In Loving Memory

Friday, 21 August 2026

John Watson, (1849-22/4/1899). "in the Walton Park mine"

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SUICIDE AT GREEN ISLAND. An inquest was held at Green Island on Tuesday touching the death of John Watson, aged 50, who was found dead in a...
Thursday, 20 August 2026

Joseph Allwood, (1828-27/11/1895). "some rum hot"

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At about 20 minutes to 8 o'clock last night a man named Joseph Allwood, a cabdriver, who resided at Logan street, St. Kilda, committed ...
Monday, 17 August 2026

The Cromwell Development Company, Part 2.

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WHERE ORCHARDS FAILED RIPPONVALE AND FRUITLANDS  THE POSITION ANALYSED BY IRRIGATION COMMITTEE  Fruit growing in Central Otago, especially w...

One plan, two dams. The Cromwell Development Company. Part 1.

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It's an abiding childhood memory of mine: coming down the highway from Queenstown to Cromwell, looking over the Kawarau River and seeing...
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Otago Taphophile
A taphophile is a "lover of cemeteries." Of course, there are many other aspects to my life but the stories to be found connected to epitaphs in local (and not so local) cemeteries have interested me for a while, and are now the basis of my business, which can be found at: https://darkestdunedin.co.nz/ The epitaph which inspired me to find the stories lies on the ground of Dunedin's Southern Cemetery and includes in its inscription the words "brutally murdered." I haven't covered this one as I write but it's one hell of a story. UPDATE Having reached 1500 stories, I will try and make this blog a little more searchable. I also note that many photos I've used from the Hocken collection are showing s completely different to the ones I uploaded. I assume this is due somehow to the recent additions to their collection.
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