Sheep farmer. In the 1920s owned a property at Orari, South Canterbury. R P Moore took a panoramic photograph of the garden some time in the 1920s. Died in 1932 aged 59 years.
Macdonald, Guyon Alister Mackintosh, 1873?-1932
MacDonald, G A M, 1873?-1932
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Pond, lake or stream at Orari
Date: between 1923-1928
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
By: Macdonald, Guyon Alister Mackintosh, 1873?-1932
Reference: Pan-0289-F
Description: Looking over a stretch of water and plants at Orari, Canterbury. Shows willows, other vegetation, and a double-eaved wooden house obscured by trees. Guyon Macdonald established an impressive Japanese garden, and had visited Japan in 1910. (See internet: http://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/bitstream/10092/936/2/thesis_fulltext.pdf.txt). Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore between 1923-1928. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on paper attached to negative - G A M MacDonald Orari, Sth Cantby 1 Matt 2 Gloss. This was the best negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative
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Albums of photographs by R P Moore: "Social Aspects", and "Houses and Gardens"
Date: ca1922-ca1932
From: National Library Gallery: Albums of photographs by R P Moore
Reference: PA1-f-202
Description: Panoramas of New Zealand cities, towns, some factories, one shop interior, public parks, and many houses, gardens, and farms Quantity: 2 album(s).