Boats and boating
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
(1) Schooner Waihopai at corner Conon and Tay Streets, c.1867
Component — Box ICC-0998: Series S2752
Identifier: S27520001_001
Scope and Contents
Features the schooner (or scow) Waihopai which was built outside Mr A. H. Puettelkow's Provincial Hotel on the south west corner of the intersection of Tay and Conon Streets, Block XII, Section 14. See the Southland Times, 13th November, 1867, p.2 for details of it's launch.
The hotel also features in photo number 42.
Photographer unknown.
See bibliography for sources
The hotel also features in photo number 42.
Photographer unknown.
See bibliography for sources
Dates:
c.1867
(6) Ketch Danzig in Conon Street, c.1866
Component — Box ICC-0998: Series S2752
Identifier: S27520001_006
Scope and Contents
Features the ketch (or schooner) Danzig which was built outside Mr A. H. Puettelkow's Provincial Hotel on on the south west corner of the intersection of Tay and Conon Streets, Block XII, Section 14. See the Southland Times 14 February 1866, p.2 for details of it's launch.
Also features the Theatre Royal on Conon Street, and a team of bullocks. The hotel also features in photo number 42.
See Bibliography for sources.
Also features the Theatre Royal on Conon Street, and a team of bullocks. The hotel also features in photo number 42.
See Bibliography for sources.
Dates:
c.1866
(93) 'City of Dunedin' paddle steamer at Invercargill Jetty, c.1860
Component — Box ICC-0998: Series S2752
Identifier: S27520001_093
Scope and Contents
City of Dunedin was a paddle steamer wrecked in Cook Strait near Cape Terawhiti on 20 May 1865 while sailing from Wellington to Hokitika. There were no survivors.
Dates:
c.1860
(94) Steamer at Invercargill Jetty, c.1870
Component — Box ICC-0998: Series S2752
Identifier: S27520001_094
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Album containing 114 photographs of early Invercargill and surrounds. The location of the original negatives is unknown, but prints of many of the images can be found in other collections around the country. Some of the photographers have been identified but are largely unknown.See the Southland Times 9th and 10th of December 1924 'Years of Change' special report which features many of the photographs alongside updated views from 1924.Numbers drawn in ink...
Dates:
c.1870
BARNES, Clifford Henry (Cliff) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box 52
Identifier: H0559
Overview
The son of a shearer who worked in the Te Anau Basin during the 1940s, Cliff's first introduction to the district was in 1945. Since then he has developed extensive knowledge of the deer-run hinterland as well as the craggy coastline of the southern fiords where he spent many years both as fisherman and tourism operator. In this interview, Cliff remembers traditional skills such as blade-shearing and oyster-catching as well as forming a small tourism business in Doubtful Sound. He also talks...
Dates:
2006
BARNES, Irene Rosslyn interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box 52
Identifier: H0560
Overview
A resident of Manapouri for more than forty years, Irene has played an active role in the community, initially because of her parental involvement in the local schools and later as a local government representative. In addition to bringing up their five children, Irene also worked alongside her husband during the years he operated his own charter boat tour guide business in Doubtful Sound. Latterly, as well as local government issues she was also a representative on the Guardians of the...
Dates:
2006
BROTHERSTON, Peter Alexander interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box 50
Identifier: H0544
Overview
Peter's immediate environment, as a young child, was the granite, tree-covered mountains and clear waters of the Hollyford Valley. As a youth and into early adulthood it was the tussock country of the Te Anau Basin that he frequented. He was also among the early contract staff to carry out the initial task of levelling swathes of shrub and bush so that it could become productive agricultural soil. Leaving for a few years to live further south, Peter returned and worked for the Fiordland...
Dates:
2005
BURROWS, Harold Charles (Snow) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box 48
Identifier: H0534
Overview
"Snow" Burrows is the eldest child of one the founding members of the Fiordland Travel Company, Lawson Burrows. A book by Lawson entitled "Te Anau Anchorage" gives a personal history of what led to the creation of the company in its early years before it was sold in 1966. In this interview Snow gives his own account of living and working in Te Anau and Fiordland from the 1940s to the present day.
Dates:
2004
'City of Dunedin' paddle steamer at Invercargill Jetty
Digital Image
Identifier: D27520001_093
Dates:
c.1860
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
Fortrose Boating Club
Record Group
Identifier: A0610
Overview
Processing Note: This collection is awaiting arrangement and description. Please contact Archives staff for details of collection content.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1912 - 2013
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