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Taming of the Hauraki Swamp : stories of some of the pioneers who lived on the Hauraki Plains and whose lives have been influential in converting the area from swamp to farms / compiled and edited by Ken Clover.
- Title
- Taming of the Hauraki Swamp : stories of some of the pioneers who lived on the Hauraki Plains and whose lives have been influential in converting the area from swamp to farms / compiled and edited by Ken Clover.
- Publication
- Ngatea [N.Z.] : Historical Society of the Hauraki Plains, 2007.
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- 380 p. : ill.; 30 cm.
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- Genre/Form
- Anecdotes
- Biographies
- Anecdotes.
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- Cover title.
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- Contents
- Swamp transformation. A history of the Hauraki Plains County : H.P.C.C. district scheme. From the beginning : A 1910 reporter's description / Weekly Graphic. Growth of the Hauraki Plains : The first years ; Hauraki Lowlands & the Kopouatai Peat Dome / Ken Clover -- Hauraki Swam to farms : The Plains emerge / Mccasgil, Gillespie & Coxhead. Hauraki Plains & its ancient past / Ken Clover. History of the Hauraki Plains : Catchment Board / A.H. McLean. The genesis of the Hauraki Plains / H.D.M. Hazard -- Drainage. Draining of the Hauraki Swamp : Reclaiming the land ; Local "plains" flooding in certain areas / Ken Clover. Millions from mud : New dredging machinery / Ohinemuri Gazette. Summary of some notable Thames Valley floods / Gray Townshend. Swamp to farms : Hauraki Plains : Drainage / V.M. Strong. The draining of a swamp : Local drainage ; The Waihou River Valley : Hauraki Plains drainage 1976 / H.A. Thorp --^
- Farming. A young boy's memories of a country cheese factory / Ian D Parlane. Dairying in the valley : Bulls rushes to butterfat / Ken Clover. Early days on the Hauraki Plains : The first ballot / Penelope May Elvidge. Memories of Mangawhero Peat fires / Colin Clark. Trials of early farming in the Turua area / Ken Clover -- Bridges, boats & ferries. Ferry crossings : The river ferries of the T.V. ; The bridge builders : Stories told by the bridges / Ken Clover. The Hauraki Bridge : Crossing of the Waihou River / Audrey Young. The Waihou : Boats bridges and flooding / Unknown. The Waihou River : How the river affected our lives / H.R. Baker --^
- Road transport. Joys of motoring 1920's style / Ken Clover. Pukekohe to Paeroa : By horse and buggy / C Aitken. Service cars in the 1920's / L Hume. The Kerby Transport Service / S.M. Tunley. Transport on the Hauraki Plains / J R Hamilton. Journey to the Hauraki Plains : Hawera to Hauraki / A.J. Ambury. Turua to Auckland in the early 1920's / Jim Green. Turua to Auckland in the late 20's -- early 30's / Dorothy C. Bagnell -- The railways. Rail lines from Thames & on the Hauraki Plains / Ken Clover. The Thames Paeroa railway / C W Malcolm --^
- Ships & the waterways. Early travel on the Hauraki Plains : River transport / Ken Clover. Hauraki Plains incident : Cross country with suitcase / Cliff Furniss. Last of the river steamers / Trevor Neal. Memories of river boats : Life on the river / Bill Ryan. Steamers among the willows of Piako Swamp ; Steamer service on the Piako : Little ships / Cliff Furniss. "Taniwha" : Our ship / Connie Broadmore. Taniwha / Ian Parlane. Water transport in the Thames Valley / James Silcock -- Timber, flax and mining. Flax : our early wealth / Freda Brooks. Flax mill : A summary of operations / Joe Moses. Flour, tiber & flax milling in the Hauraki area / Ken Clover. Kopu Calcined Lime Co : Mining the shell deposits / Pat Bourne. Mining on the Hauraki Plains / Ken Clover. Turua : The saw mills / "The resources of NZ" --^
- Development of the area. Animal health and our veterinary service / Ken Clover. Bee keeping and growing up in Turua / Steve Schmidt. Hauraki Plains Bobby Calf pool / Ken Clover. Celebrating the firth of Thames / Bill Brownell. Haymaking in days gone by ; Power station under the lake : Hora Hora / Ken Clover. Power comes to Paeroa : Hora Hora brings life / Reg Sprague. Telegraph and telephone service ; Temporary villages and camps : Lands dept & relief / Ken Clover. Historic homes of the Hauraki Plains / Janes Robinson --^
- Farming & the community. A night out at the flicks ; Country service : Store delivery / Ken Clover. Influenza epidemic : 1918 : W.T. Hammond's work / W T Hammond. Influenza in the Miranda area : Recollections / Wally Surman. Our disappearing heritage ; Our school : The heart of our district ; Those pioneers of the Plains and the characters ; The Kerepehi Brass Band / Ken Clover. Totara Pa : The Pa which overlooked the Plains / A M Isdale. Aircraft incidents / Mike Hutchins. The environment and Maori tribes and settlers / Catherine Peters. Flying saucers and fairy rings / Mike Hutchings --^
- Our district. Maramarua : Our near neighbour / Ken Clover. Early Waitakaruru memories / Les Hudson ... [et al.]. Tales of Waitakaruru township & district / Ken Glover. Waitakaruru District : Formation to farms / Stan McClune. Pipiroa : My home town / Nancy Pye. Hauraki Golf Club / Tom Keane. Mangatarata and its history / Stan McClune. Ngatea before it grew / Vic Murray. Teaching at Ngatea : Memories of Ngatea School / Elsie G Evans. The Piako Bridge, Tilbury Reserve & surrounding area / Ken Clover. The township of Ngatea : "Orchard" / Marjorie Farrow. Plain speaking : My home town / Rosemary Robertson. Miranda-Kaiaua and its history / P. McCartie. Miranda : The naming of the area / Ken Clover. A visit to Miranda : An early settlement / Dorothy Walgrave. History of the township of Turua / Dennis McKee. Turua : The town and district / Ken Clover. The three rivers : Written 1950 about Turua in 1880's / Shirley M Metcalfe. Turua and its halls / H.P. Gazette. Turua / Dennis McKee.^
- Early days at Netherton : From bush camps to farms / Pat Fisher. Netherton : My early days / Flo Sarjant. Old Netherton and its beginnings / Chas Townshend. Netherton memories and the little town / Frank Innis. Old Netherton memories / Dave McKee. Early Patetonga days : After the 1913 ballot / Arch McDonald. Growing up in Kaihere : Nostalgia with Freda / Freda Brooks. Kaihere : Food for the birds / Hannah Harris. The Western Hauraki Plains : Patetonga, Mangawhero, Kaihere & Torehape / E.A. McDonald. Here's to those who put pen to paper / Ken Clover.
- ISBN
- 9780473116903 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 182549719
- SCSB-11457262
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