Bannockburn
Furkert, Frederick William :Negatives and prints of Public Works projects and other jobs
Date: 1929-1931
By: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949
Reference: PAColl-5378
Description: Hydro electric power and irrigation dams, in particular the construction of the Pool Burn Reservoir dam. Some dam sites before construction, specifically a site on the Manuherikia River for the "Manuherikia Falls Dam". There are photographs of "White Creek Fault" and the effects of the Murchison earthquake on roads, bridges and the countryside. Especially covered is the lake formed by an earth slide across the Matakitaki River Likely to be a very interesting collection. Furkert was a leading public servant through the 1920s and 1930s. His life has been researched by Mr R Aspden for the DNZB, who has other papers relating to Furkert Arrangement: Negatives housed at F 179548 1/2 to F 179643 1/2 Quantity: 81 b&w original negative(s). 160 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Provenance: Donor is daughter of Furkert
Morrison, Robin, 1940?-1993 :Clutha; Robin Morrison calendar 1979. Alister Taylor Publi...
Date: 1978 - 1979
From: [Calendars for the year 1979, of approximately A3 size. 1978].
By: Morrison, Robin, 1944-1993; Alister Taylor Publishers
Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-1979-1-01
Description: Calendar first published in 1978, this copy a 1979 reprint. Each page shows a black and white photograph of one or more residents affected by the proposed Clutha Dam and consequent flooding of the Clutha area; and one photograph of the meeting of the Kawerau and Clutha Rivers (November page). Residents are: Cover: Gary Forster, station master, and dog Carl. January: Harry Perriam, orchardist, Lowburn February: Isie Scott, Cromwell March: Rabbiters of the Pest Destruction Board April: Jane and Ted Lawrence, of Bannockburn May: Keith Lake, Northburn June: Rachael and Fanny Short, Bannockburn July: Welcome Home Hotel and patrons, Lowburn August: Doug Stout, Presbyterian Minister, Cromwell and Lowburn September: Harry Gair, Cromwell October: Charlie Perriam, Lowburn December: Shorty Sutherland and Pythagoras the cat, Lowburn Envelope housed with the calendar. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs in calendar of 12 openings, 310 x 390 mm.
Catherine O'Driscoll - Jacob Crow, a Cumberland miner in Otago
Date: 1995
From: Ted Gilberd Literary Trust : Essay competitions
Reference: MS-Papers-5757-15
Description: Story of Jacob Crow, from his birth in Cumberland to Joseph and Mary Crow (nee Jenkinson), early years in Whitehaven, marriage to Jane Leavens, immigration to Otago on the `Forfarshire' in 1879, arrival of his wife Jane & 3 children in 1881, employment as an iron miner, gold miner, race builder and quarryman, years living at Bannockburn, death of Jane and remarriage to Mrs Jane Reid Hodgson (nee Bell), and lives of his two daughters. Includes pedigree chart showing antecedents of Jacob Crow and Jane Leavens; map of Cumberland; map of Central Otago; photographs of the Crow family, ca 1879-1930s Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Evening Star: Photographs of Gold Mining and the Fruit Industry
Date: ca1874-1910
By: Evening star (Dunedin, N.Z.)
Reference: PAColl-6514
Description: 9 photographs of the fruit packing and gold mining in Otago Region, and other views of the region. Photographer unknown. Arrangement: Negatives are housed at 1/4-009941 to 009949. Quantity: 9 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Glass copy negatives
Interview with Mary Jane Lawrence
Date: 6, 11, 15 November 1992 - 06 Nov 1992 - 15 Nov 1992
From: Otago Women and Work - Paid and Unpaid Oral History Project
By: How-Johns, Noreen, active 1993; Lawrence, Mary Jane, 1902-2002
Reference: OHInt-0148/18
Description: Mrs Jane Lawrence, daughter of Henry Clyde Parcell and Mary Abigail nee Crow. Father was a goldminer and carrier. Jane had four brothers and three sisters. Educated at Bannockburn Primary School. Left school at 12 years. Worked a housemaid. Married Edward Lawrence on 27 June 1923. Lived at Bannockburn. Raised three daughters. Spoke mainly about her childhood and married life in Bannockburn. Jane now lives at Ripponburn Home, Cromwell. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Cromwell Interviewer(s) - Noreen How-Johns Venue - Cromwell Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-018540-018542; OHLC-009979-009981 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s). 1 Electronic document(s) recording information form. 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-6423 and OHDL-000752. Photographs of childhood home; Jane Lawrence in 1992; Ted & Jane's home; interiors of childhood home (Parcell family)
[Calendars for the year 1979, of approximately A3 size. 1978].
