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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: 2005

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

By: Pirie, David James, active 1982-2005

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-45

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by David James Pirie; one page extract from `100 years at Morton Mains'; certificates of title; photographs of William Pirie taken about 1920 and in 1942; letter from James Pirie of Invercargill. Original owner of the property was William Pirie who acquired 232 acres in 1900. In 1914 a further 212 acres were purchased from Colin Gerrard. In 2005 the land was farmed by his son James and grandson, David Pirie and was awarded the NZ Century Farm & Station award to mark 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, photograph

Date: 2005

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

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-13

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Scott Donald Blair McKenzie; original farm deed, 1869; maps The original owner of Greenbush was Kenneth George McKenzie of Kildonan, Little Loch Broom, Western Highlands, Scotland, who acquired 50 acres at Fortrose, Southland. In 2005 the land at 218 Fortrose-Otara Road (Block IX Toes Toes District Section 3) was farmed by his great-great-grandson Scott McKenzie and his wife Christine. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript (some photocopies)

Date: 2005

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

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-03

Description: Papers include: Drawing of The Homestead, Claxby, 1991 (on postcard); pages copied from `Ninety years - Some memoirs' by Marmaduke Spencer-Bower, ca 1999 which cover the history of Claxby. Claxby has been farmed by the Dixon family since 1852 when Marmaduke Dixon took up 6,480 acres between the Waimakariri and Eyre Rivers. In 2005 the property was owned and farmed by Richard Marmaduke Spencer-Bower and his wife Margaret. Richard is the great grandson of Marmaduke Dixon and son of Marmaduke Spencer-Bower. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2005

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

By: Arnott, Stephen Alexander, 1944-

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-48

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Stephen & Sheila Arnott; history of the farm and family; notes on farm succession; certificates of title; photographs of farm and family members; obituary for Richard Arnott. Original family member to own the farm at Mimihau named `Anderson Park' was Richard Arnott who purchased the property from Robert Shields in 1903. He died in 1935 and his son John Baty Arnott took over the running of the farm from his mother Emily and acquired the ownership in 1946. John's son Stephen took over ownership in 1972 when he married Sheila Manson, and they run the farm in partnership. In 2005 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: 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: 2005

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

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-21

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Lindsay Tait Johnston; history of the Johnston families of Waikaka Valley; land documents; extract from book re 1874 & 1875 land sales (p 14); photographs The original owner was Adam Dickson Johnston who purchased 200 acres in 1874 in the Waikaka Valley, 8 km from Gore. In 2005 the property was owned by his great-grandson Lindsay Johnston and wife Valda. In the intervening years further land was added to the initial block making a total of 536 acres. It was awarded the NZ Century Farm & Station award to mark 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, maps, photographs (some photocopies) Four photopgraphs - Elmsleigh (1930 & 1940); original homestead (built 1888), taken in 1917; Lindsay Johnston with Romney sheep, 1989

Date: 1862-1863, 1976-2005

From: Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-2012 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8897-51

Description: Includes a conservation plan and report from the New Zealand Historic Places Trust Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts, printed matter

Date: 2005

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

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-52

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Jeffrey Blair Young; brief history of the Young family and land owned by them. The original owner of Heathcote was Samuel Young who purchased 4300 acres in 1905. In 2005 it 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

Date: 2005

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

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-36

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Alistair Campbell McKay; brief history of the farm and family; certificate of title. Original owner was Mrs Barbara McKay from Scotland who acquired 312 acres in 1889. In 2005 it 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

Date: 1840 - 2005

By: Memelink, Alfred, 1961-

Reference: A-168-006

Description: An imaginative reconstruction of the arrival of the ship Bolton, with other craft around, and a rowboat of passengers being transported to shore. There are no known contemporary views of the ship Bolton. This is probably not an authentic view of its appearance Extended Title - ... Surgeon superintendent Doctor Richard Godfrey Lowe. Sailed Gravesend, London 19th November 1839 - arrived Port Nicholson 30th April 1840. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Artist signature; Recto - bottom left - Limited edition print, number AP of 500 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (2 copies). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 215 x 295 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Alfred Memelink, Petone, in 2005.

Date: 2005

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

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-23

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by David James & Isobel Jeannette O'Hara; History of Cornelius & Margaret Edith O'Hara (original owners); land documents; aerial photograph of `Cloverdale', Otama (1950s); family and farm photographs. Original owner was Cornelius O'Hara who acquired the original parcel of land in 1877 (79 hectares). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, maps, photographs

Date: 1895 - 2005 - 1896

By: Fowler, Edward Michael Coulson (Sir), 1929-2022

Reference: A-156-020

Description: A sketch showing the yacht Rona sailing in Oriental Bay with St Gerard's Monastery on the Hill behind it, and the transmission tower on Mt Victoria at top right. In the right foreground is superimposed a sketch taken from a photograph of Alexander Turnbull and his friends on board the boat (ATL ref: 1/2-036181-F) The original A3-sized artwork from which these copies were made, was produced by Sir Michael Fowler to be auctioned to raise funds for the preservation of the "Rona" in 2005. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Michael Fowler / 2005 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) (2 copies). Physical Description: Colour photocopy, 197 x 210 mm. Provenance: Donated by Sir Michael Fowler, Wellington, in 2005.

