Research Articles

Primary Maker
August Swarbrick
Production date
1954-1966
This is one of the archival records in our collection.

Description
Articles written by H.A. Swarbrick from 1954 to 1966, for publication:

1. Te Awamutu Museum, Sep 1954 [E.H. Cucksey’s pheasant];
2. The Historical Society, 14 Oct 1954;
3. Gavin Gifford Memorial Museum, 28 Apr 1955 [medals, Major Heaphy’s sword];
4. The Museum, 28 Apr 1955 [Rangiaowhia postal service];
5. The Gavin Gifford Memorial Museum, 2 Sep 1955 [C. Smedley’s oil paintings];
6. Buried History, 11 Nov 1955 [artefacts recovered from John Gorst’s house at Te Tomo];
7. A Name of Dread, 5 Mar 1956 [Te Kooti];
8. The Vandals, 6 Mar 1956;
9. Ko, the Maori Spade, 15 Mar 1956 [H.C. Wing’s ko];
10. A Synopsis of the History of Te Awamutu, 18 Jun 1956;
11. The New Zealand Cross, 6 Aug 1956;
12. Von Tempsky, 24 Aug 1956;
13. Historical Te Awamutu, Visit of Auckland Teachers College, 28 Sep 1956;
14. The Nimble Opossum, 20 Nov 1956;
15. Gavin Gifford Museum, 1956;
16. A Brief Outline of the History of the Te Awamutu District, 12 Feb 1957;
17. The Forest Rangers and their Successors; 14 Feb 1957;
18. A Soldier of the Crimean War who Settled in New Zealand, 14 Mar 1957 [John Tucker];
19. 2 letters between H.A. Swarbrick and the 1st Armoured Regiment RNZAC re articles about Waikato Mounted Rifles, 19 and 20 Mar 1957;
20. Tawhiao’s Proclamation, 22 Jul 1957;
21. Gavin Gifford Memorial Museum – Maori Artifacts, 27 Aug 1957 [Wynyard cloak and J. Dill kumete];
22. Te Awamutu in 1879, 30 Aug 1957 [business listings];
23. Gavin Gifford memorial Museum – Native Birds, 6 Sep 1957;
24. The Murder of Jack Lyons, 16 Sep 1957;
25. Historic Te Awamutu, 20 Sep 1957;
26. Auckland Student Teachers Visit Te Awamutu, 7 Oct 1957 [tour of historic sites];
27. Two Splendid Additions to the Gavin Gifford Memorial Museum, 14 Oct 1957 [H.D. Hammond bailer and D.W. Shepherd ko];
28. Gavin Gifford Memorial Museum, 29 Nov 1957 [W. Tucker artefacts from New Guinea, C. Stewart toki handle, slippers loan, tokotoko, Major W.G. Mair letter];
29. The Museum in Education, 13 Dec 1957;
30. The Pukeko, 20 Dec 1957;
31. The Museum in 1957, 28 Jan 1958;
32. Maori Eel Pounds, 11 Mar 1958;
33. Gavin Gifford Memorial Museum, 26 Mar 1958 [Kay and D. Ball acquisitions];
34. Gavin Gifford Memorial Museum, 5 May 1958;
35. Gavin Gifford Memorial Museum – Wild Life Section, 14 May 1958;
36. Gavin Gifford Memorial Museum – Relics of Battles Long Ago, 18 Jun 1958 [war related acquisitions];
37. Gavin Gifford Memorial Museum – New Show Cases, 11 Jul 1958;
38. Te Awamutu Museum, 17 Jul 1958 [F.L. Thomas watch];
39. A Magnificent Gift, 21 Jul 1958 [Winterhalter lithograph];
40. Museum Equipment, 12 Aug 1958;
41. Wild Life, 4 Sep 1958;
42. 3 letters between H.A. Swarbrick and Graeme Graydon re types of musket, 9, 11 and 12 Sep 1958;
43. A Greenstone Toki, 15 Sep 1958 [W. Head acquisitions];
44. Auckland Teachers College Visit to Te Awamutu, 8 Oct 1958 [tour of historic sites];
45. Historical Te Awamutu, 13 Oct 1958 [historic sites];
46. Canned Music, 21 Oct 1958 [phonographs, music box];
47. Road Traffic Control 1902, 24 Oct 1958 [traffic by-law];
48. Three Mysteries – The Korotangi, 21 Nov 1958;
49. The Whence of the Maori, 28 Jan 1959;
50. The Gavin Gifford Memorial Museum – Generous Benefactors, 16 Feb 1959;
51. History in Schools, 9 Mar 1959;
52. The First Transfer of Land in New Zealand, 17 Apr 1959;
53. Public Interest in Museum – A Generous Donation, 30 Apr 1959;
54. The Museum in Education, 11 May 1959;
55. Relics of Peace and War, 5 Jun 1959 [McPherson pitsaw, L. Richardson field gun];
56. Licensing Laws in 1872, 5 Jul 1959;
57. Museum Enlargement an Urgent Necessity, 14 Jul 1959;
58. Pioneer Relics, 19 Oct 1959;
59. The Vanished Sovereign, 9 Nov 1959;
60. Old Pirongia, 8 Feb 1960;
61. Wahanui’s Taiaha, 23 Feb 1960;
62. Museum Statistics, 8 Mar 1960;
63. The Gavin Gifford Memorial Museum – The Wallis Collection, 15 Mar 1960;
64. A Bird for the Museum, 28 Mar 1960 [Philip Brown pied stilt];
65. Boys Assist the Museum, 4 Apr 1960;
66. Historic Maungatautari, 5 Apr 1960;
67. The Extinct Huia Bird, 26 Apr 1960;
