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Date: 21 Mar 1996

From: Tuapeka oral history project

By: Rishworth, Margaret Joyce, 1921-

Reference: OHInt-0569/08

Description: Joyce Rishworth was born in Seacliff in 1921. Describes family and growing up in the area until the age of fifteen. Mentions father was a psychiatric nurse. Mentions the closure of Seacliff Hospital. Describes attending Seacliff Primary School, going by train daily to high school in Dunedin and attending Browns Commercial College. Describes meeting Harold Rishworth and becoming engaged before he went to war. Talks about his capture at El Alamein and his being a prisoner of war. Describes nursing training, but not sitting final exams, and nursing returned soldiers. Describes frequent church attendance. Talks about Harold Rishworth's appearance, rehabilitation and their marriage when he returned from war. Mentions his work at a fellmongery, the birth of their daughter and their move to Milton where they worked on a sheep farm. Describes applying for rehabilitation farms and a move to Lawrence. Discusses the rabbit problem, skinning and selling rabbits and improving land covered in gorse and manuka. Mentions the birth of other children and the difficulty of travelling on poor roads from Tuapeka West to the Lawrence maternity home. Discusses what her children are doing now. Describes having no telephone or electricity until the 1950s, initially no water, cooking on a wood stove and a mail delivery every three days. Discusses isolation as a result of snow and being unable to get home from Dunedin for a week. Mentions flooding and the influence of the Clutha River on farming. Describes increasing the farm size. Talks about recreational use of the river and the role of the punt as a tourist attraction. Details puntmen. Discusses the role of the church in her life. Recalls her husband's death in 1975. Describes membership of Associated Presbyterian Women (APW), Red Cross and Country Women's Institute(CWI). Notes Tuapeka West is also known as Kononi. Discusses involvement with the Clutha Valley High School. Notes the closure of the Tuapeka West School in 1991 and other services which have closed. Mentions the Greenfield pub and local events including the Shearers Jamboree, the punt dance and Tuapeka Mouth cattle sales. Describes disappointment on hearing about the dam and the potential loss of part of their property but comments philosophically on the need for electricity. Discusses being consulted by ECNZ and meetings at Tuapeka Mouth. Talks about sadness at the planned flooding of Beaumont and notes that her daughter and son in Beaumont have sold their orchard to ECNZ. Comments on the uncertainty created by the dam issue. Describes how her home is a base for the family and the dam has an impact on the whole family. Comments on the activities of Friends of Beaumont (FOB) who tried to disrupt punt celebrations. Interviewer(s) - Jerome Cvitanovich Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 2.20 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA 2632. Photo of Joyce and Harold Rishworth; Joyce Rishworth and others; Joyce Rishworth and son

Date: [1930s]

From: Union Steam Ship Company :Photographs of Ship Cove, Milford Sound, and Pacific Islands

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955

Reference: PAColl-D-0113

Description: Groups of holidaymakers on launches and dinghies. The RMS Monowai is in the distance. Boys in bathing costumes are on the jetty to the right and a man is swimming in the immediate foreground. Mitre Peak is in the background. The photograph was probably taken during a Union Steam Ship Company excursion to Milford Sound, by Wellington photographer, W H Raine, in 1930s. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 43 x 58 cm Provenance: Donated by Union Steam Ship Company, Nov 1970

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000427-G

Description: Photograph by William A Price taken ca 1910. View looking east across the flat grassy area behind the beach towards Waiheke Island in the distance. Crowds are walking on the grassy area and standing on the beach nearby. A large number of yachts and leisure craft are anchored in the bay. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Motutapu. Auckland. 1775 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001401-G

Description: Two boat loads of people rowing in Arkles Bay in front of Arkle's Bay House. Kia Ora House can be seen in the distance on the far right. A flagpole is on the right of Arkle's Bay House. Taken by William A Price in early 1900s (possibly from the jetty at the north end of the bay). Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Arkle's Bay. Auckland. No 3551 Relationship complexity - A similar view of the two row boats is available at 1/2-000476 William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001067-G

Description: Photograph taken ca 1910 by William Price. View of Home Bay, Motutapu Island, taken from the northern end of the beach on the occasion of the Premier's Picnic (Sir Joseph Ward's visit to the island). A large crowd of people are walking on the beach. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Home Bay. Motutapu. Premier Picnic. 1243 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001283-G

Description: A view of Bucklands Beach, Auckland, on a summer's day with the ferry, Wakatere, at the wharf waiting to take passengers across to Auckland. Leisure craft are anchored near the beach and small sailing boats surround the ferry. A large group of people can be seen hehind the trees on the righthandside. Rangitoto Island is in the distance. Photograph taken by William Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Bucklands Beach. Auckland. No 177E Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [1 Jan 1914]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001673-G

Description: View of the crowd standing close to the water's edge watching the activity on board yachts and boats near to the shore. Taken from behind the crowd and looking out to sea. Possibly the ocassion was the New Year's Day regatta. Taken by William A Price, on 1 Jan 1914? Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Shelly Beach. Ponsonby. 1754 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001400-G

Description: View of the bay taken from the beachfront looking towards the jetty at the northern end of the bay and the southern side of the Whanaparaoa Peninsula. Adults are sitting on a boat on the foreshore and children are playing near a boat at the water's edge. A woman is lying on the grass on the beachfront in the immediate foreground on the left (partially obscured). Taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Arkle's Bay. Auckland. No 857A. William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1912]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000664-G

Description: View of a crowd of people at Cheltenham Beach standing with their backs to the camera watching the start of a yacht race. The start boat can be seen in the middle distance (with Rangitoto Island behind). Several row boats are near the shore. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s.. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Cheltenham Beach. Devonport. Auckland. No 1845 William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001069-G

Description: Photograph taken ca 1910 by William Price. General view of Home Bay, Motutapu Island, taken from a hill at the north end of the beach looking south towards Motuihe Island in the distance. There are many boats in the bay including a ferry, and crowds on the beach. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001285-G

Description: View of Bucklands Beach taken on a summer's day from the sea looking towards the beach with Rangitoto Island in the distance. Yachts and launches are anchored close to shore and people are on the beach or walking along the seafront. Hindman's store is on the far right. A man is swimming close to the photographer in the foreground. Photograph taken by William Archer Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Bucklands Beach. No 148E William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000476-G

Description: Two boat loads of people rowing in Arkles Bay in front of Arkle's Bay House. A flagpole can be seen on the right of Arkle's Bay House. Taken by William A Price in early 1900s (possibly from the jetty at the north end of the bay). Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Arkle's Bay. Auckland. No 3535 Relationship complexity - A similar view of the two row boats is available at 1/2-001401 William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches