Kopara

From: Seddon family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1619-228

Description: Pamphlets including The campaigns of 1917 edited by Captain Basil Williams, The price of Citizenship by Sir Apirana Ngata, Stories from the history of the Kopara Valley by Form 2 Houpiri School, Instructions for the Guidance of Medical Examiners for War Pensions, Provincial pride, no. 11 Aug 1965 and Te Wai Poumamu - souvenir of the Grey District Diamond Jubilee, 1868-1928

Date: ca 1920

Reference: 1/2-008045-F

Description: Harper's River, Kopara district described as a summer resort for Maori before European settlement. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1956-1958

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10131-3

Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1956 to 1958. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Most prints relate to the West Coast Region, but also some images of Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago regions. Identified people are: Kopara Sawmill workers Bill Brown, Owen Jacobs, Morry Pullman, Hans Van Ruyven, Jimmy Birchfield, Doug Macalister, Joe Kavanagh, Neil McLean, Archy Fluerty, saw doctor John Henry Ord, Ted McGhie; licensee of Nelson Creek Hotel D Graham; Dorothy Debenham; Mick Bowie, and chief guide at Mt Cook Hermitage. Unidentified people include a female French tourist and some children. Featured natural environments include Karamea beach scenes, mining and sawmilling sites, and Buller Gorge. Featured town sequences include Reefton and Nelson's Creek houses and businesses, many of which are derelict. Further images (and series of images) of note include: a series of images of the Kopara Sawmill with forests, exterior felling scenes, lumber yard, processing of timber, and workers; spectators at a Cobden soccer match; crib-logging on the Wataroa River; various road works and maintainence scenes; locomotive at Ngahere sawmill site; images relating to various mining activities; church buildings; municipal buildings; and some mountaineering prints. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: 1957

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-1528

Description: Mounted exhibition print showing men, including Pat Gosling, working in the bush at Kopara Sawmill. Taken and printed by Les Cleveland, 1957. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprint mounted with framing mat on backing board

Date: Oct 2003

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PADL-000434

Description: Photographs relating to the West Coast Black Powder Shooting Association in West Coast Region. Includes photographs of shooters and people dressed in Davy Crockett costumes and historical costume. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Sport (Black Powder)" Quantity: 31 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1942-1956

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10131-2

Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1942 to 1956. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Identified people are mountaineers A C Clough, Ron Biggs, and Ken Hall; publican Jack Ritchie; journalist H J E (Bert) Kane; Mrs P Koerstens; and bushmen Doug Macalister and Ron (Tiki) Brimmicombe. There is an unidentified solider and some portraits of unidentified children. Featured natural environments include Tatere Gorge, Lake Haupiri and surrounding area, and the Otira Gorge. Contains prints of individual buildings as well as broader views of towns. A number of wooden buildings are in a state of decay, but houses, churches, and other buildings are still in use. Further images (and series of images) of note include: the transportation by boat of a tractor at Milford sound and a Land Rover to Jackson's Bay; workers at the Kopara Sawmill; industry at Mussel Point; and locomotives, boilers, dredges, and other machinery relating to mining. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 75 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints