Gold panning

Date: [circa 1905 to 1912]

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department

Reference: PA1-o-498

Description: Photographs of a range of industries in New Zealand, possibly related to the Christchurch International Exhibition in 1906-1907. Industries include animal related products including wool, from fellmongery to transportation and finally weaving; meat works, including the slaughter house, the mutton cooling room, shipping fozen mutton, the beef cooling room; butter, at the Hautapu Butter Factory, showing butter in the factory, and delivering butter at Ngaruawahia Railway Station; the Waikato Bacon Factory, and pig carcases. Other industries include flax, with scenes showing a flax mill, carting flax to the mill, stripping, washing and drying flax, and also grading hemp and loading bales of it at Auckland wharves; kauri timber industry, from felling the trees, hauling logs by bullock, floating logs over the Wairoa Falls, sorting timber at the mill booms, timber mill on the Wairoa River, and a million feet of sawn timber at the mill. The latter part of the album shows scenes of gold dredging on the Buller Gorge, hydraulic gold-mining at Ross, Westland; coal mining at Brunner; kauri gum diggers and a warehouse storing kauri gum; and finally views of the Sugar Refinery in Auckland, and a warehouse filled with sacks of sugar. Other Titles - New Zealand scenery Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, leather corners and spine, entitled "New Zealand scenery" in gold lettering; 26.0 x 34.5 cm

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

Date: [Circa 1910s?]

By: New Zealand. Government Tourist Bureau

Reference: PA1-o-473

Description: Photographs of the South Island taken by various photographers, mostly unidentified, circa 1910s Other Titles - New Zealand photographs - South Island Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "New Zealand photographs. South Island" in gold lettering; 26 x 32 cm

Date: [1860s-1880s?]

Reference: PA1-q-166

Description: Scrap book of miscellaneous photographs, many of which have no captions and have not been identified. At the front of the album is an undated newspaper cutting showing the original building used for the Colonial Museum in 1865, which `has been revealed by the pulling down of the Dominion Museum, at the back of Parliament House. For many years this building has been used for a variety of purposes, museum exhibits being housed in adjacent quarters, but it is about to be demolished'. The first group show interior scenes of the Canterbury Museum, with exhibits of bird skeletons, and mounted birds. Other scenes show mounted animals, possibly not in Canterbury. Scenery includes views of the Franz Josef Glacier; and a number which are identified showing the gold-mining area around Ross and Donoghues, the Totara River and Mikonui River. One page has six photographs of mountainous regions in Switzerland; several show the area near the Wellington caves in Queensland, Australia; and two views show the breaking of the Cook Strait Cable. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, maroon spine and corners, entitled `Photographic scrap book'; 30 x 24 cm Provenance: No donor or provenance information available. Possibly part of a larger collection.

Date: [1930s]

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: PA1-f-057

Description: Album of photographs of scenes, advertisements and posters advertising rail and ferry travel in New Zealand. The advertisements were used in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, and the posters were displayed at Railways Ticket Offices. The posters, and advertisements using "Mr Goodseat" were part of their campaign to show the advantages of travel by rail. The artist for many of these signed himself 'Matthews'. Scenic photographs also show some aspects of life in New Zealand, including a series on the flax industry with harvesting, drying and processing the fibres. Another group shows a farm, including a house made of corrugated iron, with sacking covering the windows; land clearing and ploughing with horses, draining the land, and a pile of harvested kumara; and several photographs of a man panning for gold, and inspecting pieces of rock with a magnifying glass; a group of men on horseback with dogs setting out on a hunt, and a cage full of pheasants before being released for the shoot. Pages 78-81 show activities associated with the mail service. They include people buying stamps in a post office, men sorting mail, large bags prepared for out-of-town delivery (some bags being delivered to the inter-island ferry for transport to the South Island). From there they show postmen emerging from the Chief Post Office with their satchels ready for local delivery, with the final scenes of delivery into a household letterbox, and one of a woman being handed her mail at the door. There are a number of much earlier photographs in the album, including pictures of Major Ropata, Sir Donald McLean, John Webster and F E Maning, and one of Te Aro in 1857. Advertisements included "Buy New Zealand made goods, for the children's sake. Cut these cords. Unemployment"; an advertisement for Hannah's footwear using a photograph of The Mystery train" (advertising a trip to Paraparaumu Beach, and another to Ohau). Several photographs show large groups of people who travelled on the Mystery Train, picnicking at the beach at Paraparaumu, boiling up a huge billy, and a child in a backpack on her father's back). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, green spine, entitled `Miscellaneous Book C3"; 39 x 56 cm

