Day One: LOCKDOWN 26 March 2020.
Take the challenge to read or explore a new source on the internet!
Have You ANY Read Articles at JSTOR?Thanks to Tom for the alert on articles related to Thames at the JSTOR site.
Due to the disruption caused by Covid-19, an increasing number of articles are free to read / download.
Searching Thames New Zealand, there are hundreds of results, covering a wide range of topics, and of varying relevance.
EXAMPLES:
One of the first articles I looked at was an article that mentioned our astronomer John Grigg: Source Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 11, No. 66 (February 1, 1899), pp. 48-50 (3 pages) Published by: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Here are some snips of the details of just a handful of interesting topics:
DALMATION SETTLEMENT:
TEN POUND POMS:
Page link at JSTOR
MAORI on the HAURAKI PLAINS:
Page link at JSTOR
ADDING the term mining to the search terms reduces the number of hits:
Page link at JSTOR
With this one you will see that you can read FREE online,
if you register you can read SIX articles free a month.
You can also limit your searches to the FREE ACCESS articles.
KAURI:
Mabberley, David J. “THE COMING OF THE KAURIS.” Curtis's Botanical Magazine, vol. 19, no. 4, 2002, pp. 252–264. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/45065558. Accessed 26 Mar. 2020.
NATIVE NURSING: Nurse Dawson gets a mention during her time nursing on the Hauraki Plains.
Bryder, Linda. “‘They Do What You Wish; They like You; You the Good Nurse!’: Colonialism and Native Health Nursing in New Zealand, 1900–40.” Colonial Caring: A History of Colonial and Post-Colonial Nursing, edited by HELEN SWEET and SUE HAWKINS, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2015, pp. 84–103. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt18dzrdn.10. Accessed 26 Mar. 2020.
See what goodies you can locate, for Thames and other topics - Happy & Safe Reading
