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| | Title | 1953: a Royal visit and bathing "hippies" on the beaches. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 17 July 2003; p. 12-13 | | Description | Description of Devonport in 1953:the major event was the visit by Queen Elizabeth II, on December 24. To welcome her, a saluting battery was established on North Head. Other events of that year include the opening of the pool at the Devonport Primary School. One issue causing concern was bathing attire at the beach. | | View full record |
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| | Title | A mother's life hard work in early Devonport. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 29 January 2004; p. 12-13 | | Description | Brief history of the Alison family and description of their life in early Devonport. Alison built the first wooden house on Beach Road, later King Edward Parade. He established Alison's Strawberry Gardens. He helped build the first small church and school room in 1856, now the Holy Trinity Church. Each home then had to be self sufficient, so Jane milked the cow, churned the butter and baked the bread. Sewing was done by hand. Water had to be carried from the well. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Alexander Watson. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 13 August 1998; p.14-15 | | Description | One of the grand old houses in Devonport was owned by Alexander Richardson Watson, a successful building contractor. The house was on Jubilee Avenue on North Head, but sadly, was destroyed by fire in 1932 | | View full record |
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| | Title | Art history provides portrait of the time. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 05 March 2010; p.20,21 | | Description | Paintings and prints portray the history of Devonport.
Wealthy residents commissioned artists to paint scenes which included their house and surroundings.
Illustrations show views across the harbour to Devonport and a John Hoyte image of Cobley House. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Bear in mind historical significance of wall. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 30 March, 2012; p. 24-25 | | Description | Rod Cornelius describes the history of the Bear Garden in Queens Parade and George Quick's efforts to build it. He points out that the bronze wall plaque is incorrect but stresses that the wall should be preserved. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Brick building demolished for Devonport Primary | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 11 August 2006; pp. 14-15 | | Description | An article from the 'Ramblings with Rod' series detailing the history of the Manual Training School and building at Devonport School in Kerr Street, Devonport from 1911-1970. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Canal connected brick works to the sea. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 26 June 2009; p.18-19 | | Description | Photographs and information about the Auckland Gas and Brick works. Illustrations include photographs of the canal going into the brickworks on Ngataringa Bay (Shoal Bay) and the gas works around 1884. Early survey maps of the gas works/brick works are also illustrated. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Cheltenham Beach has always had guardians. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 18 June 1998; p. 14-15 | | Description | Cheltenham Beach was originally named Cobley Beach, after resident William Cobley. This item is a description of some of the bylaws, and there are two photograhs, one of the beach in 1913, and one an artist's imaginary impression for an English style pleasure garden. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Chief Patuone a paramount peacemaker. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 20 December 2001; p. 20-21 | | Description | 19/09/2001 marked 129 years since the death of Eruera Maihi Patuone. Patuone was a peacemaker who negotiated between warring factions. He was 108 when he died and is buried on Mt. Victora. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Christmas cruise, cricket and crayfish. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 27 July 2000; p. 14-15 | | Description | Rod Cornelius writes about the yacht "Rainbow" in 1906, and details of the trip to Whangaroa and on to the Bay of Islands, taken from the yacht's log. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Colourful Powley house dates back to 1887. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 08 September 2006; pp.14-15 | | Description | Rod Cornelius writes about history of the large concrete house known as 'Woodlands' at 13A Kerr Street in Devonport - which is situated on the corner of Kerr and Mays Street, diagonally opposite Devonport Primary School - and the Powley family that lived in the house for a time. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Crimean gravemarkers found in Pilot Bay ballast. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 20 June 2002; p. 16-17 | | Description | Continues with the history of Torpedo Bay, Devonport, from 1827, originally known as Pilot Bay. Signal station established on Mt Victoria, giving the name Flagstaff to the area. Land subdivided from 1850s. Grave markers from the Crimean War found their way into ballast for ships which ended up under houses along the waterfront. Shipbuilding established in the area in 1858. Land at North Head developed as a fort the defence of Auckland. By the end of the 1880s the area was cluttered with yards and timber companies. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Croquet Club still going strong in Devonport. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 07 September 2007; p.14-15 | | Description | The Devonport Croquet Club was established in 1897 when the Devonport Bowling Club in Cambridge Terrace formed a croquet ground. Rod Cornelius discusses the clubs history. Illustrations show the Club house in colour and black and white pictures of players in 1898. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Destroyed past - stolen future. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 08 October 1998; p. 14-15 | | Description | Rod Cornelius describes the grand old house Ingleside once in Vauxhall Road. Built originally around 1870, as a family home, it was renamed Castlereagh, and became Cheltenham Ladies College, from 1910 -1919. It was pulled down in 1970. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Devonport Cinema provided joy to young and old. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 13 February 2003; p. 14-15 | | Description | History of the cinema in Devonport, originally known as the Victoria Theatre and built in 1912. Movies first came to Devonport when an American, John Leon Benwell opened a hall in Clarence Street on the site of the old Telephone Exchange, in 1911, the Benwell Picture Palace. The building was destroyed by fire on Christmas Eve, 1911, and Benwell put up funds for a new cinema to be built in Victoria Road, designed by city architect John M. Walker. The brief history continues until 1929. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Devonport administered Rangitoto for almost 100 years. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 14 July 2006; pp.12-13 | | Description | Rod Cornelius writes about Devonport's administrative connection with Rangitoto Island which was under the control of the Rangitoto Domain Board, a body that was established by the Devonport Borough Council in 1890. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Devonport in ashes after great fire of 1888. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 21 September 2000; p. 14-15 | | Description | Rod Cornelius writes about the 1888 fire which destroyed much of Victoria Rd. He includes a newspaper report of the time, "nine shops and seven dwellings were completely wiped out". As a result the council of the time required all buildings being replaced to be of brick masonry and the area became known as the "brick area". Includes photograph of Flagstaff Hotel and names of many of the shops and their owners, early Devonport people. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Devonport's French connection. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 24 August 2000; p. 14-15 | | Description | Rod Cornelius writes about a little known visit of the French in 1827 by the "Astrolabe". The French navigator and explorer Dumont d'Urville set out to explore islands in the Pacific and to make scientific investigations.. New Zealand was sighted in 1827, and d'Urville spent three months exploring and charting. A plaque in Torpedo Bay on the boat ramp commemorates the visit. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Devonport's water woes left sour taste. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 09 March 2000; p. 14-15 | | Description | Rod Cornelius outlines the history of the water supply to Devonport, originally from Lake Pupuke. Includes a Minhinnick cartoon, and photographs of the Pumphouse, Takapuna. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Early settler Oliver survives murder accusations. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 22 May 2003; p. 14-15 | | Description | William Oliver was one of the earliest settlers in Devonport. Description of his life and times, including an account of the murders of Lieutenant Snow, his wife Hannah and their daughter, Mary. Joseph Burns was found guilty eventually and hanged. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Easter cruise of 1906. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 07 October 1999; p.12-13 | | Description | Rod Cornelius talks about the yacht "Rainbow", built in 1898. The article includes a copy of the original manuscript detailing the Easter cruise to the Bay of Islands in 1906. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Elegant yacht's Easter cruise -1906. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 12 August 1999; p. 14-15 | | Description | Rod Cornelius talks about the yacht "Rainbow", built in 1898. The article includes a copy of the original manuscript detailing the Easter cruise to the Bay of Islands in 1906. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Fire that changed the face of King Edward Parade. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 22 February 2008; p.16-17 | | Description | Discusses the history of Elizabeth House, 5 King Edward Parade, which was the Ventnor Hotel before the Navy purchased it in 1959 and changed the name and converted it to a hostel for Wrens.
Two photgraphs illustrate the changes which occurred in a huge fire on 6 September 1910. The Ventnor Hotel emerged from the ashes of the Ventnor Boarding House which had been destroyed by fire. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Fresh Masonic history unearthed. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 20 February 2009; p.30-31 | | Description | The Masonic Hotel was designed by Richard Keals of Auckland and was built in late 1865 into 1866 and opened on the 29 September 1866. The publican was Frederick Cock who was a member of the Masonic Lodge.
