Mansion House (Kawau Island, N.Z.)

Residence of Sir George Grey (1812-1898) in Mansion House Bay, Kawau Island, Hauraki Gulf. The house was originally built for the mine superintendant ca 1845-1847. Grey bought the island in 1862, and extended the house. His private secretary, the architect Sir Frederick Thatcher (1814-1890), designed the modifications. In public ownership since 1967 and extensively restored in 1977-80. Is now a Category 1 Historic Place.

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McWhannell album 14

Date: [Between 1948 and 1958]

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

Reference: PA1-o-562

Description: Album of photographs of family and friends probably taken by Rhoda McWhannell. They include a sequence at the beginning of the wedding of Brian Stewart Geddes, and Audrey Marion (nee Hopkins), on 14th May 1945. Their family, especially their daughters Elizabeth Anne, and Jane Margaret, are photographed as babies, and as they grow. Scenic views include the Gisborne region; and Kawau Island, with a large group in Mr McDowell's party, deep-sea fishing from a launch, showing their catch of hapuka A group of women from the Women's War service Auxiliary at Katikati are seen in two images; and a meeting house at Katikati. The last few images show the nursery at Rozel, where Frederick and Rhoda McWhannell developed eucalyptus seedings for forestry. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, entitled `Photographs'; 16.5 x 24.5 cm

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Mansion House, Kawau Island - refound paradise. Phone 771-899 Auckland, for further inf...

Date: 1978 - 1980

Reference: Eph-D-BUILDINGS-Auckland-1978-01

Description: Shows an illustration, framed by a white outline of ornate verandah railings and posts, of a yacht sailing and a line of hills in the distance. Date based on the fact that the Mansion House restorations began in 1977. Donor estimates date at the late 1970s. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 580 x 420 mm. Provenance: Donated by Michael Pringle, Wellington, in 2004.

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Gunson, D W, fl 1970s :Mansion House, Kawau Island. [Greeting card]. The Save the Child...

Date: 1970 - 1978

From: Gunson, D W, fl 1970s :[New Zealand buildings. Greeting cards]. The Save the Children Fund. [1970s?]

Reference: E-279-q-170

Description: View of Mansion House with balcony to the left, on greeting card sold in aid of The Save the Children Fund Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photo-lithograph, 105 x 140 mm

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[Martin, Albin] 1813-1888 :Kawau. [1860s]

Date: 1860 - 1870

By: Martin, Albin, 1812?-1888

Reference: A-160-003

Description: A view from a low hill looking down into a bay on Kawau Island, possibly behind Mansion House. Part of the back of a large house can be seen in the centre near the beach and there is a long low building to the left Inscriptions: Title in ink in the hand of the artist, on label below work Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 120 x 222 mm

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Willis, Archibald Duddington (Firm) :Kawau, N.Z. Residence of Sir G[eorge] Grey. Happy ...

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: Willis, Archibald Dudingston (Firm) :N. Z. Christmas cards. - Wanganui ; A.D. Willis [1886 or later].

Reference: E-068-005

Description: The Mansion House on Kawau Island, the jetty at the waterfront and boats in the harbour, seen from bush-clad hills to the left, the image surrounded with native ferns and flowers Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chomolithograph 105 x 144 mm on album page ca 137 x 180 mm

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Lee, Owen Raymond, 1918-2002 :[Photographs of artwork. 1950-1970s?].

Date: 1950 - 1979

By: Lee, Owen Raymond, 1918-2002; Farmer-Lee, E, active 1970s

Reference: E-615

Description: Includes photographs of drawings of buildings made for his book "Patterns of the past; some historic New Zealand buildings" (1977). Also includes photographs of eight portrait drawings of heads and nudes. The buildings featured in the drawings are (from North): St John's Church Waimate North; Stone store and mission house Kerikeri; Mansion house Kawau; Ferry Building Quay Street Auckland; Chief Post office Auckland; Jewish Synagogue Auckland; Melanesian Mission Museum Mission Bay; Ewelme Cottage Parnell Auckland; Old wooden buildings Victoria Street Auckland; "Alberton" Mt Albert Road Auckland; Mokai ghost town near Taupo; General Assembly Library and Parliament Buildings Wellington; Provincial Council Chambers Christchurch; Provincial Council Buildings - Bellamy's; Langlois-Eteveneaux Cottage Akaroa; Holme Station homestead South Canterbury; Lighthouse Timaru; Springdale historic farm buildings south of Timaru; St Augustine Church of England Waimate; Railway Station Dunedin; Corner of Cumberland and Dundas Streets Dunedin; Law Courts Dunedin; Terrace houses Stuart Street Dunedin; Buckingham Street Arrowtown; Sunderland Street Clyde. There are also three unidentified drawings (E-615-034/036). Also includes three photographs of paintings by E Farmer-Lee: "Feisal's Night Camp", "The Estuary", and Approaching dusk, Denmark, 1972" (E-615-037/039). Quantity: 39 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photographs, sizes varying up to 95 x 130 mm. Provenance: From the estate of Owen R Lee. Transfers: Negatives for these photographic prints, acquired at the same time, are housed in the Photographic Archive..

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Smytheman album

Date: [Between 1935 and 1936]

From: Smytheman, V :Photographs from World War II and an album of New Zealand scenes

By: Smytheman, V (Miss), active 1935-1936

Reference: PA1-o-470

Description: Snapshots taken in the North Island of New Zealand between 1935 and 1936, taken by an unidentified photographer. Several of the images show war memorials, in Featherston; the memorial clock in Gisborne; and memorial gates at Victoria Park, Stratford. The last three scenes show groups of women. They include Alice, Ivy, Gwynne, Tess, Mrs Carte-Lloyd and Mrs Booth Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mottled tan cover tied with brown ribbon, entitled "Photo album"; 11.5 x 17.0 cm

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Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Mansion House, Kawau Island. 1886-1888].

Date: 1886 - 1888

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Whangarei and Waiwera sketchbook. 1886-1888].

Reference: E-598-018

Description: Shows a pencil sketch of the Mansion House before the verandah was built around it. Extended Title - from his Whangarei and Waiwera sketchbook, 1886-1888, page 18. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page 145 x 223 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2002.

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Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881: View of the residence of Sir George Grey

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA7-17-23

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

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Margaret Frances Dance - Kawau connection

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-037

Description: The essay details the McDonald family story around the life of the youngest daughter Frances Harwood McDonald. She was born on Kawau Island in 1848 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

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Gunson, D W, fl 1970s :Mansion House, Kawau Island. [Greeting card]. The Save the Child...

Date: 1970 - 1978

From: Gunson, D W, fl 1970s :[New Zealand buildings. Greeting cards]. The Save the Children Fund. [1970s?]

Reference: E-279-q-170-A

Description: View of Mansion House with balcony to the left, on greeting card sold in aid of The Save the Children Fund Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photo-lithograph, 105 x 140 mm

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Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881: View of the residence of Sir George Grey

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA7-17-27

Description: Duplicate of PA7-17-23 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881: Sir George Grey's place, Kawau Island

Date: [1860s-1870s]

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA7-48-06

Description: View of Sir George's Grey home on Kawau Island, taken from `The Terrace' to the left of the house, by Daniel Louis Munday, in 1860s or as late as 1870s. Shows the garden area to the left of the house, the flagpole and the jetty. Other views of Sir George Grey's house and garden possibly taken on same day at PA1-f-039, p11 and PA7-48-03. Same image at PA1-f-039, p 10. Inscriptions: Mount verso - bottom left - Title Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20.3 x 25.2 cm on card 26 x 34 cm

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North Island houses

Date: [1970s-1990s]

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11701

Description: Transparencies of houses in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name or brief description, and/or the location, of the house. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Includes dairy workers' cottages at Mangawhare, Dargaville and a gumdigger's hut also at Dargaville. Title supplied by Library. Slides are not dated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, plastic case labelled 'North Island Houses'. The arrangement was by location of house, approximately from North to South. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

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[Ephemera of quarto size relating to parks, conservation and recreation locations begin...

Date: 1960 - 2000

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to parks, environmental reserves and recreational areas]

By: New Zealand. Department of Conservation

Reference: Eph-B-PARKS-E/K-1900/2009

Description: Includes loose or stapled sheets, and flyers relating to: East Coast Hawkes Bay Conservancy: New Zealand Department of Conservation. Whakatane River walks. Gisborne, 1999 Egmont National Park: New Zealand Department of Conservation. Pouakai Range. May 2008 New Zealand Department of Lands & Survey. Dawson Falls. June 1984 New Zealand Department of Lands & Survey. East Egmont. June 1984 New Zealand Department of Lands & Survey. North Egmont. June 1984 Gisborne: New Zealand Department of Conservation. East Coast Hawke's Bay Conservancy, Gisborne. Morere Springs Scenic Reserve. 1999. (2 copies) New Zealand Department of Conservation. Marine reserves in the East Coast Hawke's Bay Conservancy. February 2000 Hauraki Gulf: Great Barrier Island. Okiwi Farm, Harataonga Bay, Medlands Beach, Awana Bay. Dec 1984 Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park. The Mansion House story [ca 1985] New Zealand National Parks Centennial. Birthday celebrations. Motuihe Island, 29 November 1987. Haurangi: New Zealand Department of Conservation. Hunting in Haurangi Forest Park. June 1992 Kapiti: New Zealand Department of Conservation. Hemi Matenga Memorial Park Scenic Reserve. December 1995 New Zealand Department of Conservation. Papaitonga Scenic Reserve. December 1995 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Fliers and pamphlets, sizes varying up to 330 mm. Provenance: Some items received through Legal Deposit Office

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[Ephemera of octavo size relating to Kawau Island as a tourist destination. 1900s]

Date: 1920 - 1955

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Kawau-1900s

Description: Includes: 1920s?: Beautiful Kawau, "a kingdom in itself". An island paradise. Cleave Lyd, type, Auckland [1920s? Pamphlet] ca 1936: Come to Kawau, "a kingdom in itself". An island paradise you'll like to visit. [ca 1936. Pamphlet] 1950s?: Kawau , pronounced "Car-wow"; beautiful island paradise. New Zealand's leading seaside holiday resort, Mansion House [1950s? Pamphlet] Kawau, romantic isle. Pronounced "Car-wow", New Zealand's leading seaside holiday and tourist resort. Mansion House, New Zealand's most exclusive holiday hotel [1950s? Colour pamphlet] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 240 mm.

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T W Brown album

Date: Between 1900 and 1920

From: Brown, Thomas Watson, 1878-1947 :Photograph albums relating to New Zealanders in the South African War and of New Zealand scenes

By: New Zealand. Tourism Department; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923

Reference: PA1-o-075

Description: Album belonging to T W (Thomas Watson) Brown. Scenes around New Zealand, many probably taken by Brown, some taken by the New Zealand Government Tourist Department, and some of Lake Te Anau, Lake Wakatipu, and Milford Sound taken by FGR (Frederick George Radcliffe). The first part of the album is mainly images of tramping, camping and hunting in the Orongorongo Range and the Rimutakas, with some of the people identified, including Roley Neale and W A Neale (William Augustus Neale). Other sequences of images are a number in and around Lake Waikaremoana, including several of men fishing showing their catches; climbing in the Tongariro National Park area; views of the small towns Mohaka, Mataatua; areas around Titirangi, Kawau, Hamilton and Tauranga. Inscriptions: Album page - top left - TW Brown Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Red covered album, lettered in white ink "Photographs. T.W. Brown", 240 x 305 mm

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Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881: Sir George Grey's place, Kawau Island

Date: [1860s-1870s]

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA7-48-03

Description: View of Sir George's Grey home on Kawau Island. Photograph taken from the hillside on the righthand side of the bay by Daniel Louis Munday, in 1860s or as late as 1870s. Other views of Sir George Grey's house and garden possibly taken on same day ay PA1-f-039, p10 & 11 Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - Title. M Bridgen Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 19.8 x 25.5 cm

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Walton, Grahame M, fl 2009 :Photograph album of views and landscapes of New Zealand

Date: [1870s-1880s]

