The handy little locomotive procured by Messrs Sinclair, of Wainui-o-mata, from Tasmania, to work on the Wainui-o-mata tramway,
Wainuiomata: History
Articles exploring the history of Wainuiomata, dating back to the 1860s
Documenting the fascinating history of Wainuiomata with an ever growing collection of articles. Includes posts about the origins and pioneering period of Wainuiomata to historical sites and artefacts. Each article is dated, but the date represents the subject and not the date when the article was written. For example, when an article primarily focuses on a photograph captured in 1840 or discusses topics related to that specific year, the article will be time stamped with that year.
This approach provides readers with an experience, allowing them to traverse through history in chronological order and gain a precise understanding of how historical events and elements are situated within the broader timeline of Wainuiomata’s history. Nonetheless, when an article covers a lengthy period concerning its main subject, it will be time stamped based on the featured image, most recent image, or the date of the main subject.
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Historical Articles
To-morrow Messrs T. Kennedy Macdonald and Co. hold a sale which includes six sections in Fitzherberton, in the estate...
Unreserved sale of the Properties of J. and D. Sinclair. T. Kennedy Macdonald & Co. are favoured in the...
The estate of Messrs J. and D. Sinclair. The steel rails (lifted) realized £5 per ton, and (fixed down)...
The application of the Mayor of Wellington that section 94, Wainui-o-mata, might be reserved from sale again came up...
The sale of sawmill plant, steel rails, machinery, rolling stock, and live stock in the estate of Messrs J....
The Waste Lands Board not to sanction the alienation of section No.94, Wainui-o-mata, which has been “applied for” by...
Known as Messrs J. and D. Sinclair's. Unreserved sale of sawmill plant, steel rails, &c.On Thursday, 22nd Feb, 1883,...
That the Council form a road from the mills to the proposed reservoir, the road to be formed on...
The report of the Public Works Committee of the City Council, to be presented at the next meeting of...
Visit to the Wainui-o-mata Waterworks. The completion, after nearly three years’ continuous labour, of what is known as the...
The Waiwhetu Tunnel was constructed in the 1880s as a brick-lined passage to transport water from Wainuiomata to Wellington.
Mr Oakes, the contractor for the Wainuiomata waterworks, has invited the officers of the Japanese man-of-war Riujio to pay...
On the premises at Wainuiomata, known as those of Messrs J. and D. Sinclair, an unreserved sale of sawmill...
The long tunnel in connection with the Wainuiomata Water Works has been completed, and it is intended to celebrate the completion to-morrow.
The Wainui-o-mata Waterworks - Completion of the Long Tunnel An important stage in the progress of the Wainui-o-mata Waterworks...
At the ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Waste Lands Board held this afternoon, there being present Messrs J. G....
Sale of a farm, timber lands, and sheep-run, at Wainui-o-mata, in the estate of Messrs J. and D. Sinclair,...
The balance of the stock of Messrs J. and D. Sinclair, consisting of 14 draught horses, many of them...
The Assigned Estate of J. and D. Sinclair. Unreserved sale of the whole of the moveable sawmill plant: 50...
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