More links and websites
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Buller District Council
The website of the Buller District Council.
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Grey District Council
The website of the Grey District Council.
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History House Museum
The museum in Greymouth.
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The 1947 Greymouth beer boycott
This page on the NZHistory.net website backgrounds the boycott and pub culture on the West Coast.
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Shantytown
A re-creation of a West Coast gold-mining town, near Greymouth.
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Waiuta – through they eyes of a miner
This page on the NZHistory.net website provides information about the history of the West Coast town and its resident photographer Joseph Divis.
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West Coast information centres
A directory of information centres on the West Coast.
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Westland District Council
The website of the Westland District Council.
More suggestions and sources
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Apse, Andis. South-west New Zealand World Heritage Area: Te Wahipounamu. Nelson: Craig Potton, 1997.
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Crawshaw, Norman. The first wave: a history of the early days of coal in Buller. Westport: N. Crawshaw, 1999.
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On Denniston: coal from the clouds [videorecording]. Producer Hugh Macdonald; directors Hugh Macdonald and David Sims. Wellington: Memory Line Productions, 1993.
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The ghost town ball [videorecording]. Lower Hutt: NZ National Film Unit, 1986.
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May, Philip Ross. Gold town, Ross, Westland. Christchurch: Pegasus Press, 1970.
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Waiuta, 1906–1951: the gold mine, the town, the people. Reefton: Friends of Waiuta, 1986.
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Wood, Brian. Disaster at Brunner: the coalmine tragedy at Brunnerton, NZ, 26 March 1896. 2nd ed. Greymouth: B. Wood, 1998.