Roads - New Zealand - Otago Region

Date: 1894

By: New Zealand Graphic and Star Printing Works; Hawcridge, Robert, 1866-1920; New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal; Fagan, J A, active 1970s

Reference: D-001-029

Description: View from the Town Belt in the Mornington area looking down over the city, with South Dunedin to the right. Otago Boys' High is the large Victorian Gothic building to the left in the foreground and Queens Drive curves around the bush-clad hill to its left. In the distance on the left is Logan Lake, now reclaimed as Logan Park. The dominant church spire in the centre belongs to First Church. Houses, stores and industrial buildings are shown, along with shipping activity in the port. In the centre and right foreground are a park and a road, along which a couple is walking. Extended Title - Supplement to: New Zealand Graphic, Christmas Number, 1894. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 310 x 865 mm

Date: 1949

By: Cowan, James Robson, 1918-2006

Reference: C-137-003

Description: Shows a view of the dry rolling hills of Otago, with two cyclists standing beside their loaded cycles on a winding road. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - top right - Roy Cowan - 1949 / based on own experience - / in Otago; Backing board recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on sheet 368 x 551 mm. Provenance: Private purchase, 2004.

Date: 1870 - 1900

Reference: MapColl-os834.5292gmbd/[1876?]/Acc.44083

Description: Shows two drawings with measurements and scales indicating the level and vertical curve (gradient) of a section of High Street, Dunedin. One drawing identifies intersecting streets from left to right as Castle, Gaol, Cumberland, MacAndrew, Dowling, Crawford, Rattray, Bond and Princes Streets. The other drawing identifies intersecting streets from left to right as Princes, Manse, Clark, Hope, Graham, Melville, Grant, Maitland, William and Alva Streets and Belt Road. A vertical scale is also provided under the horizontal scale. A separate note in red ink states: "In all new Formation the Building Lines (where practicable) are to be the same level as the centre of the road." Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on light weight brown paper, paper glued to linen, coloured, Scale [ca.1:1 000], 72 x 132 cm. Provenance: Purchased at Plumbly's auction, Dunedin, 29th April 2004

Date: 1860 - 1880

From: Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :Album. [1860s?]

Reference: E-297-029

Description: A swift-flowing river between rocky banks, two men on the near left side of the river contemplating the river, a bridge with stone reinforcing at each end and a dwelling or hotel on the far side of the bridge to the right. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph 139 x 197 mm glued to album page 177 x 225 mm

Date: [ca 1890s]

From: Campbell, Eve, fl 1976 :Stereographs

Reference: PA4-0698

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of a motor vehicle on the Road to Lawrence, Otago, taken by an unidentified photographer Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - On the road - Lawrence, Otago; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print Provenance: Donated by Mrs E Campbell, July 1976

Date: 1941-1958

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Roberts, Jack Debnam Stewart, 1891-1980; Weigel, William George, 1890-1980; Smith, Robin Vaughan Francis, 1927-

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-177

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, ca 1941-1958 Main street of Arrowtown, church and cottage; homestead on road between Kingston & Queenstown with Remarkables behind; road construction on the Kingston-Lake Wakatipu Road; road into Arrowtown; Crown Range road (showing Jaguar XK150 Fixed Head Coupe); rural scene in Maungawera Valley between Lake Wanaka & Hawera, 1941; Kingston Railway Station and train; opendeck bus in Routeburn Valley; Cecil Peak from shores of Lake Wakatipu. Scottish bard at one end of Signal Hill memorial, Dunedin Lake Hayes; Mount Aspiring from North-East; Clutha River; Skippers Bridge; Thames Street, Oamaru looking south; aerial view of Dunedin looking south from railway station; sunken iris garden at Dunedin Botanical Gardens, 1958; mist over over Dunedin as seen from Southern Motorway. Photographers include: W H Raine, W G Weigel, J D S Roberts & R V Francis Smith Quantity: 29 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1880

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1877-1880]

Reference: E-014-q-3-045/1

Description: Left image shows cliffs at Woodhaugh including a steep bullock track and building or carriage. On the right, a tall native tree, a field, and steep hills beyond at Woodhaugh, Leith Valley, Dunedin Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - (right image) In Woodhaugh Paddock 1880 Quantity: 2 drawing(s) (double image). Physical Description: Pencil 190 x 290 mm

Date: 1864

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

Reference: E-174-042

Description: A road with telegraph poles on the right, flax bushes and Lake Waihola to the left. Mount Maungatua is in the distance on the far left, its top covered with cloud Acquired with E171: Wairarapa and Wellington sketchbook, signed J C Crawford Extended Title - From his South Island sketchbook, 1864. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawing 128 x 173 mm. Provenance: Estate of Russell Smith, Masterton.

