Mathias River

Date: [Between 1930 and 1935]

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

By: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972; Wildey, Alexander, 1865-1953

Reference: PA1-o-408

Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others in the Southern Alps. They include views of mountain ranges, glaciers and valleys; mountain huts and life enjoyed by the mountaineers. Most of the photographs are fully described, with names of people usually given with initials and surnames, or nicknames. Landscapes too, are mostly fully described, with peaks and routes traversed marked on the images. The album includes a map of the Rakaia-Mathias River area, drawn by E. Porter; a map of the "Three pass route" across the Southern Alps, drawn by Len Boot (p. 003); two extracts from the New Zealand Alpine Journal hand-written by J D Pascoe (from Vol. IV, no. 18, p. 209-210; and Vol. IV, no. 18, p. 213-214); and a photograph of a painting by A E Wildey, with caption "Artist's versin of Carrington Peak" (p. 028). Pages 89-94 show the preparations and work undertaken by a large rescue party involved in searching for two school teachers, B Robbins and H D Smith, who died while attempting to cross the Harman Pass, en route from Hokitika to the Bealey. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in bottom right-hand corner; [247 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1866

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-017

Description: View with peak on left annotated "Shafto", and on right "Bryce", with "Mathias" and "looking north" below. In the related lithograph labelled features are "Mt Tancred", "Neave Glacier", "Mt Carus". C-097-017-1 on verso. This drawing is the source for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 17 with the title "Head Waters of the Mathias, a branch of the Rakaia" in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. Title from related lithograph. Former title - Mt Shafto and Bryce looking north Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Shafto Bryce; Recto - bottom right - Looking North Mathias Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, 135 x 180 mm.

Date: 1870s

By: Cox, Horace A, active 1883

Reference: PA1-o-110

Description: New Zealand scenery photographed circa 1870s. Views include the Pink and White Terraces and Lake Rotomahana; a digger's hut in the Tararua Range; Mercury Bay; carriers changing horses in Oripi bush; a group of Maori holding a runanga at an unidentified meeting house; two views of the new road being created between Lake Coleridge and Hokitika. Inscriptions: Album page - Horace A Cox, from his old schoolfellow Harry [?], Lyttelton, New Zealand, 9 July 1883 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black cover with gold outline, 22.5 x 31 cm Provenance: Presented to Horace A Cox on 9 July 1883.

Date: 23 March 1866

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-018

Description: Shows craggy snowy mountain slopes, with the distances to Mt Tancred (3 miles) and Mt Carus (5 miles) marked. Field drawing for C-097-017 and source for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 17 with the title "Head Waters of the Mathias, a branch of the Rakaia" in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. Reproduced in: Burrows, Colin James. 'Julius Haast in the Southern Alps'. Canterbury University Press, 2005, plate 36. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, 180 x 265 mm.

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-008

Description: Shows a view looking down on the beginnings of the Mathias River, surrounded by mountains, including Mount Tancred, Mount Carus, and the Neave Glacier. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 17 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. Other Titles - Headwaters Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Mount Tancred; Neave Glacier; Mount Carus Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 89 x 148 mm.

Date: 1963

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Gough, Robert Philip, 1910-1988; R E Owen (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-3/18/252/Acc.54938

Description: New Zealand Cadastral Map - Wilberforce - NZMS 177 Sheet S 65. Published by the Department of Lands and Survey, New Zealand, under the authority of R P Gough, Surveyor General. Printed by R E Owen, Government Printer, Wellington. Manuscript annotations include file references and additional place names inscribed in red ink with references to Government Gazette with year and page number. Other annotations in blue ink. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed map on linen-backed paper, with ms annotations, scale 1:63,360 (1 inch to 1 mile), 59 x 74 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-1802-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down over glaciated valley slopes, snow-clad mountains in the background, and a hillock of tussock grass in the foreground. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Junction of Rakaia, Mathias [i.e. Mathias] & Wilberforce Rivers, Sthn Alps in background. N.Z. No. 586; Marginal notes on negative - Junction of Rakaia, Mathias & Wilberforce Rivers. Southern Alps in background. N.Z. Print up snow mountains; Marginal notes on negative - 9 9 9 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 118.8 cm