Tramping - New Zealand - Otago Region

Date: [192-?]

From: Ainslie, Esme Airini Mollie, 1901-1983 :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-1287

Description: Photographs of tramping trips to Whare Flat, Cecil Peak, Harbour Cone, and Mount Holdsworth; scenes at Fairlie; views of Mount Cook; picnicking; and trips to tourist sites around Dunedin. Photographs taken ca mid-1920s. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Blue cloth covered album 20 x 24 cm

Date: 1923

From: Hunter, Thomas Alexander (Sir), 1876-1953: Albums and photographs

Reference: PA1-o-233

Description: Scenes of a group of trampers in the Greenstone, Mackenzie and Routeburn areas. Photographs probably taken by Thomas Alexander Hunter, tramping with four other men. They are identified only as Irwin (Thomas Hunter's older brother Irwin Hunter?), McIntyre, A. Walt and M. Walt. Inscriptions: Album page - `Greenstone, MacKenzie, Route Burn. 1923. Irwin, McIntyre, A Walt, M Walt, T A Hunter' (hand-written inside front cover). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Grey card cover; 10 x 15 cm

Date: [ca 1924]

From: Ainslie, Esme Airini Mollie, 1901-1983 :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-1286

Description: Photographs of tramping trips at Otago Peninsula, Whare Flat and Silverpeak, in 1924. Also includes photographs of a park, horses, Cargills Castle, and sandstone cliffs at St Clair. Inscriptions: Album page - inside front cover - Esme Harrison, "Balmerino", Anderson's Bay, Dunedin. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green painted cloth covered album 16.2 x 22 cm

Date: [ca 1925-1927]

From: Ainslie, Esme Airini Mollie, 1901-1983 :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-1290

Description: Photographs of tramping in Otago and a trip to Nelson with the Tararua Tramping Club, 1926-1927. Includes views of the United States Battle Fleet ca 1925, and portraits of friends of Esme Harrison. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album 27.5 x 19.5 cm, without a cover

Date: [1958-1968]

By: Bennett, Holly, active 2002

Reference: MS-Papers-7479

Description: Comprises track instructions for Roberts Point track, Peter's Pool/Douglas track, Lake Wombat track and Callery/Warm Spring track; file recording Pelorous [sic] Sound trip by the Wellington branch, Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society trip recorded by Beryl Rountree (1958); colour centre pages of a Routeburn Track expedition; and notes on Kaingaroa Forest (1964) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs H Bennett, Brooklyn, Wellington, Jun 2002

By: Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921

Reference: B-001-015

Description: Shows a party of three men and a horse, climbing a gentle slope at right foreground, with Walter Peak in the left background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash, 220 x 340 mm.

Date: 1922-1924

From: Ainslie, Esme Airini Mollie, 1901-1983 :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-1285

Description: Photographs of tramping trips, and family and friends, ca 1922-1924. Includes views of an airplane at Dunedin; basketball tournament at Woodhough Gardens; Otago Tramping and Mountaineering Club's tramps at Whare Flat, Silverpeak and Maungatua; Ben Rudd standing outside his hut; trips to Waipori, Taiaroa Head, St Clair, Purakanui, Mount Cargill, Flagstaff; scenes at the Red Hut; and group portraits of a telegraph engineers office football team. Inscriptions: Album page - inside front cover - Esme Harrison Every Street, Anderson's Bay February, 1923 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Grey painted cloth covered album 16.2 x 22.5 cm

Date: [ca 1928]

From: Ainslie, Esme Airini Mollie, 1901-1983 :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-1291

Description: Photographs of tramping in Otago, particularly around Dunedin, ca 1928. Includes views of the Otago landscape and a group outside Dunedin Railway Station. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Brown paper covered album 27.5 x 18.7 cm

