Jakarta

Date: 1844

From: Ashworth, Edward 1814-1896 :Sketchbook [1844]

By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896

Reference: E-042-002

Description: Four junks seen end-on and in broadside view, with a smaller boat and another junk in the distance. Sketched on Ashworth's voyage from Sydney to China, before he returned to England Djakarta was known as Batavia at the time of Ashworth's visit Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 136 x 242 mm

Date: 1962-1974

From: Sutch, William Ball (Dr), 1907-1975 : Papers

Reference: 84-115-12

Description: Comprises Labour Party printed material (ca 1962-1967; papers relating to th UNESCO conference at Djakarta (1974); Auckland Teachers College Social Studies Department reprints; drafts of 'A Social history of New Zealand' (1967) and 'Poverty and progress' (1968); petty cashbook (n d)

Date: 1844

From: Ashworth, Edward 1814-1896 :Sketchbook [1844]

By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896

Reference: E-042-004-2

Description: Panoramic view of the port of Macau seen from the sea, with buildings spread out at the base of tall hills. Two European sailing ships and a Chinese junk are in the water On the same page as Batavia (E-044-004-1). The view of Macau is upside-down Other Titles - Macau. Batavia Sketched on Ashworth's voyage from Sydney to China, before he returned to England Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 62 x 518 mm Provenance: Purchased Sotheby's auction, London, 1966

Date: 1844

By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896

Reference: A-207-002

Description: Two large buildings inthe foreground, with a street running between them into the distance. Trees line the left side of the distant street Exhibited at 'The world was all before me; journals and watercolours of Edward Ashworth from the collections of Alexander Turnbull Library', Curator was Jill Trevelyan. The exhibition title is taken from Ashworth's journal where he misquotes from John Milton's poem "Paradise Lost": "The world was all before me / where to choose my place of rest". At the National Library Gallery, 27 April - 29 July 2001. Sketched on Ashworth's voyage from Sydney to China, before he returned to England Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink 180 x 303 mm

Date: ca1893

Reference: PA1-f-181

Description: A journey through Indonesia in ca 1893. Shown are cities, public buildings, monuments and gardens; private houses, markets, events, rivers and canals. Local people feature, their work, transport, buildings etc. There are good views of the countryside, and a number of photographs of the great buddhist shrine at Borobadour Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1977-1982

By: Gandar, Leslie Walter, 1919-1994

Reference: PAColl-4886

Description: Twelth SEAMEC conference, Djakarta, March 1977; Minister, executive officers and members of the Auckland Education Board; events celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Walter Nash, Kidderminster near Birmingham, England Paul Gandar, one of the executors and acting on behalf of the estate, stated that his father's papers had been willed to either Massey University or Alexander Turnbull Library. Massey University feels that they would be more usefully stored here and that researchers would not think of looking for them at Massey. They have therefore declined to take them. It is understood that while Prime Ministerial and Cabinet Ministerial papers are supposed to go to National Archives, under the circumstances (a bequest, together with Mr Gandar's close NL/ATL connections) they would not oppose such an acquisition. Former chairman of the National Library committee and a Friend of the Turnbull Library from 1984. Quantity: 1 album(s). 7 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1950 - 1970

By: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992

Reference: E-483-f

Description: Contains ink sketch "Djakarta from [Wisma Warta]". Also contains 7 figure sketches, 1 street scene, and 1 pencil drawing of balloons. Inscriptions: Generally unsigned and undated.; (On cover): Croxley / LI-FLAT / SCHOOL SKETCH BLOCK Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 10 ink sketches, 2 pencil sketches, in sketchbook 150 x 187 mm.

Date: 1768-1946

By: Cook, James, 1728-1779

Reference: MS-Papers-0200

Description: Group A: Miscellaneous papers mainly relating to Mrs Elizabeth's Cook & Cook's descendants, including letters from Mrs Cook to H Jenkins, & genealogical tables, 1790-1946 Group B: Photocopied material on Cook's voyages collected from various repositories by J C Beaglehole Group C: Official letters from Cook mainly to the Admiralty, 1768-1793. All, except Cook's description of the transit of Venus, item 24, which is a printed facsimile copy Group D: Four documents from the Dutch National Archives relating to Cook's visit to Batavia in the Dutch East Indies at the end of his first voyage; photocopies with translations Quantity: 41 folder(s). 0.41 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and photocopies Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: The collection has several different provenances: (a) Miscellaneous papers mainly relating to Mrs Elizabeth Cook and Cook's descendants, including letters from Mrs Cook to H Jenkins, and genealogical tables, 1790-1946; (b) Photocopied material on Cook's voyages collected from various repositories by J C Beaglehole; (c) Official letters from Cook mainly to the Admiralty, 1768-1793, all of which are photocopies, except for Cook's description of the transit of Venus (MS-Papers-0200-24) which is a printed facsimile copy; (d) Four photocopied documents, with translations, from the Dutch National Archives relating to Cook's visit to Batavia in the Dutch East Indies at the end of his first voyage. See inventory for further details.

