Pandora HMS (Ship : 1833-1862)

Date: 1829-1856

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2323

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1852

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Fox, Charles Arundel Overbury (Dr), 1886?-1971; Jones, Theodore Moreton, 1828-1895

Reference: E-299

Description: Comical drawings of officers of the Pandora, along with Gold Commissioner, Charles Heaphy, at the Coromandel goldfields The hand-writing is that of Theodore Morton Jones, the drawing by Charles Heaphy. The officers on the expedition were Lieut. Jones and Messrs Oke, William Stanley, Cuming, William Blackney, Andrew Farmer, Leck, Thomas Hooper Kerr and Ellis. The Pandora's Master in 1852 was Byron Drury and her surgeon was John Jolliffe and they are both mentioned in the captions to the drawings. Extended Title - Spine title: Drawings of the Coromandel gold field. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s) containing 4 cartoons in 1/2 morocco binding. Physical Description: 4 pencil and watercolour drawings 140 x 230 mm Provenance: By descent from Rear-Admiral T. Morton Jones, who was serving as a Lieutenant aboard H. M. S. Pandora, stationed off Auckland in Sept-Oct. 1852. He joined a party of fellow-officers for a gold-prospecting picnic to the diggings at Coromandel. Listed in the Museum Book Store Catalogue (London) in 1915, 1923 and 1927, then purchased (already bound) by Dr Charles A. O. Fox, of Lynch Cottage, Llanmorlais, Gower, Wales. He mentioned them in a letter to the Library dated 14 March 1960 (TL3/1/1) and they were subsequently acquired by the Library after passing through the hands of dealers Newricks and Bethunes.

Date: 1855 - 1856

By: Strutt, William, 1825-1915; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: E-441

Description: Views of New Plymouth, Taranaki, Maori portraits (including portraits of Rawiri & Tomati), Maori canoes & artifacts, vegetation, Auckland, ships Chatham, Pandora & Nelson See child records details of titles, media and sizes The ship Chatham "Chatham, ship off New Plymouth" is a barque, not the Chatham in which Vancouver circumnavigated the world in the late eighteenth century. This sketchbook contains many of the preliminary sketches for the more finished studio drawings in the Library's two large albums, E-452-f & E-453-f Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s) (33 pencil & watercolour, 15 pencil in album stored with notebook in half blue morocco & linen case). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, pencil page size 145 x 223 mm Provenance: Purchased by Alexander Turnbull in May 1913 from Sydney dealers Angus & Robertson, who had purchased this diary and sketchbook from the artist in London, along with the sketches now located at E-452-f and E-453-f. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Formerly MS Strutt / 1855-56 / P. Transferred to DPP, Sept, 1989.

Date: 1 Jan 1851-Jun 1856

By: Jolliffe, John (Dr), 1822-1887

Reference: Micro-MS-0130

Description: Relationship complexity - Extracts from journal at qMS-1073 (Copy of extracts at qMS-1074) Jolliffe was surgeon to the expedition Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s). Includes drawings and maps

Date: 1851

By: Jones, Theodore Moreton, 1828-1895

Reference: A-049-033

Description: Wooded hilly bay with canoe with 2 sails in the water, smaller canoes close to shore on right, around 10 whares inside a palisade at the beach Drawn during the hydrographic survey work carried out by H.M.S.Pandora in the 1850s. Other Titles - Waiheke Island Inscriptions: Backing board verso - title cf "Waiheki, N.Z." in Morton Jones" "Private Journals, 1851-1856", p.68a in the Mitchell Library, Sydney (Photo held by the Alexander Turnbull Library) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil 177 x 259 Provenance: With A-049-033 previously in the collection of Alan C Sinclair of Albany Auckland, and offered to the Library (but not purchased) in November 1979. The two watercolours had been auctioned in Auckland in 1979, but had failed to sell.

Date: 1851

By: Jones, Theodore Moreton, 1828-1895

Reference: A-049-034

Description: View along the coastline with bush reaching down hills to rocky shoreline on left, survey ship "Pandora" with men rowing ashore and distant hills, including Castle Hill, Coromandel in the background cf "Waiheki Island watering place, Castle Hill, Coromandel" in Morton Jones' "Private Journal, 1851-1856", p.136a, Mitchell Library, Sydney - Alexander Turnbull Library has a photograph Other Titles - Waiheke Island, Castle Rock, Coromandel Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - title Drawn during the hydrographic survey work done by H.M.S Pandora in New Zealand in 1851 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil 172 x 259 mm Provenance: Previously in the collection of Alan C Sinclair, Albany, Auckland, who offered this view and its companion to the Library in November 1979, after the pair had failed to sell at an Auckland auction. The Library did not take up the offer.