By: F Bradley & Company; Walton, Grahame M, active 2009

Reference: PA1-o-1605

Description: Photograph album of Views and landscapes of New Zealand, Second Series, published by F Bradley & Company. Includes photographs - No. 1 Meeeting of the waters, Oripi; No. 2 Maori group; No. 3 Lake Hope, White Island; No. 4 Timaru; No. 5 The Bealey, Hokitika Coach Road; No. 6 Pigeon Bay, Banks Peninsula; No. 7 The River Avon; No. 8 Shag Rock, Sumner Road, looking towards Christchurch; No. 9 Princes Street, Dunedin; No. 10 Christchurch; No. 11 Bullock team and wool waggon, Cheviot; No. 12 Oamaru; No. 13 Cheviot Station, Nelson Province; No. 14 Normal School, Christchurch; No. 15 German Bay, Akaroa; No. 16 Port Lyttelton; No. 17 Kawau, Sir George Grey's residence; No. 18 Pink Terrace, Rotomahana; No. 19 Akaroa; No. 20 Rangatata Traffic Bridge; No. 21 Armagh St bridge & watering place, Christchurch; No. 22 River Bealey Crossing, Hokitika Coach Road; No. 23 Post Office, Christchurch; No. 24 View on the Heathcote; No. 25 Russell's Gold Battery, Tararua Creek, Thames Gold Fields; No. 26 Glacier Hotel & Cobb's Coach, West Coast Road; No. 27 Crossing the Teremakau; No. 28 Greymouth, West Coast; No. 29 Kaiapoi, Canterbury; No. 30 Chalky or Dark Inlet; No. 31 Waimakariri Gorge Bridge; No. 32 Nelson; No. 33 Christchurch; No. 34 Group of Maoris, Lake Taupo; No. 35 Alfred Falls, North Island; No. 36 Christchurch; No. 37 Governor's Bay; No. 38 Oamaru; No. 39 Timaru breakwater; No. 40 Dunedin; No. 41 Christchurch; No. 42 Christchurch hospital; No. 43 House of Representatives, Wellington; No. 44 Arthurs Pass; No. 45 The Cave Rock, Sumner; No. 46 Government buildings, Christchurch; No. 47 Otira Gorge; No. 48 The River Avon; No. 49 Group of Maoris, Bay of Islands; No. 50 Sheep mustering, South Canterbury; No. 51 The Christchurch Cathedral, C.E.; No. 52 Nelson Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints Transfers: Transfers - From Published Collections.

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New Zealand places and events

Date: [ca 1939-1960]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-200

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, late 1930s-1960 Aerial photographs - Gisborne; Christchurch looking east towards Brighton and with the Botanic Gardens and Hagley Park in the foreground; Christchurch at night; Auckland city centre and Harbour Bridge; Nelson city; Palmerston North; Lake Brunner and waterfall; Mansion House Bay, Kawau Island; New Plymouth and Mount Taranaki from above Pukekura Park; Napier looking south-west; Wellington looking north from above Newtown; Wellington from above Wadestown looking south, showing American supply ships at Aotea Quay, 1947. Government Building at Centennial Exhibition, 1939; ferries tied up in St Mary's Bay with Auckland Harbour Bridge in distance (entitled `The old and the new'); Auckland fishing fleet; seating at High Street end of Albert Park, Auckland; lower Queen Street, Auckland; statue in The Square, Palmerston North; Cape Brett lighthouse; tourist and guide at Dragon's Mouth, Wairakei, 1938; cricket at Auckland Domain; Ocean Beach, Mount Maunganui from The Mount; Orewa; Waiwera; car ferry at Opua; Waitara, 1930s. Arthur's Pass Alpine Village; Lake Te Anau; The Chasm, Fiordland National Park; baches north of Whangarei; boats in tidal estuary at Ngunguru, 1961; Tutukaka, 1961; rural scenes in Makarakeke district, south-east of Waipukurau, 1956; rural scene north of Eketahuna, 1956; Te Whiti River, 1957; farm land in Takapau district; rural scene at Otane, 1957. Woman skier at Coronet Peak; apple packing, Hastings, 1948; official party on the stage at RSA Ball, Blenheim, 1951; Waitomo Caves Hotel; Te Aroha Government Tourist Gardens with game of lawn bowls in progress, 1959; group photograph taken at opening of the Kahungunu War Memorial building at Nuhaka, Sep 1949. Several photographs taken during the construction of the Maori memorial on One Tree Hill, Auckland, 1939-1940; electric car manufactured in England in 1935; Field Marshal Montgomery's visit to Wellington, Jul 1947. Quantity: 57 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints