St. Matthias' Church (Makara)

Date: 1937

By: Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964

Reference: A-320-006

Description: Shows the church seen from the square tower end, with a stone cross headstone in the right foreground. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Woodcut, image 130 x 117 mm, on sheet 186 x 163 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Dunbar Sloane auction, 30 November 2000, lot 219.

Date: ca1855-ca1940

From: Nisbet, Eleanor M, fl 1980s-1990s :Photographs taken by Charles William Clift

By: Clift, Charles William, 1896-1984

Reference: PAColl-4889-1

Description: Clift and Jones family photographs. New Zealand towns and landscapes, in particular Wellington and Brooklyn. A record of the British aircraft carrier Indefatigable when it visited Wellington in November 1945. New Zealand houses and a very good wedding breakfast laid out in a private interior of the 1890s. There is a photograph of the Clift house in Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, and of a Christmas gathering at a house in Patanga Crescent associated with the Holm family of the Holm shipping line. Brooklyn and Makara churches and the interior of the Anglican cathedral in Dunedin Quantity: 1 container(s) photographic prints.

Date: 1916

By: Clere, Frederick de Jersey, 1856-1952; Clere & Williams (Firm)

Reference: Plans-80-0814

Description: Plan, elevations on all sides, longitudinal section and two cross-sections, details of support beams, windows, cornice and of cross Inscriptions: Recto - above image - F. De J Clere F. R. I. B. A., Wellington Diocesan Architect 28th Nov 1916 Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, 449 x 632 mm Provenance: Swan family collection?

Date: 1993-2007

From: Maclean, Elizabeth Susan, 1932-2011 : Research papers relating to Frederick de Jersey Clere

Reference: MS-Papers-11828-53

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1989, 1991, 2001, 2002, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-12211

Description: Transparencies of country churches in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name and the location of the church. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Churches and locations annotated on the slide mounts include St George's Anglican Church at Motupiko, St Paul's Anglican Church at Glenmark, Tarras Church, St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church at Pauatahanui, St James Anglican Church at Ngatimoti, Presbyterian Church at Enfield, St Paul's Church at Hairini, Church of Our Lady of the Assumption at Motukaraka, Ratana Temple near Mangamuka, St John's Anglican Church at Hororata, St Michael's Anglican Church at Waimea West, St Anne's Anglican Church at Pleasant Valley, St Mary's Anglican Church at Beaconsfield, St Alban's Anglican Church at Pautahanui, Holy Trinity Anglican Church at Ohariu Valley, St John the Baptist Anglican Church at Waimate North, St Matthias' Anglican Church at Makara, Minniesdale Chapel at Wharehine, St James' Anglican Church at Kerikeri, St Bride's Anglican Church at Mauku, All Saint's Anglican Church at Howick. Also includes a transparency of Mt. Peel homestead. Title transcribed from item. Most transparencies are undated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in five small plastic slide cases, each holding approximately 30- 40 mounted transparencies, and each labelled "Country Churches". There was no apparent order. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 1965-1990s

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PAColl-10686-07

Description: Photographic prints of concrete buildings and structures in the North and South Islands of New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey or Jocelyn Thornton 1965 to 1990s. Some prints are labelled on the reverse; some have been marked up as if for publication. There are often several images of the same building or structure from different perspectives. Includes photographs of commercial and residential buildings, bridges, retaining walls, dams, and structures such as mine cyanide tanks, water towers, and gun emplacements. Date range is taken from the few dates annotated on the back of prints or on negative enclosures. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Prints were together with negatives in labelled glassine bags, arranged in largely alphabetical order by name of farm or station, in a small wooden drawer. Bags were labelled with the farm or station name and type of building on the left-hand side of the bag and the location on the right-hand side. Quantity: 375 b&w original photographic print(s). 6 colour original photographic print(s). Transfers: Negatives separated from prints are at Library references 1/4-136601 to 1/4-136990 inclusive, and 35mm-114101. Transparencies separated from the prints are at PA12-4281.. Processing information: Negatives, prints, and transparencies were separated and rehoused for reasons of preservation and appropriate storage. Not all names associated with this item have been indexed.

