Shag Valley Station

Located at Waihemo, Central Otago. In the early 1860s Sir Francis Dillon Bell purchased the nucleus of the land that formed the Shag Valley Station from Johnny Jones, an early land magnate in the Otago area.

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Field album 7

Date: [Between 1880s and 1890s]

From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs

Reference: PA1-q-079

Description: Views of the Otago Region taken by unidentified photographers, circa 1870s to 1895. Many show buildings in Dunedin, including one house `Lisburn House' built for the Fulton family in 1865; also commercial buildings, church buildings, school buildings (Otago Boys' High School), and Dunedin Gaol. The church buildings include the Chapel in Leith Street, the Chapel in Great King Street, and the Baptist Chapel. Beyond Dunedin there are views of Naseby, Butchers Gully, Port Chalmers, Cromwell, Kyeburn, Shag Valley, and Lake Hayes, Lake Wanaka and Lake Hawea. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover decorated with gold birds, lettering and decorations outlined in black; 30.5 x 25.5 cm

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Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1899 :A bit of the lower Shag Valley. 20.10.[18]90.

Date: 1890

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbooks] 1890-1893

Reference: E-315-q-3-001

Description: A river scene with mountains in the background Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - W M H 20.10.90; Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 180 x 128 mm

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Shag Valley Station

Date: 17 February 1978

From: NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd: Mosaic aerial negatives, prints, transparencies, and index

Reference: NZAM-F/269

Description: Aerial mosaic made by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd showing hilly rural terrain and farm blocks. Inscriptions: Otago Catch Bd Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, approx 59.4 x 84.1 cm (A1 size)

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Woolsheds

Date: Date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11729

Description: Transparencies of woolsheds in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the location, and sometimes the date of construction, of the woolshed. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Title supplied by Library. Slides are not dated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a metal case labelled 'Woolsheds slides', with 12 compartments, each able to hold approximately 8 slides. No arrangement order has been identified. 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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Original cookshop Shag Valley Station

Date: 1970s-1986

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: 1/4-132822-F

Description: Photographic negative taken by Geoffrey or Jocelyn Thornton 1970s-1986. Title taken from enclosure. Abbreviations have been expanded and repeated names entered only once. Arrangement: Negative was together with a print in a labelled glassine bag in a sequence labelled "Accommodation". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white negative. Transfers: Print separated from negative is at Library reference PAColl-10686-01-88.. Processing information: Negative was separated from print and rehoused for reasons of preservation and storage.

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Shearers' quarters Shag Valley

Date: 1970s-1986

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: 1/4-132825-F

Description: Photographic negative taken by Geoffrey or Jocelyn Thornton 1970s-1986. Title taken from enclosure. Abbreviations have been expanded and repeated names entered only once. Arrangement: Negative was together with a print in a labelled glassine bag in a sequence labelled "Accommodation". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white negative. Transfers: Print separated from negative is at Library reference PAColl-10686-01-91.. Processing information: Negative was separated from print and rehoused for reasons of preservation and storage.

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Shag Valley Station men's quarters

Date: 1970s-1986

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: 1/4-132821-F

Description: Photographic negative taken by Geoffrey or Jocelyn Thornton 1970s-1986. Title taken from enclosure. Abbreviations have been expanded and repeated names entered only once. Arrangement: Negative was together with a print in a labelled glassine bag in a sequence labelled "Accommodation". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white negative. Transfers: Print separated from negative is at Library reference PAColl-10686-01-87.. Processing information: Negative was separated from print and rehoused for reasons of preservation and storage.

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Shearers' quarters Shag Valley

Date: 1970s-1986

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: 1/4-132826-F

Description: Photographic negative taken by Geoffrey or Jocelyn Thornton 1970s-1986. Title taken from enclosure. Abbreviations have been expanded and repeated names entered only once. Arrangement: Negative was together with a print in a labelled glassine bag in a sequence labelled "Accommodation". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white negative. Transfers: Print separated from negative is at Library reference PAColl-10686-01-92.. Processing information: Negative was separated from print and rehoused for reasons of preservation and storage.

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Shag Valley Station shearers' quarters

Date: 1970s-1986

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: 1/4-132824-F

Description: Photographic negative taken by Geoffrey or Jocelyn Thornton 1970s-1986. Title taken from enclosure. Abbreviations have been expanded and repeated names entered only once. Arrangement: Negative was together with a print in a labelled glassine bag in a sequence labelled "Accommodation". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white negative. Transfers: Print separated from negative is at Library reference PAColl-10686-01-90.. Processing information: Negative was separated from print and rehoused for reasons of preservation and storage.

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Shag Valley Station men's quarters

Date: 1970s-1986

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: 1/4-132823-F

Description: Photographic negative taken by Geoffrey or Jocelyn Thornton 1970s-1986. Title taken from enclosure. Abbreviations have been expanded and repeated names entered only once. Arrangement: Negative was together with a print in a labelled glassine bag in a sequence labelled "Accommodation". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white negative. Transfers: Print separated from negative is at Library reference PAColl-10686-01-89.. Processing information: Negative was separated from print and rehoused for reasons of preservation and storage.

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Shag Valley shearers' quarters

Date: 1970s-1986

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: 1/4-132827-F

Description: Photographic negative taken by Geoffrey or Jocelyn Thornton 1970s-1986. Title taken from enclosure. Abbreviations have been expanded and repeated names entered only once. Arrangement: Negative was together with a print in a labelled glassine bag in a sequence labelled "Accommodation". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white negative. Transfers: Print separated from negative is at Library reference PAColl-10686-01-93.. Processing information: Negative was separated from print and rehoused for reasons of preservation and storage.

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Negatives, prints, and transparencies of accommodation buildings

Date: 1970s-1986

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: Series-6440-01

Description: Negatives, prints, and transparencies of accommodation buildings on farms and stations taken by Geoffrey or Jocelyn Thornton, 1970s-1986. Bibliography - Thornton, Geoffrey G. 'The New Zealand Heritage of Farm Buildings', Auckland N.Z. Reed Methuen, 1986. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Each negative and accompanying print were together in glassine bags, and transparencies were individually stored in glassine bags, arranged in largely alphabetical order by name of farm or station in a wooden drawer, in a sequence labelled "Accommodation". Bags were labelled with the farm or station name and type of building on the left-hand side of the bag and the location on the right-hand side. Some bags held negatives without corresponding prints. Quantity: 107 b&w original negative(s). 105 b&w original photographic print(s). 26 colour original transparency/ies 120. 6 colour original photographic print(s). 6 colour original negative(s). 3 b&w original negative(s) 120. Physical Description: Colour and black and white photographic negatives and prints, and colour transparencies. Transfers: Prints separated from the negatives are at Library reference PAColl-10686-01. Transparencies are at Library references PA12-3783 to PA12-3785. Negatives are at Library references 1/4-132733 to 1/4-132845, and 35mm-109276 to 35mm-109278.. Processing information: Negatives and transparencies were separated from the prints and rehoused for reasons of preservation and appropriate storage.

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Shag Valley Station J. Jones stables

Date: 1970s-1986

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: 1/4-133110-F

Description: Photographic negative taken by Geoffrey or Jocelyn Thornton 1970s-1986. Title taken from enclosure. Abbreviations have been expanded and repeated names entered only once. Arrangement: Negative was together with a print in a labelled glassine bag in a sequence labelled "Stables". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white negative. Transfers: Print separated from negative is at Library reference PAColl-10686-03-195.. Processing information: Negative was separated from print and rehoused for reasons of preservation and storage.

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Shag Valley Station woolshed

Date: 1970s-1986

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: 1/4-133436-F

Description: Photographic negative taken by Geoffrey or Jocelyn Thornton, 1970s to 1986. Title taken from enclosure. Abbreviations have been expanded and repeated names entered only once. Arrangement: Negative was together with a print in a labelled glassine bag in a sequence labelled "Woolsheds". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Transfers: Print separated from negative is at Library reference PAColl-10686-04-283.. Processing information: Negative was separated from print and rehoused for reasons of preservation and storage.

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Shag Valley Station woolshed

Date: 1970s-1986

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: 1/4-133437-F

Description: Photographic negative taken by Geoffrey or Jocelyn Thornton, 1970s to 1986. Title taken from enclosure. Abbreviations have been expanded and repeated names entered only once. Arrangement: Negative was together with a print in a labelled glassine bag in a sequence labelled "Woolsheds". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Transfers: Print separated from negative is at Library reference PAColl-10686-04-284.. Processing information: Negative was separated from print and rehoused for reasons of preservation and storage.

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Woolshed Shag Valley

Date: 1970s-1986

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: 1/4-133438-F

Description: Photographic negative taken by Geoffrey or Jocelyn Thornton, 1970s to 1986. Title transcribed from enclosure. Arrangement: Negative was together with a print in a labelled glassine bag in a sequence labelled "Woolsheds". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Transfers: Print separated from negative is at Library reference PAColl-10686-04-285.. Processing information: Negative was separated from print and rehoused for reasons of preservation and storage.

