Near Pirinoa. The early settlers in the southern Wairarapa were mostly Presbyterians. They gave money to build this church still standing alone in the landscape, and still in use as a church in 2012. It was dedicated in May 1875. Designed by John King of Masterton, its builder was James Tweedale. There is an Historic Places plaque near the gate. The circular turret top ventilator on the roof is similar to those used on early dairy factories and some schools. (See internet http://dayout.co.nz/attractions/attraction.aspx?attractionId=2507).
Burnside Church (Pirinoa, N.Z.)
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Travel in New Zealand
Date: Probably March 20 - 21 1959
From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia
Reference: PA12-8794
Description: Transparency slides of Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams') travel in New Zealand in 1959. This sheet of slides was probably taken earlier than those on some of the preceding sheets (information from his diary). This sheet contains images taken in the Wairarapa, in Napier and Gisborne. Included are a view of Burnside Church near Pirinoa; several images of the road into, and views of the rock formations known as the Pinnacles (Putangiroa Pinnacles), including a close-up of shell fossils; Massey College at Palmerston North; street scene with the Majestic Hotel and the railway line passing through Palmerston North; the Domain Gardens, and Stortford Lodge Hotel at Hastings; the Hawke Bay province from Te Mata Peak; Cape Kidnappers and the gannet colony; Napier beach looking north; the Napier Sound Shell; flower beds as a border in Napier; and Gisborne from the hill. Slides on this sheet are numbered 554-578, with gaps for 556, 559-560, 567 and 577. Arrangement: Mr Williams transferred slides (nos. 556, 559-560, 567, 577). These showed the river valley on the way to the Pinnacles; Pinnacle Valley "towers" and "castles"; railway line through Palmerston North; Gisborne area showing the beach looking south. They were removed to be included in his representative collection on New Zealand for various lectures which he gave when he returned to England. The lecture series are filed in later sequences. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm
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Churches
Date: 1976-1978, 1992, date unknown
From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage
Reference: PA12-12296
Description: Transparencies of churches in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name or brief description, and/or the location, of the church. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Churches and locations annotated on the slide mounts include Church of the Good Shepherd in Ongaonga, chapel at Te Aute College, Church of the Epiphany in Ormondville, St Michael and All Angels in Porangahau, St James the Great in Konini (demolished), St Aidan's Anglican Church in Alfredton, St Cuthbert's Anglican Church in Eketahuna, Norwegian church in Mauriceville North, Church of the Good Shepherd in Tinui, St Jude's Anglican Church in Lyall Bay in Wellington, Church of St Francis of Assissi in Bideford, Greek Orthodox church near Masterton, St Andrew's Anglican Church in Martinborough, Burnside Presbyterian Church in South Wairarapa, and Old St Paul's Church in Wellington. Includes one slide that has had the caption partially erased and has a "?" underneath the image. Title transcribed from item. Few slides have dates annotated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a six-row metal slide case, each row holding 43 slides, and the case capable of holding up to 258 slides. Arrangement was largely geographical, from north to south of the North Island, then from north to south of the South Island. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard 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.
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Country churches
Date: 2001, date unknown
From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage
Reference: PA12-11682
Description: Transparencies of country churches in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name of the church and location. Dates and photographer name are often but not always annotated. Title transcribed from item. Many slides are not dated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, plastic case. The arrangement appears generally, although not totally, geographical, from the top of the North Island to the lower South Island. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard 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.