Classical Manuscripts in Australia and New Zealand, and the Early History of the Codex

Antichthon ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 60-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.H.R. Horsley
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Early History ◽  
Medieval Manuscripts ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 1950S

A generation ago K.V. Sinclair published what is still the standard guide to medieval manuscripts held in Australia. The title defines the scope: Descriptive Catalogue of the Medieval Western Manuscripts in Australian Collections. The parameters are further delimited by date: included are MSS of the Xlth-XVIth centuries. Brim full with technical information, and perhaps as a result rather austere in presentation, this book is a testimony to Sinclair's perseverance: the completed manuscript was lost at the end of the 1950s, and he started again. One consequence of this setback is that the addenda to the main catalogue update a work that was largely finished over thirty years ago; yet even these additions were not able to take account of some items which came to Australia at the end of the 1950s.

scholarly journals Peter Tomory : the New Zealand years, 1956-1968

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Courtney Johnston
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Art World ◽  
Art Writing ◽  
Close Study ◽  
Policy Statements ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
The University

<p>This thesis concerns Peter Tomory's nine years as Director of the Auckland City Art Gallery, between 1956 and 1964. The main theme that emerges in this study concerns the emphasis Tomory placed on professional practices, both at the Gallery and in the visual arts in New Zealand as a whole. The discussion is broken into four chapters. The first chapter sets the context for Tomory's directorship: his professional background, the New Zealand art world of the 1950s, and his initial vision for the Gallery. The second chapter is devoted to Tomory's development of the Gallery's permanent collection, and the third explores the ambitious programme of temporary exhibitions undertaken at the Gallery during his tenure. These broad topics are considered with reference to Tomory's policy statements, and through the close study of selected case studies. The final chapter examines the history of New Zealand art that Tomory developed over his twelve years in New Zealand (including both the texts he published while at the Gallery, and those he wrote while lecturing at the University of Auckland School of Fine Arts from 1965 to 1968) and his call for a more professional approach to art writing in this country. A bibliography of Tomory's published texts is included. A special effort is made in this study to consider Tomory's activities at the Gallery and his writing within their original historical and art-historical contexts, and also with reference to the way these actions and texts have been interpreted and employed by later commentators, especially post-nationalist critics. In this way, it is revealed that the history of New Zealand art formulated in the 1950s and 1960s was less homogenous, more complex and more contentious than it has more recently been portrayed.</p>

scholarly journals Peter Tomory : the New Zealand years, 1956-1968

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Courtney Johnston
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Art World ◽  
Art Writing ◽  
Close Study ◽  
Policy Statements ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
The University

<p>This thesis concerns Peter Tomory's nine years as Director of the Auckland City Art Gallery, between 1956 and 1964. The main theme that emerges in this study concerns the emphasis Tomory placed on professional practices, both at the Gallery and in the visual arts in New Zealand as a whole. The discussion is broken into four chapters. The first chapter sets the context for Tomory's directorship: his professional background, the New Zealand art world of the 1950s, and his initial vision for the Gallery. The second chapter is devoted to Tomory's development of the Gallery's permanent collection, and the third explores the ambitious programme of temporary exhibitions undertaken at the Gallery during his tenure. These broad topics are considered with reference to Tomory's policy statements, and through the close study of selected case studies. The final chapter examines the history of New Zealand art that Tomory developed over his twelve years in New Zealand (including both the texts he published while at the Gallery, and those he wrote while lecturing at the University of Auckland School of Fine Arts from 1965 to 1968) and his call for a more professional approach to art writing in this country. A bibliography of Tomory's published texts is included. A special effort is made in this study to consider Tomory's activities at the Gallery and his writing within their original historical and art-historical contexts, and also with reference to the way these actions and texts have been interpreted and employed by later commentators, especially post-nationalist critics. In this way, it is revealed that the history of New Zealand art formulated in the 1950s and 1960s was less homogenous, more complex and more contentious than it has more recently been portrayed.</p>

The Early History of the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists and the Related Movement for Primary Prevention in Mental Health: Some Recollections

1996 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter S. Cook
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Primary Prevention ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Early History ◽  
Health Club ◽  
History Of ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
Early Parent ◽  
Parent Child Relationships

Following his return to New Zealand from London in 1940, Dr C. M. Bevan-Brown gave lectures leading to the formation of the Mental Health Club. In 1946 this became the Christchurch Psychological Society. The New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists was formed at a conference in 1947 and held annual conferences for many years. In 1948 and 1949 training courses for doctors and medical students were conducted. To combat widespread ignorance, a series of pamphlets on various aspects of emotional health was published, and in 1950 a book on psychotherapy and primary prevention. These inspired the formation of Parents' Centres from 1951, which, as branches increased, led to the New Zealand Federation of Parents' Centres. They later gained official medical recognition and played an historic role in transforming some aspects of New Zealand culture and guiding institutions towards greater sensitivity to the emotional and mental health aspects of pregnancy, childbirth and early parent-child relationships. The influence of this movement continues.

scholarly journals The early history of netting bats

Therya ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Robert M. Timm ◽  
Suzanne B. McLaren ◽  
Hugh H. Genoways
Keyword(s):  
Early History ◽  
Ww Ii ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Mist Net ◽  
The U.S

The Japanese-style mist net that mammalogists and ornithologists use extensively came into regular use by scientists in the 1950s and early 1960s and its use in capturing bats and birds unharmed is now worldwide.  The history of the innovative mist net, which was originally made of silk and brought to the U.S. by ornithologist Oliver L. Austin, Jr., shortly after WW II, was reviewed recently by Genoways et al. (2020).  However, the mist net was not the first net to be used for the scientific capture of bats and birds—that was the Italian trammel net.

scholarly journals Pictures on a Page: Towards a History of the Photobook in New Zealand

2018 ◽  
pp. 5-21
Author(s):  
Athol McCredie
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Book Production ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
The 1960S

The term ‘photobook’ is very recent, yet numerous studies now survey histories of its development right back to the invention of photography. This article examines photographic books in New Zealand up to 1970 and concurrently explores definitions of the ‘photobook’ and whether, or to what extent, they can be applied to any of these publications. It considers nineteenth century albums, early scientific publications, and in particular, the books of scenery that have become such a stock item of New Zealand photographic book production. It also looks at a handful of books in the 1950s and 1960s that reacted against the scenic, as well as books of the 1960s inspired by photojournalism.

scholarly journals New Zealand's First Chief Justice: The Rule of Law and the Treaty

2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Peter McKenzie
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Early History ◽  
Keen Interest ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Major Significance ◽  
Chief Justice ◽  
Treaty Of Waitangi ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Way

This article builds on the contribution George Barton made on the life of Sir William Martin, New Zealand's first Chief Justice, in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. That entry indicates the keen interest George Barton had in the culture of the law including the history of the legal profession.  This article seeks to show that New Zealand's first Chief Justice was a figure of major significance in New Zealand's early history, not only because of the way he pioneered the establishment of the superior courts in New Zealand and sought to adapt English procedures to the needs of the new colony, but more significantly in the way he used his legal and linguistic skills to encourage Māori towards a society based on the rule of law, and used those skills to provide New Zealand's early government with an understanding of the Treaty of Waitangi.  His forceful and eloquent arguments on the rights confirmed to Māori under the Treaty, although unpopular and resented by many at the time, have become a powerful resource for Treaty historians today, and deserve greater attention  by New Zealand's professional historians.

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