Located about 2 kms south west of the Homer Tunnel
Mount Christina
Jansen, Nancy (Mrs) : Tourist Dept lantern slides
Date: [193-?]
From: Jansen, Nancy (Mrs) : Tourist Dept lantern slides
Reference: PA11-213
Description: Quantity: 13 b&w original transparency/ies.
[Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :Mount Christina, Hollyford Valley [Between 1875 a...
Date: 1875 - 1880
From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1875, 1880]
By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898
Reference: E-015-008
Description: Snow-capped mountains, seen beyond tall trees, with water and reflections in the foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 205 x 132 mm
Salmon album 9
Date: [Between December 1943 and February 1946]
From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints
By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999
Reference: PA1-q-205
Description: Photographs from three expeditions in the Homer area, between the Upper Hollyford Valley and the Cleddau Valley, December 1943-January 1944; December 1944-January 1945; and the Homer Tunnel Museum Expedition in February 1946, all taken by John Tenison Salmon. Many of the photographs are landscapes, but others show native plants growing in the area. Two sequences show the damage caused by avalanches, one showing damage to bush and to a bridge in 1944; the others show damage from a major avalanche which buried the eastern portal of the Homer Tunnel which was under construction at the time (September 1945). Members of the first two expeditions include George Howes and Murray Smith, and Walter Reginald Brook Oliver and Ray Forster. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 30 x 24 cm
Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921 :[View from] Holyford [Valley]. 25/4/83
Date: 1883
From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :[Sketchbook, 1883-1886]
Reference: E-120-q-1-039
Description: Possibly a view of Mount Christina (identified & captioned later by J H Christie) in the Darran Mountains. Includes artist's colour notes. Other Titles - Hollyford Valley Inscriptions: Recto - above image - ? Christina. J.H.Christie Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 190 x 115 mm
[Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Christina from N. Peak and Lake Harris. 27/1/09.
Date: 1909
From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Canterbury, Central Otago, Southland and Stewart Island sketches - 1889-1920
Reference: A-026-10-015
Description: Shows a lake surrounded by hills and mountains. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 182 x 277 mm
Unknown photographer :North and South Island motor tours
Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]
Reference: PA1-o-1247
Description: Album of photographs taken on motor tours in the North and South Islands, mid 1920s-early 1940s. Includes Tourist Series and commercial postcards as well as original photographs by an unknown photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Salmon album 7
Date: [Between 1933 and 1958]
From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints
Reference: PA1-q-203
Description: Photographs taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1933 and 1958. There are various sequences as follows: Museum trip to Lake Waikaremoana, December 1946; Holiday trip in 1937 which included Mohaka, Lake Waikaremoana and Urewera Country; Cass-Torlesse biological trip, February 1936; South Island trip, March 1939; and a Southern Lakes and Hollyford Valley trip in January 1940. The holiday trip in 1937 includes photographs of the Mohaka Viaduct under construction. At the beginning of the album a photograph shows Lake Waikaremoana after 21 years of deterioration due to state Electricity Department actions. This image was taken in January 1958, from approximately the same spot as one taken in February 1937. The Cass-Torlesse biological trip includes an image of "vegetable sheep" (page 48). 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 :[Mount Christina. ca 1900]
Date: 1890 - 1900
By: Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921
Reference: B-001-018
Description: Bush and a mountain in Fiordland Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash sketch, 339 x 229 mm
Photographs taken in Fiordland National Park
Date: [1980s]
From: Sheffield House Publications Collection
By: Schmid, Max, 1945-
Reference: PA12-10910
Description: Photographs taken in Fiordland National Park. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.
McBride, Muriel :Photographs by Hall Raine of last YMCA trips before World War II
Date: 1938-1939
By: McBride, Muriel, active 1938-1985; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955
Reference: PA1-q-150
Description: Photographs of YMCA Christmas trips in 1938 and 1939, to Milford Sound and the Whanganui River, taken by William Hall Raine. As well as photographs there are a number of newspaper and magazine cuttings, some of which were produced in the New Zealand Free Lance (January 25, 1939), following the Wellington Y.M.C.A. party on their trip to Milford. The photographs of the Whanganui trip were not taken by William Hall Raine, as he was on the Milford trip at the time. The Whanganui scenes are in an envelope inserted in the front of the album, and show the party travelling by ferry up the river, with picnics on the bank. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, entitled `Scrap album'; 29.7 x 23.4 cm
Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916 :Mt Christina? [1870-1900]
Date: 1870 - 1900
From: Douglas, Charles Edward 1840-1916 :[Mountain and West Coast Sketches. Peaks and rivers etc. named]
By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916
Reference: E-057-011-2
Description: A mountain peak Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) left-hand of page. Physical Description: Watercolour, 152 x 84 mm
Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :Mt Christina from the Cleddau River; Peak at Head ...
