Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
George Bourne - Papers
Primary Maker
Physical Description
Collection
Level of Current Record
Parent
Content
Folder 1 -- Miscellaneous items, including an account of a flight in the Walsh Brothers' flying boat over Auckland City and an article on gumdigging.
Folder 2 -- Obituary notices; two from 'The Observer' and one from the 'New Zealand Herald' (Bourne died 10 March 1924); correspondence between Ngaire Morgan (nee Bourne) and Ian Thwaites regarding the donation of aforementioned papers; "Te Tohunga" (Vol. 2, No. 3, April 1924).
Subject Notes
George Bourne was born in Whanganui. In about 1902 Bourne started working for the 'Weekly News' as one of its photographic artists and travelled throughout New Zealand for the next twenty years in that capacity. He pioneered aerial photography through his friends the Walsh brothers and is also known for his comic photo montages and for his series portraying the Māori prophet Rua Kenana and his newly built community at Maungapōhatu in 1908.
Last Update
26 Mar 2024
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