Cock's advert in the Southern Cross, October 2 1886 is illustrated. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Goldfields forture funded lavish lifestyle. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 21 May 1998; p. 14-15 | | Description | Rod Cornelius writes about the Cobley homestead which was on the slopes of North Head on Cheltenham Rd, called "Tomona", known locally as "the Mansions". It was altered over the years and demolished in 1970. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Graves markers of a town's history. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 18 May 2007; p14-15 | | Description | Photographs of Webster graves on Mount Victoria and an exploration of Webster family history.
Includes an excerpt from an 1899 Herald with Isabella Webster's obituary. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Gravesites important historical markers. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 03 November 2006; pp.12-13 | | Description | Rod Cornelius talks about the Mt Victoria cemeteries, in light of the efforts of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church to restore its adjacent gravestones, and the value of such graveyards to a community's heritage. Rod talks about a couple of those early Devonport residents, William Oliver and William Trevarthen whose resting places are in the Presbyterian/Wesleyan graveyard.
(Note: William Oliver's date of death is always given as 1856, as indeed Rod's article does, and the gravestone itself appears to back this up. However, this is not the case. The year is in fact 1858 and can be confirmed by referring to the actual newspaper notices of that year.) | | View full record |
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| | Title | Historic Fort Takapuna restored to former glory. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 04 November 2004; p. 12-13 | | Description | Fort Takapuna was built in 1889 after the Russian invasion fears. Brief history of the fort, land and buildings, through the first and second World Wars until its recent restoration by the Department of Conservation. | | View full record |
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| | Title | History repeats in boom and bust world of cinema. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 27 February 2003; p. 14-15 | | Description | History of the cinema in Devonport, originally known as the Victoria Theatre and built in 1912. Continues the history of the cinema. It was remodelled in 1929, and converted to the Art Deco appearance it has today. In 1945 it was purchased and run by Kerridge-Odeon. At the end of 1989 it was leased by Charlie Gray, later taken over by Bruce Palmer, who rebuilt the Victoria into 2 small theatres. Hit by declining numbers in the 1990s, the cinema has changed hands several times and its future is uncertain. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Hopes well travelled gazebo will remain in Devonport. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 14 November 2008; p.22-23 | | Description | Traces the history of the Gazebo which Bryan Jackson had placed on the old Victoria Road Post Office.
Originally it graced the grounds of Alex Watson's house on North Head.
Illustrations show the gazebo in place on the cliff edge and some of the nurses who cared for convalescent soldiers recovering from World War One. Also included is an interior photograph of the coloured glass. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Literary thread runs through Rees family. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 21 April 2006; pp. 14-15 | | Description | A biography of Rosemary Frances Rees, daughter of Annie and William Rees of Jubilee Avenue, Devonport. Rosemary wrote novels and plays and performed in the theatre alongside Dame Ngaio Marsh. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Map a significant museum acquisition | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 2 November 2007; pp.16-17 | | Description | Rod Cornelius discusses an early hand drawn map of the Devonport foreshore that the Devonport Museum has recently acquired. The map is dated 1878 and was prepared by surveyor, Horatio Nelson Warner. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Masonic saved from fire in 1905. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 20 March 2009; p.22-23 | | Description | Some historical information about the Masonic Hotel.
Illustrations include a photograph of the hotel from the wharf, an 1880 photograph, an 1887 key map and a colour photograph of a building that caught fire in 1905. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Memories of Lochaber and Alison household. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 13 November 2009; p.22-23 | | Description | Ewen Alison moved into Lochaber House, Takapuna which was built in 1889 and moved from the site in 1983.
Illustrations show Lochaber, a portrait of Ewen and Mary Alison and a drawing of their granddaughter, Jane 'Billie' Mair.
