Rotomahana

Date: 1934

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-020

Description: Published by Reed, Dunedin, 1934. Also some loose material that was laid in to the volume, including photographs, clippings, and whakapapa (from Tamatekapua, to Patiti - Alfred Warbrick). Photographs include a carving of a Māori goddess Horoirangi, carved on a cliff of Tihi-o-Tonga, Rotorua; an image of Gilbert Mair; an image of a cave; and an image of a small island in a lake. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed volume, loose papers and photographs in a folder

Date: [1880s]

From: Kirk, Thomas William, 1856-1936: Photograph album

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-138

Description: Photograph album of New Zealand and Pacific Island scenes. Most were taken by George Dobson Valentine, in the North Island of New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, and Tahiti; a few were taken by the Burton Brothers in the South Island. Within the New Zealand scenes there are a large number of views inside and out of the Waitomo Caves; and another group show the area around Lake Rotomahana with the Pink and White Terraces before and after the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. Pages 88 to 150 are blank. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown cover, mottled brown corners and spine, with gold lettering on black panel on spine `Kirk. Prints of New Zealand'; a bookplate inside the front cover reads `Thomas William Kirk'; 35.0 x 26.5 cm

Date: [Between 1880 and 1889]

From: Burton Brothers :New Zealand Through the Camera

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA4-0077

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of The White Terraces, Rotomahana, taken in the 1880s by the Burton Brothers of Dunedin. Inscriptions: mat verso - bottom left - New Zealand through the camera. Burton Brothers, Photos., Dunedin, N.Z. The White Terraces, Rotomahana: The Tourists' Tablets. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [Early 1880s?]

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Taber, Isaiah West, 1830-1912

Reference: PA1-q-153

Description: Photographs of New Zealand taken by various photographers, circa early 1880s. Images include several Maori groups, Maori kainga, meeting houses, carving; a large number of views of mud pools, geysers, hot springs, and in particular views of the Pink and White Terraces before the Tarawera eruption in 1886. Other views show areas of the South Island, including Dunedin City, Oamaru, Christchurch; and the North island including Auckland, Thames District (a number showing aspects of gold mining in the area). The last photograph, of the R.M.S.S. Zealandia was taken by Taber Photo, San Francisco. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with grey blue cover, black corners and spine edged with gold; 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Date: ca 1917, ca 1965

By: Robinson, Ina Margaret, 1915-2006; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940

Reference: PAColl-3674

Description: Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). 8 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (postcards, stapled together).

Date: 1886

By: Way, Herbert Fitzwilliam, 1842?-1913

Reference: MapColl-832.18cbh/[1886]/Acc.6719

Description: Quantity: 1 map(s) photocopy. Physical Description: 35 x 26 cm. Scale 1:17 500

Date: [ca 1920s]

By: Evans, I, active 1920s

Reference: PA1-o-1519

Description: Photographs taken on holiday in New Zealand by woman identified as I Evans. Comprises photographs of men, women and children from Tuhourangi and Arawa iwi, many in traditional costume; Model Village at Whakarewarewa; Ohinemutu Pa; Lake Rotorua; Guide Ruth, Ana Hato; Guide Rangi; Wairakei geysers; Rotomahana; buried forest; Arapuni; Hongi's Track; Lake Taupo; Wellington Harbour from Ngaio; tobacco growing at Riwaka; apple packing shed at Redwood's Valley, Nelson; Devils Boots, Collingwood; Government Buildings, Wellington; Wainui House, Nelson; houseboat, Whanganui River; self-portraity of photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 151 x 202 mm Provenance: Purchase, 2009

Date: December 1911 to January 1912

From: Field, Arthur Nelson : Collection of albums and negatives

By: Field, Arthur Nelson, 1882-1963

Reference: PA1-q-076

Description: Photographs taken on a trip leaving Wellington on Christmas Eve 1911, by A N Field and K A Henderson. Itinerary of the trip. Rail to Auckland from Wellington; Steamer from Auckland to Thames; Bicycles from Thames to Waihi, to Tauranga, to Matata, to Rotorua, to Waiotapu, to Wairakei, to Taupo; Steamer from Taupo to Tokaanu (January 15th 1912) Bicycles from Tokaanu for about 10 miles on the Waiouru Road; Coach to Waiouru; Train from Waiouru to Ohakune; On foot from Ohakune, up Mount Ruapehu; Train from Ohakune to Taumarunui; Steamer from Wanganui to Palmerston North (1 1/2 days) Train from Palmerston North to Wellington. Inscriptions: Album page - Trip Xmas 1911. A N Field & K A Henderson. Left Xmas Eve 1911 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with grey cover, red spine, entitled `Sunny memories'; 32.0 x 27.5 cm

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PA7-19-20

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca1900s

By: Humphries, M J (Mrs), active 1986

Reference: PAColl-0944

Description: Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) (mounted on card) and. 26 b&w original photographic print(s) (mounted on card) and. 20 b&w original photographic print(s) and. 5 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (postcards) and. 5 colour photo-mechanical print(s) (Christmas postcards) and. 13 item(s) of photographic ephemera all in one box.

Date: 1850

From: British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1849-1850s. [Additional Manuscript 19954. File prints].

