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Old Books

Sources

Bess the Wairarapa War Horse

Sources:

Brocker Susan, Brave Bess and the ANZAC Horses. A true story of courage and loyalty, Harper Collins, Auckland, 2014.

Brocker Susan, McGrath Raymond, Bess the Brave War Horse, Scholastic New Zealand Limited, Auckland, 2019.

Gill Maria, Ivancic Marco, ANZAC Animals, Scholastic New Zealand Limited, Auckland, 2018.

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Carterton Library

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Bagnall, A G - A History of Carterton The Story of the First Hundred Years of the Settlement of Carterton, 1857 – 1957, The Carterton Borough Council, Carterton, 1957.

Lawrence, W - Three Mile Bush, A History of the Wairarapa, W J Palamontain, Masterton, 1934. 

‘The Oldest of Them All’, https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC1TXYB_the-oldest-of-them-all-wairarapa?guid=0a00a73e-194d-43bc-9b87-a78704ede990, Accessed 3 March 2024

‘Carterton founder never lived in region’, Winter G - Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 Feb, 2016

Carter, Charles Rooking, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1c8/carter-charles-rooking, Accessed March 3 2024.

Wairarapa Standard, 31 March 1874

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William Parker - Settler, Librarian and A Man of Carterton Firsts

Sources:

  • Bagnall, A G - A History of Carterton. The Carterton Borough Council, 1957.

  • Relph, D - Early Carterton Settlers: William and Hannah Parker, New Zealand Memories, Jun/Jul 2019; n.138, Held at Carterton District Historical Society. 

  • William Parker - Carterton District Historical Society, Underhill Collection, Ref MS 0100, Date unknown. 

  • Carterton News - Wairarapa Daily Times, 14 November 1902.

  • Disastrous Fires in Carterton - Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 7010, 18 November 1901. 

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Adam Ayles - History and Mystery at the Library

Sources:

Fairburn, M - Nearly Out of Heart & Hope. Auckland University Press. 1995

Old Colonists, etc. Ayles, Adam. The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Volume 1, Part 2. 1997

Warman, M - British Immigrant made mark in Arctic World, Wairarapa Times Age. November 12 2002.

What Artic Explorers Found. Evening Post, Volume LXIII, Issue 3, 4, January 1902, Supplement. P 5

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Melville Dewey - A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place

Sources:

www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com

Britannica.com

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Carterton Watering Holes

Sources: To be supplied

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Gladstone Hotel

Sources: To be supplied

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Temperance Hotel

Sources: To be supplied

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The Club Hotel

Sources: To be supplied

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Taratahi Hotel

Sources: To be supplied

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Marquis of Normanby Hotel

Sources: To be supplied

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Royal Oak Hotel

Sources: To be supplied

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Dulcie Routhan - A Woman of Substance and Generosity

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Hand written note entitled Tom, Carterton District Historical Society, date unknown.

Kuranui College Magazine, Volume 10, Greytown, December 1969.

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Health Services in Carterton

Sources: To be supplied

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Carterton Doctors

Sources: To be supplied

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Midwives and Maternity Care

Sources: To be supplied

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Māori Health Challenges

Sources: To be supplied

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John Fensham and Fensham Reserve

Sources: To be supplied

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Thomas & Mary Ann Reid - Resilient Clareville Residents

Sources: To be supplied

Mary Ann Reid - Settler, Farmer, Mother and Nurse

Sources: To be supplied

Charlie Reid - Settler, Farmer, Sportsman and Community Supporter

Sources: To be supplied

Keith Reid - Farmer, All Black and Community Suporter

Sources: To be supplied

Keith Reid's Family - Community Supporters

Sources: To be supplied

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Wairarapa Brick, Tile and Field Company

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