Pelorus Valley

Date: 1864

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :South Island sketchbook 1864

Reference: E-174-071/072

Description: View from a high point looking into a valley with the winding Pelorus River Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawing 128 x 346 mm.

Date: 1844

By: Drake, James Charles, 1821-1865?; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-108-008

Description: Inscriptions: At head of drawing: Probably numbered ; "No. 2" One of series of 8 drawings; see A108/007, "View of the Moketap ..." for information. Item missing from Library's collection, 1984 (noted as missing 1967) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink 174 x 259 mm

Date: 1857-1862 [ca 1900], 1968-1970

By: Bown family

Reference: MS-Papers-8869

Description: Correspondence between Bown and his mother, 1857-1862; Bown's memories of growing up in England and his first years in New Zealand up to 1858 and memories of his daughter, Lily, of growing up on the family farm in the Pelorus Valley up to ca 1900 John Bown emigrated to New Zealand from England in 1857. After short periods working with survey parties and gold mining he settled on a farm in the Pelorus Valley in Marlborough district. Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1945 - 1947

By: Dudgeon, Ellis, 1905-1979

Reference: Eph-B-TOURISM-NZ-Newmans-1940s-01

Description: Promotional pamphlet has text about, and photographs by Ellis Dudgeon of: Kaiteriteri, apple picking, tobacco, Motueka, hops, Motueka Valley, Pelorous [Pelorus], Cobb Valley. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on sheet, 255 x 425 mm, folded to 255 x 106 mm. Provenance: Donated by Leesa Kotis, New South Wales, in 2017; previously collected by her father Colin Wesley Tipping, on a trip to New Zealand in the mid-1940s.

Date: 1970-1999

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to marked walks, trails, tracks and walkways]

By: New Zealand. Department of Conservation

Reference: Eph-A-WALKS-Marlborough-1900s

Description: Pamphlets for: The Hacket, Mt Richmond State Forest Park 1982 Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway 1994 (2 copies) Like Chalice - Goulter River, Mt Richmond State Foest Park. 1982 (2 copies) Marlborough Sounds outdoor adventure centres. 1993 Nydia Track [1980s] (2 copies) Pelorus Bridge Scenic Reserve [ca 1984?] Pelorus Track, Mt Richmond Forest Park (1981, 1984) (2 copies of each) Peninsula Walk Kaikoura 1978? (2 copies) Peninsula Walks Kaikoura 1985 (2 copies) Seaward Kaikoura Range [1980s?] Waikakaho Cullen Creek Track 1983 (2 copies) The Wakamarina Track, Mt Richmond Forst Park. 1984 Wither Hills Walkway 1979 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Fliers and booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm.

Date: 1908

By: Hunter-Brown, Lucy Malanta, 1882-1956

Reference: PA1-o-362

Description: Views of and from the Long Lookout Homestead owned by Charles Hunter Brown, and adjacent areas around Nelson City. These are followed by scenes of a 10 h.p. "one lunger" motor car on a six day tour from Nelson to Christchurch, and a cutting from the New Zealand Freelance decribing the trip. The car was driven by Willam Graham Vining, with Lucy Malanta Hunter Brown, Mrs W Sutton, and Miss B Humphries as passengers. Probably linked with Charles Hunter Brown albums at PA1-o-238 to PA1-o-241, in which the captions are all in the same hand-writing as those in this album. It seems probable that the album was compiled by Miss L M Hunter Brown ca 1908. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with green buckram cover; 18.5 x 24.5 cm

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/1-039461-G

Description: Blackball timber mill, Pelorous Valley. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [between 1878-1894]

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-1015-G

Description: Mid-day halt for a Cobb & Co coach and passengers, in the Pelorus Valley. Photograph taken by the Tyree Brothers Studio between circa 1878-1894. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Mid-day halt, Pelorus Valley. Tyree, Photo, Nelson. 5301 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1910

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0443-G

Description: Cobb & Co coach, horses, and passengers (including a parliamentary party), grouped for the photograph. A man is giving food or water to the horses. In the background is a large weeping willow and bush covered hills. Photographed by the Tyree Brothers in 1910, circa 20 July. Other Titles - Tyree No. 5300 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Mid-day halt, Pelorus Valley Tyree Photo, Nelson 5300 Protected 27/7/10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1864

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :South Island sketchbook 1864

Reference: E-174-063/064

Description: Shows a sketch of the valley with a road cut into the hillside at the left, and a river winding amidst trees. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawing 128 x 346 mm.