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Banton, Charles Hamilton 83
Banwell Lodge 26, 122
Barraclough, Thomas 100
Bassett, Margaret 61
Battersby, Peter 120
Baylis, Frederick George 83
Baynton, W J 83
Bell, Henry James 79, 130
Bell, Joseph 52
Bell, Thomas D 57
Bell Farm 79
Benton, James 52
Bethell, John Neale 42, 50
Bibby, Claire 141
Bickerton, O E 84
Birch, John Bagot 94
Bishop, John J & William N C 74
Bissett, John Wilberforce 82
Blockhouse Bay 24
Blockhouse Bay Library 23
Blomley, J 6
Bluck, Frederick 51
Bollard, Albert Ernest 94
Bollard, Elaine 73
Bollard, Harold & Rosa 59, 74
Bollard, John 2, 4, 11, 38, 47, 64, 73, 82, 86, 96, 100, 102, 105, 107, 110, 112, 139
Bollard, John H A 74
Bollard, Richard 94
Bollard, William Allen 112
Bollard Avenue Girls' Home 139
Bolton, H G (Alford St store - image) 68
Bonnett, Thomas Henry 52, 58, 60
Booker, Francis Winchcombe & family 24, 79
Boundary (of AWHS area) 82
Bowater family 29, 98
Boyle, G & A 57
Bracey, W H 103
Brading family 38
Braithwaite, William Frederick 98
Bramley, Walter (railway accident) 138
Brebner, Betty & Marjorie 70
Breeze, Ernest C 57
Brehmer, Kurt Otto Heinz & Nola Ross 53, 130
Brereton (19th century merchant) 31
Brereton, William Cyrus & Annie 83

Brick and pottery works
-- Amalgamated Brick and Pipe 50
-- Archibald Brothers 49, 89, 110
-- Bycrofts (brickyard) 31
-- Clark Potteries 60
-- Exler family 10, 53, 55, 131
-- Glenburn, brickyard and employees 32, 53, 59, 60, 65, 74, 115, 132

Bright, Albert 80
Bright, Ernest 4
Bright, George & Ellen 19
Bright, James 20
Bright, Ted 20
Brightwell family 55
Brocklehurst, Francis Henry 116
Brookes, Ewen McLean 74
Brown family (upper Rosebank) 79
Brown, Herman 100
Brown, Neville 120
Browne, Edward (Bob) 30
Browne, George William 80
Browne, John Samuel 80
Brownhill family 107
Brownlie, Archibald Ewing, City Councillor 140
Bruce, Cyril 70
Bryant, Gillian 63
Buchanan, John 52, 79, 100, 110, 130
Bunbury, Father Dennis 21, 120
Burbery, Arthur Berkley 146
Burgess family 20, 43, 45
Burrow, Wallis John & family 74
Burrows, Des 70
Burton, Harry 57
Busby, James 48
Butler, Charles 18
Butler, Sidney 80
Button, Arthur Hadley and family 18, 51, 65
Buttress, Josiah 47, 139

C

Cadman house (Waterview) 98
Cairn, Edwin James and William Edwin 127
Cairns family 94
Cairns, James Cooper 117
Callagher, C T 83
Cam, Edna 33
Campbell, Duncan 83
Cantwell, W A 83
Capes, Mr 12
Carling, Mrs Flora 137
Carrick, Vickers Bowman 116
Carnell, Trevor 40
Carr, Edna 33
Carter, Henry 94
Cash, Thomas Richard 83
Castle family (Waterview) 54
Catchpole family 32
Catton, Charles William 74
Cavanagh, John 40
Challenge of the Whau 5
Chandler, George Thomas (traffic officer) 22, 98, 135
Chandler, John P (19th century merchant) 31
Charles, Matthew Thomas 74
Childs, Ivy 33
Chinese growers 34, 35, 58, 86, 109, 144
Ching, Thomas 94, 141
Chisholm family (Bollard Ave/New North Road, 20th century 62
Chisholm family (Rosebank, 20th century) 61, 62
Chisholm, Bruce 62
Chisholm, Robert (19th century Rosebank landowner) 48, 62, 144
Chisholm, Walter & Rachel 59
Chung Wah / Wai Gock Ching 109
Chung Wing Chong & Chung Wing Wai (aka Ching Wing Cheung and Chung Tak Ming) 109

Churches
-- Baptist Church (Avondale) 67
-- Baptist Church (Blockhouse Bay) 33, 48, 50, 60, 61
-- Church of Christ 5, 95, 113
-- Methodist Church (Avondale) 22, 79
-- Methodist Church (Waterview) 29, 38, 39, 68, 71, 128
-- Salvation Army 79, 144
-- St Andrews Church Hall (New Lynn) 115
-- St Judes (Anglican) church and hall 20, 44, 53, 60, 63, 75, 78, 94, 100, 101, 130, 138
-- St Mary's (Catholic) church and St Bride's convent 21, 26, 55, 60, 120
-- St Ninians (Presbyterian) church and graveyard 38, 59, 62, 74, 93, 110, 111, 115, 118, 133
-- Victoria Hall 12, 144

Cinema (general) 49, 70, 99
-- Drive-in theatre (Rosebank area) 99
-- Edison Kinematograph Company 97
-- Hayward family (cinema) 49, 59
-- Hollywood Cinema 2, 49, 50, 93, 97
-- Moving pictures (first shown in Avondale) 97
-- Wurlitzer organ (Hollywood cinema) 6

