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Landscape format. Looking north and showing First Church [New Zealand].

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Landscape format. Looking east to fountain.

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Landscape format. Looking south.

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190 x 139 mm. A view looking across the Sound with a small island in the middle distance and mountains in the background. Dusky Sound us 25 miles long and in the last century was a visiting place for sealers. It is now part of the Fiordland National Park.

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A typescript 'to his Excellency the Governor General of New Zealand' (Lord Bledisloe), containing personal recollections written at Bledisloe's suggestion. The reminiscences begin with Morrow's arrival in New Zealand with his father in 1861, and include comments on government, land policy and the Maori Wars. The typescript is accompanied by 'Royal Commonwealth Society library notes', no. 51, March 1961, comprising a verbatim copy of the typescript with an introductory note.

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72 x 70 mm. Seagulls on the beach, with the sea in the background.

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58 x 75 mm. A view showing one of the four assistants standing beneath the elaborately carved wooden entrance to the pah.

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197 x 142 mm. A view showing a waterfall with trees and vegetation on either side. Wairoa is situated at the mouth of the Wairoa River, which runs into Hawkes Bay on the east coast of the North Island.

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56 x 75 mm. A view showing a ticker-tape farewell on the quayside at Auckland.

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This file contains expressions of gratitude for the Smedleys’ services and material relating to celebrations marking their departure from New Zealand, including expenses for various farewell functions; lists of gifts given and received; and programmes for farewell visits to Taranaki, Manawatu, Palmerston North, Levin, Wanganui, New Plymouth, South Island, Samoa and North Island (circa 50 sheets).

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130 x 80 mm.

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Landscape format. Shannon Flax Mills.

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Landscape format. Shannon Flax Mills.

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195 x 144 mm. A view looking up the drive towards the clubhouse, a large residence with balconies on each floor. Designed by David Ross and built in 1868, it was originally the home of John John, a Waikouaiti whaler turned merchant.

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182 x 131 mm. Possibly New Zealand.

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Landscape format. [Showing jetty in centre].

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The postcard is captioned 'FGR 5152'.

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Four black and white photographs of Smedley's attendance at the festival, at an event featuring vintage motor cars and motorcycles. A news cutting from 'The Evening Star', 26 Jan. 1978, reporting the hatching of the first chick at the albatross colony is also included.

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Half-plate (landscape format). New Zealand. [View up to glacier from valley].

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Half-plate (landscape format). [Three cutters dwarfed by tall flax].

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Half-plate (landscape format). [Similar to previous picture. One man visible].

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Shannon Flax Mills, near Paikakariki, North Island, N.Z.

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Print at RCMS 353/2/205.

Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 7006-7085 (originally there were 100). Added numbers: 6891-6917; spoiled: 7034, 7035, 7051, 7052, 7066; not used: 7012 and 7074.Subjects covered in the album are:New Zealand: Dunedin; journey to Southern Alps: Burke's Pass, Lake Tekapo, Lake Pukaki, Mount Cook, Tasman Glacier, Hochstetter; Balmoral: sheep shearing; Timaru; Christchurch: Lincoln Agricultural College: Domain Fete and general; Wellington: from sea;...