Date: 1961-1980

From: Alington family :Photographs of Alington and Broadhead families

Reference: PA12-8657

Description: Slides of Frederick Thatcher's buildings include - Christ Church Cathedral, Nelson 1851. St Bride's Church, Mauku. St Matthias' Church, Makara, Wellington. St John's Church, Trentham, Lower Hutt. Also included are - Views of Lichfield Cathedral. Memorial to Frederick Thatcher in Lichfield Cathedral. Margaret Alington with Margaret Thatcher, 1977. Quantity: 16 colour original transparency/ies. 7 b&w original transparency/ies.

Date: 1940 - 1949

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the Church of England and Anglican congregations, parishes, churches and buildings in New Zealand]

By: Blundell Brothers Ltd; Wright & Carman Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-RELIGION-A-1940s

Description: Includes: 1940-1960s?: Form of institution and induction to the cure of souls. Sanctioned for use in the Diocese of Wellington, New Zealand. Printed by Blundell Bros Ltd, Willis Street, Wellington 1940: All Saints', Palmerston North. Parish magazine no 266, September 1940 Church of the Province of New Zealand. Order of service authorized by the Bench of Bishops for use in all churches on Sunday January 7th 1940, the special day of thanksgiving for the mercies of God vouchsafed to our Colony and Dominion during the first hundred years of its ordered National life, 1840-1940 1941: Karori and Makara "Parish news". Vol. XII, no.2, August 1941. 75th anniversary number S Paul's Centenary. Unveiling in Emily Place of commemorative tablet by His Excellency the Governor-General Sir Cyril Newall, GCB, 3 pm Sunday 27th July 1941. [Order of service / flier] 1945: Christchurch Diocesan Sunday School Teachers' Association. Jubilee celebrations 1895-1945. Radiant Hall Christchurch, 21-22 August 1945. Boolet Christ Church Taita 1845-1945. A service of thanksgiving to Almighty God on the one hundredth anniversary of the Church. 7 October 1945. Order of service 1946: [Church of England Missionary Society. Typescript notes about its grwoth and progress during the war years] 1947: Melanesian Mission 1849-1947. [Explanatory pamphlet and remittance form] New Zealand Anglican Bible Class Union. A service of dedication, suggested for use on the Bible Class Day of Prayer, Sunday 28 September 1947. Printed by Wright & Carman Ltd, Vivian Street, Wellington Cathedral Church of St Paul Wellington. Anual service of thanksgiving by seafarers 1947. 19 October 1947. Order of service Civic reception to the Right Reverend R H Owen, Bishop of Wellington on his arrival in Wellington, New Zealand by the citizens of Wellington. Town Hall, 11 March 1947. Programme New Plymouth Choral Society. Festival oratorio "The Messiah". St Mary's Church New Plymouth. 4 December 1947. Programme 1948: St Peter's Willis St. Parish magazine. Centenary number 1948. Centenary celebration 1848-1948. Printed by Wright & Carman, Wellington St Peter's Church Wellington 1848-1948. Centenary Service. A seervice of thanksgiving to Almighty God to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the opening of the first St Peter's Church. 19 September 1948. Order of service (2 copies) 1949: St Peter's Church Willis Street. Church and home campaign. Sundays 5 June - 3 July 1949. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Fliers and booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm.

Date: 1913

By: Clere, Frederick de Jersey, 1856-1952; Clere & Williams (Firm); Church of St. Mary the Virgin (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-060-009

Description: View from the front, looking slightly uphill. Shows a small wooden Gothic-style church, with shingled roof, a steeple above the west wall and lancet window. A curved path leads to the porch and a small graveyard is at the west end. A tree frames the view to the left. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title, printed and underlined, followed by F de J Clere Archt et del Nov.r 1913 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 290 x 326 mm on sheet 392 x 435 mm

Date: 1992, 2001-2002 date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-12218

Description: Transparencies of churches in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name and the location of the church. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Churches and locations annotated on the slide mounts include Burnside Presbyterian Church at Burnside, St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church at Pauatahanui, St Matthew's Church at Tuparoa, Christ Church at Pukehou, St Mary the Virgin Church at Beaconsfield, Holy Trinity Anglican Church at Ohariu Valley, Norwegian Church at Mauriceville North, St Albans at Pauatahanui, Chapel at Mangakuri, St Paul's Church at Glenmark, St David's Memorial Church at Cave, St Luke's Anglican Church at Little Akaloa, St John's Church at Barrhill, St Gabriel's Church at Pawarenga, St John's Anglican Church at Hira, St Matthias Anglican Church at Makara, and St Paul's Church at Hairini. Title supplied by Library Most transparencies are undated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in two small unlabelled plastic slide cases, one holding 19 and the other 5 mounted transparencies. There was no apparent order. Quantity: 13 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 1975, 1977, 1981-1982, 1993-1995, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-12298