Clark, Lois 67
Clarke, Henry 14, 15, 16
Clarke, Joseph Murray 145
Clarkin family 22
Clendon, Mrs 22
Clews family 39, 40, 101
Clifford, F 83

Clubs, Community and Political Organisations
--- Avondale and Waterview Residents and Ratepayers Association 53
-- Avondale Benevolent Society 125
-- Avondale Country Women's Institute 125
-- Avondale Development Association 19, 103
-- Avondale Garden Club 67
-- Avondale-Waterview Residents and Ratepayers Association 130
-- Banwell Club 82
-- Buffaloes, Royal Antediluvian Order of 131
-- Cinderella Club 70
-- Community Centre (Avondale) 144
-- Ex Libris Society 106
-- Girl's Life Brigade 29, 33, 59
-- Labour Party 137
-- Lions Club 5, 95
-- Lions Hall (Church of Christ) 5, 38, 39
-- Lodge Titirangi No. 204 4, 83
-- Motu Moana Scout Camp, Green Bay 71
-- Oddfellows 41, 74
-- Odyssey House 139
-- Red Cross 93

Coggins, Charles Henry and family 126
Cole, Gordon 36
Colgan, Father George Michael 21, 120
Collier, Charles 70
Collins family 17, 51, 52
Collins, Patrick 120
Collins, William 17
Combes, Rev John Hemingway 115
Connell Brothers 41, 99, 109, 123
Cooke, Richard 65
Cooper, Charles 97
Copedo, Ben 43, 45, 87
Copland, James 2
Copsey family 16, 19, 62, 71, 144
Coupe, Herman Bennett 117
Coutanche family 11, 19, 80
Cox, Herbert William & family 74
Cradock Hamlet 62, 141
Craig, J J 32, 65
Crawford, James 7
Crawford, John 80
Crawford, Thomas 80
Crawford, Vera 3, 7, 30
Crees family 60, 122
Crisp, Clement 100
Crisp, Joseph 83
Crisp, Margaret, Nellie, Betty & Phyllis 33, 70
Croft, Ernie 7, 10, 13, 15
Crooks, James Alexander 80
Cruickshanks, Marrion 33
Crum family 52, 74, 106
Cryer, Eva Agnes 141
Cumming (teacher) 42
Currey, Arthur Athelstan 51, 53, 55, 121
Currie, Peter 126
Cuthbert family 118

D

Da Vause, Robert 3
Dakin, Robert 52
Dale, John Hinds 133
Daly, William James 118
Dally, Alvin Keith 146
Dance, Gillian 58, 59
Dance, Harry 95
Daniels, David 64
Darrow, Henry Alexander 12, 64, 73, 74
Darrow, Leslie Rotorua 64, 74
Davern, James 57
Daveron, Percival 94
Davies, Muriel 33
Davies, Winnie 33
Davis, A D 80
Davis, Graham 137
Davis, Magdalene 65
Davis, Moss 91, 107, 134
Davison, Henry 100
Davy, Mary 141
Dawson, Beverley 44

Dentists 124
-- Allely, Robert (chemist/dentist) 71
-- Benn, Louisa (Dental nurse) 12
-- Dental nurses 12, 17, 78
-- Herdson, Cecil Hastings 78, 124
-- Scott, W E (dentist) 95

Denyer, Bertram Charles 74
Desmond, G R 19
Deuxberry, Miss J 144
Dewar, Jack 18
Dickins/Dickens, John William and Mary Elizabeth 65, 114
Dickey family 51, 55, 59
Dickey, Adam James 128

Doctors
-- Carew, Dr Walter Granville 119
-- Culpan, Stephem Dr 139
-- Elias, Dr 61
-- Hoadley, David Dr 139

Doherty, Jim 18
Dolphin family 99, 102, 104
Donaldson family 55
Donaldson, Allan 70
Donner, Tibor 69
Donovan, W 83
Downing, George 100
Dowthwaites 55
Dragicevich, Jack 21, 68, 120
Drake, Rev Alfred (St Judes) 138
Dudding, Evelyn 141
Dunbar, Mr 36
Durman, Wilfred Peter 116
Dyke, Henry Vincent 113

E

Eades, Joe 24
Edgcumbe, William 36, 128
Edmiston 19
Edwards, Bettina 59

Electricity
-- substation (Blockhouse Bay Road) 127

Empson, Harry 97
Everton family 61
Exler, Maureen 73, 75
Eyes, Amos 47, 96

F

Faith, Andrew 120
Farrar, Henry 136
Farrar, James 52
Farrell, John (architect) 53
Fazakerley, Robin 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 70, 75
Fearon, Jack 7
Fearon, Tresna (Miller) 33, 35, 47
Fearon's Building 4, 38, 59, 72, 102
Fenton, Rupert Leslie 52
Ferguson family 94, 144
Fido, Fr Douglas
Fiddas, Edna 67
Filleule, Reginald Philip & family 74, 80

Fire Stations & Brigades 40, 71, 98, 114, 118, 131, 137
-- Fires 52, 98

Five Roads Intersection 76
Flaxman, Reuben 80
Fletcher Construction 69
Foley, Michael 3, 94, 107
Fong, Sam 109
Foote, Joyce 77
Forde, Father William Joseph 21, 120
Forsyth, John 86
Fowler, Abraham and family 132
Fowler, Vera (nee Grey) 60, 61
Fransham, Stanley & family 74, 76, 107
French family 86
Furniss, Althea 67

