Sheep breeds

Date: 1862-1963

By: New Zealand and Australian Land Company Ltd

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-15

Description: The records contain minute books, financial records, letter books, inward correspondence and cables. Maps and plans of stations and runs are also featured. Source of title - Title transcribed The New Zealand and Australian Land Company has operated in New Zealand and Australia longer than any other land company, its directors first convening in 1862. Many large properties had been purchased in both countries by the late 1860's though most of its holdings today are in Australia. The Company played a leading part in establishing the frozen meat industry in New Zealand as well as in sheep breeding. Quantity: 93 microfilm reel(s). Physical Description: Mss (microfilm) Finding Aids: AJCP Handbook, Part 8, p 58 together with a detailed inventory. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased through AJCP, 1980

Date: 2005

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-21

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Lindsay Tait Johnston; history of the Johnston families of Waikaka Valley; land documents; extract from book re 1874 & 1875 land sales (p 14); photographs The original owner was Adam Dickson Johnston who purchased 200 acres in 1874 in the Waikaka Valley, 8 km from Gore. In 2005 the property was owned by his great-grandson Lindsay Johnston and wife Valda. In the intervening years further land was added to the initial block making a total of 536 acres. It was awarded the NZ Century Farm & Station award to mark 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, maps, photographs (some photocopies) Four photopgraphs - Elmsleigh (1930 & 1940); original homestead (built 1888), taken in 1917; Lindsay Johnston with Romney sheep, 1989

Date: [1930s-1940s]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Green & Hahn (Firm); Inkster, Lawrence Andrew, 1897-1955; Kent, Thelma Rene, 1899-1946; Nash, Percival Frederick, -1952; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Roberts, Jack Debnam Stewart, 1891-1980; Weigel, William George, 1890-1980

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-190

Description: Photographs taken for publication in New Free Lance, ca 1930s-1940s (many undated). Names of identified photographers and places added to Name and Place fields; also one undated photograph by H Neville Ross, Masterton. Includes scenes on sheep stations throughout New Zealand showing mustering, shearing, stock yards, musterers, Merino rams, etc. Photographs of H M Campbell's station, Te Aute, Hawke's Bay; sheep on reclaimed land Ahuriri Lagoon, Hawke's Bay; sheep mustered on land beside the Wellington motorway, ca 1940s; Hautu detention farm, Tokaanu; girl with her pet lamb, Makarora, Lake Wanaka (photographer Thelma Kent). Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 2005

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-08

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Lindsay John Gerrard; extracts from book relating to Alexander Gerrard; copy of page from family Bible; story of Gerrard family & Acrestripe (draft copy); land documents Alexander Gerrard, wife Mary (nee Philip) and four children arrived in Winton in 1866. They bought a block of land in the West Winton Hundred and built their first home. In the years that followed 5 more children were born. A few years later Alexander bought an additional 629 acres of land at Aparima. He farmed cattle and sheep, and grew wheat. As a wedding present Mary Gerrard was presented with 16 Border Leicester sheep by her father when she left Scotland. Up until 1958 the blood line of these 16 ewes was still on the home farm although new Border Leicester rams had been brought in. In 1953 a new flock of stud Border Leicester ewes was purchased and the new stud was named Acrestripe. In 2005 the last Border Leicester ewe (born in 1994) with the Acrestripe stud tag was sent to the works. In 1976 Lindsay John Gerrard purchased the original home farm from his father Irvine Alexander (Lex) Gerrard. In 2005 he was farming the 115 hectare property with his wife Judith (nee Warren) breeding ewes and hoggets and sire rams, and deer. See also Burtenshaw, May. From castle to cave. (The story of the Gerrard and Coster families in Southland, published in 1997). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript (some photocopies)

Date: 1981 - 2015

By: Black & Coloured Sheep Breeders' Association of New Zealand

Reference: Eph-A-SHEEP-BW-1981/2015

Description: Sales catalogues for: North Island sale (held at Feilding and Hamilton): 2003, 2005, 2006 South Island sale (held at Addington (Christchurch), Timaru, Waimate and Gore): 1980, 1981, 1988, 1990, 1992-2004, 2006-2015 Quantity: 31 booklets. Physical Description: Booklets, 210 x 145 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0909 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-0909..

Date: 25 Jan 1983

From: Masterton South Rotary Club Oral History Project.

By: Perry, Roland Maunsell, 1899-1991

Reference: OHInt-0015-07

Description: Roland Perry recalls Kaitui; the effect on the land of the 1855 earthquake; Matahiwi, the Holmes' property; Roland's property called Kohatu; the Depression: farm finance, buying stock, Mr Williams from Te Pari; the course of the Waiawau River; improvements in land quality in Masterton; native trees and birds on property; Totara Farm, his father's property and abundance of totara; the effect of land on sheep breeding (compared to Invercargill region; the work of the Maori Education Trust Board. Discusses his relations: Schmass Mansell (paternal grandfather), Edward Mansell (cousin); his father's work; mother's home help, Irish maids; cooking and power; meals; chores; punishments; flooding; first cars in Wairarapa; horse-drawn transport; travelling as children to Castlepoint and Wellington; A & P shows; jumping and horse events; parents' interests; childhood activities; contact with Maori; class distinctions; school at Fernridge School and later Wanganui Collegiate; sport at school; the effects of World War I. Discusses building up a stud sheep flock, Romney and Southdown; the characteristics of the breed; difficulties in stud farming; getting to the top in stud breeding; breeding committees; best breeders of Southdown, Henry Andrew and the Dalziel Brothers; hobbies and groups: gardening, movies and photography, scouting, Masterton Working Mens Club; meeting Sir Walter Buchanan there. Refers to hotels closed down in 1909; the first aeroplane in 1913; his time in the Home Guard and Guerilla Force during World War II; the changes in Masterton. Venue - Masterton Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - In a car driving through Matawhi, Kaituna and the Upper Plain (tapes 1 and 2); the others at 49 Renall Street, Masterton Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004422 - OHC-004424 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 888. Search dates: 1899 - 1983

Date: 13 Oct 1993

From: Slices of lives oral history project

By: Henaghan, Patrick John, 1939-; Henaghan, Joan Elizabeth, 1940-

Reference: OHInt-0407-09

Description: Patrick Henaghan outlines his family background - grandparents came from Ireland and bought farm at Waiata. Joan was born in Palmerston North, the daughter of a salesman and real estate agent. Recalls boarding school at Silverstream and mentions caning. Describes the physical nature of farming in his father's day and his father's early death. Talks about shearing and docking sheep. Describes his mother's hard work feeding shearers. Mentions death duties which had to be paid on his father's death in 1959 and the need for Pat to take over the farm rather than go to Massey. Discusses his interest in innovation in farming including the breeding of ewes which are able to lamb unassisted and rotational grazing (mob stocking). Talks about the effect of the removal of subsidies in 1984, farm amalgamation and an improved awareness of the land among farmers which has meant the planting of more trees and reduced use of chemicals. Joan describes the part she plays on the farm and bringing up three daughters who have developed a great feeling for the farm. Abstracted by - Susan Hawes Awards/funding - Award in Oral History Interviewer(s) - Susan Hawes Recorded by - Susan Hawes Venue - Finnis Road Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-006823-006824 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.20 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1580 and OHA-1580a (Additional material). 2 Photographs Search dates: 1939 - 1993

Date: [ca 1980s-1990s]

From: Grant, Ian Fraser, 1940- :Photographs relating to small farm issues

Reference: PA12-8235

Description: Breeds of sheep farmed in New Zealand. Quantity: 12 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [ca 1980s-1990s]

From: Grant, Ian Fraser, 1940- :Photographs relating to small farm issues

Reference: PA12-8237

Description: Breeds of sheep farmed in New Zealand. Quantity: 12 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1976-1998, 2002-2010

By: Black & Coloured Sheep Breeders' Association of New Zealand

Reference: MS-Group-0909

Description: Comprises minute books for 1976-1997 and 2002-2010. Minute books also include various reports, such as financial, annual, and archivist reports, which are pasted in. Also a manifold book of correspondence from 1978. Source of title - Supplied title The Association was formed in February 1976 to promote the husbandry of black and coloured sheep, the marketing of their wool, and to provide a means of communication between coloured sheep farmers. Quantity: 6 volume(s). 0.41 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts, transfers made from here - To Serials Collection - Newsletters (1982-1997) and flock books (1980-1998). - To Ephemera Collection - 31 South Island Sale sales catalogues for Black and Coloured Sheep Breeders' Association of New Zealand for 1980-1981, 1988, 1990, 1992-2015 (some with minor annotations regarding price and buyers). See Eph-A-SHEEP-BW..

Date: [ca 1980s-1990s]

From: Grant, Ian Fraser, 1940- :Photographs relating to small farm issues

Reference: PA12-8234

Description: Breeds of sheep farmed in New Zealand. Quantity: 12 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [ca 1980s-1990s]

From: Grant, Ian Fraser, 1940- :Photographs relating to small farm issues

Reference: PA12-8233

Description: Breeds of sheep farmed in New Zealand. Quantity: 17 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1933-1972

From: Royal Society of New Zealand. Wellington Branch : Records

Reference: 92-223-02

Description: Comprises the following files: Wellington Philosophical Society accounts, (1933-1939); RSNZ accounts, (1939-1940, 1949-1952); Receipts, (1957-1958); Membership and journal, (1969-1972); Annual report, (1974); Journal articles relating to genetic research into NZ Romney sheep, (1955, 1958 and 1965) Quantity: 1 box(es).

Date: [ca 1980s-1990s]

From: Grant, Ian Fraser, 1940- :Photographs relating to small farm issues

Reference: PA12-8236

Description: Breeds of sheep farmed in New Zealand. Quantity: 14 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1970-1973

From: Williams, John Henry, 1919-1975 : Parliamentary papers

Reference: 76-185-17/2

Description: Papers relating to: Exotic sheep breeds; Mana Island; Somes Island animal security complex; Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Bill, 1970; Plants Bill, 1970 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

From: McAllister, James, 1869-1952 :Negatives of Stratford and Taranaki district

Reference: 1/1-009500-G

Description: Shows a flock of Border Leicester ewes and lambs in a sheep-fold. Photograph taken by James McAllister. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1865-1930

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2008-2009

Description: Letters and diaries of Thomas Upton and of other family members, who settled in the Ashburton district in 1865, where Thomas was a farm manager and later a runholder and noted breeder of Shropshire sheep Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1988