Ormondville Rail Preservation Group Inc.
Historic Articles
from Newspapers and other Publications on the development of the Seventy-Mile-Bush in the vicinity of Ormondville
Home Page - Bed & Breakfast - Souvenirs
Newspaper Articles etc.
- Hawkes Bay Herald September 1885 - 'Seventy-Mile Bush' (Progress)
- Hawkes Bay Herald March 1888 - 'Fires in the Bush' (Norsewood fire)
- Hawkes Bay Herald September 1888 - 'Seventy-Mile-Bush'
- Bush Advocate October 1888 - 'Ormondville' (History of town - parts 1 & 2)
- Bush Advocate November 1888 - 'Ormondville' (parts 3 & 4) & Norsewood's Hotels
- NZ Parliamentary Debates August 1900 - 'Matamau Railway-station'
- Dannevirke Advocate April 1903 - 'A Pleasant Outing'
- The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Vol. 6, 1908 - 'Ormondville' and others
- District Descriptions - From Wise's Guides
- Railway section opening dates - From AJHR - Hawkes Bay, Wairarapa, Foxton-Taranaki
Genealogical Material
- Staff at Ormondville Station, & Publicans at the Settler's Arms Hotel
- Station staff & publicans at Kopua, Makotuku & Matamau.
- Women who signed the 1892 & 1893 Women's Suffrage Petitions
Railway History
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The Endeavour's story - Some linked pages
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The Bay Express's story - Many linked pages, including:
