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Question

i really need a 1860 wellington map. can anyone please help me? i don't have any encyclopedias. i've tried searching in the internet.. but to no avail. can someone please direct me to a site which shows wellington in the 1860??

thx

Answer 1

where is wellington. kidding. see if this helps.       Thomas Wing (1810-88) first came to New Zealand as chief officer of the Independence in 1834. Returning to England in command of the same ship he was interviewed and commissioned by the British Admiralty to carry out a number of surveys of New Zealand harbours. This work occupied Wing for three years and was mainly carried out in the f***y.

In 1844, Wing was selected by Colonel Wakefie1d to convey in his brigantine, the Deborah, officials of the New Zealand Land Company, from Nelson to Otago when that part of the colony was purchased: [fn.1]  During this period, Wing was closely associated with Frederick Tuckett the New Zealand Company surveyor.

In 1858 Wing was appointed harbourmaster of the Manukau, a post he held until his death at Onehunga in 1888.



Left - Sketch of the Deborah  lying in Nagle Bay, Great Barrier Island, 10 December 1847. Pencil and sepia ink.  Part of William Bambridge Diary. - Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library must be obtained before any re-use of this image. [Ref. MS-9122-188.] Right - Sketch of the f***y by Thomas Wing - a detail from Wing's chart of Kawhia Harbour entrance - Courtesy Auckland Public Library.



None of Wing's charts or plans were published by the Hydrographic Office. [fn.2] Wing carried out the following surveys in New Zealand waters: (arranged north to south)







Kaipara Harbour, f***y, January, 1836

Manukau Harbour, f***y, January, 1836

Tauranga Harbour, f***y, June, 1835

Raglan Harbour, f***y, January, 1836

Kawhia Harbour, f***y, January, 1836

Ahuriri, Napier Harbour and part of the central-east coast of the North Island, Trent, August, 1837

Entrance to the Fox River, (date and vessel uncertain)

Foveaux Strait area, Deborah, March to August, 1844.



List of Charts







A - Hydrographic Department, Ministry of Defence, Taunton.

(arranged north to south)





1. L2391 New Zealand folio 1.

A sketch of the entrance of the Kaipara on West Coast of New Zealand ... copy, dated 12 May 1841 of an original work dated January 1836;

size: 430 x 540mm.

NB Probably the original work is the sketch held in the Auckland Public Library; see reference number 6 below.



2 L2384 Sh. Xu.

A sketch of the Harbour of Manukau / on the West Coast of New Zealand by Thos. Wing Master I Schooner f***y of the Bay of Islands. New Zealand / January 1836. [with an inset view:] The entrance of the Manukau appears thus when the I outer nine pin Rock Bears E b S. by Compass Distance three miles II Copied from a rough tracing belong to Mr Wyld May 12th 1841 [Hydrographic Office stamp 13 May 1841].

colour and ink on paper; size: 550 x 424mm



3 L2389 New Zealand Folio 1.

A sketch of the entrance of Tauranga, a small harbour on the Bay of Plenty on the east coast of New Zealand, Lat. 37. 39 south [with an inset coastal profile]

pen and ink on paper; copy of a rough tracing belonging to Mr Wyld, 12 May 1841; size: 365 x 515mm.

NB Possibly the original plan is the sketch held in the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington - see reference number 10 below.





4 L2390 New Zealand folio 1.

Sketch of Kawia / on the West Coast of "New I Zealand 1836".

High Water on the Full and Change of the / Moon at 9h 30m am and rises / about 12 feet at spring tides I scale of one mile / [scale] a Drawn by (Capt) Thos Wing. copy made in 1841; size: 620 x 450 mm.

NB Possibly this work was copied from an original sketch held in the Auckland Public Library; see reference number 8 below.



























   Thomas Wing (1810-88) first came to New Zealand as chief officer of the Independence in 1834. Returning to England in command of the same ship he was interviewed and commissioned by the British Admiralty to carry out a number of surveys of New Zealand harbours. This work occupied Wing for three years and was mainly carried out in the f***y.

In 1844, Wing was selected by Colonel Wakefie1d to convey in his brigantine, the Deborah, officials of the New Zealand Land Company, from Nelson to Otago when that part of the colony was purchased: [fn.1]  During this period, Wing was closely associated with Frederick Tuckett the New Zealand Company surveyor.

In 1858 Wing was appointed harbourmaster of the Manukau, a post he held until his death at Onehunga in 1888.



Left - Sketch of the Deborah  lying in Nagle Bay, Great Barrier Island, 10 December 1847. Pencil and sepia ink.  Part of William Bambridge Diary. - Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library must be obtained before any re-use of this image. [Ref. MS-9122-188.] Right - Sketch of the f***y by Thomas Wing - a detail from Wing's chart of Kawhia Harbour entrance - Courtesy Auckland Public Library.



None of Wing's charts or plans were published by the Hydrographic Office. [fn.2] Wing carried out the following surveys in New Zealand waters: (arranged north to south)







Kaipara Harbour, f***y, January, 1836

Manukau Harbour, f***y, January, 1836

Tauranga Harbour, f***y, June, 1835

Raglan Harbour, f***y, January, 1836

Kawhia Harbour, f***y, January, 1836

Ahuriri, Napier Harbour and part of the central-east coast of the North Island, Trent, August, 1837

Entrance to the Fox River, (date and vessel uncertain)

Foveaux Strait area, Deborah, March to August, 1844.



List of Charts







A - Hydrographic Department, Ministry of Defence, Taunton.

(arranged north to south)





1. L2391 New Zealand folio 1.

A sketch of the entrance of the Kaipara on West Coast of New Zealand ... copy, dated 12 May 1841 of an original work dated January 1836;

size: 430 x 540mm.

NB Probably the original work is the sketch held in the Auckland Public Library; see reference number 6 below.



2 L2384 Sh. Xu.

A sketch of the Harbour of Manukau / on the West Coast of New Zealand by Thos. Wing Master I Schooner f***y of the Bay of Islands. New Zealand / January 1836. [with an inset view:] The entrance of the Manukau appears thus when the I outer nine pin Rock Bears E b S. by Compass Distance three miles II Copied from a rough tracing belong to Mr Wyld May 12th 1841 [Hydrographic Office stamp 13 May 1841].

colour and ink on paper; size: 550 x 424mm



3 L2389 New Zealand Folio 1.

A sketch of the entrance of Tauranga, a small harbour on the Bay of Plenty on the east coast of New Zealand, Lat. 37. 39 south [with an inset coastal profile]

pen and ink on paper; copy of a rough tracing belonging to Mr Wyld, 12 May 1841; size: 365 x 515mm.

NB Possibly the original plan is the sketch held in the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington - see reference number 10 below.





4 L2390 New Zealand folio 1.

Sketch of Kawia / on the West Coast of "New I Zealand 1836".

High Water on the Full and Change of the / Moon at 9h 30m am and rises / about 12 feet at spring tides I scale of one mile / [scale] a Drawn by (Capt) Thos Wing. copy made in 1841; size: 620 x 450 mm.

NB Possibly this work was copied from an original sketch held in the Auckland Public Library; see reference number 8 below.































5 L2392 New Zealand folio 1.

A sketch of Hau Ridi in the south part of Hawkes Bay New Zealand by Thomas Wing Master of / Schooner trent of the Bay of Islands NZD high water on the full & change of the moon at 7h AM and / rises about 7 feet at spring tides running from six to seven knots per hour the soundings / were taken at low water and are to feet August 1937.  Pen and ink on paper; copy dated May 12th 1841 of original 1837 work; size 399 x 500mm.

Reproduced: John O'C Ross This Stern Coast (Wellington: A H & A W Reed, 1969), p.1l2.

NB. Possibly the original work is the sketch held in the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington - see reference number 12 below.







B - Auckland Public Library, Auckland  [fn.3]

(arranged north to south)







6 D995:118aj 1836 NZM613

Chart of the entrance to Kaipara Harbour 1836 ...

pen and ink on paper; size: 330 x 530mm

NB. This is possibly the original of the chart held at Taunton see reference number 1 above.







7 0995.153 aj 1836 NZM4605.

A sketch of Waingaroa [Raglan] on the West Coast / of New Zealand high water on the full and I Change of the Moon at 9h 30m am and tides about / 12 feet at spring tides the soundings were / taken nearly at high water on the 28th / of January 1836 / Latte about 37 36' South 1/ Drawn by Capt Thos Wing. pen and ink on paper; 260 x 330mm































5 L2392 New Zealand folio 1.

A sketch of Hau Ridi in the south part of Hawkes Bay New Zealand by Thomas Wing Master of / Schooner trent of the Bay of Islands NZD high water on the full & change of the moon at 7h AM and / rises about 7 feet at spring tides running from six to seven knots per hour the soundings / were taken at low water and are to feet August 1937.  Pen and ink on paper; copy dated May 12th 1841 of original 1837 work; size 399 x 500mm.

Reproduced: John O'C Ross This Stern Coast (Wellington: A H & A W Reed, 1969), p.1l2.

NB. Possibly the original work is the sketch held in the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington - see reference number 12 below.







B - Auckland Public Library, Auckland  [fn.3]

(arranged north to south)







6 D995:118aj 1836 NZM613

Chart of the entrance to Kaipara Harbour 1836 ...

pen and ink on paper; size: 330 x 530mm

NB. This is possibly the original of the chart held at Taunton see reference number 1 above.







7 0995.153 aj 1836 NZM4605.

A sketch of Waingaroa [Raglan] on the West Coast / of New Zealand high water on the full and I Change of the Moon at 9h 30m am and tides about / 12 feet at spring tides the soundings were / taken nearly at high water o