Dwellings - New Zealand - Southland Region

Date: 1863 (1956, 1976, 1981)

By: Woodhouse, Jonas Eastwood, 1842-1897; Woodhouse, F R (Mr), active 1956-1981

Reference: MS-Group-2357

Description: Original log book of an account of Jonas Eastwood Woodhouse of his journey from London, England to Southland, New Zealand on board the 'New Great Britain' in 1863. Also a typed transcript of the same. Woodhouse describes life on board the ship in detail, including the weather, food, entertainment, equator crossing celebrations, and deaths of other passengers. He also describes sailing past Solander and Steward [Stewart?] Islands and arriving in Southland where they were met by a pilot ship and assessed for quarantine. He gives his impressions of the bush, houses, gardens, animals, and pig hunting that he could see from the ship before they landed. Also includes a list of passengers on the ship, organised by county and country, and the words to 'Song of the New Great Britain' composed by Mr Robert Wotton - another passenger on the ship. Also includes letters addressed to Mr F R Woodhouse (a great grandson of Woodhouse and previous owner of the book) in relation to the log book (letters dated 1956, 1976, and 1981). Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 2 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, Typescripts Provenance: Previously owned by Mr F R Woodhouse, a great grandson of Jonas Eastwood Woodhouse. Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Modern First Edition Ltd, England, Jun 2014

Date: 1870

From: Welch, Joseph Sandell, 1841-1918 :[South Island sketches, 1870-1888]

Reference: A-120-013

Description: Upper view: Jamestown and Gravel cove, Lake McKerrow, shows a single small house and a tent amidst thick bush at the edge of the lake. Hills in the background and a small steamer and a rowboat at the water's edge. Lower view: Steamer Charles Edwards snagged in Hollyford River, Feb, 1870, signed lower left, J. Welch, 1870, shows the half-sunk paddle steamer in the river, hills beyond. In: Welch, J. S. [Album of Sketches] 1876 Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolours with scratching out 140 x 226 mm and 139 x 226 mm glued to a single sheet.

Date: 1880 - 1889

From: Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921 :[Fiordland sketches. 1880s]

Reference: E-119-q-062

Description: View of mountains showing a house in middle distance in the valley below set against a backdrop of trees. There are two figures in the foreground, one seated on a grassy slope and the man on the right with a walking stick. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 150 x 225 mm

By: Acme Photo Company (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-28-04

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card.

Date: 1848 - 1849

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-111-3

Description: Looking along the shoreline at Ruapuke Island, with a small house in the distance, presumably that of Rev. J. F. Wohlers Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia ink on cream paper, 85 x 131 mm

Date: 1852 - 1853

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-103-3

Description: A small thatched roof cottage and a low shelter in a clearing in bush New River was the original European name for the Oreti River, Southland Other Titles - Oreti River Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 56 x 106 mm

Date: [ca 1890-1948]

From: Vance, William, 1899-1981 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9824

Description: Photographs of Martins Bay, Southland, and surrounding districts. These include - View of Martins Bay, ca 1900. Boat on the Hollyford River built by the McKenzie brothers. Group at Greenstone Hut, 1900. McKenzie house, Martins Bay, 1900. Sunny Creek Hut. Lake McKerrow and mountains, 1900. Mr J George's house, Martins Bay, 1900. Hollyford River. Nine Mile Hut, Sunny Creek. Hollyford Valley and cave at Martins Bay, 1900. Hidden Falls, Hollyford Valley. View of Martins Bay and newly cleared bush land. McKenzie brothers yarding cattle at Martins Bay. Landscape views with mountains. Sea birds, Milford Sound. Group of men on the edge of a cliff, 1931. View of Queenstown. Group on the Ohau Bridge, ca 1890. D J McKenzie and another man pitsawing logs. Huts on site of homestead, Martins Bay, 1948. Site of Jamestown, 1948., Quantity: 26 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1878 - 1976

By: Avon Fine Prints

Reference: C-061-015-a

Description: View of central Invercargill Limited edition of 750 copies. Issued with text sheet. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 298 x 431 mm on sheet 435 x 541 mm

Date: 1880s

From: Main, William :Two photograph albums

Reference: PA1-q-638

Description: Views of farmland, homesteads, mountains, forest, and people associated with Merrivale, Blackmount, and other stations in Southland. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1877

From: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925 :Pencil and watercolour drawings 1868-1891

By: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925

Reference: E-326-f-016-1

Description: Shows a small cottage facing the sea Inscriptions: Recto - above image - [Top of page, above all images] The Bluff; Recto - bottom left - K H; Recto - bottom right - Jan Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 62 x 118 mm

Date: 1870 - 1879

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook. 1870s?]

