a pretty good place to live

176 Pages·2015·3.28 MB·English

A
PRETTY GOOD
PLACE TO LIVE
LAKE HAWEA & HAWEA FLAT
Barbara Chinn
A PRETTY GOOD
PLACE TO LIVE
LAKE HAWEA AND HAWEA FLAT
Barbara Chinn
To John Lindsay Turnbull
The wisest of teachers.

Cover photo: aerial view from above the Clutha River looking
north across Hawea Flat to the head of Lake Hawea.
Photographer: Andy Woods, Imageworld.

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Map showing Lake Hawea and its surrounds

Adapted from NZ TopoMap Series 1:500,000 [242] Sheet 4 rev 1996. Scale 1:342983
with some additions
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LIST OF CONTENTS

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DEDICATION i

MAP OF THE DISTRICT iii

CHAPTER
1: The Environment of Lake Hawea 1

2: Pre-European History 9
Waitaha
Ngati Mamoe
Ngai Tahu.

3: Early European visitors 23
Nathaniel Chalmers, John Turnbull Thomson,
James McKerrow, Johnny Jones/Hopwood,
the gold diggers and their suppliers in Long Creek,
explorers of the pass to the West Coast; Baker,
Cameron, Haast, Brodrick.

4: High Country Runs at Lake Hawea 33
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Land legislation from the 19 century
Hunter Valley
Ben Wevis
Timaru Creek, Dingle and Dingleburn
Lake Hawea Station
Glen Dene Station.

Photographs for Chapter 4

5: Farms from the Lake to Hawea Flat 77
Map of Hawea Flat, drawn by Ian Kane 85

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6: Transport and the dam 91
Early routes and methods of transport
Boats used on the lake
Roads
Bridges
The Railway.

Photographs for Chapter 6

7: Settlement and Development of Tourism 125
Hawea Flat, the first centre
Claude Capell and tourism at the lake
Development of Activities in the district.

Photographs for Chapter 7.

8: Institutions 137
Lake Hawea Community Centre
Bowling
Hawea Community Association
Guardians of Lake Hawea
Hawea Flat primary school
Hawea Hotel
Anzac Peninsula and flagpole
Churches
Irrigation Company
Sailz shop & Restaurant
Peter Fraser Park
Thursday group
Town vs Country day
Volunteer Fire Brigade
Sheep dip
Food Forest
Lake Hawea Garage

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