Buoys

Date: 1892

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-022

Description: Somes Island (Matiu) seen from the eastern bays area, possibly from Point Howard. Two yachts and a buoy in the foreground. The hills of Wellington in the distance Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, in sketchbook, 130 x 360 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

Date: 1861

By: Scrivener, Henry Ambrose, 1842-1906

Reference: B-064-047

Description: Shows general view of Manukau Harbour with Onehunga in background, and buoys, markers and boats, with gulls in foreground. Other Titles - Harbour Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - HAS / 7/7/61.; Recto - bottom centre - Onehunga. Manukau Harbor. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 227 x 286 mm.

Date: 1898 - 1974

By: Hutton, David Edward, 1866-1946

Reference: C-083-008-b

Description: Shows a group of fisherman on a wharf where some small boats are tied up. One man sits with a black and white dog at his feet, and talks to a man standing beside two barrels full of fish. One of the barrels has the initials JM in large letters on the side. Some shallow baskets of fish with one or two fish in them, lie in the foreground. Further away on the right, a man hoses down the wharf, in front of a flagstaff with a blue and red flag flying. A red buoy floats in the left foreground, and there are some abandoned fishing rods on the wharf at the left. Some buildings at Port Chalmers are visible in the left background. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Signed and dated on original]. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on sheet 380 x 510 mm.

Date: 1879 - 1885

From: Dillberg, Gustaf, 1858-1934 :[New Zealand sketchbook. 1879-1887]

Reference: E-085-009

Description: Several sketches on one page. IN the top left, is a view from the sea of Bluff Hill and Napier Harbour. Top right, are yachts, a lighthouse and a bell buoy. The bottom two-thirds of the page show a coastal scene with a lighthouse and a cliff to the right, possibly Napier Harbour Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 178 x 254 mm (page size).

Date: 1925

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to machines, machinery, engines, mechanical engineering]

Reference: Eph-A-MACHINERY-1925-01

Description: Booklet shows in its preliminary pages a calendar for 1925, dock dues, and information about docks at Port Chalmers. The main part of the text is a listing of shafts, propellers, engines, buoys, rudders, hull machinery, fire bars, measures of timber. There are appendices, and tables of weights and measures. The booklet includes photographs of the repair to SS 'Knight of the Garter', a mooring buoy, a triple expansion engine, launching of the tug 'Dunedin', a turning lathe in the Maori Ironworks, Port Chalmers. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Hardcovered booklet, of 66 pages, plus pages of photographs, 170 x 108 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Hayward's Dunedin Rare & Collectable Book Auction, 16 April 2015, lot 451.

Date: 1997

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to boats and boating, yacht racing and regattas]

By: Vega Industries Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-BOAT-1997-01

Description: Sales catalogue showing Vega products including PEL sector lights, Nav-Aid for Diego Garcia, rotating beacons, LED beacons, linear lead light, railway crossing signal light, electronic lighthouse, buoy monitoring system, GPS receiver, VC-28 and VC-30 controllers, lamp changers. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Spiralbound booklet, 300 x 210 mm.

Date: 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-145

Description: Photographs relating to shipping, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Images are arranged alphabetically from A to FI Includes images relating to Antarctic research and supply ships Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: October 1927

From: Creator unknown : Albums of photographs, chiefly relating to phosphate mining at Makatea Island, French Polynesia

Reference: PA1-o-324

Description: Photographs show the whole process of transporting a new buoy from land to the open sea, and retrieving the old one, to enable large ships to moor off the phosphate mining site on Makatea Island. Images include preparation of the incline; the buoy on the incline; the buoy entering the water and being towed to the open sea by launch; and linking with the SS Ocean Transport which was also loading phosphates. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with mottled brown cover, entitled `Makatea moorings. Changing main buoys - October 1927. S.S. "Ocean Transport"'; 13.0 x 18.5 cm

Date: 1898 - 1974

By: Hutton, David Edward, 1866-1946

Reference: C-083-008

Description: Shows a group of fisherman on a wharf where some small boats are tied up. One man sits with a black and white dog at his feet, and talks to a man standing beside two barrels full of fish. One of the barrels has the initials JM in large letters on the side. Some shallow baskets of fish with one or two fish in them, lie in the foreground. Further away on the right, a man hoses down the wharf, in front of a flagstaff with a blue and red flag flying. A red buoy floats in the left foreground, and there are some abandoned fishing rods on the wharf at the left. Some buildings at Port Chalmers are visible in the left background. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Signed and dated on original]. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on sheet 380 x 510 mm.

Date: 1890 - 1900

By: Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: A-123-022

Description: View looking towards the cliff at Oriental Bay across the harbour, with two hulks, a smaller boat, a dinghy and buoys in the water. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & wash 218 x 351 mm

Date: 1982

From: Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :Sketchbook 1981-1982

Reference: E-181-q-046

Description: Shows oil tanks, anchor and buoys, possibly at Auckland Harbour Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, page size 271 x 210 mm

Date: 1850 - 1870

By: Gold, M R, active 1850s

Reference: A-133-009

Description: A buoy in the foreground and two dinghies being rowed, their occupants pointing to a tall sailing ship entering the harbour in the middle distance. Several smaller vessels and a lighthouse and other buildings on the cliffs in the background. It is not clear whether the M R Gold on the verso, forming part of a note on one side about the subject of the picture, is a reference to a Mr Gold or to initials M. R., and whether said Mr Gold is the artist or the owner of the watercolour. The watercolour is the work of a skilled artist, but it has not been possible to establish any references to an artist with the surname Gold and the intials M. R. Other Titles - Sketch of Melbourne Heads, Victoria. Mr Gold. Inscriptions: Recto - Sketch of Melbourne Heads, Victoria, M R Gold [or Mr Gold?]. John Damas. Kilmerton [?. Other illegible words and initials] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 127 x 178 mm

Date: 1898 - 1974

By: Hutton, David Edward, 1866-1946

Reference: C-083-008-a

Description: Shows a group of fisherman on a wharf where some small boats are tied up. One man sits with a black and white dog at his feet, and talks to a man standing beside two barrels full of fish. One of the barrels has the initials JM in large letters on the side. Some shallow baskets of fish with one or two fish in them, lie in the foreground. Further away on the right, a man hoses down the wharf, in front of a flagstaff with a blue and red flag flying. A red buoy floats in the left foreground, and there are some abandoned fishing rods on the wharf at the left. Some buildings at Port Chalmers are visible in the left background. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Signed and dated on original]. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on sheet 380 x 510 mm.

