Born at Kaitangata, and educated at the King Edward Technical College, Dunedin. Noted railway historian, writing for many railway publications; Founding Member of the New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society, and Vice-President of the Dunedin Branch of the New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Union from its inception in 1956. Also very interested and involved in printing. See ATL Biographies Index (1963, vol 3, p 195). There is an A S Rockliff named on a number of photographs in albums of railway interest compiled by Albert Percy Godber.
Rockliff, Stanley Arthur, 1909-1963
Rockliff, A S, 1910?-1963
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Photographs taken or collected by Albert Percy Godber
Date: 1920s-1947
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
By: Rockliff, Stanley Arthur, 1909-1963
Reference: PAColl-0442-12
Description: Photographs taken or collected by A P Godber, circa 1920s to 1947, relating to scenes around Hutt Valley or while traveling in New Zealand. Many have a brief inscription and some have dates. Photographs taken by Godber include washout on Hutt Road, Paekakariki, 1942; main street, Kaikoura, 1945; Lake Rotoma; digging out a cutting on the Haywards Road; Sunday School children at Waitahuna, Lake Taupo; large potatoes dug in the garden; Foxton, 1933; Confidence Carnival, Wellington, 1933; 'an old whare, Parihaka'; 'Tewhaiatemotu' meeting house at Mataatua marae undergoing renovation; Stratford Park, 1945; the 'mission', probably Te Whaiti, 1930; interior of Te Arai mission church near Gisborne, 1934; and Hyde's Motor Camp, Paraparaumu, 1936. Postcards are particularly of the Maori Court, Wellington Exhibition. Several photographs by S A Rockliff of a holiday at Naseby 1945, and trains. Quantity: 110 b&w original photographic print(s).
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Photographs taken or collected by Albert Percy Godber
Date: 1916-1940s
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
By: Rockliff, Stanley Arthur, 1909-1963; Stewart, William Walter, 1898-1976
Reference: PAColl-0442-19
Description: Photographs taken or collected by A P Godber, circa 1916 to 1943, relating to the railways, scenes around Hutt Valley or while traveling in New Zealand. Images include a trip to Rotorua, Waikaremoana and to the opening of the wharenui 'Te Hono ki Rarotonga', Tokomaru Bay in January 1934; Wesley Methodist church, Hastings, after the 1931 earthquake; Hairini Anglican Church, Te Awamutu, 1936; and Jubilee Park, Lower Hutt, 1943. Images relating to the railways include many prints and postcards of various locomotives, images of the railway workshops, and of a train derailment near Belmont Quarry, Lower Hutt, 1943. Some photographs are identified as taken by W W Stewart and S A Rockliff Quantity: 140 b&w original photographic print(s).
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Photographs taken or collected by Albert Percy Godber
Date: 1880-1947
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
By: Rockliff, Stanley Arthur, 1909-1963
Reference: PAColl-0442-18
Description: Photographs taken or collected by A P Godber, circa 1880 to 1947, relating to the railways. Quantity: 110 b&w original photographic print(s).
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Photographs taken or collected by Albert Percy Godber
Date: 1890-1939
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
By: Rockliff, Stanley Arthur, 1909-1963
Reference: PAColl-0442-20
Description: Photographs taken or collected by A P Godber, circa 1916 to 1943, relating to the railways, scenes around Hutt Valley and Wellington, and while traveling in New Zealand. Images include a trip to Maungapohatu, 1930, Teschemaker's Oamaru stone quarry, 1927; the porcelain works, Benhar; buried forest, Arapuni, circa 1929; pipeline and Mangahao Power Station; road construction; the summit of Rimutaka Road, 1932; interior of Hui-te-Rangiora Church, Puketeraki; several house including 'Orama', Fowlds Avenue, Mount Albert, Baker Street, Caversham, and 'Bill's house' (probably Bill Godber), Napier. Photographs relating to locomotives and the railways include the old Thomas Transmission Rail Motor RM-2 converted into a house; the S 214 locomotive circa 1890 with named employees, and the railways workshops. There is also an Evening Post image of the 'Old Residents' Reunion', Petone Jubilee taken 25 November 1939. Quantity: 155 b&w original photographic print(s).
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Locomotives of the New Zealand Railways
Date: [1901-1940s]
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
By: Sherriff, D J, active 1901-1931; Rockliff, Stanley Arthur, 1909-1963; Stewart, William Walter, 1898-1976
Reference: PA1-q-101
Description: Photographs of locomotives and railcars of New Zealand Railways, including those transferred from private railways, taken and compiled 1900s-1940s by A P Godber. Most locomotive types are also represented by blueprints. Photographers represented include D J Sherriff, S A Rockliff, W W Stewart and New Zealand Railways. Other Titles - Godber album 108 Other Titles - Godber album 9 Inscriptions: Album page - `Locomotives of the New Zealand Railways', signed `A.P. Godber' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 38 x 27 cm
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"We" class steam locomotive No 198 (4-6-4T type).
Date: Circa 1902
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
By: Rockliff, Stanley Arthur, 1909-1963
Reference: APG-1469-1/4-G
Description: "We" steam locomotive 198, originally built as "B" class 198, converted to We class 4-6-4T type in 1902, and renumbered "We" 376 in 1942. Probably photographed by Stanley Arthur Rockliff, negative copied by Albert Percy Godber, probably circa 1902. An original print is in Godber Album Vol 108, p 59 (PA1-q-101) Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - We. 1902.; Album page - centre left - We 375. 1944. A S Rockliff. "We" 198 was originally built as "B" 198 (4-8-0 type) by Sharp Stewart (maker's no 4509/99), and went into service in December 1899. Altered to "We" class (4-6-4T type) in 1902 and renumbered "We" 376 in 1942. See "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd (p 53, 84). Noted in Godber's album Vol 108, p 59 (PA1-q-101) as being renumbered "We" 375 in 1944. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches
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Kb class steam locomotive, New Zealand Railways no 969, 4-8-4 type
Date: Ca 1940
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
By: Rockliff, Stanley Arthur, 1909-1963
Reference: APG-0285-1/2-G
Description: "Kb" 969, a Kb class steam locomotive, 4-8-4 type, probably photographed by Stanley Arthur Rockliff, ca 1940. A similar print to this image is at PA1-q-101 (Godber Album vol 108, page 110). Caption below print reads "A S Rockliff". It is possible the photograph was taken by Stanley Arthur Rockliff who was a Founding Member of the New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society, and Vice-President of the Dunedin Branch of the New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Union from its inception in 1956. "Kb" 969 was built in 1939 (maker's no. 352/39) by New Zealand Railways, Hillside Workshops, and was written off in 1967. See "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
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"J" class steam locomotives at Dunedin
Date: Circa 1939
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
By: Rockliff, Stanley Arthur, 1909-1963
Reference: APG-1535-1/2-F
Description: Two "J" class steam locomotives at Dunedin. Photograph attributed to S.A. Rockliff. This image is a film negative taken by Albert Percy Godber from a print in his album Vol 100, p 77 (PA1-o-194) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - "J" locos. Dunedin; Album page - bottom right - A.S. Rockliff Forty "J" class steam locomotives were built in 1939 by the North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, and all were in NZ by early 1940. Ten went to the South Island for service between Oamaru and Invercargill. See "Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives" by A N Palmer & W W Stewart (1965, p 119) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 12.5 x 10.0 cm