Ahaura

Date: 1967

By: Patterson, John Kenneth, 1914-2005

Reference: MapColl-834.1gbc/1967/Acc.31194

Description: Plans from the Strongman Mine Committee of Inquiry, 1967, from the chairman, lawyer and senior magistrate Mr Patterson. Index of miners' working places at the time of the accident. List names of those on day shift and night shift. Identifies position of persons killed in the mine on the plan, their names and the injuries they died from. Identifies structural elements of the mine, for example stoppings, air crossings, goaf areas, elevations, falls. Plan shows where at least nineteen people died. Removed from donor's study after the sale of his house Quantity: 2 map(s). 1.90 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 56.8 x 77.5 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Plans of Strongman Mine, 1967.

Date: [ca 1940s]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-003

Description: Photographs of Stewart Island, Westland, Southland and Nelson taken circa 1940s for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of road construction, towns, rivers, bridges, lakes, mountains and personalities. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1880s

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939; Brewster, Barney, active 1991-2019

Reference: PAColl-6394

Description: Photograph of the bridges at Ahaura, taken ca 1880s by James Ring of Greymouth. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 1925-1927

From: Hume, Keith Hamilton, fl 1974-1982 :Albums featuring Ohura and Rotoiti and timbermill

Reference: PA1-o-231

Description: Album of views of Ahaura, Dunganville, Kawarau and Rimu, on the West Coast, showing gold dredging at Ahaura and Rimu, taken 1925-1927, probably by John Martyn Hume. Several views show construction of a dam at the lake outlet into the Kawarau River. "It was dammed in 1926 in an attempt to reduce the level of the river and so recover the "tons of gold" believed to be in the river bed ... inspired by references to Kawarau's hidden gold in the prophetic novel `Anno Domini' written in England in 1889 by ... Sir Julius Vogel ... to no avail. The waters of the tributaries, the Shotover and Arrow Rivers continued to flow into the Kawarau and its level did not fall, and hundreds of investors saw their dreams shattered and their money lost. Today the dam provides a road bridge across the river between Frankton and Kelvin Heights" (See Wises New Zealand Guide). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Soft brown covered album, entitled `Photographs'; 13.5 x 22:0 cm

Date: 1955-1958

From: Cory-Wright & Salmon Ltd : Records

Reference: 77-048-02/08

Description: Papers relating to J M Dunphy's private electrical installation at Kopara Falls, Ahaura, West Coast Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1967

By: Patterson, John Kenneth, 1914-2005

Reference: MapColl-834.1gbc/1967/Acc.31199

Description: Plans from the Strongman Mine Committee of Inquiry, 1967, from the chairman, lawyer and senior magistrate Mr Patterson. Shows scene of explosion, position of persons killed, path and direction of explosion waves, stoppings, air crossings, goaf areas, elevations and falls. Shows index of miners working places. Annotated highlight (from manuscript map) of path of explosion waves. Removed from donor's study after the sale of his house Quantity: 1 map(s). 1.90 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale [1:792], 57 x 77.5 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS Group 0940, Plans of Strongman Mine, 1967.

Date: 19 Sep 1953

From: NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd: Mosaic aerial negatives, prints, transparencies, and index

Reference: NZAM-D/136-F

Description: Aerial mosaic made by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd in 1953 showing forest and lakes in LAke Ahaura area, West Coast Region. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - S52 95B Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, approx 59.4 x 84.1 cm (A1 size), 13 chains to 1 inch

Date: 1967

By: Patterson, John Kenneth, 1914-2005

Reference: MapColl-834.1gbc/1967/Acc.31198

Description: Plans from the Strongman Mine Committee of Inquiry, 1967, from the chairman, lawyer and senior magistrate Mr Patterson. Plan drawn from measurements by F.W.J. Munden. Shows floor to roof plan, where shots blown through, shot wires, shot near rib, cavity in face, hole full of stonedust and drill holes. Removed from donor's study after the sale of his house Second copy at 834.1gbc/1967/Acc.31195 Quantity: 1 map(s). 1.90 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale [ca. 1:792], 37.5 x 52 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS Group no. 0940, Plans of Strongman Mine, 1967.