G

Gagen, Lorna 71
Gair, Fred 36
Gallagher, Patrick 48, 50, 139
Galton, Tommy 11
Gardner, David Francis 49
Gaulton (headmaster) 22
Gazzard, Trevor 40, 42
Geddes, John McKail 86, 100
Gelling family 22
Gemmell, R 79
George Maxwell Memorial Cemetery 25, 71, 75, 100, 128
Gibson family 80, 98
Gibson, S 103
Gillan, Monsignor George Henry 21, 120
Gillanders, Isobel Ray 144
Gimbell, George 48
Glenny, Joseph 38
Gernhoffer (dairy owner, Rosebank Road) 67, 79
Glendon Avenue 126
Glenny, Joseph 100
Goebells family 79
Gold Bell (horse) 79
Goldfinch, Henry Ernest (jockey/trainer) 143
Gooch, F W 83
Goodenough, Syd E & family 79, 83
Goodman, Betty 33
Goodman, Ernest 6
Goodwin (school caretaker) 22
Goodwin family 32, 68
Goodwin, Tony 32, 38, 39, 50, 51, 57, 60, 68, 73, 77, 95, 139
Gorbey, Joyce & Gwen 67
Goring, Francis Yelverton 94
Grace, Ian 96
Graham, George (Auckland War Memorial Museum) 86
Graven, Albert 7, 52, 93, 100, 129
Greep, Harvey 57
Green, E 141
Greenslade, Sandra 63
Grefstad, Jan 2, 7, 57, 97
Grey, A E (relief porter, railway station) 138
Grey, Charles Daniel & family 26, 85, 122
Greytown subdivision 81, 100
Gribble, Leonard James 65
Grice family 17
Griffin, William Arthur & John Ernest (railway accident) 138
Grimmond, Alexander John 131
Grinstead, Kath 67
Grover, Robin 85
Grubb family 45
Grubb, Daniel 4
Grubb, Keith 3, 4
Gwilliam, Don 40, 42, 43, 49, 67, 69, 72, 76, 79, 83, 88

H

Hadden, A 144
Hamilton, Rev David 49, 110
Hammond, Ron 67
Hampshire family 80, 83
Hand, Joan 39
Hankenn, Frederick 48
Harper, Henry and Mary 100, 110
Harpham, Pam 60
Harris, Amy 70
Harris, James 100
Harrop, Gordon 48
Hart, Richard 82
Harvey, Sir Bob 132
Haslam family 94
Hastie, John & family 74
Hatrick, A C (factory) 61
Hayes, John 10
Haymaking 30
Hayr, Harry 107
Head, Robert Dunn 117
Heald family 141
Heart of the Whau 5, 13, 63
Helliwell, Betty 86
Hellriegel, Esme Blanche 141
Hemus, George 130
Hempleman, Patricia 141
Henderson, David 2
Henshall family 109
Hepburn family 89, 110
Heron family 37, 50, 56, 80, 98
Hewitt, Trevor 70
Hieatt, Charles 38
Hilford, Peter H 126
Hinton, George 67
Hitchens, Walter Herbert 144
Hoffman, Dave 70
Hoffman, Wilhelm Paganini 113
Holland, Miss Essie 141
Hollier, Ray 71
Hollinger family 80, 115
Holloway, John 47
Holmes, Jack 18
Holt, Williamina 144
Homo Estate 117
Hooker, R M 98
Hong Gin 109
Hop Sang 109
Hopkins family 80
Hornblower, William 22
Horrocks G R 52
Hoskings family 60
Hospital and Charitable Aid Board 139

Hotels
-- Avoncourt Hotel 3, 78, 91, 93, 134
-- Eden Vale Hotel 2
-- Henderson Hotel 3
-- New Lynn Hotel 64
-- Whau & Avondale Hotels 2, 3, 10, 39, 52, 81, 86, 91, 93, 100, 120, 133, 136

Hoyes, family 33, 80
Hoyle family 55, 57, 59
Huggins, Frederick Alexander 94
Hume, Bob 11, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 26, 43
Humphries, Arthur and family, 68
Hunt, William 32
Hyde, George Ernest and Ethel Florence 142

I

Impounding 22
Independent Younger Set 93
Infant Life Protection Act 96
Ingleton Estate 47
Ingram, William Ralston & family 74, 80, 83
Inner Circle Development 3, 91
Inskip, William John 37

J

Jackson, Rita May and family 116
Jacobson, Clara (formerly Tarlin) 74
James, Jean 67
James, Robert David 51
James, Thomas Joseph and Eliza Jane 141
Jamieson, Dooley 52, 83
Jamieson, W 98
Jecks, Rev 20
Jeffries A C (architect) 83
Jennings, Perce 102
Jones, Cynthia 24
Jones, Jean 48, 88
Jones, Margaret Catherine & James Alfred Fisher 65
Jones, Ruby 33
Joong Choy Quock (plus aliases) 109
Jordan, Emily Katherine 144
Joughin, William and Mary Elizabeth (railway accident) 138
Judd family 55, 144
Jungle Instinct 3

