Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Travers, W T L, 1819-1903

Lawyer, magistrate, politician, explorer, naturalist, photographer. Born Ireland. Arrived in Nelson, New Zealand in November 1849. Practised law and was a member of the House of Representatives several times. Captain of the NZ Militia in 1869. Mt Travers, and the Travers Range in the upper Waiau Valley, Marlborough, are named for him. He was a founder of the New Zealand Institute. He was also an artist, known for his botanical drawings; he exhibited work at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, 1889-1890. See DNZB (Vol 1, 1769-1869, p547-548)

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Saxby album 2

Date: 1870-1890

From: Saxby, Stephen Hector, 1907- :Photograph albums

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Hart, Campbell & Company; Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?; Ring, James, 1856-1939; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-q-213

Description: Album of photographs of New Zealand and Pacific scenes, compiled ca 1870s-1880s. Includes views of Nelson. Bridge over the Waiau River near Hanmer. Hutt Valley (showing junction of Belmont Road), Manaia (showing Dr Hector, and oysters in foreground). James Hector's house `Ratanui,'near Petone, his family, and views from the house. Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu (showing flooding, acclimatisation ponds, and the road between Queenstown and Martin's Bay). Greymouth. Castle Hill. White Island. Mount Ruapehu. Otira Gorge. Arthur River. Milford Sound (with steamship Rotorua). Christchurch. Auckland (including a series of interior views of Kilbryde, the home of Sir John Logan Campbell). Cable car over Taramakau River. Hawks Crag. Brunnerton. Arnold river. Arthur's Pass. Buller River. Denniston (showing coal mines and incline). Mount Cook. Wellington (including views of the Botanic Garden). Lake Mapourika. Sutherland Falls. Tahiti. Wanganui. The Wainuiomata Reservoir. Napier. Photographers represented include W T L Travers (scenes on Waiau river), Hart, Campbell & Co (Queenstown and Wakatipu), James Ring (Greymouth, Castle Hill, and Buller), H T Lock (Hawks Crag and Denniston), Wheeler & Son (Christchurch), Connolly & Co (Wellington Botanic Garden) and Burton Brothers (Sutherland Falls). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded maroon cover, entitled "New Zealand ferns"; 30.5 x 25.0 cm

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New Zealand scenery album 1

Date: [Circa 1860s-1870s]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-o-385

Description: Album of New Zealand scenery taken circa 1860s and 1870s. Some taken by William Thomas Locke Travers (particularly in the Lake Guyon area), identified by comparison with photographs known to be his; and some possibly taken by the Burton Brothers. Names of all the places listed can be seen in the list above, except for two streams which are not mentioned in current maps and guides, Blue Duck Creek and Gem Creek (Lake Guion); and a rock formation near Aorere which was known then as the "Devil's Boots". A view at the foot of the Otira Gorge shows an old hotel (not named). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon leather binding, entitled `New Zealand scenery' in gold lettering; 24.0 x 31.5 cm

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Saxby album 3

Date: 1860-1880s

From: Saxby, Stephen Hector, 1907- :Photograph albums

By: Monro, David (Sir), 1813-1877; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903; Beattie, John Watt, 1859-1930

Reference: PA1-q-214

Description: Album of views in New Zealand and Australia, comprising photographs of Nelson, mostly taken by Sir David Monro ca 1860-1865, showing his family and properties, "Bearcroft", and "Newstead"; views of Lake Guyon and district taken ca 1865 by W T L Travers, and scenes in Tasmania taken by John Watt Beattie of Hobart, ca 1880s. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with tan cloth cover, dark green leather spine; 35 x 26 cm

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Typed copies of correspondence annotated by R Burnett

Date: 1867-1886

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-0037-239

Description: Includes correspondence 1. T W Hackett to J Hector & 2. T W Hackett to J von Haast re nomenclature of Southern Alps (1967). 3. Correspondence between Buller, Kirk, Hector and Haast with other references. 4. J von Haast to W Buller re Hector's treatment of Haast's Geological survey reports (1885) 5. J von Haast to W Buller (1885) 6. W Buller to W T L Travers re conduct of New Zealand court at exhibition (1886) 7 W Buller to J Hector re same object (1886) Finding Aids: Inventory available.

