Ranfurly family : Photographs.
(PAColl-5745)

The collection mainly covers the period of Lord Ranfurly's term of office as Governor of New Zealand from 1897 to 1904. It includes photographs collected on the journey out to New Zealand in 1897; portraits of the Governor, his family and staff; his travels throughout New Zealand and the Pacific in pursuit of his official duties; views of the official residences in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch; and scenes in the Ranfurly Veterans Home in Mt Roskill, Auckland.

Ranfurly family : Photographs.
PAColl-5745
1860s-1904
4 albums, 24 b&w original photographic prints.
Photographs.
Alexander Turnbull Library : Photographic Archive

The collection mainly covers the period of Lord Ranfurly's term of office as Governor of New Zealand from 1897 to 1904.

The photographs fall into the following categories; a record of the Ranfurly family's journey out the New Zealand via Canada, Hawaii and Fiji; the Government Houses of Auckland and Wellington, their gardens, and their interiors as arranged by Lady Ranfurly; the annexation of the Cook Islands and Niue in 1900; a journey through the Urewera country to Ruatoki and then to the Far North, as part of Ranfurly's official farewell to the Maori people in 1904; the Ranfurly Veterans Home in Mount Roskill, Auckland; portraits of the Ranfurly family and household; and sporting and social occasions.

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