. One of them is holding up a picture of a large plane that cannot necessarily be identified as a military aircraft. Refers to New Zealand activity in the Indian ocean. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 165 x 125mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1884

From: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925 :Pencil and watercolour drawings 1868-1891

By: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925

Reference: E-326-f-047-4

Description: A sailboat at sea, possibly in the Indian Ocean Other views on this page are around Sri Lanka Inscriptions: Recto - above image - 1884; Recto - bottom right - Catamaran; Recto - bottom left - KH Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 130 x 93 mm

Date: 1940 - 1941

From: Waters, Sydney David, 1883-1965 : Maps from Papers

By: Waters, Sydney David, 1883-1965

Reference: MapColl-100hkm/1940-1/Acc.49787

Description: Map of the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans (32N-56S, 41W-121E) showing the course of Schiff 16, the German raider Atlantis, during 1940 and 1941. Locations where it captured and sank enemy ships are marked. Also shows the routes of the Python, Admiral Scheer and Schiff 33. Top right: Geheime Kommandosache! Anlage II zu M. Dv. Nr. 601 Schiff 16. Pruf-Nr 142 Bottom right: Anschluss an Karte Anlage I. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, scale indeterminate, 52.6 x 82.3 cm.

Date: 1937

From: Reeve, Alan 1910-1962 :[Album no. 1. 1910-1939].

Reference: E-409-q-038-3

Description: Shows two men and one woman, all wearing hats, standing on deck of ship Note on top of page reads: On Mys `Esquilino' Nov-Dec '37. From Sydney to Genoa (via Colombo, Port Said, Malta, Piraeus and Naples) Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Having crossed the line - for which occasion AR [Alan Reeve] transformed his whiskers into mutton chops.; Recto - beneath image - David Nicholls Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph, b&w, 44 x 65 mm

Date: 7 May 1902

Reference: MS-Papers-9246

Description: Annotated draft letter to the Captain, officers and crew of the `Dayton Grange' from Captain H Duit, officers and crew of the Dutch barque `Geertruida Gerarda'. Letter is a thank you for being rescued after the `Geertrudia Gerarda' founded in the Indian Ocean, 800 miles off Fremantle, on the 1st May 1902. The manuscript also refers to New Zealand Premier Richard John Seddon and Lady Seddon who were aboard the `Drayton Grange' on their way to visit South Africa at General Kitchener's request. At least 18 crew men have signed the manuscript. Secondary sources suggest these men arrived in South Africa four weeks after being resuced. Three other crew members of the `Geertruida Gerarda' were picked up by the steamer `Saint Mary' on 11 May and landed at Fremantle on 18 May, 1902. Source of title - Suppiled by Library Relationship complexity - See published item for background material on the `Drayton Grange': The Drayton Granger: chiming the doings of the North Island 10th N.Z. Regiment, Durban, Davis & Sons, 1902. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms

Date: 1940 - 1941

From: Waters, Sydney David, 1883-1965 : Maps from Papers

By: Waters, Sydney David, 1883-1965

Reference: MapColl-100hkm/1940-1/Acc.49786

Description: World map (80N-60S) showing the course of Schiff 16, the German raider Atlantis, during 1940 and 1941. Locations where it captured and sank enemy ships marked on the map and also listed in an inset. The area of operations in the Indian and South Atlantic Oceans are highlighted; map MapColl-100hkm/1940-1/Acc.49787 is an enlargement of this area. The map shows the route of Schiff 16 south of Australia and New Zealand, between the Auckland and Campbell Islands, then north to the east of the Chathams, in August 1941. Top right: Geheime Kommandosache! Anlage I zu M. Dv. Nr. 601 Schiff 16. Pruf-Nr 142 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, scale indeterminate, 31.4 x 56.9 cm.

Date: 1887

From: Pritchett, Robert Taylor, 1823-1907 :Sketches for Lady Brassey's `Last Voyage'. 1886-1887.

By: Pritchett, Robert Taylor, 1823-1907

Reference: E-022-q-025

Description: A scene aboard the yacht Sunbeam in stormy weather, with two men looking through sextants Published as a chromolithograph with title Bad weather. West coast of Australia, in The last voyage. Annie Brassey, 1887, opposite page 226 Extended Title - From his Sketches for Lady Brassey's "Last voyage". Inscriptions: In accompanying list, in pencil in the artist's hand 'Shooting the sun. No title' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sheet 305 x 207 mm.

Date: 1937

From: Reeve, Alan 1910-1962 :[Album no. 1. 1910-1939].

