Burnham Water

Date: 1846

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Pencil sketches and watercolours of New Zealand 1839-1850]

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889

Reference: A-229-027

Description: View from the south end of Miramar Peninsula, looking north across Burnham Water or Burnham Lake towards the farm of James Coutts Crawford, with Mount Crawford in the background. Other Titles - Miramar Peninsula Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 135 x 195 mm

Date: 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-087-3

Description: A programme for horse-races with a list of horses racing and expected prizes. The list includes horses owned and ridden by Maori Quantity: 1 letterpress. Physical Description: Letterpress on newsprint, 269 x 137 mm

Date: 1846

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Pencil sketches and watercolours of New Zealand 1839-1850]

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889

Reference: A-229-044

Description: The entrance from Evans Bay, Wellington Harbour, to the tunnel built by J. C. Crawford to drain Burnham Water, a lake in the centre of Miramar Peninsula. The entrance to the tunnel is cut into a cliff and supporting beams are built around the opening. A small hut stands to the right of the tunnel and a path winds over the hill-top to the right. Rocks, flax bushes and a small cabbage tree are distinguishable in the foreground and there is a small rowboat tied to a stake at the water's edge, in the centre foreground. Hataitai or Whataitai was the earlier name for Miramar Peninsula The preliminary sketch for this sepia watercolour is a pencil work held at A-229-023, with an almost identical title. Other Titles - Miramar Peninsula Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & sepia wash on paper 134 x 195 mm

Date: 1851

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-010-2

Description: Two sheds, one possibly a toilet, and two tents on the shores of Burnham Water, Miramar with hills in the background. The occasion is a horse-racing meeting. One of the sheds is a tall building with a small door, lower left On the reverse (C-103-010-4) is an unfinished pencil drawing titled Burnham Water races, 1851 [i.e. a Miramar, Wellington scene] with the same tall shed with a low door to the left as appears in C-103-010-2, as well as the tent to the left and the outline of the tent to the right Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & ink sketch, 110 x 225 mm

Date: 1849 - 1859

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Mi/[1849?]/Acc.23680

Description: Shows the Miramar Peninsular, divided into 18 part surveyed, numbered land blocks. Marks Point Halswell, Point Jordon, Young's Bay, Point Waddell, and Palmer Head. Burnham Water is outlined, and is part of Blocks 9, 10, 11, 7 and 8. The property of J C Crawford is outlined in pink; only Block 8 is not highlighted. Written on reverse: 3. Burnham Water Farm, near Wellington Heads. Glued on to reverse: 61 Burnham Water Farm, Welltn N164 Written under scale: EJC See cross sections of plan - MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Mi/[1849?]/Acc.23679 Property of James Coutts Crawford, Miramar Peninsular. A tunnel was built through to Evans Bay in 1849, to drain the Lake. In 1859 the floor of the tunnel was lowered a further five feet as a consequence of the 1855 earthquake. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, linen backed, scale [1:7 920], 65 x 97.3

Date: 1846

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Pencil sketches and watercolours of New Zealand 1839-1850]

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889

Reference: A-229-025

Description: View from the south end of Miramar Peninsula, looking north across Burnham Water or Burnham Lake towards the farm of James Coutts Crawford, with Mount Crawford in the background. A rowboat with 2 men in it is on the lake. Other Titles - Miramar Peninsula Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 135 x 195 mm

Date: 1846 - 1847 - 1850

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Pencil sketches and watercolours of New Zealand 1839-1850]

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889

Reference: A-229-032

Description: View across the newly-drained Burnham Water area of Miramar towards J. C. Crawford's farm with a small building on the slopes in the middle distance. Other Titles - Miramar Peninsula Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 135 x 195 mm

Date: 1851

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-010-4

Description: A tall shed with tents and carts around it. A wine bottle is in the foreground Burnham Water is now the flat land at Miramar. This view is on the verso of C-103-010-2, on which the same shed appears. Title may refer to a horse-race alongside the lake Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch, 110 x 250 mm

Date: 1849 - 1859

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Mi/[1849?]/Acc.23679

Description: Contains three cross sectional plans on one sheet. The first, and largest, (ink and watercolour) is entitled 'Section through the middle of Burnham Water swamp, for proposed drain to be constructed' showing the measured depth of the swamp, and the datum line, with notes. The second (ink and watercolour) is entitled 'Section of tunnel from Evans Bay to Burnham Water', showing the sea's high and low water level marks; the third (pencil) is entitled 'Drain proposed through swamp' showing measurements of the drain. Includes vertical and horizontal scale for the two ink and watercolour plans Title supplied by cataloguer See also 'Plan of Burnham Water Farm Wellington, the property of J C Crawford Esq [ms map]'. [1849?]. MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Mi/[1849?]/Acc.23680 Note with map reads: Plans for the drainage of Burnham Water, on the property of James Coutts Crawford, Miramar Peninsular. The tunnel through to Evans Bay, constructed in 1849, was the first tunnel built in New Zealand. In 1859 the floor of the tunnel was lowered a further five feet as a consequence of the 1855 earthquake. Quantity: 3 plan(s) on one sheet. Physical Description: Ink, watercolour and pencil on paper, linen backed, scales vary, 21.6 x 57.2 or smaller

Date: 1846

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Pencil sketches and watercolours of New Zealand 1839-1850]

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889

Reference: A-229-023

Description: The entrance from Evans Bay, Wellington Harbour, to the tunnel built by J. C. Crawford to drain Burnham Water, a lake in the centre of Miramar Peninsula. The entrance to the tunnel is cut into a cliff and supporting beams are built around the opening. A small hut stands to the right of the tunnel and a path winds over the hill-top to the right. Rocks, flax bushes and a small cabbage tree are distinguishable in the foreground. Hataitai or Whataitai was the earlier name for Miramar Peninsula This drawing is the preliminary sketch for the watercolour with the same title at A-229-044 Other Titles - Miramar Peninsula Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 134 x 195 mm

Date: 1841

Reference: C-011-001

Description: Features of the landscape named, including J. C. Crawford's farm. Watt's Peninsula is now known as Miramar Peninsula and this view is from the lower slopes of Mount Crawford, looking out towards Cook Strait with Evans Bay and Lyall Bay on the right, the harbour entrance on the left, and Burnham Water (later drained and now the site of Miramar) in the centre. The Kaikouras can be seen in the distance (Mt Tapuaenuku) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing with touches of blue watercolour 215 x 513 mm Provenance: New Zealand Company collection, purchased by Alexander Turnbull from Francis Edwards, London, 1915

Date: 1840 - 1849

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Crawford, Henry Nevay (Brigadier), 1907-1993

Reference: A-229-003

Description: View across a small lake (Burnham Water) on Miramar (originally Hataitai) Peninsula towards J C Crawford's "Glendavar" homestead nestled amongst the hills of Mount Crawford. Glendavar was J C Crawford's cattle farm at the north end of the lake, Burnham Water. The lake was drained by Crawford in 1858 to provide further land. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 165 x 254 mm Provenance: Crawford family, Fife, Scotland.

Date: 1840 - 1845

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Pencil sketches and watercolours of New Zealand 1839-1850]

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889

Reference: A-229-022

Description: View from half-way along Miramar Peninsula, looking south from behind the artist's house, across Burnham Lake and out to Cook's Strait. Trees in the foreground and fencing behind the house. Hataitai or Whataitai was the earlier name for Miramar Peninsula. The area shown is now the modern Wellington suburb Miramar and the lake in the centre is now flat land, after the artist drained it into Evans Bay. Other Titles - Miramar Peninsula Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 134 x 195 mm

Date: 1848

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Crawford, Henry Nevay (Brigadier), 1907-1993

Reference: A-229-009

Description: View from behind the home of J. C. Crawford 'Glendavar', showing fenced paddocks, the house, the lake Burnham Water (later drained by Crawford), the Seatoun hills on the left, Maupuia hills on the right and Cook Strait in the distance Glendavar was J C Crawford's cattle farm at the North end of Burnham water, Miramar Other Titles - Cook Straits in distance Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 165 x 254 mm