Article focuses on Mary Alison and her granddaughter's memories. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Memories of old Devonport. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 19 June 2003; p. 16-17 | | Description | Includes memories of Mr. Cogwell, recorded in 1984, of his childhood in Devonport around 1903 to the outbreak of the first World War. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Mines in the Waitemata, aircraft at North Head. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 12 September 2002; p. 16-17 | | Description | History of Torpedo Bay, from the 1880s. In response to the threat of the Russian fleet in the South Pacific, a minefield was developed from North Head to Bastion Point, until 1907, afterwards it was abandoned. The yard was then used for stores and ammmunition and was known as the Electric-Light Yard. Cells here were used in 1917 for interning Count Felix Von Luckner and some of his crew from the German raider "Seeadler". In 1923, the government bought the Walsh Brothers flyiing school planes and equipment and sent them to be stored at the yard in Torpedo Bay. This has given rise to the stories about planes hidden in North Head today. The yard continued to be used for defence purposes. It remains the most complete 19th century miner base to survive in New Zealand, and is of exceptional historic significance. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Miss Matthews' Ladies' College. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 03 December 1998; p. 18-19 | | Description | History of the first private girls' school in Devonport, started by Miss Matthews in Albert Rd. The school moved lated to Jubilee Avenue By 1902, the school had 50 pupils and three teachers. It closed in 1909. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Museum restoration in train. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 25 January 2008; p.14 | | Description | The Devonport Historical and Museum Society is about to start a $130,000 restoration programme on the Mount Cambria site at 33a Vauxhall Road.
Rod Cornelius outlines progress to date. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Museum restores old church to former glory. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 03 October 2008; p.18-19 | | Description | Heritage builder, Pete Wolfkamp, has been working on the restoration of the Devonport Museum which was originally part of the old Presbyterian Church on the corner of Cracroft and Church Street.
An illustration depicts the original church building. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Mysteries of the past solved by readers. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 10 August 2007; p.14-15 | | Description | Information about the history of Kings Store which was called Park as a bus destination in earlier times. Photographs show the Park buildings on Lake Road opposite Old Lake Road. A fire station where St. Pauls now stands is also featured. | | View full record |
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| | Title | New fire station photos unearthed. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 29 June 2007; p.14-15 | | Description | A history of Devonport's Fire Brigade. Illustrations show the new fire station in Kerr Street circa 1898, an early engine and the Municiple Fire Brigade with Mayor E.W. Alison and Captain Strude outside the old Naval shed at the reserve which was being used as the fire station. | | View full record |
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| | Title | New information on Devonport tramcars unearthed. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 19 May 2006; pp.14-15 | | Description | Rod Cornelius revisits an earlier story (Devonport Flagstaff, 19 October 2000)on trams in Devonport to add further information, some of which came via copies of old family photographs provided to the Devonport Museum by children's author Pamela Allen. The article also gives some information about Pamela Allen's forebears - the Griffith and Griffiths families of which some, including Pamela's grandparents and parents, lived in Devonport for some time from around 1905 onwards. | | View full record |
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| | Title | North Head area difficult to defend. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 23 May 2002; p. 16-17 | | Description | History of Torpedo Bay, including pre European. Brief description of landscape and volcanic activity. Descripton of Maori settlement, first Kupe then the Tainui canoe. Battles and fortifications in the area, then abandonment. Europeans arrived in 1820s, first European on Norh Head was the French explorer, D'Urville, in 1872. Around 1835, descendants of the Takapuna people returned. Evidence of pa sites and food pits, now mostly destroyed by European earthworks. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Old newspaper documents business history. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 27 June 2008; p.16, 17 | | Description | Reviews an article from The Devonport Gazette Vol.1 No 15, 9 February 1922. Discusses a few of the busineses listed in the " Who's who in Devonport" ( a directory of leading firms). Focuses on some prevalent concerns of the times such as cycling and roads. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Old photos and art fill in historic jigsaw. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 28 May 2010; p.16-17 | | Description | A panoramic photograph taken by John Nichol Crombie in 1872, a Blomfield painting and an amateur's painting retrieved from the Royal Commonwealth Society are helpful tools for researching the history of Torpedo Bay. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Pentlands: where babies were born in Devonport. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 16 June 2006; pp.12-13 | | Description | Rod Cornelius writes about Pentlands maternity hospital (Devonport Obstetric Hospital) that existed at 19 Buchanan Street in Devonport from 1926 through to 1975. Sister Jessie Milne was the nurse in charge until she retired in 1949. Rod also writes about Cotswold Private Hospital which existed across the road at 18 Buchanan Street. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Post office moved round in early days. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 23 February 2007; p.38-39 | | Description | This article explores locations of previous Devonport Post Offices and discusses the history of Oliver Mays who was the first postmaster for the Flagstaff district.
Illustrations depict a Post Office on Queens Parade, a house in St Aubbyn St which may have housed the Post Office, an 1865 plan showing the first Post Office and a portrait of Oliver Mays. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Postcards capture fascinating historical record. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 05 February 2010; p.18-19 | | Description | Devonport Museum received a collection of 500 postcards featuring Devonport.
Colour illustrations feature the wharf in 1908 and a black and white 1906 photograph showing a dirt road winding past the wharf to Stanley Point. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Postcards deliver an historical message for the future. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 01 October 2010; p.20-21 | | Description | Postcard dealer and collector Burt Eccles lent his collection to Devonport Museum which they scanned and fortunately preserved before Burt died and the collection was split up.
Photographs show Devonport Beach in 1908, 1913 and 1935. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Proposed museum site has colourful past. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 15 August 2002; p. 16-17 | | Description | History of Torpedo Bay during the 1890s. Old ship yards were being removed, the New Zealand Company's timber yard still working, and the military were reclaiming land to build barracks and a larger wharf. Sandy Wilson built a salt water swimming pool at the base of the cliff with access from his property. Includes photographs of the bay, the pool and the wharf. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Proud tradition of scouting in Devonport. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 24 February 2005; p. 12-13 | | Description | A history of the Devonport Scout Group which was established in 1908. Robert Stephenson Smith Baden-Powell's involvement with the Scout movement is also surveyed. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Pumping out the music at Holy Trinity. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 05 October 2007; p.14-15 | | Description | Holy Trinity's organ once used water pressure to provide the source of air to sound the pipes. Now it is powered by an electric blower. Illustrations include the organ, a plaque on the organ and the pumps. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Schools of the past. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 16 July 1998; p.14-15 | | Description | Rod Cornelius describes some of the early schools in Devonport: Cheltenham Collegiate, Miss Matthews' Ladies' College, and Cheltenham College. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Service with a smile beats 'faceless malls' by a mile. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 7 December 2007; pp.20-21 | | Description | Following on from his previous article Rod Cornelius continues his discussion of an early hand drawn map of the Devonport foreshore that the Devonport Museum has recently acquired. The map is dated 1878 and was prepared by surveyor, Horatio Nelson Warner. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Shifting sands of Torpedo Bay uncover history. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 24 July 2009; p.18,19 | | Description | Sand erosion has exposed piles of the pilot boat shed that was on Torpedo Bay. Devonport Museum photograped them before the sand was replenished. Kupe named the bay Te Hau Kapua (cloud bank carried along by the wind). The settlers changed the name to Pilot Bay. An old photograph illustrates Pilot Bay around 1904. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Slippery escaper caught by Devonport boat. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 02 December 2004; p. 14-15 | | Description | Story of the German Sea captain Felix Von Luckner and his escape from Motuihe Island. He was re-captured as he was heading for the Kermadec Islands in the "Moa" a scow he had captured. He was re-captured by the soldiers on the "Iris", a cable-laying ship. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Stanley Bay School grew but retained historic building. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 18 September 2009; p.18,19 | | Description | 2009 is the centenary for Stanley Bay School. The school has lodged historical material with Devonport Museum for safe keeping. Illustrations show the school around 1938, a fundraising fair and the first headmaster Mr G.Wilson and first teacher Mrs M. Gavey ( Miss Barr). | | View full record |
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| | Title | Steel balls used as marine weights. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 12 December 2008; p.18-19 | | Description | Features a coloured photograph of a steel ball found at Devonport Yacht Club and steel weights that came up for sale on Trade Me. These balls were used to weigh down the anti-submarine nets which were put in place from North Head to Bastion Point in the 1940's. This defence system consisted of wooden piles between which hung large steel mesh nets. The centre net was supported by buoys and could be opened or closed by a boat fitted with winches. The system was dismantled between 1946-1948. Ilustrations of the Yacht Club site as it was in circa 1887 and the wartime boom across the harbour. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Swimming a risky business. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 31 January 2002; p. 14-15 | | Description | Rod Cornelius writes about Cheltenham beach, swimming attire and the kiosk, now Mchugh's. | | View full record |
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| | Title | The Devonport Orphans Club-entertainment for gentlemen. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 10 September 1998; p. 14-15 | | Description | The Devonport Orphans Club was established in 1910 and lasted until 1985. It was part of a world wide organization,whose name derives from Orpheus, the Greek god of music. The clubs were for men who met together for friendship and music.Some of the artefacts from the club such as the chain of office for the President are now in the Devonport Museum. | | View full record |
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| | Title | The Esplanade - city life by the sea. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 11 September 2003; p. 12-13 | | Description | Commemorates one hundred years for the Esplanade Hotel. Gives the history of the evolution of the Hotel. Includes photographs of the Old Flagstaff Hotel and wharf, 1886-88 and the Flagstaff Hotel about 1910-19. | | View full record |
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| | Title | The Niccol Devonport legacy. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 07 November 2002; p. 14-15 | | Description | Malcolm Niccol became the first mayor of the new borough of Devonport in 1886 and he served as mayor for three terms. He lived at 5 King Edward Pde. (now the address 2 Buchanan St.). He retired from the shipping business in 1902 and moved to Wellington as secretary of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand Freemasons. Photographs of Malcolm Niccol and 2 Buchanan St. (today and in the 1880's). | | View full record |
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| | Title | The fascinating history of Devonport newspapers. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 30 May 2008; p.18,19 | | Description | Robert Newton has donated a collection of early publications to the Devonport Museum.
