Great Britain. Army. 50th Regiment of Foot (Queen's Own Regiment)

Date: 30 Aug-13 Nov 1834

By: Gunton, Henry, -1844

Reference: MS-Papers-0960

Description: A day by day account by Gunton of the expedition in HMS `Alligator' to rescue the survivors of the wreck of the `Harriet' who had been held to ransom by a Taranaki tribe. Gunton gives a very detailed description of Maori manners and customs, fortifications and pa. Includes summary of Gunton family. Source of title - Supplied Gunton, Lieutenant of the 50th Regiment, was aboard the `Alligator' on the expedition to rescue survivors of the wreck of the `Harriet' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (27 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript (photocopy)

Date: [ca 1787-1923]

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2047

Description: Papers of Thomas Spring-Rice (MS 13610 continued from previous reel). photocopies of Tasmanian reports on W S O'Brien, T F Meagher, p O'Donoghue, T B McManus, J Martin, K O'Doherty and J Mitchel, 1849-1854. The reports give name, offence, date of arrival, trade, detailed physical description, crime and sentence. Papers of Lieut I Rolleston. Account book, 1862, 1866. MS 13798. Correspondence concerning allegation by Col H Ware that due to neglect by Lieut Rolleston of 50th regiment some transport carts broke down in operations north of Waitara River, New Zealand, Dec 1864. Papers of Earls of Inchiquin. MS 14498. Journal of Lieut I Farqueson on voyage round the world Aug 1806-Oct 1810. Includes entries relating to the massacre of the Boyd. Papers of John Redmond, Leader of Irish Parliamentary Party 1900-1918. MS 15186 - two letters from Sir Charles Gavan Duffy to F Longmore and R Byrne commending J Redmond's book on Australia, 1882. MS 15206 - 8 letters from Cardinal P Moran, J Moran and D O'Haran, 1902-1909. MS 15237 - Correspondence with C Parnell, 1882; H Mahon, 1882; Rev P Furlong, 1882. MS 15398 - W S O'Brien. `Never despair', poem by T F Meagher. MS 15742 - W S O'Brien (Brussells) to C Gavan Duffy, 1855. W S O'Brien to Barton, 1849. MS 15745 - C Gavan Duffy (Melbourne) to W F Vesey Fitzgerald, 1872 MS 15791 - 2 letters from M Davitt to Mrs Daly concerning her husband's injury and death of Davitt's daughter, Jul-Sep 1895 Papers of Thomas Orde, Chief Secretary for Ireland 1784-1787 - MS 15905 Gen W A Pitt to Orde, 1787. Orders issued for guards to escort convicts from Cork, Limerick and Tipperary. Selected papers of Jenico Preston (Lord Gormanston), Governor of Tasmania, 1893-1900. MS 15998 Selected papers of Austin Stack - MS 17083 Letters from W F O'Sullivan 1922 Papers of Joseph McGarrity - MS 17626 Report of reception to Archbishop D Mannix. Speeches by Monsignor Joseph F Mooney, Archbishop P Hayes, E de Valera and Archbishop Mannix, etc, 1920s. MS 17650 List of subscriptions in Australia and NZ, possibly to Irish Relief Fund, 1916-1918. MS 17801 10 letters from John and Mary Birmingham to their family 1870-1884. They refer to land selections in the Clarence and Richmond River District of NSW, timber cutting, etc. One letter mentions farming in Otago, NZ. MS 17829 7 letters from John S Casey to his family 1866-1869 written from Western Australia. They refer to funds raised in Australia to enable the fenian exiles to return to Ireland, treatment of aborigines, his injury and medical treatment, hopes of release, etc. Papers of Sir William Teeling - MS 17869 Letters from J C Hoey to Lord O'Hagan, 1871 (continued on Micro-MS-Coll-20-2048) Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: Between 1863 and 1866

From: Cumming, Mary Lucille :Album of photographs compiled by Walter Clifford, 1860s

By: Webster, Hartley, -1906

Reference: PA1-q-895-13-4

Description: Carte de visite portrait of Lieutenant William Richard White of the 50th Regiment, taken between 1863 and 1866 by Hartley Webster of Auckland. White served with the 50th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot from 5 December 1856. Served in the New Zealand wars from 15 November 1863 to 2 October 1866. Appointed Aide de Camp to Brigadier General Waddy on 26 January 1865 and served on the staff until 7 April 1866. (Source: Hart's List, 1868) Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Lt White, 50th Regt; Mount verso - centre - Photographed by H Webster, Auckland Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 9 x 5.9 cm on mount 10.1 x 6.2 cm

