Logs (Records)

Date: 1861-1863

By: Jenkins, Robert (Capt), 1825-1894

Reference: qMS-1069

Description: Describes movements around Sydney, Auckland, Fiji (1861-1862), and participation in the Pukorokoro River blockade (1863). Important episode at Fiji, 27 Jul 1862, having recently arrived at Levuka, Captain Jenkins summoned the chiefs "to a formal meeting on board the Miranda for the purpose of conveying to them the decision of H.M. Ministers not to accept the sovereignty of the Fiji Islands, in terms drawn up by His Excellency Sir John Young". Includes text of declaration in English and Fijian. The Miranda stayed at Levuka most of Jul and Aug; entertained King Thankombau; description of Levuka. Wreck of the `Orpheus' described, Feb 1863. Mainly short log entries but 1863 in some detail; summaries for 1861, 1862 included. Includes two page typescript of a breakdown of the Miranda's movements and concurrent events of interest from March 1863 (loose in front of volume) Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (317 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (30 cm, black buckram)

Date: 1875-[ca 1930]

By: Mackay, Robert Percy, 1862-1948

Reference: MS-Group-0337

Description: Consists of 3 logs written by Mackay on the whaling ship Splendid for the years 1875-1877. The logs detail the voyages of the ship from Port Chalmers to various places around New Zealand, the Southern Ocean and into the Pacific. Also contains discharge papers dated Oct 1877; an annotated copy of `The Cruise of the Cachalot' by Frank T Bullen published in 1899 and an annotated proof of a galley for a newspaper article, ca 1930s, reporting on Mackay's life and his claim that Bullen's 1899 book was in fact based on the Splendid. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 4 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Quilters Bookshop, Wellington, 1994

Date: 30 Dec 1873-29 Jun 1874

Reference: MS-Papers-0981

Description: Comprises a photocopy of "Abstract log of the ship 'Rakaia' from London to Canterbury, NZ, commanded by Captain Henry Rose, kept by Warren Frederick Caborne, Chief Officer". Contains navigational details, notes of weather and passenger lists. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (30 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms (photocopy), poor quality, text illegible in places Processing information: Record updated 21 February 2024 with information about the material quality.

Date: 1923-1986

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1332

Description: Comprises school log books 1923-7194; registers of admission, progress and withdrawal 1971-1986; From the mouth of the crater, school magazine, Dec 1967. Source of title - Supplied by Library The school is the earliest of the Anglican schools in South Melanesia. Origibnally located at Vureas on Vanualava (Banks Group). Moved to Lolowai on Ambae in 1920 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: See http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2011

Date: 1861-1867

Reference: MS-Papers-1212

Description: Personal nautical diary by unknown writer. Very brief entries. Includes voyage from New Zealand to St Helena in HMS `Iris', 1861 (time in New Zealand is not mentioned), voyage in HMS `Defence' (1865) and HMS `Sylvia' (1866). Quantity: 1 folder(s) (60 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: 10 Feb 1851-22 Mar 1855

By: Card, Charles James, active 1846-1855

Reference: MSX-5604

Description: In closely-written pages, Card describes in detail his voyage on HMS `Fantome' to Sydney, where he transhipped to the `Havannah' on 24 Nov 1851. He describes his voyages to and around New Zealand, to Fiji and Tonga, before returning to Australia and New Zealand in November 1853, where his captain died. He writes of his life and loves in Sydney and Brisbane from 1854 to Mar 1855, when he is reposted to England. Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - Title on spine: Charles James Card Voyage of H.M.S. Havannah 1851-1855 Card, who had been formerly on HMS `Rattlesnake', was in Portsmouth, England, when he was appointed in Feb 1851 as Assistant Paymaster to HMS `Havannah', then in Australian waters. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (176 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Clive Farahar and Sophie Dupre, Caine, Wiltshire, England, Mar 2000

Date: 1869-1870

By: Fenwick, Collingwood, active 1869-1870

Reference: qMS-0725

Description: Comprises logs kept by Fenwick: `Duke of Wellington', 27 Jul-28 Sep 1869, on a voyage from Portsmouth to Plymouth; on the `Bristol' 29 Sep 1869-10 Jan 1870 from Plymouth to Barbados, Bermuda and Trinidad; and on the `Clio', 22 Mar-30 Nov 1870, from England which included Madeira, St Vincent to Simon's Bay, to Wellington and Sydney. The `Clio' arrived in Wellington 27 Aug and left 3 Sep. The Duke of Edinburgh was visiting Wellington on the `Galatea' which was in harbour the same time as the `Clio'. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (32 cm, black calf) Maps, land profiles and illustrated frontispieces for two of the voyages, presumably by Fenwick

