Quarries and quarrying - New Zealand - Otago Region

Date: [Circa 1910s?]

By: New Zealand. Government Tourist Bureau

Reference: PA1-o-473

Description: Photographs of the South Island taken by various photographers, mostly unidentified, circa 1910s Other Titles - New Zealand photographs - South Island Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "New Zealand photographs. South Island" in gold lettering; 26 x 32 cm

Date: [1900s-1910s?]

From: Mercer, Robert, fl 1964 :Photographs and albums of Maori, New Zealand views, and illustrations

Reference: PA1-o-339

Description: Album of photographs taken by unidentified photographers, taken in central North Island, and Otago and Southland regions, circa 1900s and 1910s. Some of the images are related to railways, including North Island scenes of the first passenger trip on 14th February 1909, during which the train stopped on the Raurimu Spiral because of a lack of engine power to haul it; the railway station at Longburn; a locomotive owned by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company; various engines including one image showing a J Class locomotive and an A Class locomotive with the caption "Note the difference in 20 years". South Island trains are shown in the Catlins District, including the construction of the Catlins River Railway, the Houipapa Quarry on the Catlins River Extension, loading wagons in the Balclutha ballast pit, the viaduct across the Catlins River at Houipapa, the Clutha Railway Bridge, and the Houipapa terminus on the Catlins River Railway. The North Island scenic views include the areas around Lake Rotorua, the Government Sanatorium at Rotorua, Sophia's Whare, a group of Maori boys diving for pennies, Whakarewarewa, Okere and Ohakune. Scenic views in the South Island are mostly around Dunedin (including Telford's country house in the Balclutha District), Clutha River, Balclutha, and the Catlins, including flax swamps and flax mills in the Catlins District. Many of the images are taken with an emphasis on atmosphere, includingGathering storm", "Beside the winding river", "Outward bound", "A heavy pull" and "A calm day". Inscriptions: Album page - "Thus we remember many a sunny hour with bike and camera"-Inside back cover Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with very dark blue cover, black leather corners and spine; 22 x 29 cm

Date: [ca 1920s-1930s]

Reference: PAColl-7364

Description: Photographs of road building or maintenance, such as straightening curves, on the following highways: Great South Road at Huntly; laying concrete on the Paparua County section of the Christchurch-Dunedin highway; bitumen surfacing on the Kamo town section of the Whangarei-Kawakawa highway; bituminous concrete paving on the Halswell County section of the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; bituminous concrete laying on the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; Great South Road Mercer-Ohinewai section near Long Swamp with workmen's camps in the distance; penetration work on the Waitara-Pukearuhe section of the Auckland-Wellington via Taranaki highway; Goat valley section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopua-Raglan highway looking towards Thames; improved alignment on the Kawhia County section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; the Leslie's Gully section of the Hamilton-Rotorua highway looking towards Tamahere; Auckland-Wellington highway near Wanganui; improved curve on the New Plymouth-Kaimata highway; Great South Road at Long Swamp; Great South Road at Taupiri Gorge; the Rangiriri Hills deviation of the Great South Road; Hamilton-Rotorua highway near Tamahere showing bitumen on tar sealing; Whatawhata-Raglan highway from near Whatawhata; Rotorua-Whakatane highway; widening work on the Coromandel main highway; Auckland-Wellington highway near Lepperton; bitumen surface on Saddle Hill on the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; bitumen concrete at Halswell on the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopu-Raglan highway; Rangiriri deviation. Also included are three unidentified bridges, one built by J T Julian & Son; the bridge at Motueka; a Rotorua County Council speed limit sign on the Ngongotaha bridge; Waitakaruru bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; McCormick's bridge on the Thames Coast highway; replacement of King's Creek bridge on the Gisborne-Napier highway; the Karangahake bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; and railway carts being loaded at Mosgile quarry for the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway. Arrangement: Artifical collection although some of the prints are from the same source (eg 12-004447 and 004448). Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: One print at PAColl-6181-56..

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1708-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down over a narrow valley, row of trees in the foreground with houses visible below, and the Milburn Lime and Cement Works in the centre of the image. A quarry is visible behind the factory. Railway line in front. There are other factories just visible on a hill in the distance on the right, one of which is the New Zealand Refrigerating Company's building at Burnside. Farmland on cleared hills in the background. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 109.5 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: McSkimming Industries Ltd

Reference: Pan-2089-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down over large brickworks and kilns across the foreground. Row of houses on both sides of a road running uphill to the left of the works. Quarry centre right. Rolling farmland in the background with fields separated by hedgerows. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - 'Benhar' Brick, Tile, & Pottery Works. Otago. (McSkimming & Son Ltd. Proprietors); Marginal notes on negative - Title large. Benhar. Brick Pipe & pottery Works, Otago. (Title small) McSkimming & Sons, Benhar, Otago. 6 B&W; Marginal notes on negative - 9 9 9 9 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 119.1 cm

Date: ca 1892-1897

Reference: PAColl-7529

Description: Photographs of a visit of a Governor General (probably the Earl of Ranfurly in the white panama hat) to Oamaru quarry ca 1890s: the Governor General and a group of other men at the edge of the quarry with the quarry railway in the background; and the same group standing near a winch from which a large block of Oamaru stone is hanging. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1973

From: Einhorn family :Photographs

Reference: PA12-7956

Description: South Island trips. Trip to Queenstown 1973. Included are - Stone quarry, Oamaru. Stone shed. Cental Otago and its buildings. View from the Crown Range road. Views from the Skippers road. Shotover river. Snow covered land near Coronet Peak. Photographed by Helmut Einhorn. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1971

From: Einhorn family :Photographs

Reference: PA12-7946

Description: South Island. Street scenes and houses at Akaroa. Oamaru stone group begins with two views of Lyttelton Port. Farm and industrial buildings built with Oamaru stone, and views of the quarry. Photographed by Helmut Einhorn in 1971. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1963-1971

From: Einhorn family :Photographs

Reference: PA12-7947

Description: South Island. Oamaru stone includes a farm building, a bridge, and a church built in Oamaru stone, as well as a view of the quarry. Views of Lake Wanka and Wanaka township taken on a trip to Dunedin in 1963. Man holding an axe (probably a photograph of Einhorn) 1963. Quantity: 17 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 2011

From: Smith, Hayden James, 1976-:[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019960

Description: Cartoon depicts a man reciting poetry in front of Saddle Hill, a Dunedin landmark. Text reads 'There is a tale which to some folk sounds tall/ That grants carte blanche to quarry some hill/ It makes locals grumpy/ (they like their views lumpy)/ And we all find it quarrelsome still'. Context: Saddle Hill quarry operators Saddle Hill Estate Ltd are in conflict with Dunedin residents (Saddle Hill Neighbours Group) over the quarrying of the site and the environmental impact of the quarry. The point of contention is the changing of the skyline though quarrying activities. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Ensor, Robert, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-1825-F

Description: Panoramic view of 'Bullock Creek' farm, near Okuku. Looking down over a farming valley with large areas of flat cultivated land on the left. Buildings just visible in the middle distance on the left with a quarry (?) to the right of the buildings. Snow-capped mountains in the background on the right. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Bullock Creek" 1925; Marginal notes on negative - Robert Ensor "Bullock Creek". 1925. Okuku via Rangiora. 1 B&W; Marginal notes on negative - 2 2 2 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 114.6 cm