Starvation Point
Wheeler and son album 1
Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]
By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)
Reference: PA1-o-532
Description: Views of New Zealand taken by E Wheeler & Son, circa 1870s to 1880s Most of the views are identified, either on the photograph itself, or in hand-written captions below; places shown are listed above. One image has caption "Flax cutting" on the photograph which shows a man standing be a group of cabbage trees, with a house? or possibly a mill with a water wheel in the background behind the trees, while the hand-written caption reads "Valley scene, Hokianga". Other Titles - New Zealand views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover (damaged), entitled "New Zealand Views" in gold lettering; 25.5 x 32.5 cm
Ring album 1
Date: [ca 1880s]
By: Ring, James, 1856-1939
Reference: PA1-o-435
Description: Photographs taken circa 1880s by James Ring, photographer based in Greymouth. Scenes in Greymouth and nearby include views of severe flooding (p 3-5, 7); loading ships at the wharf showing hydraulic cranes raising hoppers of coal, and rolling stock laden with coal for transportation. Three shipping photographs including the SS Gerda wrecked on the Greymouth Breakwater in June 1888; the SS Mawhera ashore on North Beach, Greymouth in 1886, and the SS Rosamond crossing the Greymouth Bar. Beyond Greymouth views include the Grey River, Rocky Island, Brunnerton and the Brunnerton Bridge, and the West Coast Road. Then views of Lake Brunner, Refuge Island and Mitchell Falls. The Teremakau [now Taramakau] River is next, one view showing the road bridge, and one showing the flying fox (wire bridge) leading over to the Teremakau Hotel. These are followed by scenes along the Otira Gorge, including Warnock's Nob, Westley's Creek (Wesley Creek), and Starvation Point, before reaching Porter's Pass, Broken River, Arthur's Pass and the Devil's Punch Bowl Falls. The last sequence show Grasmere Station, Castle Hill Station (with one view of snow gates) and Craigieburn Station; the town of Cass; Bealey, Bealey Hotel, and Bealey Gorge, Lake Pearson and Lake Mapourika. Other Titles - New Zealand Views, by James Ring, Greymouth, N. Z. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with quarterbound red cover, red leather corners and spine; entitled "New Zealand Views, by James Ring, Greymouth, N.Z."; 24 x 31 cm
Tourist Department album 7
Date: [Circa 1900s]
By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department
Reference: PA1-o-500
Description: Photographs, mostly showing the West Coast of the South Island, with some showing parts of Southland, taken by the New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department circa 1900s. Most are landscapes, but some show people in the distance, including horse-drawn coaches in the Buller Gorge and Bealey Gorge; Archer's punt on the Inagahua River; two men standing outside the Malte Brun Hut; climbers on the various glaciers; and people in rowing boats on Lake Kaniere. Other Titles - New Zealand scenery Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, entitled "New Zealand scenery" in gold lettering; 26.0 x 34.5 cm