Date: 1 Dec 1821-30 Jun 1822, 23 Jul 1842-18 Nov 1843, 30 Oct 1845-22 Nov 1846

By: Gambier, Robert Fitzgerald, 1803-1885

Reference: MS-Group-1554

Description: Contains a logbook kept by R F Gambier a midshipsman aboard the `HMS Dauntless', commanded by Captain George C Gambier. The log book records the voyage to the Pacific or `South Seas' in 1821-1822, with details of weather conditions encountered. There are also details of landings throughout the Pacific including Huahini, Tahiti. Also included is a night order book kept by RF Gambier while he was commander aboard the `HMS Satellite' and the `HMS Sappho' for voyages aimed at suppressing the slave trade around Africa during the 1840s. There is also a note book recording `general instructions' in regards to navy vessels. Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1928-1934

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1197

Description: General record books, notes on customs, barter and weapons, notes on legends and folklore 1927-1930; diaries and patrol notes 1932-1935; anthropology course notes and essays, 1929-1931; New Guinea notes and article, 1927-1940; correspondence, 1926-1934. Also, Patrol File 1 (Coast road, aitape-Wewak, 1928-1932; File 2 (Inland Sissano); File 3 (Aitape Inland, 1928-1931); File 6 (Inland Yakamal, 1931-1932); File 8 (Wewak West, 1933-1934); File 9 (Wewak east, 1933); File 10 (Maps and route maps, further patrol reports and related documents, 1927-1934); Vanimo Village Book, May 1930; Boik vocabulary; wedding album and photograph. Source of title - Transcribed Thomas served as Patrol Officerm ainly in the Sepik District from 1928 to 1934, when he married. He also took courses in anthropology between 1929 and 1931. Quantity: 3 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2003

Date: 1889-1890

By: Green, John Lawrence (Rev), active 1889-1890

Reference: MS-0872

Description: Detailed diary of Rev Green, English traveller, 1st class on SS `Rimutaka', (fellow passenger of the Elworthy family) via Capetown to Port Chalmers. Travels by land and sea to Auckland and back, including thermal regions, Napier and Wairarapa. Ship's log of return to England by Coptic Quantity: 1 volume(s) (142 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (19 cm; in grey phase box)

Date: 1914-1967, 1953-1988

By: Mangaroa School (Mangaroa, Upper Hutt, N.Z.)

Reference: MS-Group-0445

Description: Comprises register of admission, progress and withdrawal (1914-1967), school committee minute book (1914-1952) and log book (1947-1961) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s) (2 vols in one folder, 1 vol in folder). 4 volume(s). 0.11 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1875-1876

By: Robinson, James, 1843-1901

Reference: MS-Papers-2503

Description: Log detailing the vessel's coastwise voyages carrying wheat and timber, as well as a voyage from the Bay of Islands to Fiji carrying coal and a voyage from Fiji to the Solomon Islands carrying passengers. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by National Archives, 1984

Date: 21 Sep 1861-18 Aug 1866

By: Copping, Richard, -1892

Reference: Micro-MS-0735

Description: Journal kept as master of the barque Isabella trading between Hobart Town and Otago New Zealand 21 Sep 1861-24 Mar 1863, and journal kept as master of the barque Bella Mary trading between Auckland New Zealand and Hobart Town, 25 Mar 1864 to 18 Aug 1866 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 120 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm

Date: 1896-1990

By: Muritai School; Gollans Valley School (Eastbourne, N.Z.)

