Mataura

Date: [1950-1975]

From: de Castro, Ian Douglas, 1923-1999 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6577-1

Description: Letters and notes from the Bradley family of Mataura (1952); cards from Jim McClung; annual letters from Dora French and Clarence Emerson of Nebraska (1961-1962); letter from Niki and Ian to Yvonne and Steed (1985); and letter from Barbara Fell, niece of Ian de Castro re his new status as a diabetic (1972); and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2006

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MSI-Papers-8640

Description: Six photographs of the farm taken in Jan 1960; Tuturau District map showing crown grants (including Alexander Cockburn), 1864; cadastral map of area south of Gore, showing land owned by Moseby family on Boundary Road (highlighted). Other - Material which accompanies MS-Papers-8640-56 Original owner of the farm at 135 Boundary Road, Mataura (Tuturau District) was Alexander Cockburn from Scotland who purchased 240 acres in 1874. In 2007 the property was owned by his great-grandson Ken Moseby and his wife Sue. In 2006 the property was awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter and photographs (photocopies)

Date: [196-]

From: Dollimore, Edward Stewart, 1904-1973 : Papers

Reference: 83-145-120

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1957-1966]

From: Fuller, James Ferris (Brigadier), 1913-2001 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6167-04

Description: Comprises regional files kept by Fuller while at Defence HQ relating to the fluoridation issue (see entry under Place) Quantity: 1 box(es) (hollinger box).

Date: 1869

By: Southland (N.Z. : Province). Provincial Council

Reference: MS-Papers-2870

Description: Pay sheet for workers on the Mataura Road; various payment vouchers. Names - H A Giller, John Aitkin, James McNatty, Thomas Scott, Charles Edwards, James Hay, George Friskin, James Gaven, Edward Brennan, A F Dawson, David Smyth, S Nichol, James Bailey, James Gavin, A G Edwards, William Dawson. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (8 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms, printed matter

Date: 1851-1858 (1910)

By: Mieville, Frederick Louis, 1830-1922

Reference: MS-1638-1642

Description: Reminiscences written in 1910 of Mieville's life in New Zealand, mainly in the Mataura Valley, Southland, on Glenham Station. Includes 2 pages of photocopies of sketches by Mieville; and a Mieville and a Richardson family tree Includes shipboard accounts of the voyage to New Zealand on the Dominion, and a voyage home to England via Melbourne, on `Thomas and Henry' and `Royal Charter' in 1857, and return voyage in July 1858 on the `Agra'. Includes diary entries written by his wife, 1854 Publication - Extensive extracts used by Herries Beattie in his histories of Southland Mieville and his future wife Fanny Richardson both immigrated to Lyttelton in 1851 on board the `Dominion' Quantity: 5 volume(s). Physical Description: Holographs (in red buckram hinged-lid box) Sketches by Mieville

Date: 1927-1951

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-143

Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance between 1927 and 1951. Includes: Number of photographs relating to Port Craig; roadmakers huts at Puysegur Point, 1940; Waikaia (including Jimmy Hamer's house), taken by J D S Roberts, 1951; Howell Memorial, Riverton, 1937; Queen's Park & Anderson Park, Invercargill; Gore WWI war memorial, 1951; Bluff oysters; many aerial photographs of places (all listed in Place Field), including Mataura township and freezing works. Quantity: 47 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1910]

Reference: PA4-0934

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of two ladies sitting on a rock near Mataura paper works, Southland Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Near Mataura paper works, Southland; Backing board recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [ca 1920]

Reference: PA6-744

Description: Panoramic photograph of the paper mill, Mataura, taken ca 1920 by an unknown photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library The paper mill was established in 1875, and closed in 2000. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 117 x 39 cm, mounted on cardboard Provenance: Purchase, 2007

Date: 1843-1849, 1866-1873

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2696

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-024

Description: John McLeay's arrival in New Zealand in 1858 was the beginning of an exodus of his immediate, and more distant, relatives from Scotland. This essay provides a background into their Scottish lives, traces through family stories and research, and gives an account of their movements and life in New Zealand. The story deals chiefly with three families: John McLeay's, Alexander McLennan's and John Souter's, but gives brief accounts of other family immigrants between 1870-1884, records details of the first generation born in New Zealand and looks at the life of one grandchild growing up in Southland. Includes family trees Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available. Family photographs

Date: 2007

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-9137-06

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Douglas George Irwin; land documents; `The Corner, a history of the Smith-Irwin farm' compiled in 2007 by Robyn Irwin (nee Pollock) wife of Douglas. Original owner was John Smith who acquired the property 3 km from Mataura in 1903 from the New Zealand and Australian Land Company. He named the corner block of land `The Corner'; it was later renamed Paramount. The property passed to his daughter-in-law Ellen Irwin and her husband George in 1911; then to their son George William Douglas Irwin in 1946, and to the present owner, their son Douglas George Irwin, in 1990. In 2007 the property was awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, printed matter, photographs, maps (photocopies) Transfers: A digital version of some or all of these papers is available at MSDL-0421.

Date: 1973

From: Robinson, Bernard Jim, 1932-2001 :Photographs of New Zealand hotels, townscapes and railway scenes

Reference: PAColl-7847-2

Description: Photographs of hotels and railway scenes in the South Island, taken in 1973 by Bernard Jim Robinson. Includes aerial views of Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin, and photographs of the Kingston Flyer. Arrangement: Negatives at 35mm-47938 to 47950, and 48008 to 48011 Quantity: 55 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 23-25 Jan 1965

By: Mataura Island School

Reference: qMS-1347

Description: Describes the celebrations held at the school Source of title - Caption title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (2 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) (34 cm; blue pamphlet case)

Date: 2006-2007

From: La Plante, Steven, fl 2001-2015: Photographs of war memorials

Reference: PAColl-10421-08

Description: Photographic prints showing war memorials for WWI and WWII, in various localities in the South Island. Quantity: 47 b&w original photographic print(s) (Resin coated silver gelatin prints).