Date: 1978 - 1979
Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-1979-1
Description: Calendars include - Clutha Calendar 1979. Twelve black and white portraits photographed by Robin Morrison, of people from Cromwell, Lowburn, Bannockburn, and Northburn. They are in the landscape, in their houses, or outside buildings, all to be affected by the hydroelectric lake flooding the area. Published by Alister Taylor, Martinborough, Wairarapa. (2 copies). Bryce Francis Limited [printers, Wellington]. Twelve scenic views in colour, of New Zealand Landscapes, lakes, and cites. These include - The Kawarau River. Lake Rotoiti. Fishing fleet, Riverton. Auckland waterfront. Carey's Bay, Dunedin. Mount Ruapehu. Lyttelton Harbour. Mangahao River, Wairarapa. Lake Pukaki. Tutukaka Harbour. Riwaka Valley. Taupo Motor Camp. Produced by Tanner and Couch Calendars (1975) Ltd. [Ken?] Douglas [Ltd]. Divisions: Sincro Engineering, Ready Mixed Concrete, Agregate. Twelve black and white prints from historical photographs of Levin, Otaki, and surrounding areas dating from 1900 to ca 1930. Printed or produced by Goodwill Agencies Limited. (2 copies). BP New Zealand Limited, Wellington. Six colour prints from watercolour views of New Zealand from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library. Printed by Clark & Matheson Ltd. Historical Wanganui. Twelve black and white prints of drawings of mainly historic houses in Wanganui. Other subjects include - Meeting relating to the sale of Whanganui, 19 May 1840. Clock tower in Cook's Gardens. Kawana Flour Mill built in 1854. The second Christchurch built in 1866. Published by the Wanganui Historical Society, Quantity: 5 calendars. Two duplicates.. Physical Description: Offset lithographs, varying sizes.
Interview with Fanny and Rachael Short
Date: 18, 19, 20 May 1987 - 18 May 1987 - 20 May 1987
From: Presbyterian Support Otago Community History Programme oral history collection
By: Short, Rachael Ellen Scott, 1890-1987; Short, Francis Jane Ann, 1885-1988
Reference: OHInt-0952-02
Description: Interview with Fanny (Frances) Short, born in Bannockburn in 1885, and her sister Rachael, born in Bannockburn in 1890. Talk about their parents - their father John Short, a Scottish miner, and their Irish mother Margaret. Recall memories of their childhoods in Bannockburn where they have spent most of their lives, and of their later occupations: Fanny was head waitress at Knox College, Dunedin for a short time, and Rachael was Bannockburn post mistress for 35 years. Comment on continuing to live in the family home, a "pug" (sod) cottage. The abstract is accompanied by a transcript of an earlier interview in September 1983 (no audio tapes). Interviewer(s) - Helen Frizzell Accompanying material - transcript of an interview with Rachael and Fanny Short in September 1983; photocopy of an article about the death of Fanny Short (Otago Daily Times 1.3.1988) Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHA-018670 - OHA-018673 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-6470. Colour photographs of Fanny and Rachael Short (1987), front and side views of the Short family home, and the Bannockburn Post Office. Search dates: 1885 - 1987
Cromwell Musical Society Revue
Date: 1978
From: MacGibbon, John, 1945- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11506-1
Description: Includes material relating to musical performances by Cromwell Musical Society Revue (1978). Consists mostly of song lyrics to be sung to existing tunes and scripts for short sketches. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (mostly photocopies), mss
Interview with Lorraine Palmer
Date: 19 Nov 1999
From: NZ CCS Otago Inc oral history project
By: Palmer, Shirley Lorraine, 1934-2017
Reference: OHInt-0468/11
Description: Lorraine Palmer was born in Cromwell in 1934 and raised in the small rural Central Otago community of Bannockburn where her parents farmed. Recalls family life, a love of the environment and art. Mentions her father was a CCS foundation member joining the organisation in 1934. Describes primary school at Bannockburn and the shock of moving to Dunedin to attend secondary school at Columba College. Describes Occupational Therapy training at the Avondale Mental Hospital in Auckland in 1952. Comments on the craft work and its role in assisting people in their rehabilitation. Recalls her final six months of training at Seacliff Hospital and working at the Occupational Therapy department of Dunedin Public Hospital. Talks about marriage, raising a family and voluntary work for the Play Centre Association. Recalls her return to the paid work force as Occupational Therapist at CCS in 1972 where her job was organising activities for the clients. Describes becoming Director of the Adult Centre, developing a client centred programme amd providing opportunities for clients to increase their independence. Mentions that the prevailing protective attitude to clients was a barrier. Comments on the inappropriateness of the `Crippled children' name when most of the clients were adults. Describes supporting higher education, recreation camps and increased living skills. Mentions volunteers, the work of Elizabeth Hamilton and Vera Hayward and the impact of 1981 as the International Year of Disabled People. Comments that most of the CCS Executive were male Rotarians not informed about current practice. Discusses her involvement in other groups, such as the Independent Living Group, designed to further opportunities of people with disabilities. Describes training as a social worker, becoming the CCS social worker and then Client Services Manager. Comments on communication problems within CCS, growing financial difficulties and personnel problems. Discusses a management review, being appointed interim General Manager and her decision to retire from CCS. Comments on the increased vibrancy and focus in the organisation since 1972. Interviewer(s) - Helen Frizzell Accompanying material - Copies of photos of CCS gatherings with Lorraine Palmer involved; copies of newspaper cuttings of CCS events with Lorraine Palmer involved; paper by Lorraine Palmer `The Crippled children society - is it meeting the needs of the disabled?' Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2577.
South Island prints three
Date: 1959-2007
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
Reference: PAColl-10131-4
Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1959 to 2007. 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: Senior Sergeant George Christopher Donnelly of Hokitika police; Ivy Harper and Bert Birchfield; Mike Armstrong and Jim Daken; Mary and Heather Cornwell; Charleston coal mine operator Neil Mouat; Mack Heinz; Tex Smith; Mike Armstrong; Henry Heveldt and M Bennett of Nolan's Mill; Garth Graham; meat shooters Mike Bennett and Kevin Blythell; John 'Opo' Angus, the Eggling brothers; helicopter pilot Ben Morris and Les's wife Mary Cleveland; and Johnny Hewer, Claire Easterbrook and Liam Easterbrook in front of the Neils Beach school house. Featured natural environments include the hot springs at Welcome Flat and the Karangarua Valley, River, Ranges, and the view from the Sefton bivouac, Ocean Beach, and Neils Beach, including car wrecks at the rubbish dump. Other images (and series of images) of note include scenes from the Kumara races; environmental damage (slips and road works at Milford Tunnel, Inangahua River road, and Haast and Jackson's Bay area; open face coal mining at Charleston; deer hunting, largely based in Mussel Point; Central Otago Hotels (Cardrona, White Horse, and Vulcan); Post Offices and boxes (St Bathan's, Outram, Ophir, and Dunedin) and a Pacific Films crew on Fox Glacier. Also includes images of James Heveldt's grave (Jackson's Bay), Peregrine Vinyard, a new house in Bannockburn, a girl in a Westport ice cream parlour, women in a Carter's Sawmill shop, a Hokitika cake stall, and various shop fronts and signage in Dunedin, Gore, and on the West Coast. 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: 80 b&w original photographic print(s). 5 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints
Slides of South Island
Date: [ca 1960-1969]
From: Edwards, Muriel, 1907-1981: Slides taken around New Zealand
Reference: PA12-11711
Description: Slides taken by Muriel Edwards circa 1960s, some dated 1966 and 1968. One is captioned "Hawden Valley Trip" [sic] and two are captioned "French Pass trip". Images show people, buildings, and scenery, and tourist sites including the Cardrona Hotel. Featuring churches, buses, a helicoptor, a brass band, and a petrol station. Locations include Wanaka, Bannockburn, and Pelorus Bridge. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies with handwritten captions on stickers adhered to mounts.
Country churches
Date: 1990, 1992, 2002, date unknown
From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage
Reference: PA12-12213
Description: Transparencies of country churches in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name and the location of the church. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Churches and locations annotated on the slide mounts include St George's Anglican Church at Motupiko, East Takaka Church, St Michael's Anglican Church at Waimea West, St Peter's Anglican Church at Teddington, St David's Memorial Church at Cave, St Paul's Anglican Church at Glenmark, St Oswald's Anglican Church at Wharanui, Presbyterian Church at Bannockburn, St Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church at Garston, St Luke's Anglican Church at Little Akaloa, St John's in the Wilderness at Koromiko, Norwegian Church at Mauriceville North, Church of the Good Shepherd at Tinui, St John's Anglican Church at Hira, private chapel at Mangakuri, and Christ Church at Pukehou. Title transcribed from item. Most transparencies are undated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in five small plastic slide cases, each holding approximately 30- 40 mounted transparencies, and each labelled "Country Churches". There was no apparent order. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic 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.
