Preserving History - Upper Mataura

04/05/2026

AB 778 on the Kingston Flyer arriving in Lumsden from Kingston in the 1970s. Photograph by the late George White,

Geoffrey White collection

12/01/2026

21/12/2025

Grandad would love a bit of help with this old Garston School photo. He recognises a few faces, but we’re hoping the community can help fill in the gaps 😊

👉 Do you recognise anyone in this photo?
👉 Any idea what year it might have been taken?

22/11/2025

A special piece of Upper Mataura history - the programme from the 1973 Musterers & Packers Reunion Dinner held in the Garston Public Hall.

📸 Photo credit: Cotton family

The Cotton Family have shared this memorabilia found when going through storage boxes at their house in Arrowtown.

21/11/2025

A beautiful piece of 1959 history: an original New Zealand Post Office wedding telegram sent to Noel and Jan McMillan.

26/09/2025

The old Garston garage, early 1970’s.

Colourised by Dwayne Carey.

28/08/2025

📚 Garston & District Schools Reunion 2029 📚

We’re celebrating 150 years of schooling in 2029! 🎉
If you or your family worked at, or attended Staircase, Kingston, Ten Mile, Garston, Athol, or Nokomai schools – this page is for you.

👉 We’re starting the networking early so we can reach as many people as possible and make this reunion one to remember.

Please like the page, share it far and wide, and tag everyone you know who has a connection to these schools. Let’s bring our school community back together for this special milestone!

https://www.facebook.com/share/1CxXM2wqk1/?mibextid=wwXIfr

28/08/2025

Flashback Friday …

27/08/2025

Athol township with a view towards Flagstaff Station. Date unknown. Photo courtesy of Gaye Cowie.

27/08/2025

Railway line at Athol damaged by flooding. Date unknown. Photo courtesy of Gaye Cowie.