Sign In / RegisterHistory – Letter from the gumfields
Wed, 18 May 2011
Albertland had its fair share of gumdiggers when gum was a valuable commodity. As fields worked out some men tried their luck elsewhere. Here are...
/HistoryHistory – Tide of enterprise
Wed, 4 May 2011
John Anderson Brown’s timber mill was established in the mid-1840s giving employment to about 30 men and it was still operating 20 years later. The...
/HistoryHistory – Bachelor days
Wed, 13 Apr 2011
My great-grandfather Henry Marsh started a diary while on board the immigrant ship Ida Zeigler in 1863. He continued writing about his life – buying,...
/HistoryHistory – Traditions roll on
Wed, 16 Mar 2011
Have you discovered the National Library’s Papers Past website paperspast.natlib.govt.nz? A fantastic online resource for researchers, Papers Past is a treasure trove of historical information,...
/HistoryHistory – Early property investment
Wed, 2 Mar 2011
Early photographs of Warkworth show a large house standing alone on the hill overlooking the river. This was ‘High Holme’ the residence Henry Pulham had...
/HistoryHistory – Early timber industry
Fri, 18 Feb 2011
Seeing photos of the recent flooding near the Hoteo River brings to mind how those floods were used in the past. In 1969 Reuben Watson...
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