From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, one sketch dated 1875]
By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898
Reference: E-014-q-2-006
Description: Two scenes, one on the left showing Mt Christina from the Cleddau River with surrounding mountains and bush; on the right, native forest and a tall peak, also in Fiordland Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Mt Christina from the Cleddau River; Recto - bottom right - Peak at Head of Kakapo Quantity: 2 drawing(s) (on one page). Physical Description: Pencil, pencil and wash, 170 x 269 mm
Alpine photographs
Date: [Circa 1900s-1920s]
From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area
By: Bower-Black, William (Rev), 1888-1974; Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936; Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983
Reference: PAColl-0959-08
Description: Scenic photographs of the Southern Alps in the Southland District taken circa 1900s to 1920s by various unidentified photographers. From names pencilled on the backs of photographs possible photographers include the Rev. William Bower Black (no. 2-3, 35, 40-43, 46-47, 49, 51, 61, 67, 90 and 92), J J Kinsey (nos. 19, 20) and Edgar Williams (no. 3, with no. 118 showing a mounted portrait of Williams inscribed "Sincerely yours, Edgar Williams"). Two other names are shown on the backs of photographs, Tomlinson (Pho, no. 116), and R Sanders (nos. 114 and 115). Most of the locations are identified, and include views from various vantage points including from the Barrier Range, Grove's Pass, Key Summit, Talbots Ladder, the Gertrude Saddle, the Grave-Talbot Pass, and from near the Homer Hut. Most of the specific places identified are listed in the place headings above. Many of the images have sketches on the back pointing to specific sites of interest Quantity: 118 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".
Milford area, Moeraki, Dunedin, Bluff
Date: [ca 1960s]
From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip
Reference: PA12-7031
Description: Photographs of the Milford area, Moeraki, Dunedin and Bluff taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Views include the road into the Hollyford Valley; beech trees at Lake Lochie; the Humboldt Range from Falls Creek; Mount Tutoko from Milford Road; seals on rocks; the dining room, lounge and foyer of Milford Hotel; Mount Christina and moraine valley from the Hollyford track; mirror lake in Eglinton Valley; Chasm on the Cleddau River; Arthur Valley from the road; Moeraki Lighthouse and boulders; pillow lava; Dunedin Cathedral; the Richardson Mountains; building wharf Bluff. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm
Kaniere, Te Anau, Milford, Cleddau
Date: [ca 1960s]
From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip
Reference: PA12-7028
Description: Photographs of Kaniere, Te Anau and Milford areas taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Views include a waterfall, and rimu trees in the Kaniere area; Mount Cook from Hokitika; Lake Te Anau; Eglinton River Valley; the Wilderness area at Lake Te Anau; Kingston at Lake Wakatipu; a boat on Milford Sound; the Arthur Valley; Bowen Falls; Milford Sound; Lake Lochie; Mount Christina and Phipps Peak; the Bowen Falls, and the waterfall in the Chasm on Cleddau River; views from Cleddau Valley including Mitre Peak and Mount Underwood. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm
[Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921 :Rugged peak, Gunns Lake, Greenstone Saddle, Wakat...
By: Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921
Reference: B-001-019
Description: May show Mount Christina in Greenstone Valley Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash sketch, 339 x 228 mm
MacPherson, R, fl 1949: Photographs of trip to New Zealand, ca 1949
Date: [ca 1949]
By: MacPherson, R, active 1949; Blockley, John, active 1995
Reference: PAColl-4915
Description: Quantity: 259 b&w original photographic print(s).
Motor tour of South Island - From Timaru to the Hollyford Valley
Date: 1950-1952
From: Smith, Leslie Victor, 1889-1966 :Photograph albums of motor tour of South Island
Reference: PA1-f-320
Description: Photographs taken by Leslie Victor Smith on a motor tour of the South Island with Bert Hardie. Includes - Timaru Gardens. Caroline Bay and park, Timaru. Moeraki boulders. Peter Pan statue, Oamaru. Sandstone outcrops between Oamaru and the Waitaki Hydro. Port Chalmers. St Kilda Beach. Lake Te Anau. View of forest and mountains from Key Summit track. Birch forest in the Eglinton Valley. View of forest and mountain range, Eglinton Valley. Lake Gunn, Eglinton Valley. Mount Christina. Mt Cook seen in the distance beyond Lake Pukaki. Mountains and morning mist, Hollyford Valley. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).