Godley Head Lighthouse (N.Z.)

Situated on Awaroa/Godley Head at the mouth of the Lyttelton Harbour. Light was first lit on 1 Apr 1865.

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McIntosh album 3

Date: [Between 1872 and 1899]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-287

Description: An album probably created, and chiefly photographed by George William Barltrop, between 1872 (one image of the laying of the foundation stone of (?) Provincial Buildings in 1872), and the rest being views of New Zealand taken in the late 1890s. One sequence of images shows St Thomas' Church (Newtown, Wellington) under construction, and both exterior and interior views when finished, in 1895. One image shows the wreck of the SS Wairarapa in 1894, and there are views of several lighthouses around New Zealand, two of which were taken by the Burton Brothers. A number of scenes are taken in the Nelson area, including several of the Dun Mountain railway (for the Dun Mountain Copper Mining Company), the Maitai River and valley, Nelson City, and Washington Valley. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album bound in black morocco, with black leather spine, entitled `Photographs' in gold, and McIntosh III lettered in gold on spine; 21.5 x 28.0 cm

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McPike, Joan Norma, 1919- :[Godley Head Lighthouse]. 1977

Date: 1977

From: McPike, Joan Norma, 1919- :Twenty-two lighthouses of New Zealand. Wellington, Ra Moana Prints 1977

Reference: A-104-063-a

Description: View of the lighthouse and surrounding buildings Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Dog Island Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 445 x 335 mm

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Chatham Islands album

Date: 1938

Reference: PA1-q-052

Description: Album chiefly shows members of a Lands & Survey team surveying boundaries etc, in the Chatham Islands, and in South Canterbury, circa 1938. Residents of the Chatham Islands, various locations in the islands and activities such as sheep transportation from the islands to Lyttelton and Wellington by ship are shown. Another sequence shows drainage and irrigation procedures in South Canterbury. The photographer is probably Russell Gladstone Dick, later the New Zealand Surveyor-General. Other - Source of descriptive information - Card inserted in album which reads "Ample evidence this is a 1938 Lands and Surveys team surveying boundaries etc ... The photographer is shown in photos 126, 127 and 112, and is probably Mr Dick, later NZ Surveyoe General ..." Signed "Rhys Richards". Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark blue cloth-covered album, 35.5 x 22.5 cm

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McPike, Joan Norma, 1919- :[Godley Head Lighthouse]. 1977

Date: 1977

From: McPike, Joan Norma, 1919- :Twenty-two lighthouses of New Zealand. Wellington, Ra Moana Prints 1977

Reference: A-104-063

Description: View of the lighthouse and surrounding buildings Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Dog Island Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 445 x 335 mm

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Godley Head Lighthouse, Christchurch

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023216-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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[Ephemera relating to lighthouses in New Zealand. 1900s]

Date: 1964 - 1975

Reference: Eph-B-LIGHTHOUSE

Description: Includes flyers with a photograph and brief history of each of the following lighthouses: New Zealand Ministry of Transport. Marine Division. Cape Reinga lighthouse [1960-1970s] New Zealand Marine Department. Tiri Tiri lighthouse. 1964 New Zealand Marine Department. Godley Head lighthouse. 1964 New Zealand Marine Department. Akaroa Head lighthouse. 1964 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on flyers, sizes varying up to 330 mm.

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Godley Head lighthouse and house, at the entrance to Lyttelton Harbour

Date: 1907

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023421-G

Description: Godley Head lighthouse and house at the entrance to Lyttelton Harbour, photographed by George Leslie Adkin in 1907. Looks along a grassed area towards an unidentified man and a low stone wall with a gate. The lighthouse is behind the wall, alongside a two storied stone house. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative