Land tenure - New Zealand - Otago Region

Date: 2005

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

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-16

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Roger James Cotton; land documents; history of family and property (including `Cotton family' from printed publication (p524)); photographs The original owner of the land in Waipori District (formerly Tuapeka County) was Thomas Dickson who was granted 15 acres by the Crown in 1872. He died in 1873 and the land passed to his widow Margaret (nee Atkinson) who remarried Robert Cotton in 1875. The land was transferred to Robert Cotton in 1891. At the time of the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award in 2005 the farm was owned jointly by brothers Roger James and Stuart William Cotton (great-grandsons of Robert Cotton). Accompanying material - Email from Roger Cotton to Alexander Turnbull Library, 2006, clarifying details recorded on the award application Quantity: 1 folder(s) 30 pages. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, photographs (some photocopies) 16 photographs - Portrait of Robert Cotton; family graves at Waipori Cemetery; O.P.Q. Canton stamping battery waterwheel at Waipori; plaque to honour the settlement of Waipori and the goldfields (1862-1924); views of the Cotton property (located 11 km from Lawrence)

Date: 2005

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

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-20

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Walter Dalziel; brief history of the farm and family; marriage certificate for Christopher Dalziel and Mary Anne Wighton, 1866; photographs (see below). The original owner of the land at Tuapeka West (later known as Braewick farm) was Christopher Dalziel who bought 100 acres in 1874. In the 1890s a further 630 acres were acquired. In 2005 the property was owned by Walter Dalziel, with his son Hamish being actively involved in the farm. 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, typescript, photographs Includes 27 photographs - Tuapeka West school pupils (1880s) & group at school picnic (1910); aerial view of farm (1980s); homesteads (1908 & 1974); family members; wedding photos (several generations); Charles & Mary Anne with 10 of their 14 children (1880s); etc.

Date: 2006

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

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-64

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Neil James Roy; history of farm ownership and family; photographs of the farm and family; certificates of title and maps Original owner of the farm at Moonlight was John Roy who purchased 201 acres in 1883. In 2007 the property was owned by his great-grandsons, Neil James Roy and Bruce Robert Roy. 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: Mss, typescripts, photographs, maps (some photocopies)

Date: 2006

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

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-32

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Andrew Bruce McCorkindale; reminiscences entitled `Beginning my life in the south' by Nora Jean McCorkindale nee Baumgart; certificates of title; photo of John Wood Byars. The original owner of the land at Llangollen, Round Hill Road, Manuka Creek Otago, was Adam McCorkindale from Scotland who purchased 241 acres in 1886 (Table Hill Survey District). In 2006 the property was owned by his great-grandson Andrew Bruce McCorkindale and his wife Marie. 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, typescript, photographs

Date: 1878-1883

From: John Martin, Solicitors of Edinburgh : New Zealand letters

Reference: MS-Papers-6509-08

Description: Letters and papers re estate of W G Maitland and the release of the Crescent property. Includes correspondence from the law firm of Kenyon and Hosking, and letter from J P Maitland (Crown Lands Department) re his father's estate. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1876

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Five sketchbooks with views of Dunedin and district and manuscript notes]

Reference: E-017-3-035

Description: Three sets of notes, one or two about property sale, one mentioning a watercolour: "H G Ste...[illegible] b[ough]t in 1860 a lot of properties in Dunedin ... from Charles Thompson ... Robinson says be sent ... Water colour for Naseby Church". Quantity: 1 holograph. Physical Description: Pencil in sketchbook, 64 x 216 mm (page size)

Date: 2008

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

Reference: MS-Papers-9389-27

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Ian Morrison McMillan; Letter from Dorothy McKenzie (sister of Ian); history of Reay farm compiled by Dorothy McKenzie, Jean Hubbard and Ian McMillan, Apr 2008. See MS-Papers-9389-31 for published summary & photographs. Original owner was John Cormack who acquired 84 acres at Otepopo (Herbert) and named the property Reay farm after his birthplace in Scotland. He married Janet (Jesse) McMillan in 1853. The couple were childless and on his death in 1875 the farm passed to Jesse's nephew John McMillan who died before he was 21 and without a will. The property reverted to his father Angus McMillan who made it over to his younger sons Angus John and William. In 2008 the farm was owned by John's son Ian McMillan and wife Lois (nee Wilcox), the farming being undertaken by Ian's cousins Ross McMillan and son Barrie. In 2008 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: Typescript, printed matter, photographs, maps (some photocopies)

Date: 2008

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

Reference: MS-Papers-9389-07

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Neville Alexander Armstrong; family and farm history, photographs and land documents (arranged by generation); excerpts from diaries 1920-1929. See MS-Papers-9389-31 for published summary & photographs Original owner was Alexander Armstrong who won the ballot on 3727 acres (Cragside) in Poolburn Survey District in 1897. In 2008 the property was owned by his great grandson N A Armstrong. In 2008 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, typescript, photographs (some photocopies)

Date: 1847

From: Great Britain. Colonial Office :Maps and plans. Series 1. New Zealand. CO 700/New Zealand

By: National Archives (Great Britain)

Reference: MapColl-834.52bje/1847/Acc.46985-8

Description: Shows numbered land sections along coastline between Matau Branch of Clutha River and Tokomairiro River and inland between Matau Branch and Lake Tuakitoto, not far from Balclutha, Otago. Some topography shown but little else. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) in 4 parts. Physical Description: Photographic print, black and white, scale [1:7 920], 64 x 93 cm. Provenance: From Colonial Office papers, England. Colonial Office material now held by National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom.

Date: 2008

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

Reference: MS-Papers-9389-25

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by John Douglas Mitchell; history of the Mitchell Farming Company Ltd; land documents, photographs of family and farm; aerial photograph of the property; recipes. See MS-Papers-9389-31 for published summary & photographs. Original owner was John Mitchell, an immigrant from Stirlingshire, Scotland. He and his brother James went to the Owaka distict and bought 56 hectares of land in 1907 where John farmed sheep, a few cows, felled timber and killed rabbits to earn a living. His son William took ownership of the property from his mother Annie when his father was accidentally killed in 1941. In 2008 the property which had increased to over 400 acres was owned by John's grandson John Douglas Mitchell and great-grandsons and under the name Mitchell Farming Company Ltd. In 2008 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, typescript, printed matter, photographs (some photocopies)

Date: 2007

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

Reference: MS-Papers-9137-05

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Mark Hutton; certificate of title; brief notes and research into the land ownership; map and photographs (copies) Original owner was John Hutton who purchased 122 acres in 1887 from James Hood who had obtained the grant in 1884. In 2007 the farm was owned by Charleshope Farming Company in which John's descendant Mark Hutton & his wife Liz have a financial interest. 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, typescript, photographs (photocopies)

Date: 2005

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

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-44

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Steve King; brief history of the farm and photographs of the farm and family; obituaries and newspaper aricles relating to the family; certificates of title and cadastral map. Original owner was Adam King who acquired 300 acres at Stony Creek, Clutha District in 1900 and named his property Mafeking. In 2005 the property was owned by Steven and Evelyn King. It was awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Steven is the great-grandson of Adam King. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, photographs, maps (some photocopies)

Date: 2007

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

Reference: MS-Papers-9137-20

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Lindsay Morgan accompanied by supporting land documents; brief history of the farm ownership; cadastral map Other - For additional information about the Totara Estate see MS-Papers-9137-10 & MS-Papers-9137-21 Original owner was Jessie Morgan, wife of Charles Morgan who purchased 39 hectares (Section 98 Block 1X Oamaru Survey District) of the Totara Estate, 1907. In 1917 additional land was purchased. In 1942 their son Kenneth married and took over the running of the farm and finally purchased it in 1955. For two years following his death in 1968 it was run as an estate until Kenneth's son Lindsay purchased it in 1970. 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 and map (photocopies)

Date: 2007

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

Reference: MS-Papers-9137-08

Description: The papers consist of: Application form and supporting land ownership papers submitted by Ray Williams; brief biographical essay on Thomas Edward Williams, 1841-1910. Original owner was Thomas Edward Williams who purchased 76 hectres at Tuapeka West in 1885. In 2007 the farm was owned his great grandson Ray Alister Williams. 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, typescript (photocopies)

Date: 1859-1860

By: Reynolds, William Hunter, 1822-1899

Reference: MS-Papers-3442

Description: Documents relating to the lease of land for a bonded store adjacent to Jetty Road, Dunedin. Includes letter from James Macandrew, Superintendent of Otago, 10 May 1860 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: 2008

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

Reference: MS-Papers-9389-23

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Stu Nicolson; bound history of family and farm entitled `Bower Farm 1882-2008, home to five generations of Nicolsons'; land documents. See MS-Papers-9389-31 for published summary & photographs. Original owner was Donald Nicolson who purchased a 320 acre farm at Poolburn which he named `Bower Farm' after his home parish in Scotland. In 2008 the land is owned by his great grandson Stuart Nicolson and wife and has been increased to 920 acres and 500 acres of neighbouring land leased. In 2008 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, typescript (some photocopies)

Date: 2006

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

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-80

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by John Beattie Edgar; `The family of Edgar';`Early history' by W Quin; certificates of title Original owner was John Mackie who acquired 500 acres at Tapanui in 1869. In 2006 the farm was owned by his great-grandson John Edgar. 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: Mss, typescript, maps (some photocopies)

Date: 2006

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

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-72

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Colin Kane; copy of `The Kane family and Grandview farm' by Stanley A Kane, 1985; photographs of the owners of the farm over the years; certificates of title and rating valuation. Original owner was John Kane who purchased 800 acres in the Tarras & Hawea District in 1902 and named the property Grandview. In 2006 the farm was owned by his great-grandson Colin Kane. 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: Mss, printed matter (some photocopies)

Date: 2008

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

Reference: MS-Papers-9389-28

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Susan Preston. Further papers to be added. See booklet in MS-Papers-9389-31 for details about the history of the Preston family and Longlands Station. See MS-Papers-9389-31 for published summary & photographs. Original owner was Joseph Farrar Preston who acquired 32000 acres in 1858. In 2008 the station is owned by Geoffrey Preston, great great grandson of Joseph. In 2008 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

Date: 2006

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

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-87

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Thomas Matthew Moran; history of farm and family; topographical map (printed from MapWorld) Original owner was Daniel Moran who took a 30 year lease in 1883. In 2006 the property was owned by his great-grandson, Thomas Matthew Moran. 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: Mss, typescript, map (some copies)