Ferries - New Zealand - Southland Region

Date: [Circa 1870s to 1885]

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA1-o-387

Description: Photographs of New Zealand taken by various photographers before 1886, of whom F A Coxhead and James Ring are identifiable. Most of the images have captions, and names of places and buildings etc. are listed above. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, black corners and spine, entitled `New Zealand scenery' in gold lettering; 20 x 26 cm

Date: [Circa 1890s]

Reference: PA1-o-307

Description: Album belonging to Sir Thomas Noble Mackenzie, relating to the Milford Track which he helped open up. Album possibly presented to him when he was made a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1898. None of the people are identified, but there are several which show Sir Thomas. A number of the photographs were taken by an unidentified professional photographer, and have numbers in the range of 7400 and 7500. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, entitled `New Zealand scenery', and `Hon. T. Mackenzie, F.R.G.S. Prime Minister'; 26 x 34 cm

Date: 1888

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] Ravensbourne, 1888

Reference: E-016-3-049

Description: Looking up to the bridge of a steamer. A man stands against the guard rail with the ship's funnel behind him Probably at Bluff or in Foveaux Strait. The surrounding images in the sketchbook are of Bluff, Foveaux Strait or Stewart Island Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 89 x 156 mm (page size)

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-2268-F

Description: Panoramic view of Lake Te Anau from the jetty. A ferry carrying a number of passengers is the in the centre right of the image, very calm water. Large single-storeyed accommodation house "Glade House" is on a small promontory above the lake on the far left, two cars parked in front. Trees around the building. Reflections in the water. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Lake "Te Anau" New Zealand. No. 800; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Lake Te Anau from Jetty Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 111.3 cm

Date: 1948

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to ferries and ferry services in New Zealand, 1900-1969]

By: New Zealand. Marine Department; R H Waddell (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-FERRY-1948-01

Description: Timetable for the Bluff-Stewart Island ferry service on G M V "Wairua", from 6 December 1948 to Friday 7 January 1949, and over Easter from 11-22 April? 1949. Includes advertising for local businesses: Oban Butchery (W J Hamilton), fish shop (W B Bailey), general store (T Bragg & Co Ltd), bakery (A T Denny), Stewart Island Stores Ltd (manager A Cameron), carriers (R & M Bray), Ferndale Hotel, New Oban Hotel, Woodslea House, Denton's Motors, J Harrison transport service. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 1 volume, 4 pages, 145 x 113 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Otago Heritage Books in 2003.

Date: Jan 1955

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Bigwood, Kenneth Valentine, 1920-1992

Reference: 1/2-020875-F

Description: Oban Wharf, Halfmoon Bay, Stewart Island, January 1955, with group facing the ferry 'Wairua'. The 'Waiata', the 'Matariki', and the 'Kapousa' are in the foreground. Photograph taken for the National Publicity Studios by K V Bigwood. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. The 'Wairua' was on one of her regular crossings from Bluff. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: [ca Jan 1948]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Pickard, D, active 1940s-1950s

Reference: PAColl-8602-13

Description: The Wairua, a Bluff-Stewart Island ferry, after a overhaul. Photograph taken by D Pickard, at an unidentified location. Other - Published in the New Zealand Free Lance, 21 January 1948 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.6 x 22 cm