Public Works encampment, Jackson Bay 1938.

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DescriptionPublic Works encampment, Jacksons Bay 1938.

Sir George Grey Collections Auckland Libraries 1370-465-07PhotographerNew Zealand Herald Date of Photo1938Map^[1]ContributorMaye Dunn

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Location (city or town)Jackson`s BayOrganisation (eg business)Public Works Camp

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Date Created29th September 2017CommentsKen Campbell
Do any of these still exist?

Sheri Wright
Ken Campbell no

Liz Stewart
Good example of Govt propaganda right there!!

Grant Taylor
Liz Stewart Where?

Robert Mallinson
Grant Taylor DER HUH ?

Phil Wright
Jobs were like hens teeth the slump lingered on for a long time, people were resilient you had too be, Mickey Savage was good for the working man and woman...

Peter Robertson
Phil Wright Bob Semple was the Minister of Works. It was on him,not Savage!

Phil Wright
Peter RobertsonSavage brought the pension in. Semple built a tank that made us the laughing stock of the World...

Peter Robertson
Phil Wright Did he? From what I have read Savage dragged the chain on many of the reforms. And of course nobody in the world even knew about the "famous" tank. Semple didn't design it!

Arnold Chinn
Too tough for me but the living quarters don’t look too bad for the times.What were the workers working on

Peter Robertson
Arnold Chinn The road north.Ultimately the Haast Pass.

David Carty
My mom and Dad lived in a pwd camp in a house like those at stair case creek king ston while working on the Devil staircase lake wakatipu in about the 1930s.

Rebekah Fairhurst Geer
Fabulous pic

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Wendy Buckland
Incredible

John Armstrong
Great photo one question did they have a window??

Maree Lewis
Oh my! Thanks for this. I’ve been there and read the history, so this just shows me what it was like. What a neat camp, for 85 years ago.

Dennis Gibbs
Looks like they were prepared to minimize flooding.

Phil Millar
Similar to the Haast township for MOW workers!

Maree Lewis
Oh my! Thanks for this. I’ve been there and read the history, so this just shows me what it was like. What a neat camp, for 85 years ago.

Andy Bone
Amazing ....

Robin Gibbens
Awesome pictures!

Phyllis Aberhart
Thanks for sharing the amazing historical photo

Denis Lenihan
Jacksons Bay would have been isolated in 1938. There was no roads into that area. The Otago road to Haast was completed in 1960 and and West Coast road completed.

Tess Curry
Denis Dad and sealed 17th Feb 1995 "Makaroa" Jack Lange was the surfaceman for the area from 1949 to 1970. Dying at 91 in 1996

Denis Lenihan
West Coast 1965. I think MOW thought it would take 12 months and Ryan Bros took 3 monty

Tess Curry
I have photos of the huts somewhere here. Pretty sure it was my Great Grandfather who worked there. I'll dig them out later to see what was written on the back.

Graham Howard
My wife lived in pwd camps at Westport north beach, stoke and Rahu.

Pauline Schafer
We could do with some camps houses like this for the homeless instead of them sleeping in tents of in their cars. Better than nothing.

Phil Wright
Jobs were like hens teeth the slump lingered on for a long time, people were resilient you had too be, Mickey Savage was good for the working man and woman...

Peter Robertson
Phil Wright Bob Semple was the Minister of Works. It was on him,not Savage!

Phil Wright
Peter RobertsonSavage brought the pension in. Semple built a tank that made us the laughing stock of the World...

Peter Robertson
Phil Wright Did he? From what I have read Savage dragged the chain on many of the reforms. And of course nobody in the world even knew about the "famous" tank. Semple didn't design it!

Phil Wright
Peter RobertsonGo and argue with yourself pal..FO

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