Date: 22 May 1998

From: Gore District oral history project

By: McGowan, Terence Alexander, 1913-2002; Frizzell, Helen Isobel, active 1986-

Reference: OHInt-0428/14

Description: Chappie McGowan was born in Invercargill in 1913. Describes how his father worked at the paper mill for fifty six years. Talks about his mother being Presbyterian, becoming Catholic when she married his father and his parents having strong religious views. Notes they did not oppose alcohol and they and Chappie made home brew. Describes how Mataura was in a `dry' area until prohibition was voted out. Mentions making elderberry wine, parsnip wine and beer. Talks about `Waimahaka swamp juice' and Mr Enright. Mentions Mr Enright's whisky was delivered to the rabbit sheds where he was foreman. Describes heavy fines and jail sentences for making Hokonui whisky. Comments on the role of Customs rather than the police in bringing charges. Discusses the influence of the Depression and the war on the popularity of Hokonui. Contends that people were in it to make money. Describes how Hokonui was sometimes delivered in milk cans and `Waimahaka swamp juice' was delivered by the rabbit lorry. Mentions the closest pub was at Mandeville and locals would hire a taxi to the pub. Interviewer(s) - Helen Frizzell Accompanying material - Photocopies of photos of Chappie as a boy, young man and with his wife Nellie McGowan Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2606.

Date: 20 Feb 1998

From: Gore District oral history project

By: Bolger, Montague Graham, 1910-2007; McKelvie, Edna, active 1998

Reference: OHInt-0428/02

Description: Montague Bolger was born in Christchurch in 1910. Mentions his Irish grandparents meeting on the journey to New Zealand and subsequently having four sons. Notes that his parents John and Ethel had six sons. Recalls his father's employment at Costers coal mine, the Mataura Freezing Works and on their farm on the Mataura Winton road. Describes attending the Mataura School and leaving at the age of fourteen. Talks about working as engine driver at Rowes coal mine where his father was manager. Describes the job conditions, rate of pay, working hours, use of explosives, machinery and the change from steam to motor power. Recalls sitting his exam for second class steam ticket. Talks about the uprade of the Winton Road and the provision of gravel and water by Rowes Mines. Mentions coal deliveries by Lindsay Rowe and taking over this job. Describes the Depression, being offered work at the New Zealand Paper Mill at Mataura in 1936 and the installation of a new boiler. Comments on finishing working with coal. Talks about getting his first class steam ticket in 1940. Describes how Fletchercorp took over the paper mill. Discusses an exam, visiting the Secretary of the Institute of Marine and Power Engineers, membership of the Institute and the status at the mill of the old millhands. Describes becoming senior shift engineer and then power house engineer until his retirement in 1975. Interviewer(s) - Edna McKelvie Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1.40 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2593.

Date: 11 Dec 2013

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-11787-34

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Allan Gordon Currie & Sylvie Lila Currie; brief history, land documents and photographs Original owner was William Weatherburn, who acquired 400 acres in 1892. In 2014 the property was awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1974

By: Boyd-Bell, Robert, active 1999-2004; Barclay, Barry Ronald, 1944-2008; Biddle, Robert, -1996; Dansey, Harry Delamere Barter, 1920-1979; Greene, Richard L, active 1970s; Hohepa, Patrick Wahanga (Dr), 1936-; Ihimaera, Witi Tame, 1944-; Ihimaera-Smiler, Te Haa o Ruhia, 1915-2010; Katipa, Rawiri Tumokai, 1900-1985; King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004; Kingsbury, Norman, active 1976; Manihera, Te Uira Tuteao, 1906-1980; Manuera, Eruera Riini, 1895-1990; Nathan, Edward David, 1919-1987; Pewhairangi, Te Kumeroa Ngoingoi, 1921-1985; Porter, Te Kani Thomas, 1912-2007; Poutapu, Wiremu Te Ranga, 1905-1975; Rangihau, John, active 1960; Rickard, Eva, 1925-1997; Rongo, Herepo, active 1885-1976; Ruri, Rangi, active 1960s; Reedy, Tamati Muturangi (Dr Sir), 1936-; Reedy, Tilly Te Koingo, 1934-; Stirling, Eruera, 1899-1983; Te Kurapa, Hikawera, 1907-1985; Whero, Te One, active 1968; Whirihana, Ngakahikatea, -1974; Workman, Kim (Sir), 1940-

Reference: MSX-10083

Description: Comprises script for the six-part documentary series 'Tangata Whenua', produced and broadcast in 1974 by Pacific Films for the NZ Broadcasting Corporation. Produced by John O'Shea, directed by Barry Barclay, and written by Michael King who also conducted onscreen interviews. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: 1 spiral bound typescript with annotations in back pen. Provenance: The donor is a vertran of the New Zealand television industry, having first joined TNNZ in 1965.

Date: 1992-1997

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11641

Description: Transparencies of bridges in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the subject (bridge or viaduct name, and/or river/stream name, and/or road name) and location. Dates and photographer name are often but not always annotated. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in an upright slide container with two rows of slide drawers, comprising 10 slide drawers in total. Slides were arranged in the container largely alphabetically either by bridge or river name, or location name, and possibly also by type of bridge. Slides were physically arranged from top to bottom and across both rows. The container was labelled as follows: "Concrete 1 - 5 | Stone Arch 6 - 7 | Steel Arch 8 also Brick | Stone Arch Concrete Arch 2 - pt 5 | Concrete Girder pt 5-6". Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.