Whitcombe Valley

Date: 1983 - 1995

From: Ross, Gregory F A 1951- :[Red beech writing. Illustrations. 1970-1984].

By: Ross, Gregory F A, 1951-

Reference: A-285-016

Description: Illustration to his publication "Red beech writing". Toronto: GFA Ross, 1995. 90p. Shows small hut with well-defined piles and hinged door, alone on bare hillside. Illustrations for Greg Ross's "Red beech writing". Toronto, The Author, 1995. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 280 x 220 mm. Provenance: Donated by Greg Ross, residing in Canada, in 1995.

Date: 1896-1897

By: Roberts, George John, 1848-1910; Cundy, Horace Gordon, 1907-1983

Reference: PA1-o-124

Description: Photograph album of West Coast scenes, compiled, and in part photographed by surveyor George John Roberts. Several images show Roberts, including one image of him with L Cockayne and C E Douglas standing on ice at the Bealey in April 1897. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black bound album with cream cotton spine, entitled "Photographs", 26 x 32 cm Provenance: Donated by Mr H G Cundy, Palmerston North, 1977. The album was compiled by surveyor George Roberts, uncle of Mr Cundy.

Date: 1899

From: Mueller, Mildred Violet, d 1969 :Albums

By: Roberts, George John, 1848-1910

Reference: PA1-o-355

Description: Scenes in Westland, the Southern Alps and Canterbury, taken in the 1890s by George John Roberts (1848-1910), Chief Surveyor in Westland. Inscriptions: Album page - centre - To Isabel from old "Yellow Tickets", Christmas 1899 Provenance: Album from the collection of Gerhard Mueller (1835?-1918), Chief Surveyor for Westland Province 1868-1892. Donated by his daughter, Mildred Violet Mueller, Auckland, April 1967.

Date: [Circa 1890s]

By: Beattie, John Watt, 1859-1930; Sturtevant, George Neville, 1858-1937; Roberts, Elizabeth, 1856-1918; Stoner, W

Reference: PA1-o-482

Description: Album of photographs relating to mountains and mountaineering in the Southern Alps. A photograph of George John Roberts, Charles Edward Douglas, and Leonard Cockayne (p 1), was probably taken by George Roberts' wife, who took one of the group at the same time but in different positions (See image at PAColl-5926-13) C H Stonor is seen with "Dr Teichmann" [i.e. Ebenezer Teichelmann] (p 40). Two photographs at the end of the album are of Tasmania, one showing a bush scene with a small waterfall; and one taken by John Watt Beattie of Hobart from the bay. All the inscriptions in the album are hand-written with decorative lettering and patterning. Inscriptions: Album page - W. Stoner, Llanvair, Coronation Rd, South Ascot. Rev. Celsus Kelly Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cover, black spine; 24.0 cm x 31.5 cm

Date: 1970 - 1995 - 1984

By: Ross, Gregory F A, 1951-

Reference: A-285-013/023

Description: Illustrations to his publication "Red beech writing". Toronto: GFA Ross, 1995. 90p. Includes views of the Crow Valley, Hokitika Valley, Mount Cook, Wanganui Valley, Paparoa Mountains, Whitcombe Valley, Collier Gorge, Taramakau Valley. Illustrations for Greg Ross's "Red beech writing". Toronto, The Author, 1995. Inscriptions: Recto - [Title] Quantity: 9 drawing(s). 3 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: 9 ink, and 3 photocopied, sizes within 280 x 220 mm. Provenance: Donated by Greg Ross, residing in Canada, in 1995.

Date: 1932

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-411-053

Description: View of the Whitcombe valley showing Jourdain Cone and Mount Evans in the background. Photographed by an unknown photographer Top photograph (PA1-o-411-053-1) taken on the 20th of April 1932 shows the Whitcombe River on a sunny day with low water levels Bottom photograph (PA1-o-411-053-2) taken on the 28th of December 1932 shows the Whitcombe River in flood Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Two silver gelatin prints mounted on album page 305 x 250 mm (page size)

Date: [ca 1890]

From: Roberts, George J :One hundred and eight photographs of the West Coast Region by photographers George J Roberts and A P Harper

Reference: PAColl-3412-2-01

Description: The whitcombe Valley, West Coast, New Zealand, photographed by either George Roberts or Arthur Paul Harper in about 1890. Inscriptions: Verso - Whitcombe Valley Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 15 x 10.4 cm

Date: 1938

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

By: Atkinson, George Gordon, 1905-1982

Reference: PAColl-3060-020

Description: Men holding deer antlers, Whitcombe watershed, Westland. Photograph taken by George Gordon Atkinson in 1938. Published in 'Making New Zealand' Vol 1, No 10, page 27 Making New Zealand caption reads: "A record head shot in the Whitcombe watershed, Westland, in 1938. Many good heads have come from this part of the back-country. But it is not every stalker who has the endurance to carry the head out to civilisation. Thick untracked bush and large river boulders make such a burden an awkward one." Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.5 x 21.6 cm Provenance: Item lent by George Gordon Atkinson (National Park ranger, New Plymouth) to the Department of Internal Affairs for publication in 'Making New Zealand' in 1939. Processing information: Formerly filed in Turnbull Library Pictures at: 799. Hunting. Deer. 1938