Date: 1875 - 1885

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Collection of unidentified sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

Reference: A-213-043

Description: A man in the distance on a path between steep rocks, above a river. May show part of the Kawarau River and Gorge Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 140 x 255 mm

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-212-007

Description: A view of Otago Harbour looking towards Ravensbourne on the left, with a central vignette, possibly looking back in the opposite direction towards the head of the harbour Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and initials in pen and ink Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Monochrome wash 292 x 218 mm

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

By: Hargest, Miles, active 1982

Reference: PA12-11299

Description: Images of Central Otago. Includes views of landscapes. Roads. A church. A hotel. Houses. Ruined buildings and other structures. Flocks of sheep. An antique motor launch. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [ca 1965-1975]

From: Edwards, Muriel, 1907-1981: Slides taken around New Zealand

Reference: PA12-10627

Description: Slides taken by Muriel Edwards of various locations, mainly in the Canterbury Region, circa 1965-1975. Includes images of the Waiau River mouth and Hamner area, Waitaki Dam, a tramping hut, a weka investigating tramping gear, a Christmas display at Arthur Barnett Ltd (Dunedin), construction at an unidentified port, a trip to Peel Forest, Cape Foulwind coastal scenes, farmland in Reynolds Valley, a band rotunda and a floral clock, a lakeside scene at Queenstown, and an aerial view of Skippers Road. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies

Date: [ca 1965-1975]

From: Edwards, Muriel, 1907-1981: Slides taken around New Zealand

Reference: PA12-10628

Description: Slides taken by Muriel Edwards of New Zealand scenes, circa 1960s-1970s. Includes images of the Rakaia River and Highbank power station, Robert Falcon Scott memorial boulder (Queenstown Gardens), Skippers Canyon, Fitzroy Gardens (near Rotorua) and Muriwai's Cave carved entrance. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies

Date: [ca 1950-1970]

From: Edwards, Muriel, 1907-1981: Slides taken around New Zealand

Reference: PA12-10643

Description: Avon Commercial slides taken circa 1950s-1960s, and collected by Muriel Edwards. Images include a map of the South Island, the Tomo shaft at Waitomo Caves, a van parked on Pinchers Bluff on the Skippers Canyon Road, and view over Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu to the Remarkables. Quantity: 5 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies

Date: February 1963

From: Potts, Angela, 1938-: Collected family photographs

Reference: PA12-4011

Description: Transparencies of South Island landscapes, buildings, and infrastructure, February 1963. Taken by Ron or Angela Potts or Victor or Phyllis Boivin. Photographs show: the lighthouse at Taiaroa Head; Milford Sound, including a fleet of crayfishing boats; an unidentified man [shepherd?] near Queenstown with a building that once was an inn in the background; hand gliders at Coronet Peak; Lake Wanaka; Cook monument at Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound; views from the Haast Pass road including ragwort plants, mountain peaks, Lake Hāwea, and settlers' graves; Lake Tekapo images, including Bill Hamilton driving a jet boat and the view from the altar at Church of the Good Shepherd; Jackson Bay; earthworks during the construction of Benmore Dam; and Skippers Road. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Transparencies arrived in no discernable order. Quantity: 18 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies mounted in cardboard slide frames. Processing information: Archivist identified sequences and ordered transparencies according to general themes.

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-027-003

Description: A road running alongside a deep gorge, with steep bluffs on both sides. A single small figure walks away along the road Mislabelled on verso of mat, in Hodgkin's hand: "On the Puerou Road Akaroa. Painted by O'Brien. Sketched by W M Hodgkins". Possibly the work was transferred into a mat belonging to another work by the original owner. Title from lower left Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in brushpoint Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monotone watercolour (dark blue) ; visible image 117 x 173 mm

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Collection of unidentified sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

Reference: A-213-064

Description: A steep river valley with a road cut along one side, tall rock formations and a mountain Other Titles - Mountain scene Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 191 x 305 mm

From: [Gifford, Algernon Charles] 1862-1948 :[Unidentified views of New Zealand. ca 1920]

Reference: A-204-014

Description: Looking down on a road passing through rolling countryside, and zig-zagging up a hill in the background Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 177 x 252 mm

From: [Gifford, Algernon Charles] 1862-1948 :[Unidentified views of New Zealand. ca 1920]

Reference: A-204-050

Description: An unsealed road winding through hills, seen through the trunk and branches of a tree in the foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper 391 x 285 mm Provenance: A.C. Gifford estate, 1.5.1967

Date: 1915

From: Campbell, Charles, 1854-1943 :[Sketches of the Owaka/Catlins district] - 1915.

Reference: A-164-034

Description: View of a fallen tree trunk which has created an archway across the road Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 135 x 195 mm