Gold miners

Date: 1896-1957

By: Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd

Reference: MS-Group-1132

Description: Records of the Company, consisting of reports, general and London correspondence, files on industrial relations and unions, legal documents, some minutes, mine manager reports and other papers. The records relate to both the Blackwater and the Consolidated mines, and there are some files on Progress and other subsidiary mining companies. Also included are the business and private correspondence and diaries of David Ziman. Source of title - Supplied The Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd, a quartzite-crushing gold extraction operation, was founded in 1896, in Reefton, by David Ziman from the purchase of the Globe, Progress, Wealth of Nations and Golden Fleece gold mining companies. Quantity: 28 box(es) (430 folders). 4 volume(s). 9.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Detailed listing available.. Plans of Blackwater Mine at 76-083-06/01

Date: 1939 - 1940

From: McLintock, Alexander Hare, 1903-1968 :[Making New Zealand ; originals for illustrations / A H McLintock and Paul Pascoe]. - [1939?]

Reference: A-258-001

Description: Shows a hillside with some small rock outcrops and clupms of vegetaion. At the lower right is the entrance to a cave. An original drawing produced in preparation for "Making New Zealand" (1940). The published version appeared in Volume 2, no. 20, page 5. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Crayon on card, 155 x 133 mm

Date: 1863

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Nairn, Francis Edward, 1819?-1910

Reference: E-106-f-041-2

Description: View from quartz rocks at a high standpoint with two goldminers with swags and tools moving towards the towns. Below lies, 'Hartley or lower town' (now Alexandra) at the junction of the Clutha and Manuherikia Rivers, and in the distance 'Dunstan or upper town' (Clyde) Wood engraving based on a drawing by Nairn. Other Titles - Clyde, Alexandra Extended Title - From Illustrated London news, Volume 43, 14 Nov 1863, p. 503 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 170 x 240 mm

Date: ca 1880s

Reference: PAColl-7407

Description: A print and a copy negative from an original print of gold miners sluicing in Kumara. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Copy negatives at 1/2-004345 and 004346 Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 16, 23 August, 13 Sept, 1994 - 16 Aug 1994 - 13 Sep 1994

From: The Men in Our Lives oral history project

By: Jones, David, 1914-1999

Reference: OHInt-0406-19

Description: David Jones born Wanganui, 1914. Outlines family background - maternal grandparents from County Cork, Ireland - mother born in Greymouth - Uncle Jack became Mayor of Greymouth. Talks about the West Coasters. Recalls the Chinese gold miners and the differences in their work conditions from the other miners. Describes growing up in Wanganui; family house in Keith Street; Masonic Lodge; father's fear of fire as a result of the great Raetihi bush fire in 1918. Recalls going to work in an electroplater's shop and at the age of 15 `doing a man's work for a slave wage'. Talks about the lack of a trade union covering electroplaters in Wanganui and the subsequent working conditions. Explains electroplating process. Moved to Wellington and recalls decent pay and work conditions and his first union meeting at the age of 22 when he requested that the Wanganui and Palmerston North area be covered by the engineers union which did eventuate. Explains that conditions had improved on moving back to his former job. Other recollections include: fishing; native school, Putiki; Maori canoes on the river; cherry trees planted by Mother Mary Aubert; influenza epidemic 1918; end of World War I celebrations; 1920s earthquake; big flood in 1926 and Foster's Hotel fire. Recalls declaration of World War II and joining Expeditionary Force, travelling in `The New Amsterdam' to Sydney, then to Singapore where they transferred to the `Aquatania' bound for Egypt. Was part of the 4th anti-aircraft regiment. Has vivid recall of events, relating many stories and mapping his movements during the war and comradeship. Talks about the dreadful living conditions during the war and gives his opinions on war. Mentions Battle of Alamein. Moved from the deserts to Bari, Italy and relates stories from the Sangro River. Talks about the fall of Cassino and experiences in Italy. Talks about life after the war and his research into rammed-earth building, using that method to build his own house which he describes. Talks about his book on the subject of rammed earth building that is being published at present. Recounts his involvement with RSA and Vietnam issues - was totally opposed to the Vietnam war. Gives reasons for living so long in Wanganui and the changes he has seen in the town. Recounts his involvement with the Four Seasons Theatre. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Abstracted by - Michelle Horwood Interviewer(s) - Susan Hawes Recorded by - Susan Hawes Venue - 22 Ngatarua Road, Wanganui Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007598-007600 ; OHC-006766-006767 Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 5 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 1917. Photocopies of 3 photographs: (1) David Jones Italy 1942; (2) David and Aunt Avril Jones and brother Lou; (3) David and Lou 1940.

Date: [ca 1880s]

By: Hunt, William Holman, 1827-1910

Reference: PAColl-0363

Description: 61 contact prints, with an enlargement of one, of various scenes including: the Pink and White Terraces, Maori women and girls, a woman at the matapihi of a meeting house with intricately carved pare and korupe, gold miners cooking outside their stone hut, logs gathered on a river outside the Kauri Timber Company in Auckland, William Holman Hunt's painting The Light of the World etc. The images are copied from lantern slides. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 62 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Contact prints and one enlargement

Date: 1979

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-135-540

Description: In this cartoon there are hills composed of money with an Arab sitting on top of each one reading a paper. The paper headlines read 'investment prospects'. The mounds in the foreground are labelled 'Saudi Arabia oil money', 'Bahrein oil money', 'Dubai oil money', and 'Abu Dabi oil money'. In front of the mounds a smiling Robert Muldoon, dressed as a gold miner,is leading a horse and looking up at the mounds. Extended Title - The Prime Minister (Mr Muldoon) sees good prospects of Middle East oil money being invested in New Zealand Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 320 x 455 mm

Date: 1862 - 1863

From: Working Men's Educational Union :[Missionary wall pictures]. - London ; Working Men's Educational Union, [1850s?]

By: Working Men's Educational Union

Reference: D-010-013

Description: A camp site, possibly in South Africa, with a preacher standing above a group of European men, a Bible on the desk in front of him. One man in the centre foreground is smoking a churchwarden pipe and several are wearing unusual hats. The men may be goldminers and the scene could be in Australia, or America rather than South Africa. Probably used as an illustration for lecture tours. Likely to have been copied from a book illustration of the period Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Printed calico, 902 x 1180 mm

Date: 1863

From: Illustrated London News :[Scrapbook of clippings relating to New Zealand 1860s]

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Nairn, Francis Edward, 1819?-1910

Reference: E-372-f-018-1

Description: View from quartz rocks at a high standpoint with two goldminers with swags and tools moving towards the towns. Below lies, 'Hartley or lower town' (now Alexandra) at the junction of the Clutha and Manuherikia Rivers, and in the distance 'Dunstan or upper town' (Clyde) Wood engraving based on a drawing by Nairn. Other Titles - Clyde, Alexandra Extended Title - From Illustrated London news, Volume 43, 14 Nov 1863, p. 504 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 160 x 240 mm

Date: 04 Oct 1973

From: Open Country Sound Recordings

Reference: OHInt-0002/462

Description: Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Jim Henderson, presenter Venue - NZBC Studios, Wellington. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT5-0475 Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). 1 event(s). 9 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other no script available.

Date: 1932

From: [Seven art union display cards, for lotteries organised by Neil McArthur and B L Hammond. 1932-1937]

By: Wright & Jaques Ltd

Reference: Eph-F-LOTTERY-1932-01

Description: Shows a gold miner holding up a disc on which is written LAST DAY. Underneath is another sticker which probably says: CLOSING THIS WEEK Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, on card 710 x 465 mm.

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbooks and catalogue of the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, 1889-1890] ca 1860-1893

Reference: E-324-q-2-075-2

Description: Shows a man with a pick axe in his hand, standing talking to a woman Inscriptions: Recto - top right - Watina Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 106 x 83mm

Date: [1870-1905]

By: Freeman, Allen Tourell, active 1959-1983

Reference: MS-Group-1182

Description: The first account is reminiscences of the Rev George Sawden Harper's time on the West Coast as a Wesleyan minister covering the period 1864 to 1866, and briefly in 1876 possibly written in the 1890s from his diaries. The account is inscribed `To my wife, my companion on the Thames goldfields, together with her father Mr Charles Ingamells whose careful preservation of my diary has made this work possible'. Sawden describes his day-to-day life and organising a pioneer church amongst the West Coast goldmining community from 1864 to 1866 and a further brief visit in 1876, and writes of the many and various people he met and dealt with The second item, `Emigration by a New Zealand farmer (J P Bay of Islands)' discusses many aspects including the whole question of emigration to New Zealand, the advantages, disadvantages, local pecularities, the religious, social, intellectual, educational, political aspects of the society, how to get here, and also looks at Maori names and is thought to have been written between 1900 and 1905 Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 1 microfilm reel(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typescript and microfilm

Date: 2013

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0024828

Description: Shows fairy tale characters, the seven dwarfs, singing "hi ho! Hi ho!" as they enter the Remuneration Authority Gold Mine." The dwarfs are labelled, 'local body pollies pay rise', and named, 'Useless, Hopeful, Dozy, Slippery, Sleepy, Dreamy, and Poser.' Refers to pay rises of nearly 9% for local body councillors from the Remuneration Authority. (Stuff.co.nz, 3 May 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0027707

Description: Cartoon shows two gold miners excavating the open skull of Justice Minister Judith Collins. It's "an absolute goldmine of information!". Refers to the continuing revelations about the close connections between the National Party and export company Oravida which are surfacing as the media digs into the scandal surrounding Collins and Oravida. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Photographer unknown: Gold mining in the Waihi district

Reference: 1/4-015379-F

Description: Unidentified gold miners working in a mine. Location and photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1938

From: Kent, Thelma Rene, 1899-1946 :Prints and negatives of New Zealand wildlife and scenery

Reference: 1/2-008752-F

Description: William O'Leary, also known as Arawata Bill, standing next to a horse laden with sacking bags. He is dressed in a suit and waders. Taken in 1938 by Thelma Kent. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1863 - 1890

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, one sketch dated 1864, one 1893]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-014-q-1-024

Description: A gold miner, his pack on his back, with pick and shovel protruding, his billy in his hand, on the road in search of further goldfields Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & ink, 219 x 145 mm

Date: [ca 1901]

From: General Assembly Library :Parliamentary portraits

Reference: 35mm-00173-d-F

Description: Alexander Wilson Hogg, circa 1901. Photographer unidentified. Dated assuming the subject was approximately 60 years old at the time this photograph was taken. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1939

From: Harvey, Don : Photographs of gold mining, Golden Bay

Reference: 1/2-050250-F

Description: Gold miners Don Harvey and Harry (surname unknown) standing outside a house built during the 1850s in the Central Otago mining township of Blue Spur. Photograph taken in 1939 by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative