Russell Heritage

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    • Dianne Davey – Administrator
    • Heather Stone – Museum Assistant
    • Leslie Blundell – Museum Assistant
    • Lynda Blomfield – Museum Assistant
  • Trustees
    • Heather Lindauer QSM – Elected to the Trust Board in 2009
    • Terry Greening – is the Far North District Council representative.
    • Eldon Jackson – Elected to the Trust Board in 1999
    • Ailsa Murray – Elected to the Trust Board in 2010
    • Rosamund Scoffham – Elected to the Trust Board in 2007
    • Stephen Western – Elected to the Trust Board in 2010
    • Bernard Woodcock – Elected to the Trust Board in 2010
    • Libby Magnusson – Elected to the Trust Board in 2013
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  • Heritage Corner
    • New music, old instrument – #71
    • Cooks and Whale Tales – #72
    • “What did one sheep say to the other sheep?” “After ewe.” – #73
    • Weighing Up the Past – #75
    • S. S. Clansman’s Northern Run – #76
    • The Northern Luminary – #77
    • Let’s Restore Our Russell Cannon – #80
    • “The Big One” – #82
    • History Sometimes Repeats – #83
    • “A far and out of the way place.” – #84
    • A Stitch in Time – #86
    • “An Unsettled History” Recognised – #87
    • Captain Handy’s Daughter – #89
    • Scout’s Honour – #90
    • Early schooling in Kororareka/Russell – #93
    • Lindauer’s good teaching – #95
    • “Overheard in the Gallery” – #96
    • The Lane Oar – #98
    • Temperance or Intemperance – #99
    • Russell today, Kororareka yesterday – #100
    • “Go-ashore” – #101
    • In Short Supply – #102
    • Population Polls – #103
    • Laws for the Lawless – #104
    • Squares and Compasses: Symbols of Freemasonry – #105
    • Time for New Owners? – #109
    • Let the Pictures Tell The Story – #110
    • Nothing’s Ever New – #111
    • A Colourful Character – #115
    • Faces and Vehicles Change but St John Goes On – #116
    • Russell Regatta Day in the 1920s – #117
    • Perennial Pastimes – #118
    • Commemorating 1809 in 1959 – #119
    • Who Were These 1959 Swimmers? – #120
    • Russell School Gardeners – #121
    • A Special Gift – #122
    • It Was Much Simpler – #123
    • Fresh Fish on the Menu – #124
    • Pop goes the Weasel – #125
    • More Russell Rugby Players – #126
    • Avalon & Russell’s Regatta – #128
    • A Scout Camp in the Fifties – #129
    • Slipping & Slapping – Croquet in the 1920s – #131
    • Whalers’ Shenanigans – #132
    • Gibby : A Decent Old Bugger – #133
    • Te Marakihau – #134
    • Hananui’s Harpoon- Close to Home Again – #135
    • After the Brush – Pohutukawa, Seaweed & Oysters – #136
    • Island Songs – #137
    • Russell in 1913 – #138
    • Historic? Or not? – #139
    • The Transit of Venus and Rediscovery of New Zealand – #140
    • Of Cats and Birds – #141
    • Bye-bye Big Tree – #142
    • Our First Flag – Te Kara – #143
    • An Endangered Habit – #144
    • Quiet and Unhurried – #145
    • Livestock in the Streets – #146
    • Invasion menace – Russell Saved – #147
    • From Horses to Buses – Changes On The Corner – #148
    • Many Owners, Many Faces – #149
    • Goods For Sale – #150
    • Old Soldiers Never Die… = #151
    • Busy Campers – #152
    • Hinemoa & Tūtānekai – #153
    • Holidays in Hauai – #154
    • Alsatia – Where the law cannot reach – #155
    • Names and Faces – #156
    • Once there was a mill here – #157
    • Four Fossils – #158
    • Bigger, Brighter & Bolder? – #159
    • Thanks, Lusi – #160
    • To Help Us Remember – #161
    • Another Anzac Commemoration And A Different Sort Of Loss – #162
    • Emergency Power & People Power – #163
    • Matariki Stamps – #164
    • Electioneering 100 Years Ago? – #165
    • Either a Phoenix or a Fixture – #166
    • WWI Memorials – #167
    • The Story Behind The Face – #168
    • Look She’s Painting – #169
    • Artist, Greta Henry – #170
    • Visit by the Astrolabe 1840 – #171
    • A Narrow Escape – #172
    • Fabled Life of an Old Homestead – #173
    • The Queen’s First Walkabout – #174
    • Old, New & Obsolete – #175
    • Intrepid Journeys – #176
    • Operation Greenfingers – #177
    • Willing Swimmers – #178
    • Tall Ships Arrive – in the 1880s – #179
    • Mail Over Seas – #180
    • In the News Again – Celox – #181
    • Endeavour Model Re-launch Looks Likely – #182
    • A Treasure Discovered in a Shed – #183
    • Netting the Whale – #184
    • Two Cricket Teams – #185
    • WWI – A Soldier Writes Home – #186
    • A Souvenir from 1941 – #187
    • Hiding in the Hills – #188
    • Minesweeping in the Bay – #189
    • Calf Club Day – #190
    • A Russell Panorama -with Zig Zag – #191
    • Fifty Years Ago, in 1965 – #192
    • Old School – #193
    • Ambergris – Floating Gold – #194
    • Whakaata – the AHAA moment – #195
    • A Pile of Junk and a Stack of Papers – #196
    • Art Saves Lives – #197
    • Time For a Makeover – #198
    • The Clansman – #199
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