68. An Outline of the History of Te Awamutu District, 18 May 1960;
69. An Ancient Hinaki, 26 May 1960;
70. The Kotuku, 14 Jun 1960;
71. Relics of a Forgotten War, 5 Jul 1960 [C.F. Allen acquisitions];
72. A Maori War Canoe, 11 Jul 1960;
73. Samplers, 9 Aug 1960;
74. Museum Statistics, 17 Jan 1961;
75. The Museum, 24 Jul 1961;
76. Foreign Visitors to Museum, 30 Aug 1961;
77. A Hinaki, 11 Sep 1961;
78. Historic Te Awamutu, 12 Dec 1961;
79. The Maoris at Te Awamutu, 8 Mar 1962;
80. A Stone Anchor, 15 Jun 1962;
81. Museum Accretions, 28 Aug 1962;
82. Maori Artifacts for Museum, 15 Nov 1962;
83. Historical Te Awamutu, 1 Apr 1963;
84. An Unusual Maori Artifact, 14 May 1963;
85. Te Awamutu Historical Society – A Second Visit to Hikurangi Pa, 20 May 1963;
86. Maori Spades, 5 Jun 1963;
87. A Survival From the Past, 12 Jun 1963 [pa at Lake Arapuni];
88. Picture of Otawhao Pa, 22 Jul 1963;
89. Two Maori Cloaks, 10 Dec 1963;
90. Maori Artifacts for the Museum, 24 Jan 1964 [Lawry and Beak acquisitions];
91. The Village of Orakau, 20 Feb 1964;
92. Historic Relics from Kawhia, 13 Mar 1964 [Roberton acquisition];
93. Transport in Te Awamutu, 8 Jun 1965;
94. Rewi Stands Again – Historical Accuracy of the Film, 20 Aug 1964;
95. Dr Harsant – Pioneer Settler in Te Awamutu, 16 Feb 1965;
96. The Pioneers, 16 Aug 1965;
97. Gavin Gifford Memorial Museum, Oct 1965 [Wing acquisition];
98. Te Awamutu in 1872, 27 May 1966;
99. A Windfall for the Museum, undated [Arthur Reese books];
100. Encounter with Maori Outlaw – Brave Cumberland Woman Dies in New Zealand, undated [Annie Hutchinson];
101. Sir John Gorst, undated;
102. More Gifts for the Museum, undated [Adams, Helwig, Scott and Davison acquisitions];
103. Historic Pirongia, undated;
104. The Maori Toki, undated;
105. The Maori War – A Special Exhibition, undated;
106. Gavin Gifford Memorial Museum – Additional Gifts, undated [Tobeck and North acquisitions];
107. Gavin Gifford Memorial Museum – Generous Donations, undated [Coverdale and Storey acquisitions], undated;
108. Gavin Gifford Memorial Museum, undated;
109. A Journey Up Country from Auckland to Te Awamutu in 1866, undated [J.H. Mandeno];
110. Te Awamutu in 1867 – Mr J.H. Mandeno’s Narrative Continued, undated;
111. Souvenirs de la Guerre, undated;
112. Gavin Gifford Memorial Museum – Recent Donations, undated [Storey, Davey, Colgan, Middlebrook, Thomas, Wynyard and Aggett acquisitions];
113. Maori Chronology, undated;
114. Pioneer Farming, undated [H. Rhodes acquisition];
115. Museum Benefactors, undated;
116. An Historical Library, undated [Chadwick atlas];
117. Flour Mills, undated [hand mill and mill stones];
118. Maori Bird Snares, undated [waka kereru];
119. The Museum, undated;
120. A Relic of Volkner’s Murder, undated [meat dish];
121. C.F. Angas – “The New Zealanders”, undated;
122. Maori Treasures, undated;
123. Wild Life, undated [Vaile and Gaston acquisitions];
124. The South Seas, undated;
125. Treasure Trove, undated [Macky and Priestly acquisitions];
126. The Forest Rangers at Te Awamutu, undated;
127. The Family Album, undated;
128. Maori Boundary Marks – Stone Tools and Weapons, undated;
129. Kuri – The Aboriginal Maori Dog, undated;
130. Millstones are Milestones, undated [St Leger Rd millstones];
131. Swamps are Museums, undated;
132. Gifford Memorial Museum – Major Heaphy’s Sword - Greenstone and Coins, undated;
133. The Museum, undated.
134. Te Awamutu Historical Society – Two of Hobson’s Proclamations, undated;
135. The Museum, undated [facsimile of Treaty of Waitangi];
136. Te Awamutu Historical Society, undated;
137. History in Maps, undated;
138. Gavin Gifford Memorial Museum – Another Kumete, undated [Shaw kumete];
139. The Uenuku Relic, undated;
140. Bandmaster Sibley, undated [Sgt Henry Sibley];
141. Museum Staff, undated;
142. The Museum, undated [Montgomery, Kerr and Macky acquisitions];
143. A Brief Outline of the History of the Te Awamutu District, undated;
144. Brown Bess and Her Successors, undated [Anderson acquisition];
145. The History of Te Awamutu – A Synopsis Supplied by the Te Awamutu Historical Society, undated;
Primary Maker
August Swarbrick
Primary Prod Date
1954-1966
Collection
Swarbrick Papers
Accession No
ARC1825