K

Kealy, J W 19
Keefe, June 33
Keen, Percy 10, 52
Kelly family (upper Rosebank) 79
Kelly, W (constable) 86
Kenny, William Henry 130
Kerr, Miss 33, 71
Kershaw Brothers (bricklayers) 24
Kerwin, Don 18
Kidd, Rev Doug 130
Killey family 22
Kin Chan 116
Kirby, Alf 71
Kirk, Thomas Hugh 74
Kirkpatrick, Duncan 4
Kirkpatrick, Robert Samuel 4
Kirkpatrick, Robert Webster 4
Kitchener Hamlet 94, 141
Kitchingham, Rev (Methodist) 22
Kiwifruit (Chinese gooseberries) 12, 15, 127
Knaggs, George Oscar & Florence 114
Kneebone, Harry 117
Knibbs, Edward and family 132
Knight family (upper Rosebank) 79, 83, 98
Knight, Clarence 116
Knight, William (lower Rosebank) 109
Kurt Brehmer Walkway 53, 90

L

Laffey, Fr Tom 120
Lai Young King 109
Lake, Charles 52
Lamb, R S 100
Lambert (veterinarian) 11
Landslips 118
Lane, Donald Bennett 74
Lane, William 139
Larsen, William 100
Larson, Helen 67
Laurenson, Helen 60
Lees, John & Edith 74
Lees, Henry 48, 139
Lees, Henry Frederick 44, 74
Leighton, W R T (Henderson contractor) 98
Leslie, Frederick 100
Levy, Amy Bertha 144
Liddle, Alexander and Sarah Ann 102
Lilley, John Thomas & family 74
Lindsay, Doreen 24
Lindsay, Maureen 24
Little, Patty 33

Local Government
-- Auckland City Council 52
-- Avondale Community Board 53
-- Borough Council (Avondale) 8, 19, 62, 78 (works depot & turncock office), 79, 98, 118, 135
-- Kinniburgh, James Watkin (first Avondale Mayor) 8, 19, 98
-- New Lynn Town Board & Borough Council 22, 32, 42, 130
-- Provincial Council, Auckland 31
-- Riversdale Highway District (name suggestion, 1880) 11
-- Road Board (Avondale) 41, 65, 74, 98, 100, 136, 137
-- Salisbury District (name suggestion, 1882) 11
-- Waitemata County Council 41, 42
-- Whau Highway District 47

Loines, Lucy (Coutanche) 11
Loretz family 16, 99, 109
Lowe, D 144
Lowe, Sam and Choie Mei 116
Lupton, Jagger 20
Lyons, Les 18

M

Macdonald, Duncan 5
MacLeod, Roger 53
McCarthy, Michael and family 6, 10, 12, 52, 94, 115
McCaughan, Jane 4
McCaul, Walter 64
McCrae, James Parker & family 74, 80, 94
McCullough, Jane 67
McDonald, Herman Cecil 74
McDonald, Jeff 5
MacDermott, William James 97
McGlone, Robert 118
McGrath, Father James 21, 120
McLean, Donald & family 74
McLean, Kenzie & family 74
McLean family 80
McLeod, J 73
McLeod, William 52
McMenemin, Margaret 125
McMurray family 24
McNair, Livingstone Forsyth 98
McPike/Pike family 39
McReay family 37
McVeigh, Mark 68, 76, 107
Mack family 22
Mackadam, Fred C 138
Mackie/Macky family 79, 83
Mactier, Anthony 139
Main, W C (postmaster) 18
Mains, Val 67
March, Harry 10
Market gardens 109
Marr, Graham and family 114
Marris, Jo 29
Marshall, Dorothy Isabell 116
Marshall, Leo 116
Martin, Percy H 57
Martin, Sir William 130
Mason, Alby 17, 52

Maternity Homes 71
-- Addison-Saipe, Nurse Kathleen "Avonlea" 71
-- Chisholm, Nurse  71
-- Edwards, Nurse Alice "The Puriris" 71
-- Gibson, Nurse Mary 71
-- Manning, Nurse Jane "Erinville" 71
-- Newman, Nurse Jane  71

Mathieson, William & Mary Ann (Henderson Hotel) 117
Maungawhau Mt Eden 107
Maxwell, Shirley 33
Mayhew, Samuel Frederick 38
Meates, Fr James 120
Mellsop family 33, 60
Melville, Alfred James 83
Mental Hospital (Auckland, at Pt Chevalier)  31, 36, 39, 70, 95, 128
Methuen Hamlet 48, 139, 141
Meyer lemon 15
Miles, Janet Nelson 144
Miller, John Alexander 80
Miller, Trish 67
Milner family 70
Milner, Arthur 70
Mitchel, Jim 18
Mitchell, Kerry 29
Monoyer, Alfred Joseph & Marie Louise 65
Moore, Mrs Mary Kathleen 144
Moran, Patrick 145
Morey family 71
Moriarty 21
Morland, Denny 70
Morley, Frank Marriott 81
Moros family 120
Morris, William 100
Morrish, Arthur J 64, 103
Morrison, Albert Edward 80
Morrison, Gwen 33
Morrison, Keith 70
Morrison, Lewis Harold 80
Mortimore, Rev Bob 44
Morton, Fr Kevin 120
Mould, Mrs 1
Mt Eden Prison (riot, 1965) 114
Mullinder, Matilda Sarah 144
Munk, Jack 13, 29
Munns, Mr 8

Murders
-- Pepper, Gordon James 121
-- Weightman, Sandra 125

Murton, Beryl 67
Myatt, Linda 33
Myers, Tom 17, 20
Myers, Frederick & family 74

N

Nankerville, Heather 29
Nathan, Arthur H 84
Nathan, David 81
Nelmes, Samuel Albert 96
Nesbit, Rhoda 18
Nesbitt family 46, 80
Nesbitt, R B 74
Newell, William 113

Newspapers
-- Avondale Advance & Blockhouse Bay Beacon 84
-- News (Avondale) 64

Neville, James 94
Neville, Matthew William 65
New Lynn 115

New Windsor 26, 48, 50, 51, 55, 57, 58, 74, 112, 114, 121

Newman, Joseph & Jane 71
Ngue Man (Ah Sun, Wong Kong and Ah Ling) 109
Niue Island 117
Nunns, Arthur 98
Nutt, Lloyd 40

O

1ZB radio mast, Waterview 29, 95
O'Brien S G 98
O'Doherty, Father William Joseph 21, 120
O'Rorke, Mr 5
O'Ryan family 17
Oakleigh/Oakley Farm (Waterview) 113
Oakley, Edwin 58

Oakley Creek / Te Auaunga 31, 40, 47, 70, 103

Oakley Creek bridge (Great North Road) 68
Oates, Ron 62
Opie, Gladys May & family 83
Ormond, James 21, 120, 134
O'Sullivan, Daniel Denis 65
Owen, James 100
Oxenham, Frederick George 74, 80

P

Pages Building 3, 32
Palmer, James 2, 81
Parsons, Captain Edward 136
Partridge, Clement 48
Pats, Jim (Hepburn Road) 17
Paterson & Co (horse buses) 52, 111
Pattinson, Abraham 100
Peck, Henry & family 78, 91
Pedlar, George 131
Pendlebury 19
Pengelly family 94, 107
Penman, Clarke 38
Peters, Mrs 79
Petty family 58
Philson, Dr 2
Pie funnels 111
Pierce, George Patrick 130
Piesse, Ailsa 67
Pike, Rene 107

Police and Police Stations 86, 88
-- Browne, James Ulysses (constable) 86
-- Crean, Patrick Francis (constable) 64, 86, 96
-- Douglas, George Nicole (constable) 10, 52, 98, 135
-- Gordon, Alexander Frederick (constable) 86
-- O'Grady, Thomas (constable) 86

Pollen, Daniel 41, 79, 90
Pooley, Charles Theodore 10, 52, 75, 83, 98, 127, 129
Pooley, Yvonne 59, 127
Poppleton, James & Phillipa 2, 81
Porritt, Jonathan Oswald & family 74

Post Offices 3, 18, 24, 29, 78, 84, 86, 134
-- Telegram 29
-- Telephone exchange 78

Potter, H 19, 83
Potter, John 26, 83, 94, 100
Potter, Muriel 33
Price family 22
Prickett family 58
Priestley, Betty & family 33, 79
Prince, Charles Weston 83
Price, David 120
Proctor, Miss 22

Public Hall/Town Hall 21, 59, 62, 73, 81, 82, 94, 97, 128
-- Avondale Town Hall 37, 49, 50, 59

Public Works camp, racecourse 93
Pudney, A J 99

Q

Queen carnivals 50, 83
Queen Elizabeth II (visits) 50

R

Rack, Granville & Laura Jane 79, 83
Raffills, Noeline 4
Rainbird, Dot 67
Rawcliffe family 80
Rayer, François 50
Raymond family 45
Read, Norma 33
Read, Noeline 67
Reade, Father Shane 120
Reddaway, Graham 71
Reeder, Leslie 34, 35
Reid family 80
Reisterer family 10, 19

Reserves and Parks
-- Chalmers Reserve 26, 122
-- Henry Street Reserve 65
-- Heron Park 7, 39, 99
-- Pollen Island / Motu Manawa 103
-- Rosebank Domain (Rangimatariki) 67, 124, 133
-- Saunders Reserve 90
-- Te Kotuitanga / Olympic Park 11, 86, 130 (Wolverton Park)

