Five miles SW of Greymouth.
Paroa
Brave days of old; early history of the licensed trade in Westland 1866-67; with compar...
Date: 1975
By: Hokitika guardian (Newspaper)
Reference: Eph-D-HOTELS-Westland-1975-01
Description: Chart shows lists of hotelkeepers in several West Coast towns, for the years 1866-67, 1929 and 1975. The towns included at Hokitika, Grey Valley, Greymouth, Kaniere, Kaniere Forks, Coast Road, Taramakau, Kumara, Lake Mahinapua, Piper's Flat, Stafford Town, 6 Mile Beach, Ballarat Hill, Scandinavian Hill, Waimea, Ross, Paroa, Arahura River, Woodstock, South Westland, Humphries, Ho Ho, Kokatahi. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, on sheet 620 x 327 mm. Provenance: Donated by the J C Beaglehole Room, Victoria University of Wellington, in 2015.
The brave old days; early history of the licensed trade in Westland - 1866-67; with com...
Date: 1866 - 1929 - 1955 - 1867
By: Hokitika guardian (Newspaper); McNeish, James Henry Peter (Sir), 1931-2016
Reference: Eph-D-HOTELS-Westland-1955-01
Description: Lists hotels and breweries in Hokitika, Greymouth Kaniere, Arahura River, Piper's Flat, Stafford Town, Six Mile Beach, Ballrat Hill, Scandinavian Hill, Waimea, Ross, Paroa, and Teremakau in 1866/67, 1929 and 1955. Taken from a Coast Gold Fields directory 1866-67, printed in Hokitika. The directory is Harnett & Co's West Coast gold fields directory 1866-67, shelved in 2000, at ATL Reading Room 919-31 HAR 1866. It contains many full or part-page advertisements for the listed hotels. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on sheet 535 x 415 mm.
Shantytown, opening day
Date: 1971
From: Nathan, Simon, 1943-: Photographs of the Kermadec Islands, Antarctica, Inangahua, Mount Ngauruhoe, and various New Zealand locations
Reference: PA12-4383-04
Description: A large crowd gathered in the main street of Shanytown near Paroa, for the opening in January 1971. Title supplied by photographer. Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Mounted colour slide.
Workers at Stratford and Blair sawmill, Paroa, West Coast
Date: 1912
From: West Coast Historical and Mechanical Society : Photographs
Reference: 1/2-096918-F
Description: Workers at Stratford and Blair sawmill, Paroa, West Coast, 1912. From left: Geo Taylor, Ern Kitts, Rod Shepherd, Lew Coumbe, Bill Williams, Harry Hopgood. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative