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202 x 152 mm. A view looking down from the slopes of Mt. Eden showing the city, Waitemata Harbour, the North Shore, and in the distance the island of Rangitoto. Photograph by Josiah Martin.

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291 x 190 mm. A view taken from woodland near the south shore of the bay looking across Northcote harbour. The spit of land opposite is Devonport, beyond which rises the extinct volcanic island of Rangitoto. A clipper with graceful lines can be seen at the left of the picture.

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Landscape format. [From Trig Hill].

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199 x 137 mm. A view looking down from a hillside, over houses and gardens towards the harbour, with the opposite shore (probably the North Shore) visible in the distance.

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[Visible at far end of path lined by palm trees].

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183 x 248 mm. A view of the Queen Street façade of the New Zealand Bank, with three figures standing beside the front entrance. This attractive building was designed by Leonard Terry of Melbourne, and built between 1865 and 1867.

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Note the man using wires to reinforce the concrete.

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Note the man using wires to reinforce the concrete.

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Landscape format. [Showing rows of pens of cattle].

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Landscape format. North Island: New Zealand. [Showing cattle in large open area].

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Landscape format. [Showing cattle in open fenced area].

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

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The postcard is captioned 'FGR 5152'.

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;...

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360 x 265 mm. A view showing the front of Government House from the lawn, with a landau outside the entrance and a gardener raking the gravel. Am archery target stands on the lawn. This is the second Government House, designed by William Mason in 1856 to replace the first residence which burnt down in 1848.

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281 x 223 mm. A view looking down on to the wooded garden of the Domain with the fine structure of Government House set among trees. A restrained and attractive building, more in the style of the eighteenth than the nineteenth century, it was designed by William Mason and completed in 1856. It took over from the first Government House, a wooden building which burnt down in 1848.

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The postcard is captioned 'FGR 5164'.

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13½'' x 7''.

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280 x 202 mm. A view of a cross-roads looking towards the brick built hotel. Directly outside the hotel stands a stage coach, crowded with passengers both inside and on the roof, while nearer the camera stand three horses and carts, with drivers and passers by watching the photographer.

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13½'' x 6½''.

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[Statue to right and people on benches to the left].

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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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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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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.