Date: 1850 - 1856

From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Fragmentary sketches & odds & ends; sketches in Taranaki New Zealand 1856 / W.S. New Zealand rough sketches, 1856.

Reference: E-441-042

Description: Shows two ships, the Nelson and HMS Pandora at New Plymouth Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - The steamer Nelson & HMS Pandora and New Plymouth Roads The two ships were moored off New Plymouth between March and April 1855 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 127 x 183 mm

Date: 1847-1851

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-3068

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1831-1914, 1957

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2325

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1818-1840

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2320

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1809 - 1831

By: Batty, Robert, -1848

Reference: B-097-005

Description: A three-masted ship about to go beneath the waves, with sailors climbing down ropes into life-boats below, and many already in the water. Proof before letterpress, for the illustration in Barrow, John. The eventful history of the mutiny and piratical seizure of H. M. S. Bounty. opp. p. 187. The Pandora under Captain Edwards, pursued the Bounty and its mutineers in 1792. The mutineers they had succeeded in capturing were shackled aboard the ship and went down with her when she foundered off the coast of Australia. The wreck was discovered in the 1980s. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 105 x 150 mm

Date: 1855, 1 Dec 1900

From: New Zealand Parliamentary Library: Research papers

By: Drury, Byron (Capt), 1815-1888

Reference: MSX-9343

Description: Annotated copy of the 1855 publication 'On the meteorology of New Zealand' by Captain Byron Dury (1815-1888) of the Royal Navy. Includes additional manuscript page and map insert. Annotations, mainly corrections, are in an unidentified hand. Manuscript page is authored by Major-General H Schaw and dated 1 Dec 1900. It comments on weather patterns in the South Island. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter (with ms annotations)

Date: 1952

By: Taylor, Frank H, 1885?-1958?

Reference: MS-Papers-12374

Description: Extracts transcribed by Frank H Taylor in 1952 from the original journal before they were purchased by the Mitchell Library (State Library of New South Wales, Sydney). The original journals comprise 7 volumes, four of which relate to the survey in New Zealand. This typescript is a duplicate carbon copy of the carbon copy already held by the Library (qMS-1073), but this version includes Taylor's signature in green ink on page five of the introduction. The transcription of the diary from the period 1 January 1851 to 18 February 1856, is preceded by introductory text providing details on the provenance and background to the creator of the original, with the addition of a transcribed newspaper cuttings, "received on Oct. 30th, 1945" headed "Jolliffe Memorial", and "Extract from 'The Portsmouth Times and Gazette, Nov. 10th 1888". The narrative of the journal commencing on 1 January 1851 at Portsmouth describes the voyage to New Zealand, and visit to Sydney, ending on the day of departure from New Zealand on 18 February 1856, with an appended section headed "Norfolk Island and Convicts". Title supplied by Library. The cardboard cover is from the State Advances Corporation of New Zealand and is unrelated to the provenance of the original manuscript. Another carbon copy held by the Library at qMS-1073. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 94 leaves and 2 covers. Physical Description: Typescript carbon copy. Provenance: Donor inherited manuscript from her father, Mr Lance Millward. Processing information: Rusty pin removed during processing.

Date: 1 Dec 1852-31 Jul 1855

From: Jones, Theodore Morton 1828-1895 : Private journals

Reference: qMS-1076

Description: Contains daily entries when Jones was on the New Zealand coast Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 28 Sep 1852

By: Oke, Philip W, active 1850s

Reference: MS-Papers-9103

Description: Letter from Oke while on the Pandora to his brother John in England. Posted while Pandora was in Auckland. Includes envelope Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Bonham's Auction, London, 2008

Date: 1845-1858

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2456

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 2 Jun 1851-5 Apr 1856

By: Jones, Theodore Moreton, 1828-1895

Reference: Micro-MS-0220

Description: A memoir, apparently based on journals (A459-60) and possibly another journal of Jones' voyage aboard HMS Pandora. Includes description of New Zealand; material on settler society, Maori culture and history Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s) positive.

Date: 1849-1853

From: United Kingdom. Admiralty : Records relating to the Pacific

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-05-4450

Description: Contains logs of the Calliope, Cockatrice, Cleopatra, Pandora, Portland and Virago Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1802-1855

From: United Kingdom. Admiralty : Records relating to the Pacific

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-05-3215

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1850-1855

From: United Kingdom. Admiralty : Records relating to the Pacific

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-05-4451

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.