Returned Services Association 22, 74, 79, 83, 88, 115, 131

Retail, Commercial and Industrial businesses
-- Adams Bruce 22
-- Alcohol regulations 17
-- Amos' Store (Great North Road) 71
-- Anita Bookshop 100
-- Atkinson (drapery) 1, 11, 59, 78, 79, 91, 92, 93, 94, 100
-- Avondale Pet Centre 3
-- Avondale Printers & Stationers 59
-- Avondale Spiders (second hand shop) 7
-- Avondale Transport Ltd 146
-- Avondale Auction House 146
-- Bakehouse Cafe 3
-- Battersby Funeral Services and family 7, 38, 57, 79, 83, 84
-- Bell & Gemmell tannery 130
-- Best family and varnish works 20, 25
-- Binsted family and shop 63, 78, 100
-- Broadbent Hardware 52, 75, 84
-- Buchanan's Bakery 71
-- Business Association, Avondale 5, 7
-- Cadbury Confectionery 89
-- Cambridge Clothing 4
-- Campbell Enterprises 57
|-- Carew family and shop 119
|-- Coal discovery (1882) 64
-- Cooper & Sons, P J (engineers) 6
-- Coopers Supermarket 93
-- Coyles Hardware 85
-- Darby & Helm 20
-- Darrell's Dairy 22, 84, 86
-- Davern Holdings Ltd 83
-- Donald & Co, A 109
-- Dove's Drapery 57, 59
-- Draughting Services Ltd 139
-- El Paso Coffee Lounge 53
-- Farmers Trading Co 59
-- Fearon's butcher shop, Great North Road 71
-- Foreman (butcher, BHB road) 57
-- Forsyth's Coal Yard 6
-- Four Square stores 24, 32, 38, 39, 40, 55
-- Fowler's foundry explosion (1966) 132
-- Garrett tannery (see Star Mills)
-- Gittos family & tannery 47, 48, 64, 131, 144
-- Grey & Menzies 81, 122
-- Grosvenor Dairy 57, 58, 59, 93, 125
-- Hellaby's 59, 100, 137
|-- Hoyes' coalyard, Great North Road 71
-- Johnson (milkman, Donovan St) 57
-- Knight's Dairy (Victor Street) 71
-- Meyer Brothers (builders) 24
-- Milk bars 34
-- Mobil service stations 93, 129
-- Morrison & Crawford (service station) 7
-- Payen Gaskets 89
-- Produce Markets (company) 109
-- Reckitt & Colman 90
-- Riversdale Tannery 79, 130
-- Rosebank industries 89, 90
-- Rosebank Bakehouse 4
-- Speedy Rubber Stamps Ltd. 59
-- Spiders Bar 3
-- Spotted Frog Cafe 10
-- Spragg (grocer) 57
-- Star Mills 31, 48, 100, 128
-- Station Store 4, 22, 79
-- Steele's factory 79, 83, 84
-- Tomlinson's Drapery 59, 60, 61, 71
-- Top Cat Liquor Store 3
-- Triggs Garage 146
-- Turners & Growers 144
-- Universal Homes 25
-- Victor St Dairy 38
-- Watson's Chemist 38
-- Wilson, F J (plumber's shop) 133
-- Winstones Ltd 138

Rew, Robert 100
Reynolds, William Livingstone 131
Richardson, Paul & Margaret 19, 23, 71, 103
Riley, Charles Harold 126
Riley, Enid 33
Ringrose family 10, 94
Riversdale Farm 36
Robb family 22
Roberton, John 65, 87
Roberton Road 22, 63, 65, 71, 87
Robertson, Benjamin 26, 80, 90
Robertson, Daniel 1, 4, 52
Robertson, J P 80
Robertson, Norman E 80
Robertson, Peter 26, 90
Robertson, Nancy Marion (Sister) 80
Robertson, Susan Annie (Dr) 80
Robinson, Dove Meyer 5, 133
Robinson, Joe 39, 50, 58
Robinson family 17
Robson, Harrison 118
Roe, Thomas 79
Rogers, Marjorie 58
Rohan, Gladys 36
Rooney, Andrew 31
Rosebank Estate 4, 109, 116, 117, 144
Rosebank Peninsula (gardens, general) 16, 64, 99, 123
Rosebank Reunion 3
Rummins, Ray (R & Z Rummins Ltd) 57
Russell, David Bruce 103, 105, 106
Russell, George (Hokianga) 31
Russell, John 75
Rutherford, Norman 18
Ryan, Jacky 40
Ryan, Kevin (barrister) 125

S

Sadlier, Nathaniel 10
Sakey, Fr Lawrie (Lawrence) 120
Salesian Order of Don Bosco (St Marys) 120
Salisbury, William 71
Sampson, Elaine 70
Sangster family 61
Sansom, Thomas John and family 47, 128
Saul family 22
Scarlett, William H 37
Scarrott family 55

Schools
-- Avondale College (Avondale Technical High School) 33, 34, 36, 66, 67, 70, 75, 76, 77, 96, 141, 144
-- Avondale Intermediate 36, 66, 67, 141
-- Avondale Kindergarten 144
-- Avondale Primary and School Committee 20, 21, 22, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 53, 61, 64, 66, 70, 73, 74, 77, 78, 79, 83, 90, 95, 100, 107, 144
-- Chrysalis Early Learning Centre 123
-- Manual Training block (primary school) 42, 43, 44, 45, 53

Schultz family 38
Schweiters, Henry Joseph 116
Scott, Edgar Hastings 85
Scott, John Lyons 74
Scott, Oliver 74
Scroggy Hill 11
Self Help 18, 59, 71
Selwyn, Bishop Augustus 130
Semon, Olga Dr 75
Service, Katie 70
Setters, Ida 70
Seymonds, Mrs 79
Shackleton, Irene 33
Sharman, George & Joy 58
Shaw family 79, 83
Shaw, William and Lucy 63
Shaw, Sybil 33
Shepherd, Dulcie 5
Shepherd, William 5
Sherson family 43
Silver, Pam & Jane 18
Simpson, David 128
Simmonds, Dave 32
Sinclair, James Paterson (Sinclair Square) 62, 96
Sisam family (West Auckland) 87
Sisson family 10
Skill, Elsie 33
Slattery, Norma 29
Smeele, Peter 53
Smith, Douglas 18
Smith, Henry Washington 139
Sommerville, Robert 100
Spargo family 44, 57, 74, 106
Speck, Percy Edward 83
Spencer, Bruce 8, 9
Spicer, Archibald H 38, 47

Sport and recreation
-- Akarana Rifle Club 94, 141
-- Avondale Bowling Club 26
-- Avondale Racecourse 16, 50, 69, 71, 79, 90, 93, 94, 95, 98, 99, 100, 107, 108, 134, 136, 140, 142, 143
-- Caltaux, Vic (boxer) 70
-- Power Boat Association, NZ (races on the Whau) 90
-- Race, trotting, Great North Road (1884) 64
-- Racecourse sports grounds 99, 140
-- Rowing (on the Whau) 90
-- Rugby teams 77
-- West End Rowing Club 26, 90

Stacey, Lorna 96
Stallard, George 96
Stanley, Ailsa 67
State Housing 62
Staveley, Helen 93
Stebbing, Eldred 125
Stewart, Alexander 80
Steel, Joan & Marie 33, 70
Stevens, Betty 67
Stewart, Stanley Edward 74
Still family 22
Stoneleigh Estate 47, 48, 139
Stormont family 140

Streets
-- Ahiriri Avenue 139
-- Alexandra (Alverston) Street 29, 39
-- Alford Street 32, 39, 68, 95, 128
-- Ash Street (original) 107
-- Ash Street extension 7, 26, 62, 116
-- Astrolabe Street (The Avenue, Mead Street) 15, 58, 109
-- Batkin Road 55, 106, 120
-- Beatrix Street 71, 117
-- Bentleigh Ave 55
-- Blockhouse Bay Road 11, 76
-- Bollard Avenue 139
-- Brothers Street 121
-- Canal Road 14, 74
-- Chalmers Street 137, 139
-- Clark Street 22
-- Cowley Street 39, 40
-- Crayford Street 79, 90, 107, 136
-- Daventry Street 95
-- Donovan Street 24
-- Eastdale Road 69, 99, 141
-- Elm St 83
-- Fairlands Ave 39, 40, 95
-- Garnet (Tiverton) Road 10
-- Geddes Terrace 78, 79, 90
-- Hadfield Ave (Nesbitt) 46
-- Henry Street 37, 48, 65, 70
-- Himikera Avenue 62, 63, 96
-- Holly Street 34, 69, 74, 141
-- Honan Place 99, 100
-- Jomac Place 99, 123
-- Larch Street 118
-- Layard Street, 83, 136, 139, 142
-- Lidcombe Place 125
-- Margate Street 11
-- Mead Street (see Astrolabe Street)
-- Methuen Road 11, 55
-- Oakley Ave 39, 58, 95, 113
-- Patiki Road 61
-- Phyllis Street 39
-- Pinewood Street 10, 11
-- Plane Street 71
-- Portage Road 42
-- Powell Street 62, 71
-- Racecourse Parade 101
-- Riversdale Road 14, 123, glasshouse gases 126, 127
-- Roberton Road 71, 142
-- Rosebank Road (502) 63
-- Rosebank Road (upper) 79, 88
-- Seaside Ave 40
-- Street name changes 103
-- St Georges Road 65, 74, 75, 137
-- St Judes Street (illus) 91, 94, 100, 133, 138, 139, 140
-- Tait Street 136
-- Taylor Street 73
-- Tiverton Road 10, 11, 16, 22, 55, 92, 114
-- Trent Street 136
-- Tutuki Street 95
-- Victor Street 34, 38, 69, 70, 74, 141
-- Wicklow Ave (Wairau Ave) 14
-- Windsor (Wingate) Street 26, 50, 106, 107, 146
-- Wolseley Street (Wolverton) 130

Stuart, George Richard 7, 118
Stych family 3, 127, 134
Swatton, O F and family 38, 98

T

Tait, Alice 70
Tait, William John (Avondale Mayor, land agent) 8, 19, 62, 137
Tannerhill, John Martin 50, 146
Tarlin, Clarence Victor 74
Tatton, Kate 33, 71
Taylor, William Innes 38
Te Kawerau a Maki 86
Texiera, Bill 40
Thode, Arthur Edmund Forbes and Percy Raymond 102
Thomas, George and family 47, 100
Thomas, John 31, 100
Thomas, Minnie Violet 144
Thomas, Norman John 80
Thomas, Samuel (land agent) 37
Thomas, Sylvia (nee Judd) 55, 59
Thompson, Jack ("The Black Tracker", New Lynn traffic officer) 22
Thompson, W 98
Thompson, William and Jane 100
Three Guys site 38
Thwaites, Ian 106
Tiarks, Herbert 19
Tierney family 4, 10, 52, 92
Tigga, Fr Ephrem 120
Titchener, Arthur 24
Tipene, Pā Peter 120
Titheridge family (Avondale College) 36
Tiverton House Limited 114
Todd family 56, 110
Toilets 79
Trainor, R 144

