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Boscawen Album

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  • Description

    Album containing 101 black and white, gelatin silver photographs depicting volcanic cones and pa in Auckland, taken in 1899.

  • Other Id

    34955 (Presto content ID)

    PH-ALB-260 (Reference Number)

    ACQ-2017-117 (Acquisition number)

    2661 (DBTextworks system ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

    Catalogue

    • Object Type
    • Name/Title
      Boscawen Album
    • Primary Maker
    • Date
      1899
    • Physical Description

      25 mm. x 300 mm. x 35 mm.

    • Level of Current Record
      Parent
    • Member Object

      26 items in this collection. View all items.

    • Related Object Notes
      Ref file 611: Grid references and notes by Les Kermode.
      'Auckland Pa and Surroundings, 1899'; a DVD copy of album images compiled by Ian Lawlor
    • Subject Category
    • Classification
      Album, Photograph/Album/Memorabilia/08 Communication Artifacts/Chenhall Nomenclature
    • Content
      p1-1. Top of Mt Hobson showing earth works looking towards Mt St. John, print
      p1-2. Top of Mt Hobson looking towards Mt Eden, print
      p2-1. Otahuhu Pa, print
      p2-2. Portion top of One Tree Hill pa, print
      p3-1. From top Remuera Pa, print
      p3-2. From top Remuera Pa, print
      p4-1. Portion Onehunga side One Tree Hill Pa, print
      p4-2. Portion Onehunga side One Tree Hill Pa, print
      p5-1. From top of Remuera Pa, print
      p5-2. Top Remuera Pa (Mt Hobson) looking towards One Tree Hill Pa, print
      p6-1. One Tree Hill Pa, print (C10429)
      p6-2. One Tree Hill Pa, print
      p7-1. Remuera Pa from Mt Eden, print
      p7-2. Mt St. John from Mt Eden, print
      p8-1. Top One Tree Hill Pa, print
      p8-2. Top One Tree Hill Pa, print
      p9-1. From top Mt St. John looking towards One Tree Hill, print
      p9-2. Remuera Pa from Mt St. John, print
      p10-1. Showing kumara pits One Tree Hill, print
      p10-2. Showing kumara pits, Three Kings, print
      p11-1. Remuera Pa from Mt St. John, print
      p11-2. From top of Mt St. John looking towards Mt Wellington, print
      p12-1. Mt Albert from Three Kings Pa, print (C10491)
      p12-2. Mt St. John, print
      p13-1. Showing crater Mt St. John Pa, print
      p13-2. Crater Mt St. John Pa, water in crater, print
      p14-1. Mt Eden from Three Kings Pa, print
      p14-2. Mt Eden Pa, print
      p15-1. Mt St. John crater showing water in it, print
      p15-2. Rangitoto Pa near Orakei, print (C20434)
      p16-1. Mt Eden, print
      p17-1. Weeks Id. Pa, print
      p17-2. Ihumatao Pa in distance, print
      p18-1. Pa surrounded by swamp near Ihumatao, print
      p18-2. Crater in above Pa, mud water in it before swamp drained, print
      p19-1. Pa surrounded by swamp near Ihumatao, print
      p19-2. Portion of above looking towards Weeks Id.., print
      p20-1. Ihumatao Pa, print
      p20-2. Shows small crater on flat below Ihumatao Pa, print
      p21-1. Ihumatao Pa from Swamp Pa, print
      p21-2. Mt Eden from Mt Victoria, print
      p22-1. Mt Roskill Pa, print
      p22-2. Mt Roskill Pa, print
      p23-1. Takapuna Pa, print
      p23-2. From small Pa between Mt Victoria and Takapuna Pa, print
      p24-1. Portion Three Kings Pa, print
      p24-2. Portion Three Kings Pa, print
      p25-1. Mt Victoria and small Pa along side, print
      p25-2. Small Pa between Mt Victoria and Takapuna Pa, print
      p26-1. Portion Three Kings Pa, print
