Runholder at Oakbourne Station, Porangahou, Hawkes Bay from 1851. See Dictionary of New Zealand Biography / Scholefield Volume 1 p 136; `Early stations of Hawke's Bay' by Miriam Macgregor, pp 148-149.
Canning, John Davis, 1822-1884
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Nairn album 1
Date: [Between 1870s and 1890s]
From: Nairn, Douglas, fl 1973 :Photographs of New Zealand and Fiji
By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Bragge, James, 1833-1908
Reference: PA1-q-167
Description: Album of photographs taken between the 1860s and 1890s by various unidentified photographers, with one identified as being possibly by Daniel Louis Mundy, and one by James Bragge. Two early photographs, one of `Oakbourne Station', the home of John Davis Canning was taken circa 1860s, and one of `Orua Wharo' the home of John Johnston, and later his son Sydney Johnston, was taken circa 1870s, before the new house was built in 1879. Page 7 contains pressed ferns. Non-New Zealand photographs include several of Fiji, including Levuka, Taveuni, and an avenue of palms; one of the carving on Sir Joshua Reynold's bed at Tarrington; one of an Elizabethan glass cup; a carved overmantel; two views of Arundel House at Brighton, and one of Heston Church near Osterley Park. In the North Island, apart from the views of Oakbourne and Orua Wharo in the Hawke's Bay region, there are several views of the Pink and White Terraces, two showing the White Terraces both empty and full, Clay Island beneath the White Terraces; two views of the Manawatu Gorge and Seventy Mile Bush; and a view of Wellington City. South Island views include Milford Sound, Stewart Island, Braida Crags, the Wyndham River; a large group of people at celebrations surrounding the laying of the foundation stone for St John's Church in Invercargill; and two views of an exhibition of a Japanese village displaying such things as banners, lanterns and furniture, held in a hall in Invercargill. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown leather cover, gold decoration; 31.0 x 27.5 cm
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Tanner, Thomas 1830-1918 : Notes of a tour in New Zealand
Date: 1858
By: Tanner, Thomas, 1830-1918
Reference: MS-2117
Description: In January-April 1857 Tanner journeyed with J D Canning and one MacDonald from Waipawa to Auckland via Taupo and the Waikato to study agricultural potential; he visited Maori settlements, met chieftain Pohipi and returned via Rotorua recording detailed impressions of its natural history, of the Terraces and of Maori life Prominent Hawkes Bay landowner and politician Physical Description: Mss
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Inward correspondence - Letters re station affairs
Date: 1857-1859
From: McLean family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0943
Description: Names of some correspondents entered in Name Field. Others include: S Budden of Maraekakaho, D Mackenzie of Waipukurau. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Inward letters - Surnames, Cam - Car
Date: 1858-1876
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0205
Description: Correspondents: C Campion, Rangitikei, 1858 (1 letter); J D Canning, Porangahau, 1857-1865 (5 letters); J L M Carey, Wellington & Auckland, 1869-1872 (8 letters); R Carey, Wellington, 1860-1861 (4 letters including draft reply from McLean); Robert Carey, London, 1869 re Captain Humphrey of Napier (1 letter); Dora Cargill, Dunedin (undated letter); W W Cargill, Dunedin, 1872-1873 (4 letters); Cargill & McLean, Dunedin, 1869 (1 letter); Stephen Carkeek, Wellington & Wairarapa, 1858-1870 (5 letters); Hugh Carleton, Auckland & Bay of Islands, 1870-1876 (3 letters); J W Carlile, Napier, 1876 (3 letters); W W Carlile, Napier, 1872 (1 letter). Quantity: 1 folder(s).