Date: 1845

By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896

Reference: A-207-010

Description: Three junks, one in ink only, the other two finished with watercolours. Possibly seen at Batavia (Djakarta) rather than Canton. Compare another view by Ashworth of junks at Batavia (E-042-002) Exhibited at 'The world was all before me; journals and watercolours of Edward Ashworth from the collections of Alexander Turnbull Library', Curator was Jill Trevelyan. The exhibition title is taken from Ashworth's journal where he misquotes from John Milton's poem "Paradise Lost": "The world was all before me / where to choose my place of rest". At the National Library Gallery, 27 April - 29 July 2001. Sketched on Ashworth's voyage from Sydney to China, before he returned to England Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and watercolour 262 x 212 mm Provenance: Purchased Sotheby's auction, London, 1966

Date: 24 Dec 1941-17 Mar 1942

From: Franks, Cecil William, 1912-1990: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11648-07

Description: Letters written by Cecil Franks to his wife Eunice in Masterton, during his service in South East Asia during World War II. Includes correspondence from Kallang, Singapore, where he was based until the Japanese invasion. Contains a detailed account of his final days in Singapore, his evacuation on board the crowded steam ship 'Empire Star' to Batavia, Dutch East Indies, his accomodation there, and his later stay in Western Australia (Freemantle and Perth). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter Processing information: Access requirement for permission of the Chief Librarian removed 3 May 2022.

Date: 1955-1962, [1980s], 1995, [2000s], 2011

From: Catley, Christine McKelvie Cole (Dame), 1922-2011 : Papers

Reference: Series-5754

Description: Comprises papers relating to Christine Cole Catley's life in Indonesia from 1956 to 1958, while her husband John Reece Cole was working for UNESCO in Djakarta. Catley herself worked as foreign correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, reporting extensively on and filming events during the period of `Guided Democracy' under President Sukarno (with whom she became personally acquainted). She also wrote reports for the bulletin `Business international' and other media organisations. Papers include correspondence; copies of articles, reports and cables; working papers; clippings and bulletins. For more correspondence relating to the Cole's period in Indonesia, see MS-Papers-11651-456. Quantity: 20 folder(s).

Date: 1967-2002

From: Olsson family :Photograph albums

By: Olsson family

Reference: PA1-f-267

Description: Comprises photographs of three Olsson siblings and their families, ca 1967-2002. Begins with wedding of Waveney Helen Olsson and Malcolm James Bowman in Auckland in 1967; they went to Canada in 1970 and then to the United States. Shows children: Gail Kateri (adopted), Sally Wahneta, Michael Hamish Erick (Hamish) and Erinna Waveny Bowman, who was born in Auckland. Contains images of family in Stony Brook, New York, as well as during visits to relatives in New Zealand. Also includes photographs of Gail Bowman with her birth mother Donna. Photographs of Derek Arnold Olsson and Judith Merrie Akeroyd show Derek's home in Sydney and the couple after their marriage in 1978. Show their two daughters Sonja Ann Olsson and Katherine (Katie) Louise growing up in 1980s and 1990s in Jakarta and during their visits to their grandparents in Auckland. Also show the young women in NZ in 2002. Janet Mavis Olsson married David Stuart Miller in 1978. Photographs include the wedding but the bulk show the parents and their two daughters Sarah Helen Miller and Clare Ngaire Miller growing up in 1980s and 1990s Wellington and later in Christchurch. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black album with gold metallic corners on front cover and title in gold letters, 35 x 36.5cm

Date: 1939

From: Bennett, Margaret (Mrs) :Family photographs and albums relating to Gavin G Wallace

Reference: PA1-o-769

Description: This is the first of three albums recording an trip to Britain made by Gavin Wallace and his wife in 1939 or possibly 1938/1939. This album records the voyage to Europe via Australia, South East Asia, India and Suez. There are brief stops in Italy where they saw troops massing for the invasion of Albania, and Paris which means they took the last part of the trip overland and crossed from France to Britain Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1844

From: Ashworth, Edward 1814-1896 :Sketchbook [1844]

By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896

Reference: E-042-004-1

Description: A two-page spread across pages 4 and 5 of a sketchbook, with another view (of Macao) upside-down on the same spread. The Batavia (now called Djakarta) view is from the harbour, with 3 sailing vessel showing Dutch flags, and three small indigenous vessels, looking towards the shore, with large buildings visible among trees. Other Titles - Macao from the roads looking W. by N. [1844]. Djarkarta Sketched on Ashworth's voyage from Sydney to China, before he returned to England Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 75 x 310 mm Provenance: Purchased Sotheby's auction, London, 1966

Date: 1844

From: Ashworth, Edward 1814-1896 :Sketchbook [1844]

By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896

Reference: E-042-043

Description: Shows a view of several ships an small craft off the coast, near Jakarta. Two faint outlines of mountains can be seen on the land. Sketched on Ashworth's voyage from Sydney to China, before he returned to England Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 126 x 315 mm

Date: 19 Jun 1766-10 Jun 1768

By: Wallis, Samuel, 1728-1795

Reference: Micro-MS-0353

Description: The log consists of two volumes with original marbled wrappesr inside a vellum cover. It is in Wallis' own hand, and appears to be the first draft of his official log which he handed to the Admiralty (Adm.55/35, PRO Reel 1579).The first volume covers the period up to 27 July 1767 and describes his voyage from England via Madeira and Cape Verde Island to Patagonia, then through the Straits of Magellan and previously unexplored parts of the Pacific, ending with an account of his stay at Tahiti which he named King George the Third's Island. Stitched in at the end of the volume is the report of John Gore, mate of the Dolphin, on the expedition he led into the interior of Tahiti on 25 July. Also included in the volume are sketches of flying fish and 5 profiles of the Patagonian coast.The second volume covers the period from his departure from Tahiti to his arrival back in England via Batavia and the Cape of Good Hope. At the end of the volume is a short vocabulary of the Tahitian language. On the inside of the back cover is a watercolour drawing of the ground plan and elevation of the Queen's house at Tahiti, with explanatory caption, and also in the volume is a pencil drawing of the Dolphin at Tahiti. The sketchbook contains 20 wash drawings of a ship, presumably the Dolphin. One of the drawings is titled "in a swall off Oznaburg Island - June - 1767 - in the South Seas." Each sheet is signed in the lower right hand corner "SW 1766". The original journal acquired from Maggs Bros., September 1961 Relationship complexity - See second draft of the offical log held in the Manuscripts Section, Alexander Turnbull Library: qMS-2214 Arrangement: A note at the end of the microfilm indicates that the pages are out of order as are the reports, poems, pictures and profiles. This is because of the way the journal has been bound. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (3 vols, ca 230 pages).

Date: 1885-1886

By: Mason, George Edward (Rev), 1847-1928

Reference: PA1-f-253

Description: Album of photographs collected by Rev G E Mason on a trip around the world in 1885-1886. Comprises photographs of California, Tasmania, Sydney, Ceylon, Egypt and New Zealand. In 1884 the Bishop of Lichfield recieved a request from the bishops of Christchurch and Auckland, New Zealand, to send clergy to conduct missions in their dioceses. To this end he invited Rev G E Mason, and Rev Charles Bodington to do the job. The two clegymen left Liverpool for the United States on the 4th of July 1885, spent a summer in New Zealand, and returned to England in September 1886. (Info from "Round the Round World on a Church Mission," Rev G E Mason, Society for the promotion of Christian knowledge, London, 1892). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Purchase, 2005 Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Photographic Archive.

Date: 1960, 1974

From: Morris, Raymond, fl 1955-2011 :Colour slides of New Zealand and overseas

Reference: PA12-8455

Description: Photographs of Christchurch, Indonesia, and Singapore, taken 1960 and 1974 by Raymond Morris. Includes photographs of the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch in 1974, and photographs of buildings and street scenes in Djakarta and Singapore. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides.

Date: 1642 - 1937

Reference: B-022-011

Description: A broadside view of Abel Tasman's ship Heemskerck at anchor in Batavia (Jakarta) waiting to sail for the South Pacific. Shags on sampan in the foreground Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, 189 x 238 mm (platemark) on sheet 303 x 401 mm

Date: 1845-1862, 1998-1999

From: Parkinson family : Letters from J C Parkinson / transcribed by Finbar McCormick

Reference: MS-Papers-6726-1

Description: Transcriptions of letters written by James Cumine Parkinson to his family in Ireland from 1845 to 1862, while he was at boarding school and university, and then while he was a merchant sailor in the Pacific and Asian regions. He writes of daily events in his life, life on board ship, ports visited, and of his concerns with his family in Ireland. Includes some letters from family members to J C Parkinson. Includes letters written from Armagh, Liverpool, Bombay, Birkenhead, Bendigo, Calcutta and other ports. Also includes biographical notes on Parkinson by McCormick, numbered list of the letters, the dates they were written and where from, and photocopy of photograph of Parkinson Quantity: 1 folder(s).