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Dobson Car Rest Home. -ALBUM-Oddfellows Hall ReeftonWilsons / Harris' Hotel ReeftonThe Reefton School of Mines 1886Albert Street under flood - Percy K. Wah with bike.. 1936.Party of deerstalkers returning home.Blaketown lagoon.1862.
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Rewanui bridge ALBUM - CHANGING FACE of GREYMOUTH CBD. 2016--2019.WIlliam Stewart bridge, Kumara, and dredgeWest Coast diaries and corner stores *PHOTO ALBUM*Ford Model 'A' all-terrain whitebaiting vehicle, South Westland, 1960sIn the coal hole - It was reported that the Government will shortly work as a state colliery, the Westport-Cardiff mine.1901.Hokitika Government Building (Seddon House). *PHOTO ALBUM*Bridge-building across the Jacobs River, on the route of the new southern highway.1938.With the water supply cut off at Westport - cheery members of the bucket brigade step in , Murchison earthquake 1929.A Westport family camping out after the Murchison earthquake.1929.Crushed cars at Bett's Garage , Westport, after the Murchison earthquake.1929. Mr P Monagatti and P Roselli - at Diamond Jubilee celebrations honouring the pioneers who 'blazed the trail' in the Buller District.1927.CONSTRUCTION OF THE NELSON-WESTPORT LINE . 1911.Rewanui, Engineers Shed. 2021 *PHOTO ALBUM*Elevated view of the Royal Hotel, GreymouthRoyal Hotel Greymouth - photos and heritage listind documents and history *PHOTO ALBUM*Royal Hotel demolition Greymouth December 7 2025Hokitika Government Building (Seddon House). Restoration of Richard John Seddon's statue.*PHOTO ALBUM*Pictures of logging. Possible Taipo valley. Norman Waterman driver. *PHOTO ALBUM*Meybille Bay, 1971.The new tramway of the Westport Cardiff mine, Seddonville.1903. Australian hardwood railway sleepers in a ship's hold at Westport - for construction of Inangahua Westport line.1939.ALBUM - Hokitika Government Building (Seddon House) - Restoration of Richard John Seddon's statue. Tower construction for the Newman Creek bridge on the Westport - Inangahua line.1939.HML ScreenprintsA 1925 Cadillac V63 service car operated by Newman Bros Ltd of Nelson on emergency detour round a slip near Inangahua after earthquake.1929. Transferring mail from car to cart near Inangahua after earthquake .1929.Clearing up at Seddonville after earthquake.1929.GREY DISTRICT COUNCILLORS. 2013. and Kevin Brown mayor obituaryBlaketown Rugby Football Club 4th Grade 1993Poem to celebrate the quality of Westport coalCave Creek 1995Mahinapua Links, Hokitika Golf Club *PHOTO ALBUM*The Queen Mary busPrince William at Shantytown meeting Pike River families, 2011 *PHOTO ALBUM*Reefton Electrical Centenary ParadeRunanga rugby league player Anise Symons Model T at the Reefton Electrical Centenary ParadeOpera House fire, Greymouth.1956.Land Rover looks on as a railways bus negotiates a Westland bridge under repair, early 1960s.ALBUM - Greymouth High School Hostel. Timber being loaded at a Greymouth wharf.1938.The top incline of the Westport Coal Company's works at Denniston.1893.The steamer Bileala leaving Westport with a record 5800 tons of coal from for Australia.1921.The new coal mine at Dobson, near Greymouth.1920.Deer Hunter standing beside the water pipe used to power the Fox Glacier Hotel.1929.A halt by the roadside on the way to Karangarua.1929.Old Mail Coach or tourist wagonette outside the Fox Glacier Hotel.1929.GPs in Greymouth and surround, 1950sOtira shop and fuel station with Rolls Royce car

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