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Hector Robertson Collection

documentary heritage
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    67082 (Presto content ID)

    PH-1986-5 (Reference Number)

    4889 (DBTextworks system ID)

  • Wāhanga

Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga

Rārangi

  • Momo Taonga
  • Ingoa/Taitara
    Hector Robertson Collection
  • Kaiwaihanga Matua

     unknown (Photographer)

  • 1900?-1930s
  • Taumata o te Mauhanga o Nāianei
    Parent
  • Pāoho
  • Tikanga Waihanga
  • Huinga Kaupapa
  • Kōrero o Roto
    1. Mandeville Camp, Easter, 1909, [Group portrait of men in military uniform]; postcard
    2. Otago Harbour, Dunedin, N.Z.; postcard
    3. Post Office, Dunedin, N.Z.; postcard
    4. God Save the King, New Zealand's Gift to the Empire; postcard
    5. [Unidentified man in uniform aboard ship]; postcard
    6. Vallee de Colons - Nouvelle Caledonie. Valley of Colons. New Caledonia; postcard (photomechanical)
    7. [Unidentified group in small boat]; postcard
    8. [Apia wharf and harbour], ca. 1914; print
    9-22. [Unidentified New Zealand scenes]; prints
    23. [Group portrait of nine women with charity collection boxes]; postcard
    24. Mandeville Camp, Easter, 1909, [Group portrait of men in military uniform]; postcard
    25. No 2 gunn, 1910 [Group portrait of men in military uniform]; postcard
    26. Week end camp, Nov 1910; postcard
    27. Camp at Maheno, Jan 1911; postcard
    28. No 2 gun, 1910 [Group portrait of men in military uniform]; postcard
    29. Oamaru, Jan 1911 [Group portrait of men in military uniform]; postcard
    30. Tahuna Park, Jan 1911 [Group portrait of men in military uniform outside tent]; postcard
    31. Tahuna Park, Jan 1911; postcard
    32. Tahuna Park, Nov 1910
    33. [Military Training Camp?] Jan 1911; postcard
    34. [Unidentified man in military uniform]; postcard
    35. [Portrait of unidentified woman]; postcard
    36. [Cows in paddock]; postcard
    37. [Portrait of unidentified woman with bouquet], 1915; postcard
    38. At the Canterbury - Welln [Wellington] Rep Match, 1912; postcard
    39. T.S.S. Earnslaw leaving Queenstown; postcard
    40. [Boys standing in flooded street]; print
    41. [Houses, unidentified street]; postcard
    42. [Woman in apple tree], Riwaka; postcard
    43. [Woman next to apple tree], Riwaka; postcard
    44. Picking apples, Riwaka; postcard
    45. [Women picking apples]; postcard
    46. [Women picking apples]; postcard
    47. [Women picking apples]; postcard
    48. [People in orchard]; postcard
    49. [People in orchard]; postcard
    50. Knox Church Bible class, 1909-1910; postcard
    51. Knox Church, J.B. Class camp, Portobello, Easter, 1908; postcard
    52. In the gardens. Queenstown. 840; postcard
    53. Greetings from Auckland, 1921; postcard
    54. Mt Ruapehu; postcard
    55. Timaru. The Customs House.; postcard
    56. St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Auckland. N.Z; postcard (printed)
    57. [Portrait of three unidentified boys]; cabinet card
    58. [Two boys playing in stream]; print mounted on card
    59. [Portrait of unidentified girl]; print mounted on card
    60. "Just Met" May 1920 [Portrait of three men, J.H. Robertson possibly 1st from left]; print
    61. Knox Church J.B. class camp at Portobello. Easter 1908; Single page with 6 photographic prints
    62. [Unidentified coastal town]; print
    63. [Snapshot of five men. J.H. Robertson possibly man in centre, Samoa]; print
    64. Mulivai river, 1921; postcard (photomechanical)
    65. Taken at the batch "Peter Sim's Solofanna and its youngster [horse and pony in field]; postcard
    66. Apia Harbour. West End. Samoa; postcard
    67. [Large group in front of fale, Samoa], ca. 1914; postcard
    68. [Groups in cars, Samoa], ca. 1914; postcard
    69. [Groups in cars, Samoa], ca. 1914; postcard
    70. [Groups in cars, Samoa], ca. 1914; postcard
    71. [Groups in cars, Samoa], ca. 1914; postcard
    72. Thio - Le Transporteur - Mise en tas et station de renvoi; postcard (photomechanical)
    73. Anzacs in France. Bringing up a gun; postcard (photomechanical)