      p26-2. Portion Three Kings Pa, print
      p27-1. Mt Victoria, print
      p27-2. From Pa at Point Hobson, print
      p28-1. Portion Three Kings Pa, print
      p28-2. Portion Three Kings Pa, print
      p29-1. From Orakei Pa, print
      p29-2. From slopes of Orakei Pa, print
      p30-1. Top of Mt Eden. East side looking south, print
      p30-2. Top Mt Eden. East side looking north, print
      p31-1. Looking towards Rangitoto Pa from Orakei, print
      p31-2. Orakei Pa, print
      p32-1. Crater on Mt Eden. West side looking north, print
      p32-2. Showing how Mt Eden being destroyed, print
      p33-1. Mt Eden from Orakei, print
      p33-2. Entrance to Panmure Basin, print
      p34-1. New quarry started east side Mt Eden, print
      p34-2. Quarry east side of Mt Eden, print
      p35-1. Showing earth works near Panmure Bridge, print (C10482)
      p35-2. Looking towards Mauinaina Pa, Panmure, print
      p36-1. Top of Mt Eden east side, print
      p37-1. Looking towards a small Pa near St Heliers from Mt Wellington, print
      p37-2. From foot of Mt Wellington Pa, print
      p39-1. Mt Wellington Pa, print
      p39-2. Pukekawa Pa now planted over, print
      p41-1. View from Pukekawa Pa, print
      p41-2. View from Pukekawa Pa, print
      p43-1. One Tree Hill, print
      p43-2. Mt Eden, print
      p45-1. Taurere Pa, St. Heliers, print
      p45-2. Taurere Pa, St. Heliers, print
      p47-1. Browns Id. from Taurere Pa, print
      p47-2. Cliff Taurere Pa, St. Heliers, print
      p49-1. Taurere Pa in distance, print
      p49-2. Small Pa near St. Heliers, print
      p50-1. Mangere Pa, print
      p51-1. Old Mission Church near St. Heliers, print
      p51-2. Small pa foot of Mangere, print
      p52-1. From Mt Albert, print
      p52-2. Mt Eden from Mt Albert, print
      p53-1. Top Mangere Pa, print
      p53-2. Mangere Pa, print
      p54-1. One Tree Hill, print
      p54-2. Rarotonga Pa, print (C10505)
      p55-1. Top Mt Wellington Pa, print
      p55-2. Top Mt Wellington Pa, print
      p56-1. Rarotonga Pa, print
      p56-2. Tihi on top of Rarotonga Pa, print
      p57-1. Top Mt Wellington Pa, print
      p57-2. Mt Wellington. Maori remains are to be seen among rocks, print
      p58-1. Three Kings Pa, print
      p58-2. Three Kings Pa, print
      p59-1. Panmure Basin, print
      p59-2. Mt Wellington Pa, print
    • Public Access Text

      Inscription: Index to negatives of Auckland Pas and surroundings taken by Hugh Boscawen, 1899.

      Boscawen worked in the Auckland office of Lands and Survey

      See Who's who in New Zealand and the Western Pacific, 1908 (DU 402) for biographical details of Captain Hugh Boscawen.

    • Subject Notes
      Born Lamorran, Cornwall: educated at Cheltenham and on training ship Britannia. In New Zealand with the Flying Squadron 1869�70: retired from the navy 1870. Came to New Zealand again in 1876 and joined the Lands and Survey Dept, becoming chief clerk in Auckland: retired 1919 to live in Cornwall where he died (Penzance). Private Secretary to the Governor Lord Onslow and aide de camp to the Governor Lord Ranfurly. http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-PlaNine-t1-body-d1-d148.html
      Bankruptcy notice/affidavit Wellington High Court 1879. https://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=17885
    • Copyright
      Collection contains multiple items - rights applied at item level
    • Credit Line
      Gift of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    • Last Update
      30 Aug 2024

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