Stephen Clarke

That's right search 'Historians' in this Manatu Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage document and its returns no results because after 80+ years they're going! Historians matter but not to this government. #HistoryMatters #DontWantToPickYourGhostKumara www.mch.govt.nz/sites/defaul...

Aerial view of Dunedin NZ. Carisbrook & Hillside Workshops in foreground. Hocken Digital Collections https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/8846

My Precious.

Caversham ca. 1926/27 (new Caversham School is visible and opened 26 March 1927). My old fmr State House home at 40 Ryehill St on Calton Hill is certainly still to be built. Aotearoa Series produced by Hugh & G K Neill www.postcard.org.nz/hugh-g-k-nei... #CavvyBoy #Caversham

More book reviews published online ahead of print - first up, David A. Roberts reviews ‘Uprising: War in the Colony of New South Wales’ by Stephen Gapps
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Kate Ariotti reviews ‘Gull Force: Australian POWs on Ambon and Hainan, 1941–45’ by Joan Beaumont
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Excellent!

Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly The story of the man, the music, the art, the attitude.

Auckland University Press now have an extract of long-awaited Craig Robertson's biography of Chris Knox — out this Thursday, 9 October! @audioculturenz.bsky.social aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/chris-knox/?...

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Artificial Moonlight by Peter McIntyre. G J Moyle Family Trust

Time to get serious writing a funding application for 'A Military History of New Zealand' — the first single-volume history of New Zealand's wars across more than 200 years, set in the context of the development of society and the impact of war on New Zealand and New Zealanders. #MilitaryHistory

The City to Sea Bridge and the legacy of trailblazing Māori architect Rewi Thompson The fate of the bridge described as a turning point for Māori architecture has swung back and forth over the past few months.

The City to Sea Bridge (1993) marks not only the foundational legacy of Māori architect Rewi Thompson but is a marker of a transformational epoch in the history of Wellington when its citizens dreamed and delivered “the coolest little capital in the world”. www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu...

The New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition lit up at night, May 1926. Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives. Ref: APG-1920-1/2-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.

The New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition lit up at night, May 1926. Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives. Ref: APG-1921-1/2-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.

This is what I expected to find in the collection of a keen photographer living in Dunedin in the mid-1920s. The New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition lit up at night on 1 May 1926 for Albert Percy Godber would have been like a moth to a flame. #LoganPark #Dunedin

Of course thanks, I wondered about the early hours clientele!

Part one of a three part panorama of Dunedin. Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives. Ref: APG-1898-1/2-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.

Part two of a three part panorama of Dunedin. Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives. Ref: APG-1887-1/2-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.

Another Godbar panorama showing 'The Flat' 100 years ago. On the left Donaghy's rope walk next to Bathgate Park and in the centre Macandrew School surrounded by Chinese market gardens where today is found King's and Queen's High Schools. On the right the imposing Caversham Benevolent Institute.

Albert Percy Godber, his wife Laura, and their daughter Phyllis outside their home in Dunedin.. Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives. Ref: APG-1049-1/2-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.

Albert Percy Godber, his wife Laura and their daughter Phyllis outside their house at 9 Baker Street, Caversham, Dunedin ca. 1927. A carving in Maori style above the doorway was probably carved by Godber himself.

Part 1 of a 2-part panorama of the Hillside Railway Workshops, Dunedin. Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives. Ref: APG-1053-1/2-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.

Part 2 of a 2-part panorama of the Hillside Railway Workshops, Dunedin. Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives. Ref: APG-1052-1/2-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.

A panorama of the old hood of South Dunedin 'The Flat' 100 years ago with Hillside Railway Workshops in the foreground taken in October 1925 by railway employee and amateur photographer Albert Percy Godber who lived in shot at 9 Baker Street, Caversham. #CavvyBoy #Caversham #SouthDunedin #Dunedin

At the grave of Dave Gallaher in @CWGC Nine Elms British Cemetery, west of Poperinge in Belgium, for the centenary of his death on 4 October 2017. 🇧🇪 🇳🇿

Sergeant David Gallaher, 1917 Photographer Herman John Schmidt (1872-1959) 31-G4259 Schmidt Collection Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 31-G4259

On this day 108 years ago the captain of the 1905 ‘Originals’ All Blacks Sergeant David Gallaher, Auckland Infantry Regiment, was mortally wounded during the Battle of Broodseinde near Passchendaele on 4 October 1917.

Ka maumahara tonu tātou ki a rātou
We will remember them
#AllBlacks #Broodseinde

Six o'clock closing, George Street, Dunedin. Saturday, November 1952 Production Gary Blackman; photographer; 1952; New Zealand Classification gelatin silver prints, black-and-white prints, vintage prints, black-and-white photographs, works of art Materials photographic gelatin, silver, photographic paper Materials Summary black and white photograph, gelatin silver print Techniques black-and-white photography Dimensions Image: 330mm (width), 215mm (height) Registration Number O.030385 Credit line Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand Purchased 2006

One of my all-time favourite photographs from the home town.

Six o'clock closing, George Street, Dunedin. Saturday, November 1952. Photographer Gary Blackman.

At the same time NZ introduced conscription in 1916 but the following year in December 1917 introduced 6pm closing leading to the 6 o’clock swill that was one of the longest legacies of the WW I lasting until 1967.

Getting it done since 1888. 🏆

Sydney: Pub near waterfront, opening and closing times! Production Brian Brake; photographer; Sydney Classification colour transparencies, colour slides Materials photographic gelatin, reversal film, cut film Materials Summary colour transparency Techniques chromogenic processes, colour photography Registration Number CT.047774 Credit line Te Papa Museum Gift of Mr Raymond Wai-Man Lau, 2001

Too late! 🍻

Opening and closing times at a pub in The Docks, Sydney ca. 1978. Photograph Brian Brake.

I had hoped to do a deep dive into the place of this exhibition in New Zealand history and today but nobody was interested in funding it so sod it!

Johnstone, Robert, Fairground mouth (1925-1926). Hocken Digital Collections

The question now not unlike the mystery of Play School's Little Ted's missing head is where is Fun Factory's head and the major amusements rides such as the switchback railway, dodge ’ems, the "caterpillar" and "merry mix-up" today?

Luna Park Sydney tickets.lunaparksydney.com/our-historyh... opened with rides from Luna Park Glenelg 1930–34 adelaideaz.com/articles/lun... #LunaPark90 #LunaPark #history

Interesting piece but while the rides became the heart of a Luna Park in Auckland 1926–31 and proprietors did hope to open a Luna Park in Sydney until liquidated, and the rides were reportedly shipped to Sydney, they did not end up at
Luna Park Sydney opened on this day in 1935. #LunaPark90

'Her impassioned speeches during school assemblies often culminated in a rallying cry: "Girls can do anything".'

Sydney: Luna Park Production Brian Brake; photographer; Sydney Classification colour transparencies, colour slides Materials photographic gelatin, reversal film, cut film Materials Summary colour transparency Techniques chromogenic processes, colour photography Registration Number CT.047363 Credit line Te Papa Museum Gift of Mr Raymond Wai-Man Lau, 2001

Happy 90th Birthday to Sydney’s Luna Park. Remembering my visit back in 1991. Photograph Brian Brake (1927–88) #LunaPark90

Kia ora Aunty @abcnewsbot.bsky.social Fair Cop Chappell-Hadlee 🏆 is yours but they played at Maunganui, pronounced MOW-ngah-NOO-ee, with the emphasis on the first syllable, a guttural ‘ng’ sound as in ‘singer’, and the final ‘i’ pronounced like a short ‘ee’ sound. 🎧 maoridictionary.co.nz/word/15089

Special Issue: Australia and Vietnam: The Fifty Year Legacy: Australian Journal of Politics & History: Vol 71, No 3 Click on the title to browse this issue

The Special Issue of AJPH on ‘Australia and Vietnam: the Fifty Year Legacy’ is finally out! 🥳🥳🥳

#VietnamWar #history #auspol

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Treasured memories of another Clarke fam roadie into these hills during the May school holidays in 1980 confirms it was a ‘Living Museum’ and that not all that’s gold in these hills is buried. Three government agencies have responsibilities to protect this heritage! #Heritage #Bendigo #CentralOtago

Royal Hotel, Naseby 1975 Gary Blackman (b.1929, d.2022) Acc. No. 7-2004. Collection of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Purchased 2004 with funds from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Society

Are we there, yet? #FridayOnMyMind