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Wood, Katherine M :Photograph and photocopies showing bush remnants in Wellington City

Date: 1865-1870

By: Wood, Katherine Maclean, 1912-2008; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PAColl-3136

Description: Photographs showing bush remnants in the gully in which the Karori Reservoir was built, and near the Kaiwarawara Stream Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s) and. 2 photocopy/ies in one envelope. Physical Description: Photoprint 182 x 222mm; photocopies A4 paper size

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Llewellyn, Robert William, 1848-1910: Travel to America and New Zealand

Date: 19 August 1871-15 January 1872

By: Llewellyn, Robert William, 1848-1910

Reference: MSX-10004

Description: Holograph manuscript volume recording the travels of Llewellyn in the United States of America and New Zealand in the form of draft letters to his family. Journal begins with Llewellyn's departure on 'The Java' from Liverpool on 19 August 1871. Journey continues to Cork and Queenstown [Cobh] in Ireland, before crossing the Atlantic to New York. In the United States visits are made up the Hudson River to West Point, and to Albany by railway, and on to Niagara Falls, Toronto, Chicago, and Salt Lake City, before finally departing for New Zealand from San Francisco on 13 September 1871. Voyage on the SS 'Moses Taylor' to Honolulu and then on the SS 'Nevada' to Auckland. Most of the journal recalls Llewellyn's travels, friendships, and experiences in New Zealand, particularly in Wellington where he was largely based. Some notable experiences are the many balls and dances attended in the Houses of Parliament in Wellington, releasing the first brown trout in North Island rivers with Sir James Hector, learning to take photographs with William Thomas Travers, meetings with railway contractor John Brogden and the military secretary and soldier Sir George Whitmore. The journal ends abruptly on 15 January 1872 even though Llewellyn indicates he is to remain in New Zealand for a longer period before travelling on to Australia. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Bound volume, ribbed red leather boards with gilt ruled borders, 66 pages of holograph in ink on ruled laid paper (120 pages blank), 17.8 x 11.6 cm.

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Land Transfer Office : Wellington land deeds

Date: 1840-1890

Reference: fMS-256

Description: Mainly land deeds (conveyance, right of way, grants, leases, tenancy agreements, mortgages), includes certificates of New Zealand Company shares Includes discharge certificate from 65th Regiment of Foot for Private James McFadden, 1861 Variations in title - Spine title: Old land deeds of Wellington Quantity: 1 volume(s) (110 pieces). Physical Description: Mss (50 cm; brown linen tie folder) Finding Aids: Calendar of contents available.

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Leslie, Walter Jefferson, 1855-1915 :The Mount Victoria stakes / Walter Leslie [del.] -...

Date: 1893

By: Leslie, Walter Jefferson, 1855-1915; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: C-033-014

Description: Cartoon showing W T L Travers scaling Mt Victoria, followed by political opponents Advertisements in vignettes around borders Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, b&w 452 x 570 mm

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Photographs of Wellington and district

Date: [ca 1850s-1940s]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm); Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-001

Description: Views of Wellington and environs, many of them copies of originals by W T L Travers and others, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. They include early churches, street scenes, shipping and personalities, and a view of Te Rauparaha's monument in Otaki. Aso included are a number of original photographs by Wrigglesworth and Binns of Wellington. Quantity: 76 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

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Travers album 1

Date: mid 1870s

By: Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-q-247

Description: Travers took all the photographs in this album Photographs of New Zealand taken circa 1860s-1870s, including views of Travers' own garden, Noon's garden, Roger Kingdon's house in Nelson, and John Oldham's house "Werneth" at Wakapuaka, Nelson Other Titles - New Zealand scenes Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, entitled "New Zealand scenes. W.T.L Travers" on spine; 29.5 x 38.5 cm

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[Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :From a photo by Travers. The Spenser Mountains, W...

Date: 1871

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook. Southland views. 1871]

By: Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903; Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-016-6-050

Description: View across the Waiau Valley, North Canterbury, towards a mountain range Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on 2 sketchbook pages, total page size 101 x 232 mm

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Turnbull album

Date: [Circa 1880s]

By: Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903; Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA1-f-076

Description: Album of photographs taken by various photographers circa 1880s, including the Burton brothers, George Valentine, and W T L Travers. Photographs of Tenerife, Cape Town (and probably the views of Hobart) were taken from the ship "Doric" in 1885, possibly by Alexander Turnbull on one of his return trips from Europe. Other Titles - New Zealand, Tasmania [and] Ships Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue buckram cover, entitled in gold lettering on spine "New Zealand, Tasmania, Ships, A H Turnbull"; 31.5 x 43.0 cm

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Murray album

Date: [Circa 1860s-1870s]

From: Murray, H N :Photograph of Queens Wharf and an album

By: Murray, Herbert Nicholas, 1899-1974; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-q-165