Date: Between 1868 and 1890

By: Larkworthy, Falconer, 1833-1928; Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-140

Description: Photograph album of New Zealand scenes The first sequence contains views of the road from Christchurch to the West Coast, taken by Daniel Mundy in February 1868. Another group are of further scenes in the South Island taken by the Burton Brothers around the Dunedin area. There are several views of Scotland and England, including one of the Brendon Hill Incline, an iron-mining area in Exmoor, and a view of the Larkworthy family castle in Aberdeenshire (name of the castle not clear in album). Later views in the album are taken by unidentified photographers, and include scenes of the Franz Josef Glacier, with the Waiho River; sluicing for gold at Black Gully; a tubular flume at Donnellys Creek; the Totara Ferry; viaduct at Jones' Creek; bush at Donoghues; and views of Ross and Hokitika. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - Larkworthy album Relationship complexity - See also qMS-1129-1132 (donated at the same time) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, entitled `Scrap book'; 32.5 x 27.0 cm Provenance: Donated by Mrs W M Lowry and Mrs V M Matthews, England, 1956

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

By: Hargest, Miles, active 1982

Reference: PA12-11306

Description: Mainly photographs of unidentified people living in Central Otago. Also a gold panner in action, and a large mechanical digger operating. Quantity: 10 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

By: Sheehan, Grant, 1950-; Hargest, Miles, active 1982

Reference: PA12-10784

Description: Panning for gold near Arrowtown, and views of the ruins of the village built by Chinese gold miners. Quantity: 9 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1946 - 1950

From: New Zealand. School Publications Branch: [45 double-sided photographic posters, photographed by National Publicity Studios and other photographers. ca 1949]

By: Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979; Chapman-Taylor, James Walter, 1878-1958; New Zealand. Ministry of Works; New Zealand. National Publicity Studios

Reference: Eph-D-EDUCATION-1949-1-01/30

Description: Photographs are by National Publicity Studios, V C Browne, J W Chapman-Taylor, Ministry of Works. Includes posters numbered: 1. The coast of New Zealand. The mouth of the Tongaporutu River, North Taranaki (J W Chapman-Taylor) 2. Running water. An Otago prospector washes gold in a cradle (National Publicity Studios) 3. Russell. The oldest port in New Zealand (National Publicity Studios) 4. Lyttelton. A port in the crater of an old volcano (National Publicity Studios) 5. Dusky Sound. A port where no one lives (National Publicity Studios) 6. Wellington. Loading cheese at a busy modern port (National Publicity Studios) 7. Nature changes New Zealand. A cap of hard material has saved this earth pillar at Putangirua, Palliser Bay, from being washed down by heavy rain (J W Chapman-Taylor) 8. Running water. When men destroyed the forest cover, water began to wash the land down to the sea (Ministry of Works) 9. Kapiti Island. This stronghold of Te Rauparaha is now a bird sanctuary (J W Chapman-Taylor) 10. Our coastline. A hundred years ago these black iron sands were the only road from Auckland to New Plymouth (J W Chapman-Taylor) 11. River control. Stone groyne and green willows turn the fierce current away from the soft earth (Ministry of Works) 12. Jackson's Bay. A port built to ship timber (Ministry of Works) 13. Sheep. The shepherds tie their dogs while meat is being killed for them (National Publicity Studios) 14. Crayfishing on the Kaikoura Coast. Line fishing is combined with crayfishing. Here the hooks are being baited ready for an expedition (National Publicity Studios) 15. Sheep. Early in the morning the sheep are mustered in from the slopes above Lake Wanaka (National Publicity Studios) 16. Crayfishing on the Kaikoura Coast. Out through the rocks. The fisherman will collect his crayfish, bait the pots again, and perhaps do some line fishing (National Publicity Studios) 17. Sheep. Good men shear two hundred sheep a day (National Publicity Studios) 18. Crayfishing on the Kaikoura Coast. Hauling a crayfish pot on board (National Publicity Studios) 19. The catch. Many other kinds of fish are caught by crayfishers. This hapuku will be crated for the Christchurch market (National Publicity Studios) 20. Yarding. Driving sheep from one yard to another is hot and dusty work. These sheep are merinos; notice their horns. Merinos are high country sheep (National Publicity Studios) 21. Packing crayfish. These will be sent either to the Christchurch market or to Picton for canning or export (National Publicity Studios) 22. Droving. Shorn sheep hold up a truck-load of wool on its way to the rail-head at Gisborne. These are crossbred sheep (National Publicity Studios) 23. At the factory. These girls are wrapping crayfish tails in cellophane fro freezing and shipment overseas (National Publicity Studios) 24. Culling. The shepherd, by swinging the gate, is separating sheep he wants to keep from others he doesn't want to keep. This is called culling (National Publicity Studios) 25. An airport. Loading luggage on to a mail plane at Harewood (National Publicity Studios) 26. Dipping. After, shearing, the sheep are dipped in a poison bath to kill ticks which live in their wool and suck their blood (National Publicity Studios) 27. Roads. This road crosses the Southern Alps at Arthur's Pass. Beneath it is the Otira Tunnel (V C Browne) 28. Branding. After shearing, the sheep are branded before being sent back to the hills. If sheep from two sheep runs become mixed they can be recognised by their brands (National Publicity Studios) 29. A river port. Coal ships going in and out of Westport, at the mouth of the Buller River (V C Browne) 30. Wool-classing. Wool has to be separated into various grades which are sold at different prices and used for different purposes. Here some ex-soldiers are learning how to do this work. They will be called wool-classers (National Publicity Studios) Date estimated from the fact that some have been date-stamped 31 August 1950. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset photographic prints, 513 x 584 mm., on both sides of sheets

Date: [Circa 1870s and 1880s]

From: Nairn, Douglas, fl 1973 :Photographs of New Zealand and Fiji

By: (W N) Tuttle & Company; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Hart, Campbell & Company; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland)

Reference: PA1-o-359

Description: Photographs of New Zealand, taken by various photographers. Some are unidentified, but many are taken by the Burton Brothers, J V (James Valentine), Tuttle & Co, for Simpson & Co., and Hart, Campbell & Co. In the North Island, a large number of photographs show the area around Mount Tarawera before and after the volcanic eruption in 1886. There are a number showing the huge deposits of mud and ash which covered the area, with views of the landscape and of ruined buildings, followed by scenes of the Pink and White Terraces, before the eruption. On page 8, there is a view of Ranana (London), on the Wanganui River with the caption, "Maori village similar to those overwhelmed by the eruption". Other scenes in the North Island were taken in Auckland City, Ohinemutu, Rotokakahi, and Whakarewarewa, Ti Eke [i.e. Tieke] on the Wanganui River, and one of Wellington City taken from Mount Victoria. South Island views include many around the main lakes, including Wakatipu, Wanaka, Manapouri, Queenstown and Hawea; Milford Sound and Mitre Peak; the Otira Gorge; Kawarau Gorge and Bridge; Oamaru; Port Chalmers; and Dunedin. Views of gold mining areas in Otago include excavation sluiced out by hydrants at St Bathans, and the miners' towns of Naseby with the river choked with tailings, and Nokomai. Portraits of Maori including Ana Rupene. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with marron leather binding covered with waxed brown-paper cover, entitled `New Zealand photographs, [E?] Nairn'; 25.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: [ca 1880s-1900s]

By: McEachen, John Allan, 1844?-1920; Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA1-q-105

Description: Gold dredges, gold sluicing, and machinery associated with gold mining in the South Island. Includes a few photographs taken in Australia, particularly the Pioneer Tin Mine in Tasmania. Inserted in a pocket in the front of the album are 19 loose prints, chiefly showing various claims in the North Island, some of which are taken by H J Locke. Also named in these images are the Saxon Mine and Ivanhoe Mine. Pinafore Claim was located at Waiotahi, Thames. Cambria Claim was a gold mine located in Thames. Gold King Dredge was on the Clutha River near Roxburgh circa 1899. Title supplied by Library. Date range estimated partly on dates that dredges were known to be operating. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-062522 to 062553, and also includes those in the vicinity of 1/2-062625 and 1/2-062630 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Mottled black exercise book, entitled `Photographs. Dredges. Sluicing. Machinery. New Zealand. Australia'; 35 x 23 cm Provenance: Purchased from American Book Service, 1975

