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D5430 - Wright family of Eyam Hall - [14th cent]-1994
- 48 - Charles Sisum Wright (1894-1985) - 1880s-1982
  - 12 - Miscellaneous personal papers - c1882-1985

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5430/48/12/17
Title	Photograph album commemorating trip to Australia and New Zealand
Date	1882-1883
Description	On inside cover: chart showing ship's journey from Plymouth to Melbourne annotated with dates tracking daily progress; on first page: drawing of the 'Orient', sailed from London 19 Oct 1882 and arrived Melbourne 1 Dec and Sydney 7 Dec 1882 Photographs of Port Said; derelict artillery; Melbourne buildings and Botanical Gardens; Latrobe River; Lake King; Sale (Victoria); a stockman near Sale; Sydney views and Botanical Gardens; steamship 'Orient' sinking in Sydney harbour; Hobart (Tasmania), buildings and views; Tasmanian ferns; the Huon Road near Hobart; River Derwent from Hobart Botanical Gardens; near New Norfolk, Tasmania; watercolour of north shore, Auckland (New Zealand); photographs of Maoris and Maori buildings at Ohinemutu; the Maori King and his daughter; Maoris at Opotoki crying around a dead relative, custom called 'Tangi'; Maoris fighting; Maori guide Sophia at a cooking hole, Rotomahana; Maori woman and child; Ohinemutu on Lake Rotorua; White Terrace and Pink Terrace at Rotomahaua; Lake Roromahaua and hot springs; Mount Egmont, Taranaki; 'Ilam', Christ Church, residence of Leonard Harpur; Nelson (New Zealand); on the Avon at Christ Church; buildings at Christ Church; Castle Hill, Broken River and Parapet Rock on the way to Hokitika; Warinakariri River; Bealey River; the Bealey Hotel; Otira Gorge; Mount Rolleston; on the road from Christ Church to Hokitika; wire suspension bridge over Kellys Creek; Craigieburn; Hokitika town; Mount Cook; Port Chalmers; Dunedin; Wellington; Queenstown; Lake Wakatipu; Mount Kimberley, Milford Sound and Pembroke Peak. Album inscribed 'Joseph Simpson, Mayfield, Ashbourne' [possibly the person who took the trip]; also inscribed 'C S Wright, 62 Broomgrove Rd' [purchaser of the album?]
Extent	1 volume
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Wright family of Eyam Hall
Format	Artwork
Format	Photographic
Term	Colonialism
	British Empire
	Maori
	Indigenous populations
	Travel abroad
	Watercolour painting

Places

Place (click for further details)	Type
New Zealand
Australia
Tasmania

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