The first paper published in Devonport was the Waitemata Messenger in 1885.
Then the Waitemata Post was printed in 1910 and was renamed the Waitemata News in 1914. In 1921 the Devonport Gazette and Greater North Shore Advocate was the major local paper and was renamed the North Shore Gazette in 1924. The Devonport News was published in 1933 but did not last for long. Finally, The Flagstaff was launched in 1992 by Liz Waters and has been edited by Rob Drent for 11 years. | | View full record |
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| | Title | The legacy of Edward Bartley. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 04 November 1999; p. 18-19 | | Description | The work of architect and designer, Edward Bartley is described, one of the original councillors of Devonport. | | View full record |
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| | Title | The legacy of William Rees uncovered. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 17 November 2005; pp. 14-15 | | Description | New information about William Lee Rees has been presented by a direct descendant who is preparing to update and publish a book on his great-grandfather with information from a manuscript written by his great-aunt. One discovery is it was William Rees who built the pool at the bottom of the cliff as she mentions the construction of the path down to it. This questions the assumption that Alex Watson built the pool. The fact that William Rees built the house on the point is now also questionable in light of this new material. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Tickets track time back to the tram era. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 19 October 2000; p. 14-15 | | Description | Rod Cornelius writes about the history of trams in Devonport. Trams ran between Devonport and Cheltenham beach from 1866 to 1894. Two original tram tickets survived and have been given to the museum. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Timber a mainstay of early Devonport. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 28 March 2002; p. 16-17 | | Description | History of the New Zealand Timber Company which operated from the shores of Torpedo Bay, then called Pilot Bay. Probably burnt down in 1887. Photographs of Torpedo Bay, 1880s and the Kauri Timber Company yard. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Torpedo boat follies. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 20 May 1999; p.14-15 | | Description | Rod Cornelius talks about an unusual defence system, the torpedo boats of the 1880s. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Two races enjoy Easter feast. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 09 September 1999; p. 14-15 | | Description | Rod Cornelius talks about the yacht "Rainbow", built in 1898. The article continues the story of the trip to the Bay of Islands in 1906. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Water from wells only 100 years ago. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 02 December 1999; p. 14-15 | | Description | Rod Cornelius writes about the history of the Devonport water supply, and the bitter debate over the supply of fresh water for the district. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Watson's pool - a structure of a different age. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 21 April 2005; p. 14-15 | | Description | Alexander Watson built a small salt water pool at the base of his property in Torpedo Bay, then know as Pilot Bay, around 1879. Biography and brief history of Jubilee Avenue and the houses around the Bay. | | View full record |
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| | Title | What happened to historic hall still a mystery. | | Source of Article | Devonport Flagstaff, 21 August 2009; p.22-23 | | Description | The Devonport Hall was built in Beach Road, now King Edward Parade, in 1867. The Hall survived into the 1900's
when it was removed or demolished. It stood where no.20 is today. Along side it was the Methodist Church at No 22 which was moved to Church Street in 1884. Illustrations show advertisements for two events and a photograph of the Hall next to the Methodist Church. | | View full record |
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