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Nairn album 2

Date: [Circa 1870s and 1880s]

From: Nairn, Douglas, fl 1973 :Photographs of New Zealand and Fiji

By: (W N) Tuttle & Company; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Hart, Campbell & Company; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland)

Reference: PA1-o-359

Description: Photographs of New Zealand, taken by various photographers. Some are unidentified, but many are taken by the Burton Brothers, J V (James Valentine), Tuttle & Co, for Simpson & Co., and Hart, Campbell & Co. In the North Island, a large number of photographs show the area around Mount Tarawera before and after the volcanic eruption in 1886. There are a number showing the huge deposits of mud and ash which covered the area, with views of the landscape and of ruined buildings, followed by scenes of the Pink and White Terraces, before the eruption. On page 8, there is a view of Ranana (London), on the Wanganui River with the caption, "Maori village similar to those overwhelmed by the eruption". Other scenes in the North Island were taken in Auckland City, Ohinemutu, Rotokakahi, and Whakarewarewa, Ti Eke [i.e. Tieke] on the Wanganui River, and one of Wellington City taken from Mount Victoria. South Island views include many around the main lakes, including Wakatipu, Wanaka, Manapouri, Queenstown and Hawea; Milford Sound and Mitre Peak; the Otira Gorge; Kawarau Gorge and Bridge; Oamaru; Port Chalmers; and Dunedin. Views of gold mining areas in Otago include excavation sluiced out by hydrants at St Bathans, and the miners' towns of Naseby with the river choked with tailings, and Nokomai. Portraits of Maori including Ana Rupene. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with marron leather binding covered with waxed brown-paper cover, entitled `New Zealand photographs, [E?] Nairn'; 25.5 x 32.5 cm

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[Crawford, James Coutts], 1817-1889 :View on Ministerial run. 1864.

Date: 1864

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :South Island sketchbook 1864

Reference: E-174-015/016

Description: Shows Sir Francis Dillon Bell's run, Shag Valley, 30 km from Palmerston, on the Pigroot road. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawing 128 x 346 mm.

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Royds, John and Thomas :Innes album

Date: 1877-1883

By: Royds, John Azariah Slater, 1840-; Royds, Thomas Slater, 1838-; Innes, K E (Mrs), active 1966; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911; Hart, Campbell & Company; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-f-032

Description: Album compiled by John and Thomas Royds of Invercargill, in the early 1880s, containing views of Invercargill, Auckland, Wellington, Masterton, Eketahuna (named Ninety Mile Bush), Nelson, Wairau Gorge, Manawatu River Bridge, Lake Guyon, Wakapuaka, Lyttelton, Picton, Maitai Valley, Christchurch, Lake Hawea, Frankton Falls, Lake Wakatipu, Mount Crichton, Arthur's Point, Winton, Mount Larkins, Queenstown, Lake Wanaka, Dunedin, Shag Valley, Palmerston (with a coach in the street), Hamilton's Station near Naseby, Breaksea Sound, Chalky Inlet, the Roaring Meg stream, Cromwell, Te Aroha pa, and the Pink Terrace. Also includes carte de visite Maori portraits. Photographers represented include James Bragge (scenes in Wellington and Wairarapa), W T L Travers (views of Lake Guyon), Hart, Campbell & Co (scenes in Otago), and Herbert Deveril (views of te Aroha Pa). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Large dark green leather-bound album, entitled `New Zealand'; 50 x 33 cm Provenance: The album was compiled by brothers Tom and John Royds, settlers in Invercargill, and sent to their brother, Dr W S Royds, in Reading, England. Mrs Innes is a descendent of Dr Royds.

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Accommodation transparencies

Date: 1970s-1986

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-3785

Description: Transparencies of accommodation buildings on stations or farms taken by Geoffrey or Jocelyn Thornton. Includes shearers' quarters at Shag Valley, boundary keeper's hut [Stony Creek Hut] at Black Forest Station [Fairlie], musterer's cottage at Stoney Creek, and cookshop and men's quarters at Totara Estate and baker's oven in the men's quarters at Totara Estate. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Transparencies were in a labelled glassine bag in a sequence of mainly negatives and prints and some transparencies labelled "Accommodation". Quantity: 8 colour original transparency/ies. Processing information: Transparencies were removed from glassine bags and rehoused for reasons of preservation and appropriate storage.