Bridges Misc
Date: 1957, 1992, 1994, 1996-2000
From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage
Reference: PA12-11655
Description: Transparencies of bridges in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the subject (bridge or viaduct name, and/or river/stream name, and/or road name) and location. Dates and photographer name are often but not always annotated. Title transcribed from item Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, metal case, alphabetically for the first 2 rows. 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.
Woolsheds
Date: 1994, date unknown
From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage
Reference: PA12-11692
Description: Transparencies of woolsheds in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton, Jocelyn Thornton or William Fulton. Each slide mount is annotated with the location; some are annotated with the name of the farm or station. Dates and photographer name are often but not always annotated. Title supplied by Library. Many slides are not dated. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, plastic case labelled 'Woolsheds'. Arrangement was generally alphabetical by location or farm/station name. 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.
Woolsheds
Date: 1976, date unknown
From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage
Reference: PA12-11727
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. Most 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.
Olssen's Garden Vineyard Ltd :[Ephemera brochures and labels. 1998- ].
Date: 1998 - 2002
From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to wine and winegrowing in New Zealand, including ephemera issued by wineries and vineyards. 1800s - ]
By: Olssen's Garden Vineyard Ltd
Reference: Eph-A-ALCOHOL-Wine-Olssens
Description: Includes newsletters from November 1998 onwards. Also includes labels for Olssens wines: Undated: The Bannockburn Club Central Otago Chardonnay 1998: Slapjack Creek Reserve Pinot Noir 2000: Robert the Bruce Bannockburn Red, Gewurztraminer 2001: Desert Gold Late Harvest Riesling; Jackson Barry Central Otago; Pinot Noir Central Otago; Riesling Central Otago; Sauvignon Blanc Central Otago Quantity: 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on brochures, pamphlets. 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s) labels. Physical Description: Photolithographs on brochures and labels Provenance: Donated by Olssen's Garden Vineyard in 2002.
Felton Road Wines Ltd :[Winery ephemera. 2001- ].
Date: 2001 - 2002
From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to wine and winegrowing in New Zealand, including ephemera issued by wineries and vineyards. 1800s - ]
By: Felton Road Wines Ltd
Reference: Eph-A-ALCOHOL-Wine-Felton
Description: Newsletter and order form 2001. Quantity: 1 folder(s) colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on brochures, sizes varying under 250 mm. Provenance: Donated by Felton Road Wines Ltd in 2002.
Photographs of the West Coast, Otago and Southland
Date: 1848, 1862, 1898, 1927 - 1950
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
By: Anderson, G D, active 1934; Inkster, Lawrence Andrew, 1897-1955; Whites Aviation Ltd; De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; Pickard, D, active 1940s-1950s; Johnson, W E, active 1927; Robertson, David Ogilvie, 1850?-1920
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-030
Description: Photographs of the West Coast of the South Island, Otago and Southland, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1927 to 1950. Includes a painting of the `Philip Laing' and `John Wickliffe' in Port Chalmers in 1848, painted by D O Robertson in 1898 and photographed by De Maus. Also includes a photograph of Gabriels Gully, Lawrence, in 1862, and later photographs of memorials to Gabriel Read. Photographers include W E Johnson, J D S Roberts, G D Anderson, D Pickard, Whites Aviation, D A De Maus and L A Inkster. Quantity: 47 b&w original photographic print(s).
Cromwell area
Date: [ca 1960s]
From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip
Reference: PA12-7025
Description: Photographs of Otago taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Views include Skippers Gorge; view towards Arrowtown; Mount Aspiring, and footprints on the peak; towards the Three Sisters; Butler's Dam at Alexandra; view from Cromwell; Cromwell and bridge; old stone houses in the Cromwell area, and near Alexandra; crop spraying near Alexandra; cattle muster at Ettrick; gold tailings at Luggate; the Roaring Meg Power Station; Clutha River at the mouth of the gorge; rolling hills at Moa Flat; burning stubble at Ettrick; Lake Wanaka. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm
Carick, farmhouse at Bannockburn, Otago
Date: Between 1923 and 1928
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
By: Ritchie, James, active 1920s
Reference: Pan-0411-F
Description: Panoramic view of "Carick", villa-style farmhouse made of Central Otago stone. Driveway from centre foreground divides garden and shrubbery. Paddock beside house has cows grazing. Foothills and trees beyond. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - "James Ritchie "Carick" Bannockburn Cromwell, Otago. 3 sepia" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 120.7 cm