Frasertown

Date: [Circa 1890s?]

From: Starke, June, 1923-2006: Photographs

By: Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963

Reference: PA1-o-477

Description: Seven pages of photographs of New Zealand; pages 8-44 are empty Identification of places is in pencil beneath the images, and include "Mr Neal's whare", and one entitled "A Maori village, N.Z." signed Denton. There are two views of Frasertown, one of a Frasertown celebration with a group of five men in a bar, and one of the Frasertown Show. One image shows ancient Maori carved figures in the bush; and two others show a small house in summer and in winter surrounded by snow Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; 24.5 x 32.0 cm

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-067

Description: The essay provides an outline of the history of the Middleton family from when the six family members left Britain and Poland in the 1860s and came to New Zealand on the Strathallan and Edward Thornhill. It describes their lives goldmining, gumdigging, farming; their struggles during the South African and World wars, and Frasertown from its beginnings to a thriving township to becoming again a small settlement Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available. Includes photographs: Henry Penbarthy FitzGerald, Mary Elizabeth FitzGerald & Geraldine FitzGerald; group of young girls at Phillipstown Primary School, Christchurch, ca 1904-1908; William Symons Penberthy, Elizabeth Hannah Penberthy (nee Butcher), Dorothy Phyllis Penberthy & Marjorie Mary Penberthy, ca 1897; a tailor's workshop, Christchurch, undated

Date: 1950 - 1959

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-832.3bje/195-?/Acc.10,061

Description: Cadastral map of Frasertown situated in a loop of the Wairoa River, at the junction of the Waiau River, includes numbered sections with acreages. The ferry, school, burial and bush reserves are named. Handwritten note on bottom right: Additions in pencil and red ink from L&S (H.O.) 9/10 Handwritten on bottom left: IIVX.H Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, linen backed, scale [1:2 376], 65 x 74 cm.

Date: [193-?]

From: Kennett, Robert, 1913-2007 : Photographs, including images taken after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake

Reference: PA1-o-1763

Description: Album of 39 photographs taken by Robert Kennett circa 1930s including eight images relating to military cadets (possibly in the Wairoa district) and eight of buildings damaged in the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. Also includes images of the Wairoa district including Frasertown, Lake House, Morere, Tuai, Frasertown Bridge, Wairoa. Also a Bristol Fighter aircraft, a Gipsy Moth aircraft. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown soft card covers, 17 x 22 cm

Date: 1924-1967

By: Clifton, Ernest Charles, 1893-1975

Reference: MS-Papers-0505

Description: Papers connected with his farming activities at the soldiers' settlement, Ardkeen, Frasertown. These include accounts, receipts, and business correspondence concerning the running of this farm, and papers descriptive of the settlement plan and the degree of its success Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.09 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: No listing available at present. Processing information: Not described to folder level

Date: 5 December 1908

By: Burridge, B T, active 1908; Neely, Paddianne Wallace, active 1988-2015

Reference: PAColl-2973

Description: Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Printed by photographer: (Members.) Opening of Lawn Tennis Court. Frasertown. Dec 5th 1908. Photo B T Burridge."; Verso - centre - "Wishing you a very Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year love to al from all the Grants [Grouts?]"; Verso - centre - Friends of Nona [Nana?] Clarke's (May Button-Clarke) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 6x4 in. sepia toned

Date: 1869

From: Statutory Branch. Head Office. Department of Lands and Survey :[Aperture cards of] maps and plans

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-L&S-A37

Description: Shows numbered land sections with survey measurements and acreages along the banks of the Waiau River from just north of Rangiahua to Frasertown and then up the Wairoa River to the Mangapoike Stream and also along the Kauhauroa Stream in the Wairoa District. An inset shows a detailed plan of Frasertown with numbered and surveyed land sections and 'Bush Reserve', 'Ferry Reserve' and some streets of which only 2 are named. Inset: [Plan of Frasertown], scale [1: 2 376] Quantity: 1 map(s) on 11 aperture cards. Physical Description: 35mm microfilm inserted into card, scale [1: 15 840], copy at same size as original Provenance: Donated by Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, November 1982

Date: 1869

From: Statutory Branch. Head Office. Department of Lands and Survey :[Aperture cards of] maps and plans

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: Mapcoll-L&S-A37a

Description: Shows numbered land sections with survey measurements and acreages along the banks of the Waiau River from just north of Rangiahua to Frasertown and then up the Wairoa River to the Mangapoike Stream and also along the Kauhauroa Stream in the Wairoa District. An inset shows a detailed plan of Frasertown with numbered and surveyed land sections and 'Bush Reserve', 'Ferry Reserve' and some streets of which only 2 are named. Inset: [Plan of Frasertown], scale [1: 2 376] See MapColl-L&S-A37 which is a very similar map Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Thomas Wm Palin draughtsman Defence Office Aug 18th /69 Quantity: 1 map(s) on 11 aperture cards. Physical Description: 35mm microfilm inserted into card, scale [1: 15 840], copy at same size as original Provenance: Donated by Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, November 1982

Date: 2001

From: Eagle, Audrey Lily, 1926- :[Collection of original paintings made for "Eagle's trees and shrubs of New Zealand" books. 1955-2005]

Reference: A-437-178

Description: Shows leaves, flowers and seeds of the large-leafed kowhai. Artist's list: Flowers and seedpods Oct 2001 cult. at Landcare Research, Lincoln, orig. from Frasertown, Hawke's Bay. Supplied by Peter Heenan. Appears on page 353 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand" Note on verso: This painting took 33 hrs to execute, excluding all breaks - 5 1/2 days. Other Titles - October Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 327 x 266 mm.

Date: Apr 1951

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-27687-F

Description: Aerial view of the Wairoa River and the settlement of Frasertown, Hawke's Bay. View includes the bridge over the River and Russell Parade North. Photograph taken in April 1951 by Whites Aviation. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Wairoa River, and Russell Parade North, identified by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 11.4 x 13.2 cm

Date: Apr 1951

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-27688-F

Description: Aerial view of the settlement of Frasertown, Hawke's Bay. View includes Highway 38 (centre) which passes over the Wairoa River (above centre). Photograph taken in April 1951 by Whites Aviation. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Highway 38 identified by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 10.7 x 13.2 cm

Date: 27 May 1965

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-64713-F

Description: Aerial view of the Wairoa River and the settlement of Frasertown, Hawke's Bay. View includes the junction of the Wairoa River with the Waiau (bottom centre). Photograph taken 27 May 1965 by Whites Aviation. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Wairoa and Waiau Rivers identified by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 12.5 x 13.9 cm

Date: [between 1880-1970s]

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: PAColl-6056-09

Description: Photographs taken between1880 and 1979 of rangatira, tāngata Māori, and Māori communities and activities, along with a variety of photographs relating to taonga, wharenui, and toi whakairo. Also contains images of Māori on thirteen 'Three Castles Virginia Cigarette" cigarette cards, and hand sketched lithographs of facial moko designs. Some of the images are annotated on the reverse. Three photographs relating to Te Poho o Rangiahua meeting house in Frasertown, near Wairoa have the words 'On loan from Maori Affairs Dept' annotated on the reverse. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 70 b&w original photographic print(s). 14 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Transfers: Two letters found with photographic prints PAColl-6056-09; 32 and 33 are at MS-Papers-12909-6.. Processing information: Letters separated from photographic prints for preservation and storage reasons.