Date: 1967

By: Patterson, John Kenneth, 1914-2005

Reference: MapColl-834.1gbc/1967/Acc.31197

Description: Plans from the Strongman Mine Committee of Inquiry, 1967, from the chairman, lawyer and senior magistrate Mr Patterson. Shows wider section of plan; Green's 1 and 2 section, Kinsey's section (the C seam middle and lower sections), and also parts of Scott's section. The Green's No. 2 section, the lower split of C seam, has been highlighted on the legend and in the plan. Removed from donor's study after the sale of his house Quantity: 1 map(s). 1.90 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale [1:792], 56.8 x 77.5 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS Group 0940, Plans of Strongman Mine, 1967.

Date: 1937 - 1952

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Bledisloe, Charles Bathurst, Viscount, 1867-1958; Kent, Thelma Rene, 1899-1946; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Richards, Robert Samuel, active 1951; Weigel, William George, 1890-1980

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-031

Description: Photographs of the South Island, 1937 to 1952, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of Campbell Island in 1931 and views of the southern lakes and glaciers. Photographers include Thelma Kent, Eric W. Bierre, Lord Bledisloe, A E Graham, Lloyd Wilson, W G Weigel and W Hall Raine. Quantity: 61 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1948

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-13427-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 2002, 2004

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PADL-000483

Description: Photographs of Aharua, West Coast. Includes photographs of log chopping competitions and aerial views of the town and surrounding area. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Views-Places (ahaura)" Quantity: 94 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1872

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-085

Description: Shows two settlers' cottages in a bush clearing, with scattered tree trunks and hills beyond Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 130 x 232 mm

Date: [ca 1881]

From: Perkins, J (Mr), fl 1967 :Photograph album and loose prints

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Perkins, William Herbert, -1927; Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA1-o-415

Description: Photographs of Greymouth, Grey River, Brunnerton, Ahaura, Reefton, Waimakariri, Lake Pearson, Lake Brunner, Dillmanstown, Milford Sound, Franz Josef Glacier, Ross, and the thermal areas of central North Island. The photographers represented include William Herbert Perkins, James Ring and the Burton Brothers. There is one interior view of a quartz-crushing battery at Reefton. Pages 55, 57 and 58 have portraits of women (and one man) in "Fancy Fair" costumes Inscriptions: Album page - "William Perkins. Greymouth. 1884" Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon covers, darker corners and spine; "Album" lettered in gold on spine; 23.5 x 30.0 cm

Date: 1872

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-086

Description: View across river flats to distant mountains. A small house in the middle distance. The Library catalogued this work in the 1970s with a date of [1865[. However Fox is known to have visited Ahaura and travelled up the Little Grey (Mawheraiti) River in 1872 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour

Date: 1955 - 1968

By: Patterson, John Kenneth, 1914-2005

Reference: MapColl-834.1gbc/1960/Acc.31193

Description: Plans from the Strongman Mine Committee of Inquiry, 1967, from the chairman, lawyer and senior magistrate Mr Patterson. Detailed view of 'C' seam showing barrier supports, Kiwi Creek and large section of the mine. Coloured annotations in red and blue pencil highlighting main return path (red) and main intake path (blue) as well as heating (red). Legend includes board and brattice stopping, fire dams, doors, air crossings, telephones, underground ambulance station, direction air current and airways. Removed from donor's study after the sale of his house Traced by RS Bennett, 7/7/1960. An article from the Colliery Guardian February 1 1968 and reprinted in the 2 February 1968 issue had been pasted to the bottom of the map. Quantity: 1 map(s). 1.90 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, hand coloured, 77 x 119 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS Group 0940, Plans of Strongman Mine, 1967.

Date: Date unknown, circa 1880s?

From: Browning, H :Photographs by James Ring

Reference: 1/2-050020-F

Description: Midland Railway Bridge at Ahaura, under construction by J.Jay & Co, photographed by James Ring. Date unknown, circa 1880s? Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Midland railway bridge. Ahaura. J.Jay & Co's contract; Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Ring Photo Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1872

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-084

Description: Looking across flat pasture to mountains beyond Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 130 x 232 mm

Date: Date unknown, circa 1910?

By: Pickering, D, active 1981

Reference: 1/2-055658-F

Description: Scene at Ahaura with St Mary's Catholic Church. Date unknown, circa 1910? Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: May 1951

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-28442-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate