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Alister Matheson Photographic Collection
Date1860-2008
Collection SummaryPhotographs collected by Alister Matheson. Some of the 170 images were part of his archive collections.DescriptionSee also archive collections: Ms 15, Ams 84, Ams 209, Ams 210, Ams 221, Ams 249 and Ams 405
Collection comprises 170 photographs:
Photo 02-062: Aerial of Ōtūmoetai 1961
Photo 99-191: Aerial view of Mount Maunganui circa 1949
Photo 99-799: Aerial view of Tauranga c. 1940
Photo 02-110: Aerial view Ōtūmoetai 1954
Photo 05-051: After the cyclone
Photo 03-223: After the Rangiwaea island races
Photo 99-841: Alice Mirchin c. 1912
Photo 05-205: Angelina and Puss 1937-8
Photo 04-321: Anglican Church of St Thomas Maketū 1976
Photo 03-171: Baptismal Stone at St Joseph's Church, Te Puna
Photo 03-172: Baptismal Stone at St Joseph's Church, Te Puna
Photo 03-216: Bathing at Mount Maunganui beach
Photo 05-135: Beach visit 1940s
Photo 05-259: Bessie at Fairview 1930
Photo 03-070: Bishop Pompallier 2002
Photo 03-071: Bishop Pompallier 2002
Photo 03-067: Bishop Pompallier on Tākitimu waka
Photo 03-068: Bishop Pompallier on Tākitimu waka
Photo 03-069: Bishop Pompallier on Tākitimu waka
Photo 03-174: Bishop Pompallier potrait
Photo 02-104: Boer War veterans
Photo 05-209: Boy on tricycle 1949-50
Photo 03-539: Captain Byron Drury
Photo 05-293: Captain H. F. Way c. 1870s
Photo 03-168: Carving (Whakairo) from Ōtūmoetai Catholic Church
Photo 03-169: Carving (Whakairo) from Ōtūmoetai Catholic Church
Photo 03-170: Carving (Whakairo) from Ōtūmoetai Catholic Church
Photo 03-165: Carvings from Ōtūmoetai Catholic Mission Station
Photo 03-166: Carvings from Ōtūmoetai Catholic Mission Station
Photo 03-167: Carvings from Ōtūmoetai Catholic Mission Station
Photo 05-206: Cat c. 1940
Photo 05-261: Cattle at 'Fairvies' 1972
Photo 04-529: Cattle on Matheson farm 1940
Photo 03-248: Cattle yards Ōtūmoetai station
Photo 03-140: D.C.D Thomas shelling maize
Photo 03-249: Demolition of cattle yards, Ōtūmoetai station
Photo 04-608: Driveway of Matheson farm "Fairview" 1951
Photo 04-609: Driveway of Matheson farm "Fairview" with heifer c. 1939
Photo 05-009: Duncan Robertson
Photo 05-210: Fairview garden c. 1960
Photo 05-183: Fairview house c. 1940s
Photo 99-756: Fairview, Ōtūmoetai Matheson Home 1929
Photo 08-138: Father Madan c 1880s
Photo 05-048: Fish at Maketū 1931
Photo 07-196: Flax swamp at Pukehina mill c 1927
Photo 07-191: Flaxies at Pukehina mill c 1927
Photo 07-192: Flaxies at Pukehina mill c 1927
Photo 07-193: Flaxies at Pukehina mill c 1927
Photo 07-198: Floating dredge c 1930
Photo 05-211: Flower bed c. 1960
Photo 04-191: Flt Sgt Noel Breward
Photo 04-319: Foreshore at Maketū 1976
Photo 05-207: Gap in the hedge 1940
Photo 05-228: Garden bed c. 1940s-50s
Photo 03-222: Geoff Sharp & Kelly Smith cleaning snapper
Photo 99-921: Golf 1911
Photo 99-776: Golf c. 1910
Photo 99-777: Golf c. 1910
Photo 99-778: Golf c. 1910
Photo 99-779: Golf c. 1910
Photo 99-313: Gordon Vosper, Waikato Hunt, Matamata 1920s
Photo 03-215: Group in Ōtūmoetai garden
Photo 98-005: Hairini bridge, 1923
Photo 99-300: HMS Achilles Reception 1940
Photo 99-301: HMS Achilles Reception 1940
Photo 99-302: HMS Achilles Reception 1940
Photo 99-303: HMS Achilles Reception 1940
Photo 03-151: Hunt visitors
Photo 07-189: Jack and Mary Potiki c. 1908
Photo 05-187: Jersey cattle
Photo 07-188: Kaituna River 1907-08
Photo 03-221: Kelly Smith snapper catch 1910s
Photo 05-052: Levers Road
Photo 05-134: Lifesaving practice 1940s
Photo 99-285: Lynn Brown, Ngongotahā c. 1920s
Photo 05-185: Maize crib
Photo 05-186: Maize crib
Photo 04-610: Maize crib 1969
Photo 05-260: Major Eustace's notice 1938
Photo 05-035: Maketū
Photo 04-328: Maketū foreshore 1990s
Photo 03-417: Maketū mission house
