condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white
discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml

Bill Sevesi - photographs

documentary heritage
  • Description

    Bill Sevesi and Cath Tizard, print

    Bill Sevesi on steel guitar with girl on keyboard, print

    Bill Sevesi with Sam Neil, print

    Bill Sevesi with Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, print

  • Other Id

    240551 (Presto content ID)

    PH-2019-27 (Reference Number)

    ACQ-2021-11 (Acquisition number)

  • Department

Images and documents

    Catalogue

    • Object Type
    • Name/Title
      Bill Sevesi - photographs
    • Primary Maker

       Mr Bill Sevesi (Compiler)

    • Level of Current Record
      Parent
    • Member Object

      27 items in this collection. View all items.

    • Subject Person

       Mr Bill Sevesi (Compiler)

    • Subject Category
    • Classification
      photographic prints/positives/photographs/AAT Visual Works
    • Content
      1. [Portrait of Bill Sevesi with Hawaiian steel guitar], print (black and white)
      2. Bill Sevesi Group, Orange Ballroom, [Ben Tawhiti 1st from left, Bill Sevesi 2nd from left, Joe Brandon 3rd from left], ca. 1959-1960, print (black and white)
      3. Bill Sevesi’s Orange Ballroom band, 1965, print (black and white)
      4. Bill Sevesi’s band in Fiji, print (black and white)
      5. Daphne Walker and George Tumahai, print (black and white)
      6. Bill Sevesi, Mt Albert, ca. 1972
      7. Waihi Beach. (l-r) Val Herdson, Norm McKenzie, John Moore, Bill, Malu, photographer: C. Malcolm Regal Studios, Waihi, print (black and white)
      8. Orange Hall, 1970, print (black and white)
      9. Orange Ballroom, Alec Johansson, 1966, print (black and white)
      10. (l-r) Trevor Edmondson, Bob Wynard, Malu Natapu), Richard Santos, Bill Sevesi, print (black and white)
      11. Bill Sevesi (first year back after the war), 1945, print (black and white)
      12. Bill [Sevesi] and Trevor Rome 1945 (Here’s my mates & I in Rome when peace was declared with Japan. Love Bill 15/8/), print (postcard)
      13. Alliance Hall July 1946 (l-r) Alf Austin, Oscar Witybe, Bill Sevesi and Doreen Boucher, print (black and white)
      14. Some of the main stays of the Queensland Hawaiian Club. Top row (l-r) Stewart West, George Heywood, Tony Zimmerman jnr., Roy Ellems, Sid Downs. Bottom row (l-r) Tony Zimmerman snr., Ron Woolley, Margaret Compton, Nola Pye, Noel Ansted, print (black and white)
      15. Bill Sevesi, ca. 1950, print (black and white)
      16. Bamboo …, (l-r) Fred Johansson, Aleki Johansson, Sione Johansson and Lui Levu, 1970, print (black and white)
      17. [Person with vehicle], print (black and white)
      18. Oscar Wityke and Bill Sevesi at Milford Beach ca. 1940 (the very humble beginning of the Bill Sevesi Band – Bill was 16 years old), print (black and white)
      19. Bill Sevesi’s recording studio, 1989, print (black and white)
      20. Bill Sevesi’s recording studio, 1989, print (black and white)
      21. Bill Sevesi’s recording studio, 1989, print (black and white)
      22. Waihi, 1960, print (black and white
      23. Bill Sevesi with Clarence “Frogman” Henry, print (black and white)
      24. [Portrait of Bill Sevesi with Hawaiian steel guitar], print (black and white)
      25. Bill Sevesi and His Islanders, 1958, print (black and white)
      26. Bill Wolfgramm and Bill Sevesi, print (black and white)
      27. Bill Wolfgramm and Bill Sevesi, print (black and white)
      28. Bill Sevesi and Sam Neil, 16/02/2002, print (colour)
      29. Bill Sevesi [in recording studio], 11/10/1997, print (colour)
      30. Bill Sevesi, 23/03/1991, print (colour)
      31. [Bill Sevesi on stage], ca. 1991, print (colour)
      32. [Portrait of Bill Sevesi with Hawaiian steel guitar], ca. 1991, print (colour)
      33. Bill Sevesi, ca. 1990, print (colour)
      34. Bill and Christina doing the hula, Mandalay, ca. 1991, print (colour)
      35. [Bill Sevesi performing with band], ca. 1990, print (colour)
      36. [Bill Sevesi performing with band], ca. 1990, print (colour)
      37. [Bill Sevesi in recording studio], print (colour)
      38. [Bill Sevesi playing Hawaiian steel guitar], print (colour)
      39. [Bill Sevesi and band performing], 13/10/1990, print (colour)
      40. Bill Sevesi and Bill Spemann, print (colour)
      41. [Bill Sevesi and band], print (colour)
      42. [Bill Sevesi], print (colour)
      43. [Bill Sevesi and daughter Tania], 2013, print (colour)
      44. [woman smiling with ukulele green elei shirt with tapa backdrop], print (colour)
      45. [woman smiling with ukulele, wearing red skirt and a fala backdrop], print (colour)
      46. [woman smiling with ukulele, wearing red skirt and a tapa backdrop], print (colour
      47. Government House Wellington. Investiture ceremony [Cath Tizard] & Bill Sevesi), 1995 Government House, print (colour)
      48-161. Not described, colour slides.
      162-176. received in box labelled 'Wayne's wedding', colour slide
      177. [unidentified beach, possibly in Fiji], colour transparency
      178. [man on boat], print (black and white)
    • Associated Notes
    • Subject Notes
      Wilfred Jeffs QSM [Bill Sevesi] (28 July 1923 – 23 April 2016)
    • Copyright
      Collection contains multiple items - rights applied at item level
    • Last Update
      25 Sep 2024

    Related items

    Similar items

    Related objects

      The development of the Auckland War Memorial Museum online collection is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

      The gift of curiosity

      With unlimited free entry to all paid exhibitions, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events, a Museum Membership is the gift that keeps on giving year-round.

      SEE OPTIONS FROM $60

      The gift of curiosity