Description: Photographs of the Wellington area in the North Island, and in the South Island views particularly of Lake Guyon and surrounds, the Mount Travers Station, and the Waiau River and bridge, taken by William Thomas Locke Travers. The Wellington views include several of the `Nghauranga' [i.e. Ngauranga] Valley, including one of two wagons laden with timber crossing a wooden bridge; one of a small group of buildings at the foot of the gorge; and one of a bend in the road, a man seated on a log in the foreground, and smoke coming from the chimney of a house partially hidden to the right. All the other scenes in the Wellington area are in the Hutt Valley, or Belmont Hills, including `Fitzherbert's' (the home of Sir William Fitzherbert?). The view of the Mount Travers Station on the edge of Lake Guyon shows a building partially hidden by trees on the left, a woman and child sitting in front of a camera on a tripod, and a man sitting in a dinghy on the edge of the lake. A number of scenes are in the Lake Guyon area, with various streams and creeks; and views of the Waiau River into which the lake drains. Inscriptions: Album page - `H.N. Murray, Motueka. His book'. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green leather binding, entitled `New Zealand scenery' in gold lettering; 29.0 x 38.5 cm

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Royds, John and Thomas :Innes album

Date: 1877-1883

By: Royds, John Azariah Slater, 1840-; Royds, Thomas Slater, 1838-; Innes, K E (Mrs), active 1966; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911; Hart, Campbell & Company; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-f-032

Description: Album compiled by John and Thomas Royds of Invercargill, in the early 1880s, containing views of Invercargill, Auckland, Wellington, Masterton, Eketahuna (named Ninety Mile Bush), Nelson, Wairau Gorge, Manawatu River Bridge, Lake Guyon, Wakapuaka, Lyttelton, Picton, Maitai Valley, Christchurch, Lake Hawea, Frankton Falls, Lake Wakatipu, Mount Crichton, Arthur's Point, Winton, Mount Larkins, Queenstown, Lake Wanaka, Dunedin, Shag Valley, Palmerston (with a coach in the street), Hamilton's Station near Naseby, Breaksea Sound, Chalky Inlet, the Roaring Meg stream, Cromwell, Te Aroha pa, and the Pink Terrace. Also includes carte de visite Maori portraits. Photographers represented include James Bragge (scenes in Wellington and Wairarapa), W T L Travers (views of Lake Guyon), Hart, Campbell & Co (scenes in Otago), and Herbert Deveril (views of te Aroha Pa). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Large dark green leather-bound album, entitled `New Zealand'; 50 x 33 cm Provenance: The album was compiled by brothers Tom and John Royds, settlers in Invercargill, and sent to their brother, Dr W S Royds, in Reading, England. Mrs Innes is a descendent of Dr Royds.

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Wrigglesworth & Binns :The Hon Robert Stout M.H.R. Premier of New Zealand, laying the f...

Date: 1885

Reference: PAColl-D-0766

Description: Photograph taken by Wrigglesworth & Binns to mark the laying of the foundation stone for the Wellington Woollen Manufacturing Company's mill in Cornish Street, Petone. Sir Robert Stout can be seen standing beside the stone as it is ready to be lowered into position. Surrounded by a large gathering of men and women including the company directors, architect, contractors and other invited guests. Individual portraits of Thomas Scoular; R S Ledger; T Turnbull; Chas. St.Barbe; T Kennedy Macdonald; Hon R Stout; W T S Travers; J Bransfield; J Coutts Crawford; W A Fitzherbert. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Title This building was closed in 1968 and demolished in 1970 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 375 x 438 mm and 10 x 70 x 45 mm oval portraits on card 550 x 630 mm

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Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903 :Photographs

Date: [ca 1870]

By: Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PAColl-1574

Description: Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 31 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Correspondence

Date: Jul 1890

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-166

Description: Correspondents identified and entered in the Name field; also includes telegram sent by several people from Christchurch regarding the New Zealand Trotting Association Bill Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Correspondence

Date: Nov-Dec 1887

From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1784-139

Description: Inward and outward correspondence; also includes plan of land bounded by Opawa Road, Gas Works Road, Railway and Wilson Road; and plan of the South Malvern district. Most correspondents identified but does include telegrams to Leeston of Sydney; letter from W [?] Tipton, Irwell School, Canterbury; letter from Geo E [?] Twynand, Macquarie Street, to Mrs Fairfax, regarding Mary Hall's health; and copy of letter to Mr Baker with copy of circular received from the Crown Lands Office relating to forest plantations. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903 :Negatives

Date: 1864-1875

By: Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PAColl-5315

Description: Photographs of Wellington city and wharves, and scenes in Ngauranga Gorge and the old Porirua Road, taken by William Thomas Locke Travers in the 1860s and 1870s. Arrangement: Negatives catalogued at 1/1-000695, 000697, 000702, 000731, 000732, 10x8-1057 to 1063, 1100 to 1106 Quantity: 19 b&w original negative(s).

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Deeds

Date: 1870-1876

From: Percy family : Business papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0005-18

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 pieces). Finding Aids: See inventory for a fuller description of the contents of this folder.