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Landscape format. Unloading flax from the Swamp at the Shannon Mills. Flax stacked on wooden platfroms ready for use. Near Paikakariki.

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Landscape format. Unloading flax at the Shannon Mills near Paikariki.

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Landscape format. Unloading flax at the Shannon Mills near Paikariki.

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Landscape format. [Pair of horses pull loaded cart along road, with dog walking in foreground].

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Paintings created by Alfred Hugh Fisher for the Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee. Fisher's titles and captions have been recorded as found. They may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate, but have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.

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60 x 42mm. A view showing the typical kind of wooden fencing used by the Maoris to surround their pahs.

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Full-plate. [Mount Cook on right].

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Two prints joined to measure 557 x 189 mm and with the title handwritten at the top of the print. The panorama shows the small settlement at the end of the North Shore, with houses and bungalows gathered round the far side of the small beach in the foreground. At the left of the print is a jetty leading out into Waitemata Harbour, with Auckland visible in the distance across the water.

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[No print]. [Missing].

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[No print]. [Missing].

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[No print]. [Missing].

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Full-plate. Shows ( in conjunction with 6893) Mt Sefton, the Footstool and Moorhouse Range up to Mount Cook on extreme right.

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Full-plate. [No print]. [Missing].

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A caption identifies the photographer as [James?] Iles, who was active in New Zealand from 1870 to 1929.

Scope and Contents Papers, and a few photographs, relating primarily to Admiral Arthur Phillip and the Australian Pioneers, but also concerning Canada and New Zealand. There are pamphlets, programmes and other material accumulated by Hope Johnston, many of which were originally given to his friends and acquaintances, and include his lavish annotations. There are also items written by Hope Johnston and correspondence relating to different aspects of his work. The collection is in English with the exception...

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A three-page memorandum by S.J. Robinson on the Queen's visit, enclosed with a letter to A.J. Whiteway of 30 December 1953. There is also a letter to Robinson from Martin Charteris, 28 December 1953, enclosing a photograph, included in this collection, of the Queen's visit to his home. The letters and memorandum are undated typescript copies.

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125 x 75 mm. Showing fish swimming in the clear shallow waters of a river.

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80 x 55 mm. Showing fish swimming in the clear shallow waters of a river.

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72 x 75 mm. Fish swimming in a river, probably in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

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74 x 72 mm. A small river in the valley, probably in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

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150 x 105 mm. Showing fish swimming in the clear shallow waters of a river.

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360 x 260 mm.
A view looking across to Parnell Hill, an Auckland suburb situated to the west of Hobson Bay. Land allotments in the area were first sold in 1841, but in this picture it still remains a fairly peaceful appearance, with villas and bungalows on the hill and a small industrial and commercial area at the foot. The railway cuts across the picture below the residential area with an iron bridge across the road.

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195 x 140 mm. A view looking along a small stream, with trees on either side.

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145 x 199 mm. A half length portrait of a Maori chieftain, wearing a cloak made from cords of flax ('karure'), and heavily tattooed. In his hair he wears the prized feathers of the huia bird.