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Name/title Maker Production date Description
Kokoamo photograph album Kokoamo photograph album
Circa 1920
This album contains photographs of teachers and students from Kokoamo School as well as photos of Merton School, Palmerston District High School, Karitane, Dunedin and various family and holiday photographs.
Oamaru Waterworks Cross section of Reservoir. Sheet number 9 [Landon Contract]. Oamaru Waterworks Cross section of Reservoir. Sheet number 9 [Landon Contract].
McLeod, Donald A
Circa 1877
Oamaru Waterworks Cross section of Reservoir. Sheet no. 9. (Landon Contract). Cross sections of reservoir. Coloured. Donald McLeod, Engineer.
Moorhouse and Garland. Waitaki Boys' High School Moorhouse and Garland. Waitaki Boys' High School
1916
Moorhouse and [Ralph?] Garland in the garden at Waitaki Boys' High School.
Oamaru Gardens. Waitaki Boys' High School album Oamaru Gardens. Waitaki Boys' High School album
1916
Boys beside the lake in Oamaru Gardens.
Oamaru Woollen and Worsted Mills Oamaru Woollen and Worsted Mills
1919
Photograph album containing twenty-four photos pertaining to the Oamaru Woollen and Worsted Mills and one photo of a floating dredge [location unknown]
Person in a row boat Person in a row boat
1930s?
Person sitting in a row boat close to shore
Moeraki Boulder Moeraki Boulder
Small Moeraki boulder. Moeraki boulders are concretions. They are known in te reo Maori as Te Kaihinaki. This specimen may be from the Katiki Beach area, Otago.
Cheese Keep Cheese Keep
Philip Ashberry and Sons
1896
A silver-plated cheese keep. Presented to J.H. Milligan, tailor, following the voluntary payment of his debts after his bankruptcy in 1885.

A - Silver-plated dish of keep 4 legs and decoration on edges. "BRITANNIA. PHILIP ASHBERRY AND SONS. SHEFFIELD 921 M"

B - Silver-plated lid "TO J. H. MILLIGAN, AS A MARK OF APPRECIATION OF COMMERCIAL INTEGRITY. 1896." Ornate handle.
Woman sitting on a porch Woman sitting on a porch
1919
Unidentified young woman sitting on the porch of a wooden building.
Man and women in a garden Man and women in a garden
[Circa 1920]
Two women and a man in a garden. The man is holding the arm of one woman. People unidentified.
Fossil Echinoid Fossil Echinoid
Fossil echinoid. ? pericosmos.
Half Fossilised Rhodolith Half Fossilised Rhodolith
Half a fossilised rhodolith, cut down the middle to show a cross section. Fossil is round and golf ball-like. The rhodolith seems to have formed around a shell fragment.
Fossil Shell Fossil Shell
Fossil shell from Ardgowan. Spinomelon parki.
Limestone with Bryozoan Fossils Limestone with Bryozoan Fossils
A piece of limestone with clearly visible bryozoan fossils.
Box of Diatom Slides Box of Diatom Slides
Circa 1889
Wooden box of diatom microscope slides. The box is hinged at the back and has a hook and eye catch at the front. The front section with the hook on it is also hinged and lowers down.

The contents of the box from the bottom up is as follows:
An empty double slide holder.
A double slide holder with slides "Diatoms Troublesome Gully Oamaru" and "Diatom Forrester's.
A double slide holder with slides "Diatoms 14" and "6'.
A double slide holder with slides "Diatom W B Oamaru Feb 89" and "Diatom W B Oamaru Feb 89".
An empty double slide holder.
Piece of Limestone Piece of Limestone
A limestone offcut from Parkside Quarries, Weston, Otago.
Piece of Limestone Piece of Limestone
A limestone offcut from Parkside Quarries, Weston, Otago.
Wedding Ensemble - Skirt and Jacket Wedding Ensemble - Skirt and Jacket
1871
A skirt and jacket. Worn in 1871 when Martha McNab married Robert Gray at Pukeuri.

A = Skirt. Brown striped taffeta, with cotton tape waistband. The material is a light chestnut with vertical stripes of dark brown flanked by gold. At the bottom is attached a 110mm wide ruffle of material which has been press pleated ( ie it has not been sewn ). At the very edge of the skirt is a burgundy cotton tape. There is one side pocket. The skirt has two metal hooks and eyes on the waist band, but that is all, there does not appear to have been any fastening. Lined with a hay coloured starched cotton.

B = Jacket. Rather long jacket, with a pulled in waist. The jacket is of the same material as the skirt, with brown velvet insets. There is an hour glass panel along the back. The collar is velvet, as are the inverted cuffs. The front panel is also velvet, a wider hour glass than the back. The front is fastened by two hooks and eyes at the collar and twelve wooden buttons. The jacket is lined with a brown cotton. The interior has a cotton tie.
Platter Platter
Doulton
1874
Oval platter. The edge of the platter is very slightly wavy. Mainly white with brown design of wattle foliage. White underside. '3 18 [?]' stamped in to underside. Marked DOULTON BURSLEM, England WATTLE. Rd No 188386. Below this is P H & Co. Stamped into the underside DOULTON BURSLEM ENGLAND.

Part of a dinner set brought out from Cornwall with Mary Jane (Gribben) and John Uriah Tonkin in 1874.
Meat Plate Meat Plate
Doulton
1874
Oval platter. The edge of the platter is very slightly wavy. Mainly white with brown design of wattle foliage. White underside. Marked DOULTON BURSLEM, England WATTLE. Rd No 188386.

Part of a dinner set brought out from Cornwall with Mary Jane (Gribben) and John Uriah Tonkin in 1874.
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