Description: Transparencies of churches in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name or brief description, and/or the location, of the church. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Churches and locations annotated on the slide mounts include Erskine College at Island Bay in Wellington, St Gerard's Redemptionist Monastery and Church in Wellington, Our Lady of the Star of the Sea Convent in Seatoun in Wellington, view from the staircase of Star of the Sea Convent, St Jude's Anglican Church in Lyall Bay in Wellington, St Matthias' Anglican Church at Makara, "St Mary's?" Convent in Blenheim, St Mary's Presbytery in Blenheim, St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Blenheim, Art Club in former St James Church in Red Swamp Road in Kaikoura, St James Anglican Church near Kaikoura, Church of the Holy Innocents at Amberley, Church of the Holy Passion at Amberley, and St John's at Rangiora. Title transcribed from item. Few slides have dates annotated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a six-row metal slide case, each row holding 43 slides, and the case capable of holding up to 258 slides. Arrangement was largely geographical, from north to south of the North Island, then from north to south of the South Island. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 1991, 2002, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-12208

Description: Transparencies of country churches in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name and the location of the church. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Churches and locations annotated on the slide mounts include St Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church at Pawaranga, Church of Our Lady of the Assumption at Motukaraka, St John the Baptist Church at Waimate North, St James' Anglican Church at Kerikeri, Minniesdale Chapel at Wharehine, St Paul's Anglican Church at Hairini, St Matthew's Anglican Church at Tuparoa, Church of the Good Shepherd at Tinui, St Michael and All Angels Church at Stanway, St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church at Pauatahanui, St Alban's Anglican Church at Pauatahanui, Holy Trinity Anglican Church at Ohariu Valley, St Matthias' Anglican Church at Makara, Presbyterian Church at Burnside, St Mary the Virgin at Beaconsfield, St John in the Wilderness Church at Koromiko. Title transcribed from item. Most transparencies are undated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in five small plastic slide cases, each holding approximately 30- 40 mounted transparencies, and each labelled "Country Churches". There was no apparent order. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, from left to right and top to bottom, stating from the front of the original container (i.e. the end from which the annotations on the mounts could be read).

Date: 1992, 2002, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-12209

Description: Transparencies of country churches in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name and the location of the church. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Churches and locations annotated on the slide mounts include St John in the Wilderness at Koromiko, St Oswalds' Anglican Church at Wharanui, St Paul's Anglican Church at Glenmark, St Stephen's Maori Anglican Church at Tuahiwi, St Luke's Anglican Church at Little Akaloa, St John's Anglican Church at Hororata, St Anne's Anglican Church at Pleasant Valley, Church of the Good Shepherd at Tekapo, Presbyterian church at Enfield, St Mary's Anglican Church at Esk Valley, St Barnabas' Anglican Church at Warrington, St Matthias' Anglican Church at Makara, Church of the Holy Innocents at Mount Peel, St John's Anglican Church at Barrhill, Christ Church at Raukokore, St Alban's Anglican Church at Waingaro, St James' Anglican Church at Kerikeri, St Paul's Anglican Church at Hairini, and St David's Presbyterian Church at Cave. Title transcribed from item. Most transparencies are undated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in five small plastic slide cases, each holding approximately 30- 40 mounted transparencies, and each labelled "Country Churches". There was no apparent order. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 1996, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11681

Description: Transparencies of country churches in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name of the church and location. Dates and photographer name are often but not always annotated. Title transcribed from item. Many slides are not dated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, plastic case. The arrangement appears generally, although not totally, geographical, from the top of the North Island to the lower South Island. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 2001, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11682

Description: Transparencies of country churches in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name of the church and location. Dates and photographer name are often but not always annotated. Title transcribed from item. Many slides are not dated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, plastic case. The arrangement appears generally, although not totally, geographical, from the top of the North Island to the lower South Island. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 1940-1954

From: St Mary's Church (Karori, Wellington) : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1810

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).