Farmhouses - New Zealand - Chatham Islands

Date: ca 1885

By: McQueen, Donald Ross, 1927-2004; Martin, Alfred, 1846?-1906; Natusch, Sheila Ellen, 1926-2017

Reference: PAColl-0237

Description: Four early photos showing (1) forest cover with Maunganui Range in the background and photographer, Alfred Martin in the foreground; (2) `Tiki Tiki Lake with part of Manganui Hill and Mr Amery; (3) Farm house and paddock with horses and people and (4) View of Pitt Island.Pitt Island, house and farm, and Tiki Tiki Lake Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted.

Date: [ca 1888]-1907

By: Foster, Alexander Mouat, 1830-1916; Foster, Constance Emily Oliver, 1867-1945

Reference: PA1-o-1858

Description: Photograph album of images taken on the Chatham Islands circa 1898 to 1902 and compiled in circa 1907. At least three of the images were taken by Constance Foster (see CF on these images). Other images may have been taken by Alexander Foster and are inscribed with information regarding the print. - Images show scenes on the islands including unidentified people, landscapes (mainly coast and bush scenes), buildings, plants, and animals and all are inscribed with information regarding what is seen in the print. - Contains images of: unidentified family group at Ohinemama homestead with creeper covering building; the homestead Wharekauri and scenes from the farm including paddocks, long nosed gate, stone wall, a shed constructed of punga logs, a bush camp, and a family portrait with flax and bush in the background); the wharf at Waitangi with eroded hills in the background; the public school at Te One as well as nearby houses in the town, lagoon, paddocks, and two boys resting alongside a track through the bush; the interior and exterior of St Augustine's Church; Waitangi Pa; Mairangi Pa; and a house and [marae?] at Wairua - Images of natural environment include rock formations and coast at Hukarangi, the boat harbour at Pitt Island, River Nairn, bush track at Otamatea, Maungatukuriwa with unidentified people on the riverbank, basaltic columns at Ohira and Ouenga, Otemapu falls and pool, and Matakatau Falls. Album also contains an image of Chatham Island Lilies, children maypole dancing, and W Dix's bullock team. The latter image includes young boys hanging around, a dog, a river, bush, [and Mr Dix?]). Other - Source of descriptive information - Information regarding collection provided by vendor. Accompanying information - Loose envelope inside the album with notes reading : Photographs. Chatham Islands. Rev R A Chudleigh & alia. West Parley. Wimborne. G M N & Bett[ra?] N. WP: N F C: Dolly Eth: Do-gk: Mu. Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - March 14 1907. To [Lucy?] From her loving brother Jack. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with marroon leather and pebbled brown cloth boards (25 x 20cm) containing silver gelatin photoprints Provenance: Purchase, 2014. Had been in the collection of the vendor for the past 10 years. Possibly owned by the Lanauze or La Nauze family. Processing information: Minor edit to Scope and Contents and update of Name authorit records of associated photographers following researcher enquiry, 19 Septermber 2022.

Date: [1873?]

From: Burt, William Beverland, 1912-1992: Photographs, chiefly relating to the Chatham Islands

Reference: PA1-q-041-30

Description: House of Mr and Mrs Frederick Hunt, Flower Pot Bay, Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, photographed (1873?) by an unidentified photographer, possibly Samuel Delabere Barker. Source of descriptive information - Inscription on album page. Mr Hunt (Frederick Hunt 1817-1891), and location, identified by Library client. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Mr Hunts house Pitts [sic] Island Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 14.8 x 19.6 cm, with trimmed upper corners, on album page

Date: 1881

By: Flint, C W, active 1880s; Hirst, Charles, active 1880s; Chudleigh, Mary Ecclesia, 1795-; Chudleigh, Richard Augustine, 1838-1920

Reference: B-139-001

Description: The centre foreground shows a man bent over scything or weeding, and a seated man in hat and red shirt, with Maori kete (?) beside him. At the left foreground is the weatherboard side of a shed, and in the centre background is a substantial homestead and outbuildings, with hilly land formations in right distance. In right foreground is a hat with red band, beside part of a farm implement, perhaps a plough. The largely flat land is dotted with shrubs. Edward Chudleigh was a land holder with property at Wharekauri,and at Waihou, on the Chatham Islands from 1866 to 1909. His diaries were published in 1950. Artist's name may be Hurst, Hirst, or Hunt. No person of that name is mentioned in the published version of Chudleigh's diaries for 1881, but a Charles Hirst is mentioned in 1864, in Canterbury, and Chudleigh did visit Canterbury in 1881, shortly after his wedding. At the end of 1881-beginning of 1882, Chudleigh had trouble with his servants who were insubordinate and dishonest. Shack on the site at present (1996) could be the one on left, "Te Kooti's hut". - punga logs with old sailingship door. This property and Edward Chudleigh's property in Gisborne remained in a family trust under a brother of Edward (possibly Augustine) until at least the 1950s. The Chudleigh estate papers went to Canterbury Museum. (Information from Mr & Mrs Graham Fenwick, September 1996). Other Titles - Hirst, C W fl 1881 Wooden backing board contains title. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - 1881 / C W Flint (or Hunt or Hirst); Backing board recto - centre - [Title] / My dearest Edward's present to his Mother; & now in 1882 transferred to her equally dear son Augustine, his beloved Brother: Our beloved Edward's first Run in New Zealand / M.E.C. aetat 87 on the 25th September next, now Aug. 15, 1882 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 162 x 345 mm. Provenance: Has spent some time in England, possibly since 1881. Processing information: Record updated 20 February 2024 with additional information Edward Chudleigh.

Date: [ca 1900-1930s]

By: Mitchell, Owen Cecil, 1904-1971

Reference: PA-Group-00911

Description: Contains photograph album, loose prints, and negatives of images taken on the Chatham Islands between circa 1900 to 1930s, with most images taken in circa 1920s. Local photographer and farmer Owen Cecil Mitchell created the negatives, most likely compiled the album, and stamped the backs of many of the prints, in ink, with his name. A few prints are identified on the backs and some have corresponding negatives. Numerous negatives do not have corresponding prints and some later images may show scenes in Christchurch. - Photographs chiefly illustrate life on the Chatham Islands, including portraits of individuals and groups and community events and industry (mainly sheep farming). Landscapes, wildlife, flora, and buildings are also covered. - The collection contains images of men holding human bones, mainly in a beach setting. Other - Source of descriptive information - Information regarding collection provided by vendor. Some further information provided by Chatham Islander Robert Ernest Holmes in the Library reading room (30 May 2014). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Backing board verso - bottom centre - 'For Owen from J Morris' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). 107 b&w original photographic print(s) (Loose). 82 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photograph album, silver gelatin negatives, loose prints Provenance: Purchase, 2014. Had been in the collection of the vendor for the past 10 years. No further information available.