    74. Salt works. Port-Despointes. New Caledonia; postcard (photomechanical)
    75. Siva Siva, Samoa; postcard (photomechanical)
    76. Late R.L. Stevensons Grave. No. 23; postcard
    77. Stevensons Residence No. 4.; postcard
    78. Green Lake, Waimangu, N.Z; postcard (photomechanical)
    79. Rainbow mountain, Maugakakaramea, Waimangu, N.Z.; postcard (photomechanical)
    80. Waimangu Geyser, Rotorua, N.Z. Which has played to the height of 1,500 ft.; postcard (photomechanical)
    81. Steaming cliffs, Rotomahana, N.Z. Showing the beautiful Opal Lake where the pink and white terraces were situated; postcard (photomechanical)
    82. Lake Tarawera & mountain, N.Z. The cross shows the Ariki settlement where 45 natives perished in the eruption of June 10th 1886; postcard (photomechanical)
    83. Pembroke, Lake Wanaka; postcard (photomechanical)
    84. Sophia's whare, Te Wairoa, N.Z. where 60 people were saved at time of eruption; postcard (photomechanical)
    85. Samoa; postcard
    86. Residence of Mr John Johnstone, Mount Oaea, Samoa; postcard
    87. [Snapshot of group outdoors in garden, Samoa]; postcard
    88. [Snapshot of group of men outdoors, Samoa]; print
    89. [Portrait of two men in military uniform, J.H. Robertson possibly man on left]; print
    90. [Family group in front of house, Samoa], ca. 1914; print
    91. [Snapshot of three women and one man in uniform, Samoa], ca. 1914; print
    92. [Snapshot of three women and one man in uniform, Samoa (man in uniform is possibly Samoan)], ca. 1914; print
    93. [Group portrait of man, two women and children], ca. 1914; print
    94. [Man at ship wheel]; print
    95. Manuia, Samoa 1916; print
    96. [Portrait of Polynesian man and boy with umbrellas], ca. 1914; print
    97. Samoa, print mounted on card
    98. [Harbour, Apia?]; print
    99. [House, stable and paddock]; print
    100. Beautiful Fiji, 15 photographic views; prints
    101. [Man and woman in car, Samoa], ca. 1914; print
    102. [Man and woman in car, Samoa], ca. 1914; print
    103. [Man and woman in car, Samoa], ca. 1914; print
    104. [Man and woman in car, Samoa], ca. 1914; print
    105. [Unidentified ship]; print
    106. [Military group]; print
    107. Staff, Customs Department, Dunedin. 1935; print mounted on card
    108. [Group of military officers]; print mounted on card
    109. [Two military officers, Apia, Samoa], ca. 1916; print mounted on card
    110. [Two military officers drinking cava, Apia, Samoa], ca. 1916; print mounted on card
    111. Samoan Civil Admin Station Staff, 1916; print mounted on card
    112. Samoan Civil Admin Station Staff, 1916; print mounted on card
    113. Samoan Civil Admin Station Staff, 1916; print mounted on card
    114. [Samoa, Apia Harbour viewed from behind town with battleships anchored]; print mounted on card
    115. [Portrait of man and woman in garden, Apia, Samoa]; print mounted on card
    116. [Military group]; print mounted on card
    117. [Ship 'Manua', Apia Harbour]; print mounted on card
    118. Captain H Loftus Cartright, 1915' print mounted on card
    119. Customs and Tax department staff, 1914. (standing: A.J. Watters - clerk, D.G. Sawers - clerk, Karuna - interpreter. Sitting: J.H. Robertson - Commissioner, H.L. Halliday - chief clerk), print mounted on card
    120. [Military group], Jan 1910; panoramic print mounted on card
    121. [Military group], Jan 1911; panoramic print mounted on card
    122. [Samoa]; print
  • Kuputuhi e Wātea Tūmatanui ana

    J.H. Robertson was member of staff Customs and Tax Dept. Samoa c1914 and rose to Commissioner, later joining the staff of Customs Dept. in Dunedin as Assistant Sub-collector c1935

    [Keywords: Military Training Camps - New Zealand, Apple Picking]

  • Tuhipoka Hāngai
  • Sergeant John Hector Robertson, service number 1/175, 5th Regiment, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, Advance Detachment. WWI.
  • Manatārua
    All rights reserved
  • Rārangi Mihi
    Estate of Gordon H. Robertson.
  • Whakahounga o Mua
    11 May 2023

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