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360 x 260 mm. A view looking across the hillside behind the town towards the Government Building, a two storey wooden construction with a few officials standing outside the entrance. With small houses in the background.

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362 x 265 mm. A view looking down on the road which runs through a rocky gorge across two small stone bridges. Milton lies near the coast south west of Dunedin and this road follows the Clutha River north west up to Alexandra.

Scope and Contents A345 x 265 mm. A view looking along the bridge from the river bank, with two men sitting among tussocks of grass in the foreground. Additional information on the caption reads: ‘This bridge is a combined road and railway structure over the River Ashburton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, on the main trunkline between Christchurch and Dunedin. Total length 2,026 feet, made up of 28 spans, 60 feet each, 4 of 15 feet each, and 22 of 13 feet each. Bridge opened for traffic on 31st May,...

Scope and Contents 360 x 265 mm. A view looking towards the railway bridge over the River Ashley, taken from the river side. Additional information on the caption states: ‘trunk line north of Canterbury. Total length 3055 feet, comprising 50 spans 60 feet, two of 14 feet 6 inches, and two of 13 feet. The contract was let on the 17th February 1873. Bridge opened for traffic on 17th March, 1875, cost about £26, 500, and footway, £1, 278. Designed by John Carruthers Esq, Engineer in Chief of New Zealand, and...

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363 x 266 mm. A view looking along the steeply rising banks of the lake, with a man sitting in a rowing boat at the lakeside in the foreground.

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360 x 265 mm. A view looking across part of the city, with allotments and gardens in the foreground and commercial buildings beyond. Queen Street runs across the picture in the centre, with the harbour in the background.

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352 x 266 mm. A view from the river bank towards the road bridge, a laminated wood superstructure resting on stone piers. The caption adds ‘Centre span of this bridge is 178 feet’. Roxburgh lies about halfway between Lawrence and Alexandra.

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362 x 260 mm. A similar view to Y3089B/65 but taken from further away, with the cable car almost invisible against the rock face.

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364 x 265 mm. A view showing a man crossing the gorge in a small cable car with the river below. See also Y3089B/66.

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361 x 264 mm. A view taken from the same position as Y3089B/24, but looking towards Lambton Quay and Te Aro Flats. In the foreground is a residential area with mainly wooden houses, while beyond in the harbour, ships can be seen moored at Queen’s Wharf, with Te Aro Flats in the distance.

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364 x 257 mm. A view of the Government Building on Lambton Quay with three figures standing in the roadway in front. This is the handsome building which superseded the offices shown in Y3089B/27. Finished around 1876 (to the design of W.H. Clayton), it is a wooden structure looking deceptively like stone. The chimneys seen here were later removed in the interests of architectural harmony.

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360 x 260 mm. A front view of this attractive timber building, with a square tower at one end and ornamental designs on verandahs and eaves. The house was designed in 1869 by W.H. Clayton.

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364 x 265 mm. A view looking down on to a waterfall and the pool below. The appearance of the rock face would make it probable that this is a man made sluice running into quarried ground, possibly connected with gold mining in the area.

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360 x 266 mm. A view showing the front of the ‘Wanaka Hotel’, a small single storied wooden building with a stone chimney at either end, owned by Theodore Russell. On the verandah, a group of men and women pose for the photographer.

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351 x 266 mm. A view looking along the river, with steep rocky banks on either side. Crossing the river is the piped water supply, presumably pumped up from the river. In the background a road can be seen, following the course of the river, half way up the hillside.

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360 x 266 mm. A view looking along the lake, with mountains in the distance (faded almost to invisibility).

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349 x 265 mm. A view looking down on the small stream which winds through this low lying area. Beside the stream various huts have been built, with one in the process of construction. The caption adds: ‘Two streams of water, one hot and the other cold, are brought together, forming the most enjoyable bath possible.’

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359 x 265 mm. A view looking down onto what is probably a section of the Milton and Lawrence Road, with a small stone bridge in the foreground. Parts of the railway line can just be seen to the left of the road behind an embankment. In the foreground a man sits in front of a small cabin with a few other huts visible further on up the road.

Scope and Contents 350 x 250 mm. A view looking along the river towards the bridge. Additional information is given on the caption: ‘This was designed for a combined road and railway bridge, and has been built over the Manawatu River, in the gorge, the river forming the boundary line between the provincial districts of Wellington and Hawke’s Bay. The total length of the bridge is 428 feet to centre of end piers... The centre span is constructed with wrought-iron lower stringers, and wooden combined radial bow...

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260 x 265 mm. A view looking towards the breakwater and wharves at Mechanics’ Bay, with barns and farm buildings in the foreground. On the wharf itself stands a warehouse with timber piled in front of it. The North Shore can be seen across Waitemata Harbour, with the extinct volcanic island of Rangitoto in the distance.

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343 x 239 mm. Showing the flat topped hill at the right of the picture with part of Ormond’s Hotel visible at the left. With three men standing on the hotel verandah.

Scope and Contents 361 x 266 mm. The caption states: ‘Opepe is about 10 miles from Taupo, and is the headquarters of the constabulary for the District. It was here that the rebel Maoris surprised and massacred a small detachment of our men, 8th June, 1869.’ A view from above the road which runs through the settlement, showing wooden cabins beside the road with a fortified stockade on a piece of higher ground at the left. The massacre here referred to was the killing of 9 troopers by Te Kooti (Rikirangi Te...

Scope and Contents 360 x 295 mm. A view from a hill overlooking the town, with Otago Harbour and Quarantine Island in the background. Although the town has been roughly laid out, it has still not grown to any great size, consisting mainly of small bungalows and gardens with a few larger houses here and there. In the foreground a small narrow gauge railway line can be seen, probably used in quarrying stone for roadmaking. It would be around the time this picture was probably taken (c. 1875) that Port Chalmers’...

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360 x 266 mm. A view looking down on to the harbour with city buildings in the foreground and Mt. Victoria visible beyond the harbour. Government House is in the centre of the photograph with a cluster of ships moored at the right at Queen’s Wharf. The Council Chambers are at the left of the photograph (see Y3089B/25).

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364 x 265 mm. A view near the lakeside, with houses and gardens clustered on the shore, and the Remarkables (considerably faded) in the distance.