Lighthouses - New Zealand - Tasman Region

Date: 1977

From: McPike, Joan Norma, 1919- :Twenty-two lighthouses of New Zealand. Wellington, Ra Moana Prints 1977

Reference: A-104-055-a

Description: View of the lighthouse tower built on stilts with a stairway to the lantern. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 335 x 445 mm

Date: 1963-1964, 1970

From: Beavis, Cyril Denis Archibald, 1911-2000: Transparencies, negatives, and photographic prints

Reference: PA12-2929

Description: Views of Farewell Spit and Farewell Spit Lighthouse, including the light. Photographed by Cyril Beavis in 1970. Also includes two transparencies showing the Wellington Winter Show, taken by Cyril Beavis in 1963 and 1964. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Slides delivered in housing with annotations that read "Wellington Fair | F P 3 | Show Buildings, 63". Quantity: 2 b&w original transparency/ies. 21 colour original transparency/ies. Processing information: Reference number changed in May 2022 during re-processing of the collection. Formerly PAColl-7715-11.

Date: Before 1894

By: Leitch, W A, active 1894; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-260

Description: Album of scenic views of Tasmania, Sydney and wider New South Wales, and of New Zealand, both North and South Islands. Views of lighthouses include Derwent Lighthouse (Tasmania), Macquarie Lighthouse (South Head, Sydney), and Farewell Spit Lighthouse (Tasman Region, New Zealand). The New Zealand photographs are nearly all taken by Josiah Martin, and include one that is a collage of scenes he photographed, and one of Maori weapons, with captions to say they were deposited [in Auckland Museum] by Captain Gilbert Mair. A photograph attached to the inside of the back cover is of the Farewell Spit Lighthouse, and was taken by the Tyree Brothers firm Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - W.A. Leitch. 1894 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled `Photographs' in gold lettering, with `Leitch' lettered in gold on spine; 21.5 x 28.5 cm Provenance: Purchase

Date: 1922-1932

By: Hunt, Arthur Leigh, 1876-1968

Reference: PAColl-7590

Description: Photograph of 7th Conference of Association of NZ Chambers of Commerce; views of trips in the North Island, views of lighthouse, pines and dunes on Farewell Spit, and some images of damage from Hawke's Bay earthquake and the camp for survivors Quantity: 64 b&w original negative(s). 25 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original transparency/ies. Transfers: See associated manuscript material received in 1961, 1973, and 1980 at MS-Group-1880 Hunt, Arthur Leigh, 1876-1968 : Papers..

Date: 1977

From: McPike, Joan Norma, 1919- :Twenty-two lighthouses of New Zealand. Wellington, Ra Moana Prints 1977

Reference: A-104-055

Description: View of the lighthouse tower built on stilts with a stairway to the lantern. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 335 x 445 mm

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7015

Description: Photographs of the Tasman district, Lewis Pass and near Korere taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Views include the coast near Farewell Spit; views from Takaka Hill including Moutere Valley, Tasman Bay, ships at sunset (with various lights), Tasman Bay, Motueka Valley; Takaka marble on the hill; Waireiti Beach, cliffs and surf (name not listed in atlases); hops in the Motueka Valley; McLean Beach (not in atlas); Kaiteriteri Beach; the Lewis Pass near Buller; and the Korere area. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: [1880s to 1890s]

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933; Tyree Brothers (Firm); Bulpin, I, active 1974

Reference: PA1-o-078

Description: General views of New Zealand taken in the 1880s and 1890s by various photographers including James Ring, Frederick George Radcliffe, Charles Spencer and the Tyree Brothers. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Tan coloured album, 24 x 31 cm Provenance: Donated by I Bulpin, Surbiton, England, 1974

Date: 25 Apr 1988

From: Nelson and Golden Bay Oral History Project

By: Walker, Ronald Watson, 1903-1989

Reference: OHInt-0053/24

Description: Ron Walker was born at Ferntown on 11 August 1903. Gives details of his family background and upbringing in Ferntown. Describes how his mother sometimes ran the Ferntown shop, in the 1890s, when the coke ovens were going. Describes the Mt. Burnett coal mine where his father worked and the last houses of the settlement. Talks about how hard-working his mother was bringing up eight children and looking after the house and the farm. Describes the Ferntown neighbours. Recalls the roads between Ferntown and Pakawau and the Ferntown school between 1908 and 1916. Talks about his varied jobs as a contract bush feller, road worker at Te Hapu, labourer at the Onekaka iron works, timber miller and farmer. Talks about accidents in the bush and the use of alcohol by some bushmen. Describes farming at the Triangle Valley farm in the Depression years and the effect on his health. Recalls in detail working at Sharland's Westhaven flaxmill, mustering trips to the Boulder Lake Run, `Haupiri Station', the Onekaka iron works and iron ore quarry, Farewell Spit lighthouse, shipping around Westhaven Inlet and the Benara Timber Company. Talks about his three wives and family they had. Venue - Collingwood : 1988 Interviewer(s) - Rosie Little Venue - Mrs Myrtle Richards' bach at Paturau Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-003124; OHC-003125; OHC-003126; OHC-003127; OHC-003128; OHC-003129; OHC-003130 Quantity: 7 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 6 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 596. Search dates: 1988

Date: [before 1897]

From: Hart, Roger :Photographs of Somes Island and other subjects

Reference: 1/2-112253-F

Description: Farewell Spit lighthouse photographed between 1865 and 1897. Photographer unidentified. Built of Stringybark about 1865. Demolished 1897. Replaced by an iron tower. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [1948?]

Reference: PAColl-9063

Description: Photograph of Farewell Spit lighthouse taken (1948?) by an unidentified photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Notes on print and print backing board. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 9 x 6.1 cm

Date: 1966

From: Randle, Graham :Photographs of New Zealand lighthouses

Reference: 1/2-092139-F

Description: Farewell Spit lighthouse, photographed in 1966. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1958

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-7171-60

Description: Scene by Farewell Spit lighthouse with a truck and two men in the foreground. One of the men is Rex Thompson. New Zealand Free Lance photograph. Photographer unidentified. Original caption reads: "The Farewell Spit lighthouse, constructed from steel to combat earthquake shocks, throws a 16-mile beam to warn shipping off the ever-growing sand-bank." Publishing notes: Published in the New Zealand Free Lance, 14 February 1958, page 28 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 21.7 x 16.5 cm Processing information: Formerly filed in Turnbull Library Pictures at 5. Golden Bay Co. Farewell Spit. Lighthouse. 1958

Date: 1892

From: Hart, Roger :Photographs of Somes Island and other subjects

By: C J S (Photographer), active 1892

Reference: 1/2-112238-F

Description: Group in front of the lighthouse at Farewell Spit, 1892. From left to right: R Tregurtha, W Ross and S Hart. Taken by C J S. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 368 C J S Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1892]

From: Hart, Roger :Photographs of Somes Island and other subjects

Reference: 1/2-112237-F

Description: The lighthouse at Farewell Spit, and surrounding houses, circa 1892. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Dated from 1/2-112238 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [188-?]

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0986-G

Description: Farewell Spit lighthouse, photographed circa 1880s by the Tyree Studio. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Farewell Spit lighthouse Tyree Photo Nelson NZ 1034 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1920s]

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 9

Reference: PAColl-6181-14

Description: The "Holmdale" on the water, circa 1920s. Lighthouse in background is probably Kahurangi Point Lighthouse, near Cape Farewell. Taken by unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - - Holmdale - Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10X8-0987-G

Description: The lighthouse and surrounding area at Farewell Spit. Three dwellings are on the left. Below the lighthouse are four women, one of them holding a child. Another person stands on the top balcony. Taken by the Tyree Studio. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - "Farewell Spit" lighthouse. Tyree Photo. Nelson. NZ. 1054 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [189-?]

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0995-G

Description: Photograph of Farewell Spit lighthouse, during the 1890s. Shows the lighthouse with an unidentified group of people standing on the sand below. Photograph taken by the Tyree Studio. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Farewell Spit Lighthouse. Tyree Photo 9051 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1946

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 2

Reference: PAColl-5584-08

Description: Two trucks, Farewell Spit, 1946. The lighthouse is in the background. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).