Date: 1980 - 1989

Reference: Eph-D-SAFETY-Water-1980s-2

Description: Includes: New Zealand. Small Boat Safety Committee. The how and why of engine safety [ca 1983] (2 copies) Huddle to survive in cold water. Produced in the interests of water safety by Firestone [ca 1985] (2 copies) New Zealand Ministry of Transport. Marine Department. IALA Buoyancy System 'A'; the combined Cardinal and Lateral System (Red to Port) "What a stupid place to put a buoy!!!" [1981] (Issued with "Blue water", no 47, 1981) In danger - grab one! It could save your life. Chilly bin, log, fising box, plank wood, ball, oar. If you can't stay with your boat, any of these objects would increase your survival time. Produced in the interests of water safety by Firestone [ca 1985] (2 copies) New Zealand Small Boat Committee. Know your buoys and beacons. "What a stupid place to put a buoy!!!". 1982 New Zealand. Small Boat Safety Committee. Launch wardens work for your safety [ca 1982] (2 copies) [New Zealand Water Safety Council]. Life is beautiful, don't dip out. Know your limitations. Swimming in jeans is out. Learn life-saving techniques. Swim with the crowd. Sponsored by the Bank of New Zealand in the interests of water safety [ca 1985] (2 copies) Accident Compensation Commission. Skipper responsibility. I'm a responsible skipper who will ensure ... Get more out of your boating; take a Coastguard Boating Education course. boatsafe [1980s?] Susan Applesmith. Nine months on-the-way, three years growing; 2 minutes drowning. what a terrible waste! ICI Tasman Ltd in association with New Zealand Plunket Society and New Zealand Water Safety Council [ca 1985] (2 copies) This position increases your survival time in cold water. The position prevents heat loss and increases survival time. HELP - Heat Escape Lessening Position. Produced in the interests of water safety by Firestone [ca 1985] (2 copies) New Zealand Small Boat Safety Committee. When you're in distress, Marine Search & Rescue is always ready to help. But ... think of the cost. The cost to you could be your life [ca 1983] (2 copies) Quantity: 11 colour photo-mechanical print(s) (plus duplicates). Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters, sizes varying around 595 x 420 mm.

Date: 9 March 2009

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011

Reference: A-453-173

Description: Shows a large ship called Michael Jackson II being launched. A onlooker comments that the ship should be kept away from small buoys. Refers to Jackson announcing that he will perform again in major comeback concerts and also refers to his child sexual abuse allegations. Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - MONDAY CARTOON - 0903A10CARTOON 157.2mm x 129.5mm Pls correct & send to MediaGrid, GNZHARTPIX [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).

Date: 1986

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-136-384

Description: Shows Douglas and Lange on the bridge of a boat called the 'Lange Enzed'. Rough seas ('inflation'), a buoy ('floating $') and a lighthouse ('wage hikes') make up the scene. The passengers are all looking worried and one is asking if the boat is sinking. Douglas is reading an 'economic chart' and Lange is looking through a telescope and holding a 'deficit projection'. Refers to floating of New Zealand dollar. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, chinese white and crayon on paper, 350 x 385 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1948 - 1949

From: Schoon, Theo, 1915-1985 :[Photocopies of drawings. 1947-1948?]

Reference: C-027-046

Description: Reproduction of an illustration of sharks circling around a buoy which bears the initials F H. The initials are likely to stand for the artist Frances Hodgkins, and the work is likely to be a commentary on the criticism and furore caused by the proposed purchase of Hodgkins' "Pleasure Garden" by the Christchurch City Council. For Fairburn's opinion of this incident, see his letter of 20 July 1949 to T H (Harry) Scott, reproduced in "Letters of A.R.D. Fairburn", selected and edited by Lauris Edmond (1981), page 191. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, on sheet 212 x 130 mm.

Date: 1985

From: New Zealand. Ministry of Transport. Small Boat Safety Committee :[Boating safety posters illustrated by Eric Heath. 1971, 1984-1985?]

By: New Zealand. Small Boat Safety Committee; Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-

Reference: Eph-D-SAFETY-Water-1985-02

Description: Shows two men seated upon a green buoy labelled "Wreck", with their small boat sinking in the background. Dated from other Eric Heath water safety posters. Other Titles - Boat safely Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster 570 x 380 mm.

Date: 2002

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DX-023-208

Description: The scene is the edge of the ocean. A ship is falling off the edge onto a pile of shipwrecks below. At the edge is a dinghy with a buoy called 'Finisterre' in it. The dinghy sailor has just taken it out of the water and is replacing it with a buoy called 'Fitzroy' which he exclaims will be 'much safer'. Extended Title - There! much safer. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2009

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

Reference: DCDL-0013278

Description: Shows a large ship called Michael Jackson II being launched. A onlooker comments that the ship should be kept away from small buoys. Refers to Jackson announcing that he will perform again in major comeback concerts and also refers to his child sexual abuse allegations. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).