By: Clarke, Cuthbert Charles, 1818-1863

Reference: E-144-038

Description: Group of Maori seated on shore of lake, White Terraces to the right. The group is listening to a young woman, dancing, singing or speaking The Turnbull holds only a photograph of the original Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Photograph of watercolour. Original 9.8 x 14.1 ins

Date: [Between 1880 and 1889]

From: Burton Brothers :New Zealand Through the Camera

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA4-0078

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of The White Terraces, Rotomahana, taken in the 1880s by the Burton Brothers of Dunedin. Inscriptions: mat verso - bottom left - New Zealand through the camera. Burton Brothers, Photos., Dunedin, N.Z. The White Terraces, Rotomahana Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [Circa 1870s-1880s]

From: Sarney, H F (Mr), fl 1959 :Photograph albums of New Zealand scenes

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-065

Description: Album of landscapes taken by various photographers including Wheeler & Sons and the Burton Brothers, circa 1870s and 1880s. All the views are of New Zealand except the last sequence (p 33-37) showing Rio de Janeiro. Of particular interest are views of a wool wagon drawn by oxen, crossing a ford; a series showing an unidentified curved viaduct under construction (p 28-32); and a number showing a farm run by J F L Jetter at Te Puke when the land was partially cleared, with cattle grazing in paddocks, and Mr Jetter standing by a horse in a paddock in front of his home. Many of the images show uncleared land, with a deep ravine filled with native bush and tree ferns, and a stream running through (p 24-27). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green leather cover with embossed diamond shape pattern, bordered with gold; 32 x 38 cm

Date: 1909

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: PAColl-4291

Description: Photographs of Sunday Island, Kermadec Islands; Maori man in the bush, captioned on the reverse as "Smith's old guide - Tarawera"; Lake Rotomahana; Percy Smith in front of ash beds denuded by rain; Smith and his guide in front of other ash beds; and a general view of the denuding caused by rain on ash beds. Photographer was Dr Tenperi(?) Anderson. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Mr Crompton Smith, 1954

Date: 1924

By: Sklenars, Linda, active 2004

Reference: PA1-o-1212

Description: Album compiled on a tour of the North Island in 1924 by an unknown photographer. The album includes views of Wellington, Auckland, Rotorua, Wairakei, Lake Taupo, Lake Rotoiti, Lake Rotoehu, Lake Rotoma, Lake Rotomahana, Hamurana Springs, Whakarewarewa, Waimangu and Waitomo. The scenes in Wellington include views of Parliament, Government Buildings, St Mary of the Angels church, Oriental Bay, Island Bay, Wellington Heads, Breaker Bay, Seatoun, Miramar, Lyall Bay, Khandallah and Days Bay. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown leather bound album

Date: [1863?]

By: Hochstetter, Christian Gottlieb Ferdinand von, 1829-1884

Reference: MS-Papers-0915

Description: At head of title: Hochstetter, Geological and topographical atlas of NZ. Map 4, p.15. Partial translation of the author's Geologisch-topographischer Atlas von Neu-Seeland, p.14-16: "Karte 4. Roto mahana oder der Warme See mit seinen heissen Quellen". (Table A incomplete; Table B missing) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (21 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms (photocopy)

Date: ca 1880s

By: Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933

Reference: PAColl-7271

Description: Photographs of the Rotomahana Terraces prior to the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. 1/2-058357 to 058358 Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-058357 to 058358 Quantity: 2 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 1886

By: Didsbury, George, 1839-1893; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933

Reference: PA1-q-065

Description: Chiefly photographs of the aftermath of the Tarawera eruption in 1886, many taken by Charles Spencer. Images include Dr Hector's party; views of mud-covered country; damage to buildings at the village of Te Wairoa; Henry Lundius and J C Blythe standing outside the hen-house in which several survivors took refuge; and views of the new lake formed after the eruption. Several views show the area before the eruption. The last two photographs in the album show the Manawatu Gorge bridge under construction, and the engine room at the Government Printing Office in Wellington. Physical Description: Album bound in blue buckram; "Didsbury. Tarawera Eruption 1886" lettered on spine; 28.5 x 20 cm Provenance: No donor or provenance information available for this album.

Date: [Between 1868 and 1885?]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-083

Description: Photograph album titled 'New Zealand land of loveliness'. Includes photographs of the Wairoa and Rotorua Districts, taken by the Burton Brothers of Dunedin. Other Titles - Land of loveliness Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Cloth cover entitled "Land of loveliness. New Zealand. Photographed by Burton Bros. Dunedin"

Date: [ca 1869]

From: Mundy album 4

Reference: PA1-f-042-24

Description: Looking east across Lake Rotomahana, showing the Pink Terrace (Otukapuarangi) in the foreground, the White Terrace (Te Tarata) in the extreme left, background, and Mount Tarawera (centre background). Photograph taken ca 1869 by Daniel Louis Mundy. Dated from Hardwicke Knight, "New Zealand photographers, a selection" (Dunedin, Allied Press, 1981). Inscriptions: Mount verso - bottom left - 195. "General View Roto Mahana. Looking East"; Recto - bottom right - Mundy Copyright This image was exhibited in the New Zealand Pavilion at the Philadelphia Exhibition 1876, as catalogue number 24; \"General view of Rotomahana, looking east\". This image was reproduced by the autotype process as plate I in \"Rotomahana and the boiling springs of New Zealand; a photographic series of sixteen views by D L Mundy; with descriptive notes by Ferdinand von Hochstetter\" (London. Sampson, Low, Marston, Low and Searle. 1875) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 191 x 251 mm mounted on album page