Pioneering in South Otago
By: Fred Waite
Series: Otago centennial historical publications
Publisher: Whitcombe & Tombs
Published: 1948
Place of publication: Christchurch
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: History
Notes: Bagnall W119
Table of contents: title: Frontier; title: Maori days : Successive Maori tribes; title: Te Rapuwai at the River mouth; title: Waitaha people; title: Waitaha displaced by Kati-Mamoe; title: Kai Tahu invaders; title: Tribal fighting in South otago; title: Evidence of early Maori occupation; title: Moa used as food; title: Old Maori ovens; title: Maori tracks; title: Maori at the mouth of the Mat-au; title: Chief Tuhawaiki; title: Moari population in South Otago; title: Explorers & whalers : Sealing & whaling; title: Sealer visits Molyneux in 1830; title: Whaling at Molyneauz & Tautuku; title: Some early records; title: Shortland's visit; title: Whalers at Tautuku; title: Early land claims : Waikawa to Tautuku; title: Claim at Catlins River; title: Thomas Jones's claim at Molyneaux bay; title: Hunt sells to Russell; title: Willsher Bay; title: Land at Bogeners Point; title: Surveyors : Discovery of coal; title: Great river; title: Otago block is purchased; title: Surveyors get to work; title: Pioneer settlers : Arrival of Blundell; title: Bernicia & the Ajax; title: First settlers; title: Occupying the Waste Lands; title: males & females; title: Isolation & hard work; title: ^; title: Women & children; title: Port at Molyneux; title: Great open spaces; title: Purchases of Otago, Southland & canterbury; title: early runholders : Surveying the hundreds; title: Earliest application for runs; title: Kaihiku & Wairuna runs; title: Fuller's hut at Popotunoa in 1854; title: Runs near the Clutha River; title: Finegand, Merrie Creek & Glenfalloch; title: Otaraia half-way house; title: Greenfield & Clydevale; title: George Hay, James Smith & James Brugh; title: Cairn taken up in 1859; title: Church, school & doctor : Early churches; title: Sporting doctor; title: education in South Otago; title: Developing the land : Cultivation & stock; title: Start of dairying; title: Grain production becomes remunerative; title: Grain growing & ploughing; title: match at Inchclutha; title: Bullock team wins at Waiwera; title: Cutting up of the runs; title: Clutha Ferry : First settler on the flat; title: Original crown grants; title: Ferry at or near Iwikatea; title: Township of Balclutha in 1863; title: Business men; title: Kaitangata & coal : Lovell : First resident; title: Pioneering in South Otago; title: Township commences to grow; title: ^; title: First coal mine; title: William Aitchison's mine; title: Kaitangata railway & coal company; title: Disastrous explosion; title: Early cricket match; title: Flaxmilling industry; title: Kaitangata as a port; title: Township progresses; title: Model mining town; title: Early school; title: New State School is opened; title: Spirit of the school; title: Presbyterian church; title: Kaitangata rifles; title: Crisis in Kaitangata affairs; title: Future; title: Coal mining of the present day; title: Wangaloa District; title: Clintin to Waipahi : Town of Clinton bill; title: Presbyterian Manse; title: Early shopkeepers; title: First doctor; title: Railway & hotels; title: School; title: Town Board; title: Sheep centre; title: Rabbit plague; title: Clinton rabbit factory; title: Popotunoa chronicle; title: Athenaeum Hall; title: Clinton Jockey Club; title: Popotunoa rifles; title: Fish hatcheries; title: wairuna district; title: Church; title: School; title: Up the Kuriwao Gorge; title: Waipahi District; title: Opening of the school; title: Church services; title: Coming of the railway; title: Owaka & Catlins : Thomson & Brugh's sawmill; title: Catlins River sawmill company; title: ^; title: First settlers arrive; title: Big mill; title: Captain hayward, Harbourmaster; title: Wreck of the Surat; title: Shipbuilding at Catlins River; title: Up Owaka Valley; title: Fishing industry; title: Catlins river railway; title: On to Tahakopa; title: Owake becomes Owaka; title: First township site; title: Owaka of today; title: Owaka rifles; title: Bringing in the bush sections; title: Bush settlements; title: Birds & the bush; title: Clutha Valley : First gold discoveries; title: Black Peter discovers a field; title: Pioneer steams up the Clutha; title: Declaration of a goldfield; title: Youthful pioneer; title: Pioneer farming at Tokomairiro; title: Starting on the runs; title: Start of Greenfield; title: Wheat & wool; title: New homestead; title: Horses & chaff; title: Work of a pioneer; title: Greenfield Settlement; title: Clydevale Estate; title: names of the paddocks; title: Township emerges; title: Clydevale is cut up; title: Rongahere; title: Tuapeka Mouth; title: Proposed railway; title: District Bridge & hugh school; title: Balclutha : Becomes a borough; title: County Council; title: racing club; title: Flood of 1878; title: Enterprising young man; title: ^; title: Changes in the nineties; title: Coming of prohibition; title: Turn of the century; title: Bands & choirs; title: Posta & other services; title: War & sacrifice; title: bas hospital; title: Farms & factories : Stages of land settlement; title: large flocks now on the freeholds; title: estates cut up for closer settlement; title: Soldier settlements of the 1914-18 war; title: Troubles of the sheep farmer; title: South Otago Freezing Company; title: Early butter makers; title: Factory system is established; title: Stirling dairy factory; title: Growth of the creameries; title: Kaitangata Co-Operative Dairy Company; title: Paretai dairy factory; title: Ratanui dairy factory; title: Fairfield diary factory at Katea; title: Butter factories; title: Owaka dairy company; title: Co-operative dairy company of Otago; title: All co-operative factories today; title: Development of industry; title: Sawmilling industry; title: Sawmilling family; title: Mills at Tahakopa; title: Mills operating today; title: Brickmaking; title: Chicory factory; title: Early advertisements; title: Newspapers, sports & amenities : Early postmen; title: Otago Witness; title: Cluth aLeader; title: ^; title: Papers of the past; title: Choosing a precentor; title: Animate & inanimate music; title: Concerts, glee clubs & sixpenny readings; title: Amateur actord; title: Early cricket matches; title: Early football; title: Clutha horticulture society; title: Social life; title: Coming of the Pictures; title: Arrival of sound films; title: Education in South Otago : Great progress in 1865; title: Kaitangata school is established; title: Native school at the Kororo Reserve; title: Scholars at country schools; title: Little old schoolhouses; title: Schools that come & go; title: Motor transport & better roads; title: policy of consolidation; title: Distric high schools; title: South Otago high school; title: Roads, railways & steamers : Bullock sledges make a track; title: Coaching days; title: Through to Invercargill; title: Bridges across the Clutha; title: Railway from Dunedin; title: Steamers of the Clutha; title: Clutha River board; title: Bitumen roads & motors; title: Inheritance.