Ranfurly family photographs

The collection mainly covers the period of Lord Ranfurly's term of office as Governor of New Zealand from 1897 to 1904.

The photographs fall into the following categories; a record of the Ranfurly family's journey out the New Zealand via Canada, Hawaii and Fiji; the Government Houses of Auckland and Wellington, their gardens, and their interiors as arranged by Lady Ranfurly; the annexation of the Cook Islands and Niue in 1900; a journey through the Ureweras to Ruatoki and then to the Far North, as part of Ranfurly's official farewell to the Maori people in 1904; the Ranfurly Veterans Home in Mount Roskill, Auckland; portraits of the Ranfurly family and household; and sporting and social occasions.

Title supplied by Library.

Arrangement: Albums housed at PA1-q-633, PA1-q-634, PA1-f-194 and PA1-f-195. Individual prints housed at PAColl-5745-1.

Quantity: 4 album(s). 24 b&w original photographic print(s).