Date: 1933-1936

From: Chrisp, Edmund William, 1917?-2000 : Diaries and papers

Reference: MSX-7202

Description: Diary kept by Chrisp during tramping trips and expeditions in Otago, Southland, Wellington and the Manawatu from 1933 to 1936; includes maps of routes taken, lists of participants and related information. Some of the trips were Outram Camp, Blackhead (ie Black Head), Catlins, Wellington to Palmerston North and back, Waikanae to Akatarawa. Team members were Jack Coombs, Erwin Henry, Ned Kelly (killed in action 25 Apr 1941), Tony Doig and Wuz (died 19 Jun 1934). Accompanying material - Article, `Watch on the rocks' by Patrick McLennan (Listener, 22 Jan 1990) Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1925-1926

From: Ainslie, Esme Airini Mollie, 1901-1983 :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-1289

Description: Photographs of tramping trips in Otago, particularly around the Waitaki District, 1925-1926. Includes photographs of members of Otago Tramping Club and Tararua Tramping Club. Also includes photographs of Esme Harrison at home and a car trip to Waihola. Inscriptions: Album page - inside front cover - Esme Harrison "Balmerino" Anderson's Bay, Dunedin Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown paper covered album 14 x 20.7 cm

Date: 1950-1960

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 : Papers

Reference: 75-241-145

Description: Notebook of Mt Aspiring trip, 1959-1960 including diary and equipment and supplies list; diary of Havelock (Rangitata) trip, 1950. Includes `A cave above the Rangitata'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: Nov 1895

By: Henry, J B, active 1895

Reference: MS-Papers-6764

Description: Headed `Extract from the Banffshire journal - Nov 19th' with handwritten subtitle, `A Banffshire man's excursion in New Zealand', this is J B Henry's journal on his visit to New Zealand in 1895, the first part to 19 Nov 1895 entitled `A Banffshire man's excursion to New Zealand', the second, from 19 Nov 1895, `A MacDuff man's excursion to New Zealand'. Henry describes his visit to New Zealand, from his arrival at Dunedin and travelling through Lumsden to the Fiordland region where he visited Te Anau, Milford Sound, and Wakatipu. His travels involved the trek to Milford Sound. He description includes the party's daily routine, the birds they came across, the roadmen working on widening a track from Milford Sound to the Sutherland Falls and meeting wih Donald Sutherland. Source of title - Transcribed Other Titles - A MacDuff man's excursion in New Zealand Henry's account was written following his reading of Wm Forbes' description of his Scottish travels and was probably published in the same newspaper Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr E J Roche, Titirangi, Auckland, per Mr R G Gummer, Manukau City, Auckland

Date: 24 Jan 1994

From: Three Women Who Came to Middlemarch

By: Gilkison, Corinne Beatrice, 1917-2014

Reference: OHInt-0051/02

Description: Corinne Beatrice Gilkison (nee Bain) born Dunedin 1917. Outlines family background and mother's ability to do traditionally male chores. Talks about attendance at Columba College and refers to principals Miss Ashworth and Miss Bucham (Buchan). Describes doing home science and accountancy at university. Talks about her active life and keen interest in property. Describes buying a property in Queenstown and the work she did on it. Recalls being manpowered during the war. Talks about meeting her husband at the Rock and Pillar ski field above Middlemarch. Gives details about the ski field. Talks about competitive skiing, winning both the New Zealand Skiing and New Zealand Skating Championships in 1948, early days of skiing at Coronet Peak and the social life involved. Recalls ice skating on Manorburn Dam. Talks about her husband James Hogg and his famous ancestor also James Hogg (the `electric shepherd'). Describes attending celebrations for the 180th anniversary of his death. Talks about members of her family and their interest in skiing. Describes her husband's venture opening up the Routeburn track and talks about tramping and mountain climbing. Talks about the establishment of an ice rink in Dunedin. Describes her involvement in other sports including tennis, squash, water skiing, ballet skiing and golf. Venue - Queenstown : 1994 Interviewer(s) - Cleone Blomfield Venue - Queenstown Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005912; OHC-005913 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 1288.

Date: 1860 - 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Collection of sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-035

Description: Shows a hiker or tramper standing in the left foreground, looking at a hillside covered with bush. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 220 x 160 mm