Hokitika Goldfields Port

Hokitika Goldfields Port Discovering and making available the history of the Port of Hokitika

07/05/2020

https://www.facebook.com/TohuWhenua/videos/2540413876211601

Hokitika Port, Commercial and Government Centre was launched on 14 February 2020 as a nationally recognised Tohu Whenua-Landmarks That Tell Our Stories site.

In this video Bernard Preston (great grandson of James Preston, gold miner, hotel keeper) contributes to the Hokitika Gold fields and Commercial Centre stories.

07/05/2020

https://www.facebook.com/TohuWhenua/videos/2103082359838308

Hokitika Port, Commercial and Government Centre was launched on 14 February 2020 as a nationally recognised Tohu Whenua-Landmarks That Tell Our Stories site.

In this video David Stapleton (great-grandson of Captain James Stapledon, master mariner operating at Port of Hokitika 1866-1900) contributes to the Hokitika Port story:

Tug ps Samson towing in 3-masted schooner John Bullock to Hokitika River, 29 September 1865. John Bullock arrived Hokiti...
07/05/2020

Tug ps Samson towing in 3-masted schooner John Bullock to Hokitika River, 29 September 1865. John Bullock arrived Hokitika after 124 day voyage from Dunedin via Cook Strait. ps Bruce passed and cut across Samson, causing Samson to run aground on North Spit, followed by John Bullock. Samson wrecked. John Bullock stranded and damaged, but salvaged. Note ship wreck on South Spit. Painting by Fergus Sutherland, in "Catlins Bound", Mike McPhee, 2009.

From left: brigantine Isabella (James Stapledon, master), paddle steamer Lioness, unknown vessel, ss Waipara, Hokitika ,...
07/05/2020

From left: brigantine Isabella (James Stapledon, master), paddle steamer Lioness, unknown vessel, ss Waipara, Hokitika , December 1868. Lioness has towed in Isabella after towing off Hou Hou Beach where Isabella stranded after being blown ashore, October 1868.

ss Gothenburg, Melbourne-Hokitika service, 1865 to 1873.
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ss Gothenburg, Melbourne-Hokitika service, 1865 to 1873.

ss Gothenburg, transferring passengers from paddle steamer Lioness, Hokitika Roadstead, 9 May 1869, drawing by CWJ Rich...
07/05/2020

ss Gothenburg, transferring passengers from paddle steamer Lioness, Hokitika Roadstead, 9 May 1869, drawing by CWJ Richmond, Supreme Court Judge, colourisation by My Heritage.

Panorama of Hokitika, 1866, engraving by F Grosse, colourisation by My Heritage.
07/05/2020

Panorama of Hokitika, 1866, engraving by F Grosse, colourisation by My Heritage.

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