Reference: MS-Group-0607

Description: Admission registers and school log books Source of title - Supplied Muritai School first opened on 17 March 1897, the first registers date from October 1896 and are for Gollans Valley School, the predecessor to Muritai. Quantity: 19 volume(s). 2 folder(s). 0.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Muritai School, Aug 1997

Date: 1905-1982

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1120

Description: Consist mainly of diocesan correspondence with the various mission stations in the Solomon Islands; birth, death and marriage registers from Malageti Station; also, occasional station diaries, research notes on local customs and the history of the diocese. Source of title - Transcribed Following a previous unsuccessful attempt in 1845, missionaries under the auspices of the Oceania Marist Province re-entered the Solomon Islands in 1898 and set up Apostolic Vicariates in the North and South Solomons. A Vicariate of the Western Solomons was established in 1960. After 1967 the Vicariates became known as Dioceses. The mission was directed from Visale Station, Guadacanal before World War II, and from Honiara post-war. Quantity: 6 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1998

Date: 1838-1853

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-0773

Description: Contains, as well as logs of whaling voyages, records of three of the ships of the United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842. Includes diary of Giles Holmes, assistant surgeon on the Expedition, descriptions of islands visited, water depths and temperatures, the journal of John Emmons, also on the Expedition, a description of a fatal episode at Malolo, Fiji, newspaper clippings, abstracts of voyage, papers re court martials after the return of the Expedition, and a detailed description of the Antarctic voyage undertaken by the Expedition. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Full description in inventory, also in "Complete annotated catalogue" (Canberra : PMB, 1991) which has an index. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB

Date: 1887-1889

By: Young, H J, active 1887-1889

Reference: MSX-6334

Description: Diary kept by H J Young from Nov 1887 to Nov 1889 mostly while on board HMS `Royalist' on a voyage he called `The Cruise of the Evolutionary Squadron'; he also kept a log of the ports called at, noting their arrival and departure with remarks on events in the ports. A personal equipment list is included and some financial records. The diary includes latitude and longitude, length of runs, songs, poems and puzzles which entertained the crews of these voyages, a list of Young's family's birth dates, notes such as addresses of various people and other material. The only recorded event is a battle commanded by Admiral Geoffrey T Phipps Hornby in the Solomon Islands in Jun 1889 which is described in some detail, particularly noting the various vessels involved. The remarks in the log record specific acts by the participants. The log begins with the `Royalist's arrival at Accra and its departure from Simon's Bay, South Africa (17 Nov 1887-5 Sep 1888) when they `Left for Our new Station Australia'; they arrived in Albany 11 Oct 1888 completing the assignment when they left for England 5 Nov 1889. Included in the remarks about the Australian assignment are comments on fighting taking place in various Pacific Islands, particularly the Solomons. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1800-1802

Reference: qMS-0706

Description: Describes the voyage past Three Kings, North Cape, Cape Brett, the Cavalles, Poor Knights and Great and Little Barrier Islands, and particularly the Coromandel Peninusla. The were in NZ waters from 13 April to 17 June 1801. Extract confined to the movements of the ship in NZ waters following the discharge of convicts at Port Jackson when the `Hercules' left for Otaheite Quantity: 1 volume(s) (18 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm, blue pam case)

Date: 1882-1905

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-0015

Description: The papers copied on this microfilm are the most interesting and valuable historically of a large collection (in the Oxley Memorial Librar) relationg to Captain Hamilton's career. They comprise : 1. Diary of a recruiting voyage in the schooner Lochiel from Brisbane to the New Hebrides from September 20 1882, to December 29 1882 : 2. Diary of a recruiting voyage in the schooner Jessie Kelly from Brisbane to the New Hebrides, New Britain and New Ireland from March to September 1883 : 3. Two reports on voyages in search of pearl shell in New Guinea and the Solomons in 1899-1900 : 4. Log of the pearling lugger Nippon from April 20 1901 to September 24 1901, kept at the Hamilton Pearling Company's station at Komuli from September 27 1902 to March 10 1903. : 5. Logs and diaries kept by William Hamilton in the vessels Canomie, Ysabel, Gazelle and Kambin from January 1 1903 to November 14 1905. These concern the operations of the Hamilton Pearling Company in New Guinea and the Solomons For further details of Captain Hamilton's career and of his other papers in the Oxley Memorial Library, see the Bureau's newsletter Pambu October 1968:3, p3-6 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Full description in inventory, also in "Complete Annotated Catalogue" (Canberra: PMB, 1991) which has an index.

Date: 1844-1848

Reference: qMS-1855

Description: Short-entry account of whaling voyage in Pacific Ocean Entries from 6 Mar 1847 by Edward H Morton Quantity: 1 volume(s) (116 pages). Physical Description: Mss (39 cm; ¼ calf, marbled boards)