Date: 2005

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

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-01

Description: Papers relating to Tullochgorum include: Mortgage deed of 16 Jan 1854; plan of land at Turakina, 1861; subsequent land purchase from John Cameron, 6 Jul 1865; lease agreement between Alexander Grant and his sons John & Duncan, 21 Apr 1875; certificate of title 1963; transfer 29 Oct 1981 to Richard Ewen Grant; half share to Roslyn Joan Grant (wife of Richard Ewen Grant). Births, marriages and deaths from family Bible; photographs of Alexander and Mary Grant and copies of other old family photographs; entries from Rev Richard Taylor's diaries, 1851-1852; obituaries and articles relating to Alex and Mary Grant; papers and photos relating to family reunion held in Oct 2000, church service and commemmorative cairn erected at Turakina The original owner of the property was Alexander Grant from Glenmoriston, Scotland who arrived in New Zealand on the Blenheim in 1840 and purchased the land at Turakina in 1850. The current owners are Richard Ewen Grant (great-grandson) and his wife Roz. Ewen farms Tullochgorum with his son, Ian Richard Grant. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Copies of family photographs

Date: 2005

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

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-15

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Gerald Francis Langford; detailed history of the family and farm; land documents; photographs The original owner of the land was John Alfred Langford (b 1815) who acquired 75 acres at Long Plain Road, 5 km south of Takaka in 1872. A year later he passed joint ownership to his sons Robert Young Langford and Arthur Edward Langford. Arthur became sole owner in 1880. In 2005 the farm was owned by the G F Langford Trust and the farm was managed by Richard Francis Ward Langford & wife Cindy (great-great-great grandson of original owner). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, photographs (laser & photocopies)

Date: 2005

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

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-22

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by George C Morrison (for Morrison Family Trust / T/A Morrison Bros); printed material - Chatton Survey District Block I (pp 97-98) & `George & Marjorie Morrison' (pp 106-107); map of properties in Waikaka Valley; photograph of Rosedale homestead, 1900. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, maps, photographs Photograph of Rosedale homestead taken in 1900 with William Cumming and his two sisters Isabella and Margaret and nephew George Morrison

Date: 2005

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

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-11

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Peter William Thomson; family history & 5 generation Thomson family tree; land documents (title, maps, etc); article by M G Thomas entitled `Yeoman of the South: Southland pioneering farmers and their families', Feb 1940 (published in Southland Daily News); mss notes - The farms of Messrs John Thomson and sons near Winton (1878); reminiscence by William Thomson (son of John) for article published in newspaper; brief sketches of John Thomson snr family (provided by descendant of each); photographs of family and farm; `The life of Peter Thomson' by Douglas Thomson (father of P W Thomson). Original owner of the property was John Thomson (1813-1894). Born in Perthshire, Scotland, he immigrated to NZ in 1864 with his youngest children on the Lady Raglan and settled in Winton. His wife Jane died in 1860 and his two elder sons had arrived two years earlier on the Brothers Pride. With the money earned from ploughing, fencing and cartage contracts he purchased 2,000 acres from the Shand Bros (and a further 2,000 acres between 1866-1886), in the district now known as Thomson's Crossing, near Winton. Wheat cropping was his first experiment on the farm he named Winton Plains where he remained until his death in 1894. In 1876, the eldest son Peter settled on a 900 acre block of his father's property, later taking over the homestead, his main source of income being derived from sheep grazing and cropping. His second son James farmed 1,050 acres of the original estate. John, the third son farmed a 700 acre block of land to the south of the estate. In 2005 543 acres of the original estate is farmed by John Thomson's great great grandson, Peter William Thomson and his wife Norah, nee Adamson (Springburn Trust). The homestead they live in, `Springburn', was built in 1925 to replace John Thomson's original home. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, photographs (some photocopies)

Date: 2005

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

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-28

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Peter Hume Chittock (on behalf of the P H Hume Family Trust), record of Chittock family ownership; original certificate of title made out to James Chittock, 1881; cadastral map showing location of the farm north of Gore; extracts from published book re Benjamin Chittock, and Stanley & Jill Chittock; aerial photographs of `Glengowrie'; photographs of various family members. Original owner of the property at Pinnacle Road, East Chatton, Gore District was James Henry Chittock of Brampton, Suffolk who purchased 200 acres in 1881. 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, photographs

Date: [1980s-2000s], 1997, 2000, 2005

From: Garland, Phil, 1942-2017: Papers and recordings

Reference: MS-Papers-11839-066

Description: Contains articles, ephemera and correspondence relating to the Hokonui Moonshine Museum in Gore. Also research material on illegal whisky distilling in Southland, including photocopied sections from books and photographs. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, photos and printed matter (some photocopies)