Mauritius

Date: 1840 - 1860

From: Ashworth family :[Studies of flowers, birds, animals, fish and costumes. 1820s to 1850s?]

By: Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896; Ashworth, D J, active 1840s

Reference: A-209-020

Description: A running hare May be the work of D. J. Ashworth, rather than Edward Ashworth. The are other drawings by D. J. Ashworth of Mauritius Other Titles - Mauritians Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 169 x 241 mm Provenance: Purchased with the Ashworth Collection at Sothebys auction, London, 1966

Date: 1884

From: Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926 :New Zealand sketches in black and white. 1884.

Reference: E-310-q-031

Description: "Indian girl carrying fruit" (on her head). A "Gharrie" (small horse-drawn carriage). "An Arab mosque". "Cocoa-nut palm". Also a man carrying a basket on his head. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink in bound album, page size 173 x 252 mm

Date: 1976 to 1977

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA1-q-282

Description: Album of photographs relating to Rhoda McWhannell's family and friends. The bulk of the album consists of her travel to South Africa to stay with her brother Bill McCurdie and his wife Inga at their home in Kloof; visiting Mauritius on the way; and areas they visited in South Africa. The latter part of the album is in two sequences. The first shows Rhoda McWhannell's niece Sally Pat McCurdie and her fiance Keith Orange photographed at `Rozel' in November 1976; then their wedding at Auckland Cathedral on 18th December 1976. The second section is scenes at Rozel in January 1977 with trees and farmland; and a group of women playing croquet on the lawn. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with orange vinyl cover; 33.5 x 30.5 cm

Date: 1869

From: Pope, James Henry 1837-1913 :Scrap book [1860s]

By: Flynn, John Henry, active 1870s

Reference: E-043-q-064

Description: Elevated view of the town with ships in the harbour. There are two figures on the hill in the foreground. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) stuck to page of scrapbook.. Physical Description: Wood engraving, stuck to page 215 x 275 mm

Date: 1884

From: Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926 :New Zealand sketches in black and white. 1884.

Reference: E-310-q-030

Description: A woman carrying a pot on her head, houses and a man leading a donkey which is pulling a cart. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink in bound album, page size 173 x 252 mm

Date: 1830 - 1840

By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s

Reference: A-209-036

Description: A forest scene, showing two black men with guns aiming at two other black men who have been boiling a cauldron over a fire. One is running away, the other is falling. The scene is likely to be in Mauritius and to involve shooting escaped slaves, since the word maroon has the meaning of an escaped slave. Inscriptions: Pencil inscription on the verso of A-209-031, referring to numbers A-209-031 to -038 'D. J. A.'s old drawings' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 123 x 170 mm (irregular)

Date: 1830 - 1840

By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s

Reference: A-209-038

Description: A street scene in Mauritius, with three open-fronted shops or stalls. The left shop is selling fruit, the central one small birds, the right-hand one poultry and other groceries Inscriptions: Pencil inscription on the verso of A-209-031, referring to numbers A-209-031 to -038 'D. J. A.'s old drawings' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 120 x 171 mm (irregular) Provenance: Purchased with other Ashworth family material, Sotheby's auction, London, 1966

Date: 1976

From: Richards, Trevor, 1946- : Papers

Reference: 99-278-21/13

Description: Circulars, correspondence and clippings re tour of South Africa by Mauritius volleyball side Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1830 - 1840

By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s

Reference: A-209-037

Description: A street scene, showing two black men carrying a pole on their shoulders. A dead cattle beast is suspended upside-down from the pole. They are followed by a woman, a baby on her back, a bowl in her hand and items balanced on her head. Inscriptions: Pencil inscription on the verso of A-209-031, referring to numbers A-209-031 to -038 'D. J. A.'s old drawings' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 121 x 167 mm (irregular)

Date: 19--?

By: Saint-Pierre, Jacques Bernardin Henri de, 1737-1814

Reference: qMS-1741

Description: Mona Gordon's translation from the French of Bernadin de Sainte-Pierre's novel Paul et Virginie first published in 1786, with introductory notes on the author, on the Ile de France where the romance is set, and on the governor of the island at the time, Mahe de la Bourdonnais Other Titles - Paul et Virginie Quantity: 1 volume(s) (97 pages). Physical Description: Typescript with ms corrections & additions (27 cm; black buckram)

Date: 28 Mar 1937

From: Blair, Mary Ramsay Ellen, 1875-1963 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0014-06

Description: Letter from Fontenary at Mauritius describing his life there and writing of family matters; includes description of Curlpipe where Blair's husband had lived Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Transferred from Misc ALS, 8 Nov 1954; formerly Misc MS ALS 317

Date: 1838-1842

By: Cleveland, William, active 1838-1842

Reference: Micro-MS-0505

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (c900p.).

Date: Mar-Jun [189--?]

From: Kirker, James, 1857-1911 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-10821-04

Description: Describes travelling from Auckland to the Bay of Islands then back to Auckland. From there he sailed to Australia calling at Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide and then on to Port Louis, Mauritius. He left Mauritius on 3 April then sailed to East London and Capetown where he arrived on 17 April. In May-June he travelled north visiting Kimberley, Blomfontein, Johannesburg, Petoria, Ladysmith and Pretoria. He planned to leave for hom from Cape Town in July. Diary that Kirker posted in instalments to his wife, describing a business trip he made to French Pacific islands and South Africa Quantity: 1 folder(s) (pages 3-100), pages 1-2 are missing. Physical Description: Ms

Date: 1927

Reference: PA1-o-949

Description: A record of the voyage of TRH the Duke & Duchess of York to Australia and New Zealand, via Jamaica, Panama, Marquesas Islands and Fiji. After leaving Australia they visited Mauritius, Suez and Malta. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1870

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: B-077-009

Description: Humorous sketch showing a lance corporal of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders with a squad of men of the Mauritius militia. Each man is of a different race and is shown wearing his national costume. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Signed]; Verso - From Lady McLean Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gouache on board 377 x 448 mm

Date: 1830 - 1850

From: Ashworth family :[Studies of flowers, birds, animals, fish and costumes. 1820s to 1850s?]

By: Ashworth, D J, active 1840s

Reference: A-209-011

Description: A red cardinal bird on the branch of a leguminous tree, probably a black pea. The accompanying description for the plant is Bois noir, but this may be an error for Pois noir, or black pea. Isle de France is another name for Mauritius, off Madagascar. Exhibited in 'Wild Things: Botanical and Zoological Art from the Alexander Turnbull Library' exhibition, National Library Gallery, 22 November 1998 - 21 March 1999. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on cream wove paper, 242 x 171 mm (irregular) Provenance: Purchased with the Ashworth collection at Sotheby's auction, 1966