Reference: E-030-q-2-005

Description: A view along the main street of Nokomai township, looking towards mountains. In the right foreground, the United States Hotel is identified, with a small dray outside. Futher down the street are shops and houses. Other views of the Mataura by Hodgkins are dated 1871 and possibly 1875 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on cream paper, page size 137 x 223 mm

Date: 1881

Reference: A-260-052

Description: Shows cows and horses grazing in a field, houses, the hotel and a horse-drawn cart. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Coloured photograph 220 x 400 mm Provenance: Photograph donated by Mr & Mrs S Mouat, Southland, 1979

Date: 1880 - 1889

From: Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921 :[Fiordland sketches. 1880s]

Reference: E-119-q-064

Description: View of mountains showing a house in middle distance and other smaller buildings nearby. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 145 x 235 mm

From: Douglas, Charles Edward 1840-1916 :[Mountain and West Coast Sketches. Peaks and rivers etc. identified]

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916; Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895; Mueller, Mildred Violet, -1969; Mueller, Gerhard, 1835-1918; Forrest, Isabel K, active 1969

Reference: E-059-q-066/079

Description: See shelf-list for contents. 14 drawings by Douglas, and one (no. 65) 'Invercargill - Tay Street, 1858' by W. B. D. Mantell. Quantity: 13 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil sketches Transfers: Part of the Gerhard Mueller papers (MS 448).

Date: 1895

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898; Field, George Alexander Hughes, 1905-1992

Reference: A-151-002

Description: An unfinished pencil sketch of Bluff Harbour, looking along the beach to the east, with the wharves, shipping, port buildings and a tall smoking chimney visible. There are also telegraph poles and houses along the waterfront road in the left foreground Attribution on stylistic grounds. Colour notes are in the artist's hand Date from his S. S. Wakatipu leaving Bluff Harbour, 26/12/95 (A-183-007) Supplied title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 251 x 380 mm

Date: 1948

Reference: 1/4-002907

Description: Lake County, Martin's Bay - homestead made of corrugated iron January 1948. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1890-1927]

From: France, Thelma Edith Minnie, 1907-2000 : Photographs

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); France, J W, active 1890s

Reference: PAColl-0348

Description: Mounted photographs by the Burton Brothers of the junction of Eden and Tees Streets, Oamaru showing St Luke's Church, shops, tram lines and part of the Council Chambers; looking down on the wharves of Port Chalmers with the Presbyterian Church in the right foreground; and the Kakahi Falls, near Tawhata on the Whanganui River. Two smaller mounted photographs of a river in the Catlins District. Three pages from a photograph album holding five photographs of the building of the Arapuni Dam on the Waikato River including the buried forest exposed by the Waikato River diversion. Three loose prints by J W France of an early settlers' cottage made of ponga with a turf roof and with the family outside; a group of six workmen standing on the road they were building with long handled shovels and a boy and a dog in front of them; and the funeral procession of Sir John MacKenzie in 1901 led by a pipe band up the main road in Oamaru working. Finally a loose print of the bridge over the Waiho River. Arrangement: Copy negatives at 1/2-68928 to 1/2-068934. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) loose.

Date: 1870 - 1970 - 1985

From: Hill, Perry Martin, 1926-2005 :[Architectural plans. 1960-1990s]

Reference: A-408-130/139

Description: Includes locality plan between Wellington Street and Pomonoa Street, floor plan, roof plan, sections and elevations, of a large two-storeyed house. Quantity: 10 plan(s). Physical Description: Photocopies, sizes varying

Date: 1877

From: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925 :Pencil and watercolour drawings 1868-1891

By: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925

Reference: E-326-f-016-2

Description: Shows a small cottage facing the beach with the sea in the background, a sailing boat in the water and a small boat on the beach. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - [Top of page, above all images] The Bluff; Recto - bottom left - K H; Recto - bottom right - Feb 7 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 63 x 115 mm

Date: 1882

From: Walsh, Philip 1843-1914 :[Waitara sketchbook]

By: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914

Reference: E-357-107/108

Description: View from above Bluff Harbour, with the wharves to the left, the harbour entrance and low hills ahead, the roof of a house below the viewer in the centre foreground Bluff was part of Otago Province in the 1880s Quantity: 1 drawing(s) (double image). Physical Description: Pencil 180 x 360 mm