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Annual Journal - The Stockade
The Karori Historical Society publishes
an annual journal, The Stockade. Members of the
Karori Historical Society receive a copy of The Stockade as part of their
membership.
Back numbers of most issues are
available for purchase: price $10 per copy (including postage. Please contact
the secretary of the Karori Historical Society (see our contact
details).
Karori
Historical Society publications
The publications listed below have
been published by or in association with the Karori Historical
Society. Unless otherwise noted, these publications are
available for purchase; Karori
Heritage Trail is free of charge. To purchase a copy of
these publications, please contact the secretary of the Karori Historical
Society (see our contact details);
these publications are also available in
the Karori Public Library. Karori & its People - Edited by Judith Burch and Jan Heynes

This major new 368-page history vividly describes Karori's growth from rural outpost in the 1840s to the thriving community it is today - one of NZ's largest and most significant suburbs. Order your copy of Karori & its People here for only $49.99. Sold
Out but a reprint will be available in
June/July 2012. Watch this space for further information on price and
orders, enquiries welcome - e-mail Karori Historical Society.
Corrections to Karori & its People here, will be included in the upcoming reprint.
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Alington,
Margaret. High Point: St Mary's Church Karori
Wellington 1866 - 1991. Wellington: Parish of St Mary,
Karori and The Karori Historical Society (Inc). Wellington:
1998. -
Brodie, James
W. Terawhiti and the Goldfields, 1986. -
Brodie, James. The Karori Gold-Rush 1869-1873. 1997. 20 pages.
The
valley of the Upper Kaiwharawhara Stream, particularly the
Karori Reservoir area, was the site of considerable mining
activity before the building of the lower Karori Dam in 1873. It
has now been developed as the
Karori Wildlife Sanctuary.
This booklet is a chapter in James Brodie's book Terawhiti
and the Goldfields (1986), referred to above.
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Burch, Judith.
The Karori Reservoir Area: a Brief History. 1997. 40
pages. $6 post paid. Out of print, but available at Wellington Public Library. -
Chapman,
William G. and Katherine M. Wood. Karori Streets
1841-1991, 1991. 105 pages. ISBN 0-473-01320-7 Out of print, but available from Wellington Public Library.
This book describes how Karori was sub-divided
and gives the origin of the street names.
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Lithgow, R. W.
Homewood from its Beginnings. 1997. Out of print, but available from Wellington Public Library. -
Patrick,
Margaret G. From Bush to Suburb: Karori 1840-1980.
1990. 72p. Out of print, but available from Wellington Public Library.
This booklet
describes 34 sites of historical interest in Karori including
the Viaduct, the Karori Tunnel, the Reservoir area, Karori
Cemetery, central Karori, and Chesney Wold (the home of
Katherine Mansfield for five years at the end of the nineteenth
century).
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