Transport
-- Auckland Bus Company 52
-- Auckland Transport Board 52
-- Avondale Motor Delivery Service 6
-- Bamford's (service station) 6
-- Black Tracker, The (traffic officer) 22
-- Bus services 45, 52, 58, 60, 75, 76, 77, 87, 113
-- Bus turnaround (Rosebank Rd) 42, 79, 87
-- Central Service Station 7, 129
-- Commercial Bus Company 113
-- Concrete road (Great North Road, 1925) 6, 41
-- General Omnibus Company 7, 10, 52
-- Horse buses 4, 92, 101, 111
-- Horses (general) 17, 22
-- Ixion Motor Cycle Club 133
-- Kaukapakapa (railway accident, 1952) 126
-- Level crossings (railway) 11, 60, 136, 137, 138
-- Main Highways Board 138
-- Motorways 39
-- Mt Eden Bus Company 52
-- North-Western Motorway (SH16) 97
-- Northern Omnibus Company 52, 101, 111
-- Oakley Creek rail bridge 145
-- Railway and Station 11, 27, 28, 46, 47, 49, 50, 54, 60, 64, 67, 100, 122, 126 (Kaukapakapa), 136, 137, 138, 139, 142, 145
-- Roundabout 136
-- St Judes St rail crossing diversion (proposed) 138
-- Stables, Avondale 10, 75, 101, 111
-- Taxis 10, 48, 49
-- Traffic accidents 78, 133
-- Traffic lights, first installation central Avondale (August 1963) 72
-- Trailer attachment regulations 146
-- Trams 23, 66, 67, 72, 73, 76, 79, 88, 90, 122
-- Transport Bus Services 10, 52, 58, 60, 75, 77, 137
-- Whau bridges 41, 78, 95, 146
-- Whau Canal 9, 105

Trees
-- Macrocarpa, Ash Street 116
-- Riversdale Road 123

Trenwith, Bryan 95
Trigg, Charles Alfred 7
Truttman, Joan Margaret 57
Turley family 57
Turley, Irene 101
Turnbull, Harry 17
Turner, Eric 18
Turner, P 19
Turton, James and Bertha 94, 100

U

Upfold, Mrs 86

V

Vadakkevettavazhiyil , Fr Matthew 120
Vallance, William Charles 106
Van Leyden family 57, 59
Vendt family 29
Vercoe, Norman Edmund & family 74
Vernon, Valmai 70
Vibert family 55
Viggers, Herbert 37
Vincent, Leonard Charles & family 79, 83
Vowle, Edwin 127

W

Walden, Robert & Linda 114
Waldron, Kenneth Alfred (railway accident) 138
Walker, Annie McDonald Caskie 144
Walker, Frederick Harry 80
Wallace, George (Mangere) 117
Walmsley family 84, 85
Walters, G 98
Walton, Henry 65, 87

War, peace and military
-- Army camps 16, 17, 27
-- Anglo-Boer War (second) 97
-- Avondale Memorial Park 91
-- Avondale Peace Garden 53
-- Avondale Rifle Volunteers 94, 100
-- Blockhouse (Whau) 10
-- Conscientious objectors 80
-- Gallipoli 64
-- Metropolitan Patriotic Society 93
-- Military training, compulsory 70
-- Mob-6 (American Hospital) 33, 34, 35, 66, 69, 71, 144
-- Neptune, HMS 51
-- Peace Ball (1919, Town Hall) 82
-- Pioneer Maori Battalion 93
-- Prisoner of War camp 93
-- Rolls of honour 74, 80, 83
-- Tunnellers Camp 93
-- War Memorials 44
-- World War I (First World War) 65, 74, 82, 93
-- World War II (Second World War) 77, 93, 95, 132

Ward, Alfred 52
Ward, Corban 18
Ward, Arthur Edwin 74
Ward, Edgar William 52, 74
Wardrope, Ethel Annie 144
Warwick Brothers 18
Wasteney, William 81
Waterfield, Eric 12, 13, 16, 20, 22, 42

Waterview
-- 19th century 46, 128
 -- 20th century 68, 95, 97, 113

Watson, Alexander 100
Watson, Irene Mary 144
Watson, John 123
Watson, Louis and Leslie Cyril 98
Watts, James 137
Waygood, Harry Ronald (Ron) 7, 63, 93
Webb's Paddock (Wingate Street) 107
Webb, W J 144
Webster, F W 103
Webster, W G 103
Welch, William 74
Wells-Green, Muriel 59
Western family (1965 BNZ bank robbery) 114
Westwood, Doris 33
Whale family 38, 39, 57, 58, 59, 125
Whau North (subdivision) 82, 130
Whau South (subdivision) 105

Whau River 67, 90, 103, 146
-- Sea Lei (Whau river wreck) 51

Whitchurch family 61
Whitney Street 11
White, F W 83
White, Kathy 17
Whowell, Albert 83
Whyle, Ivan 30
Whyte, Alexander 116
Wickham family 37, 94, 127
Wilcox family 22
Willey, George 123
Williams, Alan R 57
Williams, Arthur Kenn 80
Williams, John Isaac Fulcher, Irene May and family 115
Williams, Dr Leon 61
Williams, Victor 137
Williamson, William John 83
Willoughby, Robert John & family 74, 80
Wilson, George 45
Wilson, Thomas William (clerk of works) 53
Wilson, Wiliam Kennedy 118
Winchcombe, William 24
Windsor Estate (1860s) 52, 114, 118
Wolverine, HMS 65
Woodhead, W 103
Woodward, W A 80
Wood, Michael 128
Wood, Samuel 139
Woods, Bill 24
Woods, Phil 83
Wright, Hayward 12, 15, 19, 53, 58, 127
Wrigley, James 31
Wymer, Billy 70

Y

Yallop, Mrs and son Raymond 75
Young Chee 109

Z

Zam, Darian 89
Zwart family 89