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Saturday, July 11, 2020

William Newell: the £22,000 man

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On Tuesday 9 February 1943, the readers of the NZ Herald that morning would have found this bit of news as they sipped their tea and ate th...
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Smoothing Coburg Street in the late 1880s

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Image from Webbs Auction site, accessed July 2020 The image above came online, and I found it intriguing. The caption said it was the site o...
Tuesday, May 19, 2020

"Good-bye now. I am off to Aussie": Frederick Demchy's short and disastrous flight, 1945

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"Loading Lockheed Lodestar 'Karoro' aircraft." May 1945.Ref: WA-01296-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Z...
Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Avondale’s Racecourse by the River Part 2: Surrounded by Change (1923-2019)

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Spring racing at Avondale, from Auckland Weekly News 27 September 1923, AWNS-19230927-47-1,  Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections ...
Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Avondale’s Racecourse by the River Part 1: Origins and first years (1890-1922)

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The set-up at the Wingate side of the course, 1890-1900, showing the main stand (centre) looking toward St Jude Street in the distanc...
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