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Glenorchy Heritage and Museum group The Glenorchy heritage and museum group are dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of the Head of Lake Wakatipu.

We have been visited by the Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust and you may have seen people wandering around looking at var...
30/05/2024

We have been visited by the Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust and you may have seen people wandering around looking at various sites of historic interest. They are here to record these sites so their location and any information known about them isn't lost.
They aren't from the government, and having a site recorded if it is on private property doesn't mean you lose control of that site. As an example, Rosie Grant's cottage was previously recorded, and although the cottage has now been removed, they still have the record of where it was.
If you have a location of interest on your property and don't mind it on record. Let me know, and I'll contact Sarah.
Here she is recording the grave of Thomas Kelly on the side of the Bible

Does anyone recognise these churches? Thought to be in the Queenstown area
25/04/2024

Does anyone recognise these churches? Thought to be in the Queenstown area

25/04/2024

Unveiling of the War Memorial

This is cool
02/08/2023

This is cool

Brian Scadden from Carterton has single-handedly managed to resurrect the lost art of old-school photography.

Isn't this wee table just lovely! All the recently publicity about Fred Finch is bringing new ( to us) information to li...
25/05/2022

Isn't this wee table just lovely! All the recently publicity about Fred Finch is bringing new ( to us) information to light. This table was made by Fred Finch! and because of it, we now know that Fred wasn't just a builder but also a cabinet maker and a rather good one at that. We also know that Fred was doing his woodwork while at Paradise, as this table has been passed down in the Aitkin family. I wonder how many other Fred Finch tables are out there.

18/05/2022

We're getting closer now to being able to share our Fred Finch exhibition. We're just waiting on resource consent and then we can start to build our exhibition space. Meanwhile interest has been growing about this early photographer. Here is a wee video talking about what we have discovered so far.
http://www.scene.co.nz/the-south-today/?video=6306020141112

15/05/2022

By LUCY WORMALD Detective work can be added to the skillset of the Glenorchy History and Museum Group. The story starts in the 1930s when Lloyd Veint found a set of glass plate photos in a Paradise shed. Sensing their importance, Veint held on to the plates, handing them down to his daughters before...

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