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The Reefton School of Mines 1886Albert Street under flood - Percy K. Wah with bike.. 1936.Party of deerstalkers returning home.Blaketown lagoon.1862.Dobson Car Rest Home. -ALBUM-Oddfellows Hall ReeftonWilsons / Harris' Hotel Reefton
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McIvor's mine near DunollieMolloys Bedford J 7 truckTen Mile Valley Escarpment collapseCartoon - Mayor Tony Kokshoorn supporting the coal industryShip SS Rosamond in Greymouth Port, *PHOTO ALBUM* One of the construction camps - new road to Gillespie's Beach.1937. Mr J.W. Chamberlain, a veteran gold prospector Ross.1935.Macleod's Terrace Sluicing Company's claim near Ross.1906.Sluicing for gold in a pit near Westport.1898.ALBUM- SEA TOW barges, GreymouthRev Father Columb drowned 1871 - a history *PHOTO ALBUM*Two men inspecting a bank of sluice boxes during gold mining operations in Westland.1935.South Westland bush, 1947.Nelson Creek painting, 1991Red Cross, women, Hokitika 1940sTourists framed by an Ice Mill,Franz Josef Glacier.July 1981.The main shopping thoroughfare in Greymouth.1975 .Lake Mahinapua near Hokitika.1979 .Miners on the way to the Alpine Mine, waving at girls bathing at the waterfall on Nine Mile Creek, near Greymouth.1973.Broadway, the Main Street in Reefton.1979.Fluming at Dilmanstown.ca.1906.The Franz Josef Hotel, Westland. June 1970.Assembling greenstone jewellery at the Westland Greenstone Co. Hokitika.New Zealand Railways Westland Maintenance Branch Christmas cardLewis Pass in the winter.ALBUM - Working on the Lewis Pass Road.ca.1930`s.Greymouth Swimming Club .Early 1970`s.Pearl and Pat Hende, Pukekura.There was a fire in the winch house at Middle brake Rewanui which melted the steel rope through.BULLER COUNTY COUNCIL - Stefano (Steve) De Filippi - probably represents Lyell on the council.1914.The Westland Shipping Company's steamer Tees crossing Greymouth Bar.1930-07-09.Gold being weighed at the Alexander Mine, Reefton district.1932.New Zealander of the Year Readers' Choice Tony KokshoornDon Eadie obituaryRewanui, Middle BrakeAerial view of the Greymouth barberDeer hunting up the Arawhata *PHOTO ALBUM* On the Arthur's Pass road , a scene on the Arthurs Pass road at Pegler's Creek, near the top of the Pass.1930.Greymouth-Westport main road - Batty's Hill.1930.The site of an unidentified gold mine on the West Coast of the South Island.1937 .Construction Works on the Otira Railway, showing the Electrical Power House And Engine Sheds in the Background.1923-04-05.A kingfisher from South Westland.1936.A man holding a wild kea that was captured in the Westland province.1931.Runanga Hockey Club.1968.Steam train at Red Jacks near NgahereRewanui steam trainMoneith's Greymouth 140th *PHOTO ALBUM*Coalbrookdale *PHOTO ALBUM*The Rose family Soldiers and cooks stand around a new army portable stove, used for cooking on the Army Service Corps' trek from Christchurch to the West Coast.1938.

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