Photo 04-684: Maketū Pā from Pukemaire Pā 1931
Photo 04-048: Maketū Pā from Pukemaire Pā 1931
Photo 08-152: Maketū picnic c 1908
Photo 04-698: Maketū waterfront
Photo 02-102: Manea (Stone Sinkers)
Photo 00-491: Matheson and Bertrams
Photo 03-159: Matheson farm - Fairview
Photo 03-177: Matheson farm 1930s
Photo 03-176: Matheson house at Fairview farm
Photo 03-160: Mathesons' cattle
Photo 03-161: Mathesons' cattle
Photo 03-162: Mathesons' cattle
Photo 03-163: Mathesons' cattle
Photo 05-213: Mathesons' cattle 1950s
Photo 05-212: Mathesons' cattle 1960s
Photo 05-215: Matheson's cattle 1972
Photo 03-219: Matheson's garden, Ōtūmoetai
Photo 99-192: Mauao 1949
Photo 99-607: Maungawhare c. 1910
Photo 04-318: Moaning Rock, Maketū 1947
Photo 99-766: Morris Preston 1920s
Photo 01-011: Mrs Ashworth c.1920s
Photo 99-752: Neville Souter's horse c. 1920s
Photo 99-754: Neville Souter's horse c. 1920s
Photo 05-044: Newrick Burdes
Photo 01-012: Norfolk Island 1920s
Photo 05-050: On Ōtūmoetai beach
Photo 02-109: Oreanui Pā site
Photo 98-012: Ōtūmoetai aerial 1943
Photo 98-040: Ōtūmoetai aerial 1943
Photo 04-530: Ōtūmoetai foreshore c. 1939
Photo 05-014: Ōtūmoetai from Western Road (panorama)
Photo 02-105: Ōtūmoetai Pā 1964
Photo 03-173: Ōtūmoetai Pā 1965
Photo 03-152: Ōtūmoetai Pā c. 1939
Photo 04-316: Ōtūmoetai railway plan 1920s
Photo 04-315: Ōtūmoetai railway plan 1968
Photo 99-618: Ōtūmoetai Road c. 1930
Photo 04-656: Ōtūmoetai School 1934
Photo 04-655: Ōtūmoetai School 1937
Photo 04-636: Panorama of Maketū
Photo 05-235: Paterson's flax mill c. 1920s
Photo 00-416: Peace stone 1890s
Photo 00-417: Peace stone 1890s
Photo 00-493: Peace stone early 1970s
Photo 00-415: Peace stone from Ōtūmoetai Pā
Photo 04-324: Peace Stone Maketū 1937
Photo 03-455: Peter Densem
Photo 03-454: Peter Densem with Anchor stone
Photo 99-918: Primary School c. 1930 99 - 918
Photo 05-028: Pukehina
Photo 07-190: Pukehina flax mill c 1926
Photo 07-195: Pukehina flax mill c 1927
Photo 99-1335: Railway Station c. 1940
Photo 07-349: Reginald Renshaw 1920s
Photo 04-663: Siege of Maketū 1864
Photo 03-175: Sketch of Father Viard
Photo 03-139: Small vessel loading chaff
Photo 03-217: Snodgrass house, Ōtūmoetai
Photo 04-607: South gate of Matheson farm "Fairview" c. 1940
Photo 03-164: St Joseph's Catholic Church
Photo 08-146: St Peter's Catholic Church, Maketū 2008
Photo 04-317: St Peter's Maketū 1976
Photo 05-136: Steam shovel digger c. 1920s
Photo 05-263: Stump removal 1970
Photo 05-008: T. J. Baker
Photo 03-066: Takitimu 03-066
Photo 03-065: Tākitimu Waka
Photo 03-250: Tāneatua Express
Photo 00-492: Tapu Tītoki tree at Ōtūmoetai c. 1969
Photo 99-775: Tauranga golfers c. 1939
Photo 02-103: Tauranga Veterans Rugby Team pre 1910
Photo 03-536: Te Awhi Pātaka at Maketū Pā 1931
Photo 05-005: Te Puke lock-up
Photo 03-218: Tennis match, Ōtūmoetai
Photo 99-753: The hunt 1920s
Photo 99-720: The Hunt 1926
Photo 99-630: The Hunt, Darragh Homestead, Ōtūmoetai c. 1912
Photo 99-310: The Hunt, Star Hotel, Devonport Road 1925
Photo 99-718: The Hunt, Tauranga 1912
Photo 99-810: The Strand c. 1926
Photo 99-163: Township of Mount Maunganui c 1920
Photo 05-216: View from Fairview
Photo 07-072: Waikato Hunt members and followers 1925
Photo 05-262: Work on sewer line
Photo 99-767: Wynn Brown 1920s
Photo 03-220: Young Māori man and European woman at Snodgrass farm, Ōtūmoetai
Photo 03-224: Young women on porch at Ōtūmoetai
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Collection SummaryPhotographs collected by Alister Matheson. Some of the 170 images were part of his archive collections.DescriptionSee also archive collections: Ms 15, Ams 84, Ams 209, Ams 210, Ams 221, Ams 249 and Ams 405Collection comprises 170 photographs:
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