Caroline McQuarrie, It snows in winter: Remembering Waiuta
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Part of the Auckland Festival of Photography.
Waiuta is an official historic site on the West Coast of Te Waipounamu, run by DOC and community group Friends of Waiuta. Settled when a goldmine opened in 1905, the community of 600 almost all left when the mine closed in 1951.
It snows in winter incorporates McQuarrie’s photographs of the historic site, a model village constructed in 2007 and her re-imaging miner/photographer Joseph Divis’ glass plate negatives of the town from the Alexander Turnbull Library collection. Waiuta today is a reminder of the disruptive influence of socio-economic shifts on small communities.
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All works printed and framed to order
Archival pigment prints
530 x 530mm, framed
Editions of 5 + AP
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Remains of mine buildings. Waiuta. December 2011.
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Detail from Joseph Divis’ photo of tournament on the bowling green after official opening on 8 November 1931; mine buildings in background (Bicycle and car). Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand: 1/2-233052-G 02. 2020.
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Detail from Joseph Divis’ photo of tournament on the bowling green after official opening on 8 November 1931; mine buildings in background (Union Jack). Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand: 1/2-233052-G 01. 2020.
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Detail from Joseph Divis’ photo of Prohibition shaft headframe completed and covered in, 1936 (Wires). Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand: 1/1_39797_G
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Detail from Joseph Divis’ photo of Waiuta Jubilee, 7 November 1931. Crowd outside hotel (Barefoot boy). Ref: 1/2-233057-G. Alexander Turnbull Library. 2020.
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Site of first gold discovery in 1904. Waiuta. December 2011.
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Waiuta Model Village #4. Bowling club. 2013.
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Detail of Refreshment tent at Waiuta jubilee celebrations, 7 November 1931 (Girl with cup). Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand: 1/2-233358-G. 2020.
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Detail from Joseph Divis’ photo of Woman filling kettle from water tank, surrounded by snow. Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand: 1/2-233261-G
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Detail from Joseph Divis’ photo of the wedding of Mary Thorn and Harry Coulson, Oct 1931 (Lace). Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand: 1/2-233353-G. 2020.
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Waiuta Model Village #7. Swimming pool, 2013.
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Bowling green and remains of club buildings. Waiuta. January 2013.
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Swimming pool, Waiuta, December 2011.
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Gill Cottage (Unoccupied). Waiuta. 2014.
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Waiuta Model Village #3. Boarding house, 2013
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Interior ‘Gill Cottage’ (Kitchen), Waiuta, December 2011.
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Interior Gill Cottage (Lace curtains). Waiuta. 2011.
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Waiuta Model Village #2. Incubator Alley. 2013.
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Detail from Joseph Divis’ photo of Jos Divis outside his cottage (Bicycle). Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand: 1/2-233064-G. 2020.
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Detail from Joseph Divis’ photo of Cottages at the west end of Waiuta (Curtain). Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand: 1/2_233028_G. 2020.
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Waiuta Model Village #15. The red huts, single men’s quarters. 2013.
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Detail from Joseph Divis’ photo of the Snowy River Incline and houses (twin homes). Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand: 2020.
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Reflection in the window of former residence of Joseph Divis, photographer and miner (uninhabited), Waiuta, 2011.
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Former residence of Joseph Divis, photographer and miner (uninhabited), Waiuta, December 2011
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Detail from Joseph Divis’ photo of Two boys in Waiuta hospital, recovering from being lost in the bush. (Books). Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand: 1/2-233347-G. 2020.