Reference: E-409-q-038-4

Description: Shows a man [Alan Reeve?] with arm around shoulders of woman, Anne Warden, on deck of ship Note on top of page reads: On Mys `Esquilino' Nov-Dec '37. From Sydney to Genoa (via Colombo, Port Said, Malta, Piraeus and Naples) Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Having crossed the line - for which occasion AR [Alan Reeve] transformed his whiskers into mutton chops.; Recto - beneath image - Anne Warden Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph, b&w, 80 x 55 mm

Date: Aug-Oct 1951

By: Carter family

Reference: MS-Papers-7377

Description: Comprises eight letters written by Lorna Carter on the `Atlantis' from England to New Zealand in 1951 to her family in Oban, Scotland. She describes her experiences, other passengers, activities on board the ship and being on tours at the various ports they visited. The sequence ends in Wellington where she obtained work in the Public Service. The ship sailed past the Spanish coast, through the Suez Canal, the Indian Ocean to Western Australia, and Wellington. One letter includes a song composed for the end of the voyage by two women to the tune of `Thanks for the memory'. Source of title - Supplied Lorna Carter (later Ross) emigrated to New Zealand in 1951 but returned to Scotland in 1954. These letters were written to her family while she was sailing to New Zealand and on her arrival in Wellington in 1951. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (eight pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs L Ross, Plockton, Ross-shire, Scotland, per Ms J Perry, New Zealand High Commission, London, Apr 2002 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of the `Atlantis'.

Date: 1914

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Episodes of the Great War. 1914-1928

Reference: E-024-f-2-001

Description: A simplified map, showing countries from Germany to Asia with a gun covering the route, the bayonet pointing towards 'The East' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm

Date: [ca 1960s]

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

Reference: PA12-7061

Description: Photographs of Perth, the Cocos Islands and Colombo in the 1960s by John Ingle. Views in Perth include Kings Park and a street with the old prison visible; the next ten images are views of the Indian Ocean and Cocos islands from a ship; views in Colombo include the Gordon Gardens; a banyan tree; a carved stone; the harbour; the Old Fort; street scenes with bullock carts; a temple (possibly the Kathiresan Kovil Temple dedicated to Murgan (Skanda) the God of War. Listed as a Jain temple in Ingle's index, but probably Hindu). Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: 1914

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Over 4 years episodes of the war (and during armistice) by Major General H G Robley. [ca 1920]

Reference: E-024-f-1-001

Description: A simplified map, showing cities from Berlin and Hamburg south east to the Indian Ocean, with a sword covering the route, the North Sea at the top left, the Indian Ocean at the bottom right Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 343 x 240 mm

Date: 1937

From: Reeve, Alan 1910-1962 :[Album no. 1. 1910-1939].

Reference: E-409-q-038-1

Description: Shows several men and women wearing swimming costumes, and showing a life saving ring enscribed `Esquilino' Note on top of page reads: On Mys `Esquilino' Nov-Dec '37. From Sydney to Genoa (via Colombo, Port Said, Malta, Piraeus and Naples) Note on bottom of page reads: In Genoa, sold drawings made on voyage to the Italia Shipping Line. Just as well, as arrived in Italy with practically no money. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Having crossed the line - for which occasion AR [Alan Reeve] transformed his whiskers into mutton chops.; Recto - above image - Indian Ocean Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph, b&w, 65 x 90 mm

Date: 1861

By: Scrivener, Henry Ambrose, 1842-1906

Reference: B-064-029

Description: Shows map of South Pacific from Rio de Janeiro past Tristan da Cunha and South Africa to Australia and New Zealand, with ship's route, dates and compass points, latitude and longitute. H.M.S. Harrier left Rio de Janeiro on 13 February 1861, reached Sydney on 22 May 1861, and Manukau on 4 June 1861. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 145 x 546 mm. Provenance: Purchased at auction at Sotheby's, London, in 1988. Transfers: At time of accession, may have been on same sheet as: Mokaieki pah / Simons Bay (now housed at : B-064-034 and C-056-017).

Date: 1820

From: Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :[Conchological drawings and watercolours, miscellaneous, ca 1804 to 1850]

Reference: E-152-q-040

Description: Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 230 x 147 mm

Date: 1977 - 1990

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

Reference: A-364-102/131

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 30 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1772 - 1779

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-1/4/6-Acc.36001

Description: Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream paper. Scale indeterminable. 74 x 102 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: Feb 1941

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: DA-00904-F

Description: The sinking of the Italian merchant raider Ramb I by HMS Leander. View from ship's deck showing Ramb I on fire. Taken February 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 2005

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DX-014-634

Description: The huge wave of the economic cost of the Boxing Day tsunami in South East Asia looms behind the still rough waters of the wave's human cost. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).