Date: [ca 1860s-1880s, ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Newcomb, Stanley Peter, 1934-2008 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9453-6

Description: Scenic photographs taken for New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department Quantity: 86 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Bween 1870 and 1885]

Reference: PA1-o-091

Description: Album of early New Zealand scenes, mainly taken by the Burton Brothers. Images include gold digging, gold dredging (image of Sew Hoy's dredge), and gold sluicing, one showing the flume on a Scandinavian race at St Bathans. There are a number of views of the Pink and White Terraces, scenes of Maori life in the King Country, and scenic views of Dunedin and the Queenstown-Lakes District. The album consists of about 71 pages, of which 25 are empty. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Maroon covered album, 23 x 31 cm Provenance: Donated by Kings Cottage Museum, Australia, 1987

Date: 1926 to 1931

From: Hunter, Thomas Alexander (Sir), 1876-1953: Albums and photographs

Reference: PA1-o-235

Description: Album of photographs, chiefly taken by Sir Thomas Hunter. Many of the images are of tramping, camping and climbing holidays with friends and family, both in the North Island (Lake Waikaremoana, the far north, and in the Ruapehu and Taupo Districts), and the South Island (Greenstone River, gold sluicing and gold panning at Moonlight, Queenstown and Wanaka). Most scenes state the location, but very few people are identified, and then only by Christian name. Photographs were taken overseas on a trip to London via Panama, and to New Zealand via San Francisco, May-September 1931. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled `Photographs'; 18 x 29 cm

Date: [1900s]

By: Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931; New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PA1-o-316

Description: Album of scenic views of New Zealand, many taken by Thomas Pringle, others taken by photographers from the New Zealand Tourist Department, and others by unidentified photographers. A number are hand-coloured. South Island scenes include Milford Sound, lake and mountain views, and some of Christchurch city. North island scenes include a number in Wellington, with views of city streets, the Chief Post Office, Government Buildings, St John's Church and the railway station. Most of the other North Island views are of tourist destinations, particularly in the thermal regions, with hot springs, geysers and mud pools. There are a large number relating to Maori, especially at Whakarewarewa, with taniko weaving, flax weaving, poi dancers, te hongi, and posed portraits of young girls in front of a meeting house wearing different styles of cloaks. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown textured cover; 25.5 x 30.0 cm

Date: [Between 1880s and 1890s]

From: Bothamley family: Papers and photographs

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911; Lindt, John William, 1845-1926; Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936

Reference: PA1-o-431

Description: Photographs taken during the 1880s and 1890s, chiefly by Henry Charles Clarke Wright, with others probably taken by Herbert Deveril. All show scenes in New Zealand except one, prabably taken by J W Lindt, of an Australian aboriginal man and woman standing over a kangaroo which they have caught. They have boomerangs and a spear. Photographs of the town of Tarawera and the White Terraces were taken before the eruption in 1886. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, coloured picture of two cats playing with a ball of wool inset, and bordered by gold and black decoration, entitled `Children's scrap book'; 25.0 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1932-1933

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-221

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1932-1933 relating to gold mining and prospecting at Cromwell and Kawarau River, Central Otago Quantity: 67 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 6 May 1859 - [ca 1990s s- 2020s]

From: Frankcom, Margaret, active 1991-2023: Collection of New Zealand missionary and pioneer mail

Reference: MS-Papers-12917-8-7

Description: Lot description from Spink Auction House: "1859 (6 May) part letter from George Taylor, the District Constable at Takaka to Alfred Dommett, Provincial Secretary for Nelson Province. [...] Probably carried on the Tasmanian Maid." Refers to gold fields in Waikato and Takaka, and local governmental problems. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Delivered to Library in a Spinks Auction House folder labelled with lot number "2158". Quantity: 1 folder(s) contains letter, and supporting research documentation.

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/2-233999-G

Description: Sluicing claim. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/4-121780-G

Description: Sluicing claim. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches