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PALMER HEAD TO POINT GORDON:

 

a two part history of Seatoun and the bays

Available in book and CDROM form

TV, 4WD, WWW : Seatoun and the bays after 1958                                                  Bob O’Brien

Published 2003 - ISBN 0-473-09655-2  The text only book  (248 pp, soft cover)  - NZD30    Packaging and postage in New Zealand- NZD5

 

The CDROM includes the text of TV, 4WD, WWW; another 150 illustrations; the data-base Seatoun Electors 1911-1998; a full version (text, maps and photographs, appendices) of WAKA, FERRY, TRAM: Seatoun and the bays before 1958.  Cost - NZD55

 

TV, 4WD, WWW book and new CDROM - $75  Packaging and postage in New Zealand - NZD5

WAKA, FERRY, TRAM: Seatoun and the bays before 1958                           Bob O’Brien

(Published 2001 ISBN 0-473-07621-7)                  out of print

so the CDROM version contains the remaining source of this text

CONTENTS                     WAKA, FERRY, TRAM

 

1 The Moving Jaws   Kupe is associated with some coastal features. Nine iwi have traditions associated with the area. By 1840  the windswept peninsula was generally unoccupied except for summer visitors.

2 The Crawford Hegemony 1840-1940            J Coutts Crawford owned and farmed Hataitai(Miramar) by 1850. His sons inherited the holding in 1889. Alec and Charley spent their lives trying to make an income from it  as they sold off their patrimony.

3 A Littoral Ribbon            The pilot station at Worser Bay encouraged the first pakeha residents by 1895. Hearn’s carriages and the 1901 introduction of a ferry boat service promoted the development of the Township of Seatoun and the bays.

4 The Maritime Environment      The narrow coastal fringe and fault scarp have long been exposed to the vigour of northerly and southerly winds. Wild seas and flying sand have influenced human activity over the centuries.

5   Winds of Fortune?         Low standards of public health impacted on Maori and pakeha populations during the nineteenth century. Seatoun became re-populated in an era when greater understanding and preventative action improved the quality of life for most citizens.

6   Consolidating Sand      After the 1897 subdivisions of the heights and northern bays, developers gradually added to the amenities and services available for the  growing number of residents. The ferry and tram were increasingly superceded by the motor vehicle.

7 Vested Interests?           Three local government bodies have been responsible for the area’s control since 1880. Some of the investors in Crawford’s land served on the Seatoun Roads Board. Miramar Borough amalgamated with Wellington in 1921.

8 Through the Hill  The excavation of the tunnel and cutting during 1907  triggered a  further surge of interest in the settlement of the Township of Seatoun. The tram  terminus became the heart of the retail and social activity of residents. Children and youth thrived.

CONTENTS                              TV, 4WD, WWW

 

9 MAKING A SHILLING: 1890-2002   Summers at the beach; Monro St action; Fetchers & carriers; Tourist accommodation; Pass the parcel; Sawdust & meathooks; Four Square, GHB & Self Help; Who’s your favourite? Greengrocers abound; The dairy; Books and boots; The bowser; Apothecary’s & other mixes; Ian Turner-your bookshop friend; Melting ice creams; Spending the pay packet; Owning or renting a home?

10 UP IN THE GODS: 1860-2003        A Signal Station dynasty; Roaming the hills; Caretaking Fort Ballance; Flowers, fishing & boat-building; Poppy Day poignancy; Up, down, up, down; Birthplace & ethnicity; Above the tunnel; Tonks for sand & gravel; The Eden pines; Pedals, prams & propellors; Below the ridge; Beerehaven Steps; Staunch & satisfied; Star of the Sea; Dales to Dale’s; The Taipakupaku enclave; Beach-heads for multi-culturalism.

11 INSPIRATION FROM NATURE OR NURTURE? 1880-2003    Self expression; Seatoun Literary Club; The Zohrab/Rowell inputs; Santa’s cave at James Smith’s; Karaka Bay & “Pumpkin Cottage”; Talented neighbours; “Father says...”; “Here is the news”; “What do you do?”; Pierrot concerts; Heritage maintenance? The Alexander postings; Coins & stamps for the world; War medals & Oscar awards; Seatoun Arts & Crafts; Wire, wool & wood; Landscaping; photography, pottery, publishing; Infiltration, illustration & infill; Movie makers; Wingnuts & rings; At the keyboard; Opening eyes for inspiration; Connections, connections.

12 AT THE FRONT - HOME AND AWAY: 1899-1990         Nineteenth century invasion fears; First expeditionary force; The rush to enlist; Roll of Honour1914-18; Territorial camps; Fort Dorset becomes a new focal point; Jack Pease -artilleryman, carpenter, toffee-apple maker; Roll of Honour 1939-45; Another NZ Gazette notice; Mines off Pencarrow Head; War service1939-46; From dinghy to frigate; Higher planes; Seatoun RSA; A genuine invasion; Panama, Pitcairn Is, Aotea Quay; Female quarters; Then integration; Retreat and Last Post.

13   SOUTH OF THE CUTTING: 1900 – 2003  Branda Quarry; 1924-section sales at last; Underwood & Quinlan; Holland’s terraces; Archer the spray-painter; Transport solutions; Rowing to Pencarrow Head; Coming ashore; “We knew everybody”; Argo, Interlock, Indulgence; Jams and preserves in the sidecar; A good catch; Night tennis in the 1930s; Communality prevails; FPP elections; A safe seat? Not often; The hall as meeting house.

14   THE ELECTRONIC ERA: 1958 – 2003      Census nights; 1956-1996; Polygons at intersections; Extra Master ( square-rigged); Captain Syd; Jack’s watch; Oruaiti Park & Kupe St; Life-long networking; From country to town; Building houses & communities; Frog pond corner; “Long-coat Tom & “Jiggs”; Boatbuilders; Cross-cultural medicine; Garden produce; Cooking; Under and over.

15 “I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH HER” 1880 – 2003  Commissioner Wright; Seatoun Boating Club; Over the Orongorongo Range; Kiwi Marmalade? Internationalist perspectives; PCs & satellites; Age cohorts 1956-96; Engineering success; Running to fame; “Cool, eh?”; Through the fence; World rankings in open tennis; Multiple national sporting honours; Languages spoken; Wild life service; Rawson Place; Wide shots & close-ups; Educational attainment; Another lamp-lighter’s son.

16   STILL THE SNUGGEST NOOK? 1960 – 2003   Ministers & their bosses; Selling off Crown Land; School re-sitings; Ngai Tara toku iwi; Kura Kaupapa o Nga Mokopuna; Powhiri - November 2002; Marital status; Religious beliefs; Dingle Bay, Cape Egmont, Port Nicholson; Instant real estate decisions; The bracing morning air; Respectable travellers; Across the steppes & oceans; Spinning off a ballet mum; “Way out there?”; Wind-born dispersal; Remembering the markers.