| Theme |
Topics Related to Theme |
| Personal connections to heritage precincts |
- Clyde
- Naseby
- Old Cromwell
- Ophir
- St Bathans
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| Theme |
Topics Related to Theme |
| Pastoral Farming |
- Inter-generational links to land
- The merino story
- Station life
- Irrigation and water
- Training sheep dogs
- Rabbit control
- Wool industry
- Family life
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| Viticulture |
- Inter-generational links to vineyards or making wine
- The pinot noir story
- Challenges of climate
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| Fruit Orchards |
- Intergenerational links to orchards
- Market gardens
- Water/dams and irrigation
- Recent History – Seasonal Workers from Vanuatu
- Family life
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| Arts |
- Writing, artwork, music about the land and people’s connection to Central Otago (photography, song, poetry, books)
- Local drama, theatre
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| Gold |
- Modern day gold -diggers and connections to the past
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| Infrastructure |
- Clyde Dam Construction
- Old Cromwell before the Dam
- Water, dams, races
- Local Government
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| Social Events |
- The A& P shows
- Blossom festival
- Horse racing
- Arts across the bridge – Bannockburn
- Classic Car Rally- Cromwell
- Brass Monkey
- Others?
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| Education |
- Inter-generational links
- Schools and libraries with significant history
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| Health |
- Dunstan Hospital
- Rural health and local doctors
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| Early Tourism |
- Promotion of Central Otago
- What was on offer?
- Holidaymakers who became locals
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| Ethnicity |
- Intergenerational Chinese & Welsh history in Central Otago
- Maori History – Mana whenua
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| Stone masonry |
- Keeping the art alive today
- Care of stone heritage buildings
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| Railways |
- Life before and after the railway
- Building the line
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| Other Topics |
- Community-minded People
- New histories – Covid lockdown experiences
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