The Walsh Memorial Library was started with support from the Walsh Memorial Trust and the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1964, so it is as old as MOTAT itself.

The Walsh Memorial Library is a reference only library for use by MOTAT staff, volunteers and the public.


The library aims to conserve technical information relating to older technologies, so we keep things like old manuals to help us keep the technology alive.

 

The collection contains a range of formats; books, journals, photographs, archives and manuscripts, maps and plans; covering a wide range of topics: trams, trains, cars, trucks, military and civilian aviation, agriculture, photography, communications, engineering and electronics.

 

 

Click on the below links to see further items and details of our magnificent Library!

 

It wasn't an easy decision due to all the great works entered, but the 2009 MOTAT Essay Competition winner has now been chosen.

 

For their great efforts, Sholto, Aretha and David each won MOTAT Mates family passes. Callum and Sholto won $250 for their Library at Selwyn College and, as the grand prize winner, Callum won $250!

 

Please click on these links to read .pdf versions of the brilliant finalist essays.

 

David Tomlinson - Botany Downs Secondary College year 9

The Development of the Main Trunk Line, From Wellington to Auckland (290kb)

 

Aretha Chen - Botany Downs Secondary College year 9

The Steam Train to New Zealand (372kb)

 

Sholto Buck - Selwyn College year 10

Buses: Social and Physical Infrastructures (184kb)

 

And the winner of the 2009 MOTAT Essay Competition is:

 

Callum Blackmore Selwyn College year 10

How did the Introduction of Motorised Freight Affect New Zealand's Rural Industries and Wider Society (493kb)

 

Good job Callum!

 



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