A group of twenty-nine scouts, their scoutmaster and two young women, posed in front of a Union Jack flag. Labelled: "Presented by E. R. Whalley." Ernest Richard Whalley (1863-1929) was a Palmerston North photographer. Reginald Herbert Whalley ...
Creator: Crown Studios, Whalley & Co., Palmerston North
Date: circa 1920
Date: circa 1920
A group of three scoutmasters and 23 scouts. The first scout troop was established in Palmerston North in late 1908. The Manawatū Evening Standard reported: "the boys meet every Friday night at the Mounted Rifles' orderly room. There the twenty bo...
Creator: The Crown Studios, Whalley & Co., Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
Standing: Mr Edyvean, Mrs Neilson, Mrs Kells, Mr Inglis, Scoutmaster Francis, Mrs Butzbach, Mrs Richmond, Mr Neilson. Sitting: Mrs Francis, Mr Simmonds, Mrs Edyvean.
Date: 1926
A group of thirty scouts and their scoutmaster.
Date: circa 1920
A scoutmaster stands with 18 scouts and a dog.
Creator: Crown Studios, Whalley & Co., Palmerston North
Date: circa 1920
Although the photograph is inscribed "Wanganui Camp, Christmas 1918", it event actually took place in January 1919. The annual camp of the Wanganui and Wellington North Boys Scouts was originally scheduled to take place in December 1918, but was p...
Creator: F. J. Denton, Wanganui
Date: January 1919
Five scoutmasters, five scouts and a dog stand in front of a row of trees. "Toothbrush" moustaches such as those displayed by three of the men went out of fashion after Adolf Hitler came to power.
Creator: James J. Webster, photographer
Date: circa 1920
A large group of scouts are shown in front of a grandstand. The photogrpah is inscribed on reverse: "Feilding Camp, 1916-17?"
Date: 1916 to 1917
A scout camp took place at Foxton Racecourse between 28 December 1923 and 7 January 1924. The Manawatū Standard reported: "The various units are: Feilding, under the command of Scouter Haywood, 28 ranks; All Saints (Rev. Dent), 21; Central (Scout...
Date: 1923 to 1924
A scoutmaster and four scouts posted in front of a grandstand at a racecourse.
Creator: James J. Webster, photographer
Date: circa 1920
Scouts stand at attention, with four flag bearers.
Date: 1920s
This image is a black and white photograph of a watercolour drawing by John Tiffin Stewart (1827-1913), a civil engineer, surveyor and amateur artist. The original drawing is part of the J. T. Stewart papers donated to the Whanganui Museum by W. T...
Creator: John Tiffin Stewart
Date: 1874 to 1875
This image is a black and white photograph of a watercolour drawing by John Tiffin Stewart (1827-1913), a civil engineer, surveyor and amateur artist. The original drawing is part of the J. T. Stewart papers donated to the Whanganui Museum by W. T...
Creator: John Tiffin Stewart
Date: circa 1860 to circa 1885
This image is a black and white photograph of a drawing by John Tiffin Stewart (1827-1913), a civil engineer, surveyor and amateur artist. The original drawing is part of the J. T. Stewart papers donated to the Whanganui Museum by W. T. Stewart. I...
Creator: John Tiffin Stewart
Date: 1859
The Felixstowe was a barque trading into Ōtaki. She was wrecked on 13 October 1878 when - like the Hydrabad in June of the same year - she mistook the northern end of Kāpiti, on which there was no lighthouse, for Stephens Island in Cook Straight. ...
Creator: John Tiffin Stewart
Date: 1878
The Hydrabad, 1350 tons, ran aground on the beach a mile south of Waitarere on the night of 24 June 1878. She was bound for Adelaide to Lyttleton, loaded with iron for the New Zealand railways and had few passengers. No lives were lost in the wrec...
Creator: John Tiffin Stewart
Date: 1878
An unidentified man speaks during the opening ceremony of the New Zealand National Special Olympics Summer Games held at the Manawatū Sports Stadium. The Games took place in Palmerston North between Friday 30 November and Sunday 2 December, with ...
Date: November 1990
The Palmerston North Mayor speaks during the opening ceremony of the New Zealand National Special Olympics Summer Games held at the Manawatū Sports Stadium. The Games took place in Palmerston North between Friday 30 November and Sunday 2 December...
Date: November 1990
Three teams attend the opening ceremony of the New Zealand National Special Olympics Summer Games held at the Manawatū Sports Stadium. The Games took place in Palmerston North between Friday 30 November and Sunday 2 December, with over 1250 athel...
Date: November 1990
Led by a mascot wearing a sheep's head, the Canterbury team takes part in a march past during the opening ceremony for the New Zealand National Special Olympics Summer Games held at the Manawatū Sports Stadium. The Games took place in Palmerston ...
Date: November 1990
Various dance groups perform at the opening ceremony for the New Zealand National Special Olympics Summer Games held at the Manawatū Sports Stadium. The Games took place in Palmerston North between Friday 30 November and Sunday 2 December, with o...
Date: November 1990
The Palmerston North Girls' High School choir sing 'This is the Moment', the theme song of the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games. They were performing at the opening ceremony of the New Zealand National Special Olympics Summer Games held at the Man...
Date: November 1990
Two athletes carry the torch to light the Special Olympics flame during the opening ceremony for the New Zealand National Special Olympics Summer Games held at the Manawatū Sports Stadium. Seated on either side of the raised dais are members of th...
Date: November 1990
View of the closing ceremony of the Special Olympics Summer Games, held at the Showground Oval. Palmerston North Mayor Paul Rieger sits on the left of the podium in the foreground.
Date: December 1990
Three images showing competitors in indoor bowls, held in the Pascal Street Stadium Extension as part of the Special Olympics Summer Games. The Games took place in Palmerston North between Friday 30 November and Sunday 2 December, with over 1250 a...
Date: December 1990
New Zealand entertainer John Hore-Grenell performs at the opening ceremony for the New Zealand National Special Olympics Summer Games held at the Manawatū Sports Stadium. The Games took place in Palmerston North between Friday 30 November and Sun...
Date: November 1990
Under the Oil Fuel (Emergency) Regulations of 1939, petrol and other fuels were rationed in New Zealand. Fuel rationing was introduced in September 1939 following the outbreak of the Second World War and remained in force until May 1950. This lice...
Date: 1948
Olga Stephens (c.1900-1969) and Basil Stephens (c.1903-1972) were two of the three children of Henry Stephens (1864-1913) and Frances Turton (1868-1951).
Date: circa 1950 to circa 1960
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The shipboard diary of Emily J. Hewitt [Shannon] written while a passenger on "Nourmahal" from London to Sydney.
Creator: Emily Hewitt
Place: Shannon
Date: 1864 to 1865