Date: 1865

From: Moore, Peter album 2

Reference: PA1-q-161-22-1

Description: Portrait of Lieutenant Charles Richard King, of the 50th Regiment, taken in 1865 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - King 50th Q.O. 1865 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 8.3 x 5.1 cm (visible image), on album page 22.5 x 30 cm

Date: 1852 - 1900

By: Webster, Hartley, -1906

Reference: PA2-1844

Description: Inscriptions: Verso - In pencil and very faint: Col Waddy 50 Reg Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1875

By: Graphic (London, England)

Reference: A-259-013

Description: A small terrier in front of a stone wall. Shows a stray dog which attached itself to the 50th Regiment in the Waikato in 1864 First printed in The Graphic, 3rd April 1875. Portrait (150 x 110 mm) showing dog, with extract from Graphic article below, referring to 50th "Queen's Own" Regiment and their mascot dog on campaign in Waikato district, 1864 Inscriptions: Signed: I.S.N. [?] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 250 x 160 mm on sheet 280 x 200 mm

Date: 1865

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-038/039

Description: Shows a beach and shallow water (tidal flats?) in the foreground, with a range of hills behind. There is a group of tents behind a fortification at the top of one hill. A man sits fishing in the foreground (probably ensign Thomas Waring of the 50th regiment), and some soldiers with horses stand around a fire at centre left. In the river are the stumps of many totara trees. On the left is a large toetoe bush Left page also includes diary notes for 5th - 7th February 1865. Very similar to his "On the Waitotara River, 7 Feb 1865", held at Auckland City Art Gallery - it is inscribed "The Waitotatara River at a point where the steamer was stopped by a curious belt of submerged totara stumps - the sea is behind the spectator about a mile". A photo of the Auckland work is in Drawings & Prints file (both colour and black and white copies).. The name Waitotara comes from the tree stumps in the river. They are still visible Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title]; Recto - bottom centre - [Subtitle] Waring 50th. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 138 x 464 mm.

Date: 1834 - 1932

By: Woore, Thomas, 1804-1878; Busby, Augusta Dora Merewether, 1890-1962

Reference: A-048-010

Description: Steep hills divided by a steeply-falling river. Red-coated soldiers of the 50th Regiment shown with the track and bridge over which they moved their cannons. Several Maori standing close to the bridge and a waterfall. Further Maori indicated on top of the hill to the right. Lieutenant Thomas, in charge of the transport, shown on the peak of a hill to the left. 'Cannonade' appears to be an error for carronade, a short heavy cannon with wide bore. Note on back in the hand of the copyist: "Having failed in obtaining Mrs Guard and her two children from the natives although H M ship bombarded the forts and destroyed their canoes (ammunition being demanded in exchange by them which Her Majesty would not have been pleased to part in Traffic as they wished it). Two cannonades were landed 2 miles to the Eastward under protection of the ship and military dragged across this creek and put in position on a bank commanding the ports from which the natives were driven and possession taken" Other Titles - Carronades Inscriptions: Recto - top left: Sailors transporting the cannonade with their guards. Lieut Thomas R A commanding. Guards of the 53rd Regiment, Lieut Gunton [?]. Top right: natives. natives. Bottom right: Track of cannonades.; Verso - 'Having failed in obtaining Mrs Guard and her two children from the natives although H M Ship bombarded the forts and destroyed their canoes (ammunition being demanded in exchange for them which Her Majesty would not have been pleased to part in Traffic as they wished it) Two cannonades were landed two miles to the eastward under the protection of the ship and military dragged across this creek and put in position on a bank commanding the forts from which the natives were driven and possession taken.' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 257 x 356 mm Provenance: A copy made for the Library from the original drawing by Thomas Woore. The copyist was Woore's great-granddaughter.

Date: 1860-1880

From: Leask, Derek William, 1948-: Papers

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911

Reference: MSDL-2178

Description: Research digital photographs from the Photograph album of Lieut-Colonel Hamley (50th Regiment), held at the Centre of Kentish Studies, Maidstone, Kent, England. Quantity: 31 Electronic document(s).

Date: 1860-1880

From: Leask, Derek William, 1948-: Papers

Reference: MSDL-2177

Description: Research digital photographs from the Photograph album of M.A.C. (50th Regiment), held at the Centre of Kentish Studies, Maidstone, Kent, England. Quantity: 47 Electronic document(s).

Date: 1835-1919

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1906

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).