Rosi Crane
@rosicrane.bsky.social
Honorary curator history of science, Otago Museum
19C New Zealand natural history
Tenor City Choir Dunedin
Book sorter for the Regent Theatre annual book sale
Appreciator of turn-of-the-century printmaking
19C New Zealand natural history
Tenor City Choir Dunedin
Book sorter for the Regent Theatre annual book sale
Appreciator of turn-of-the-century printmaking
Another title added to my wishlist!!
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Another title added to my wishlist!!
I wonder if it's a photo of a stuffed bird?
November 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I wonder if it's a photo of a stuffed bird?
Thanks for this. It's similar to the talk he gave here in Dunedin, probably 2010-ish
October 31, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Thanks for this. It's similar to the talk he gave here in Dunedin, probably 2010-ish
There's been a pub here since 1864! Current building erected 1880 to designs by Louis Boldoni. A makeover in 1931 & plaster ornamentation removed: Royal Albert Hotel. 1978 it became Albert Arms. A revamp in 2007 with a final name change to The Bog Irish Bar.
builtindunedin.com/2013/05/14/r...
builtindunedin.com/2013/05/14/r...
Royal Albert Hotel
Built: 1880 / 1939 Address: 387 George Street Architects: Louis Boldini / Stone & Sturmer Builders: Norman Wood / D.P. Murphy There has been a pub on the site of The Bog Irish Bar for nearly 15…
builtindunedin.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 AM
There's been a pub here since 1864! Current building erected 1880 to designs by Louis Boldoni. A makeover in 1931 & plaster ornamentation removed: Royal Albert Hotel. 1978 it became Albert Arms. A revamp in 2007 with a final name change to The Bog Irish Bar.
builtindunedin.com/2013/05/14/r...
builtindunedin.com/2013/05/14/r...
I can't do podcasts (too many years in tv industry mean my prod values too high for most), or audiobooks, but can do decent YouTube vids, try Baumgartner Restoration -- of paintings
October 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I can't do podcasts (too many years in tv industry mean my prod values too high for most), or audiobooks, but can do decent YouTube vids, try Baumgartner Restoration -- of paintings
Goodness he was 60 when this was filmed and is still very much alive!
October 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Goodness he was 60 when this was filmed and is still very much alive!
That's the Otago Museum
October 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
That's the Otago Museum
Best Cafe, Lower Stuart Street = best fish n chips ever
October 23, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Best Cafe, Lower Stuart Street = best fish n chips ever
Thanks Michael, for drawing attention to this.
October 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Thanks Michael, for drawing attention to this.
Great Frigatebird, with a species name that does not match its vernacular name, Fregata minor
September 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Great Frigatebird, with a species name that does not match its vernacular name, Fregata minor
Was gonna say one of our albytrocities, well they're close to petrels, mottled or not!
September 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Was gonna say one of our albytrocities, well they're close to petrels, mottled or not!
Apologies unable to make it in person.
September 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Apologies unable to make it in person.
Trust you both know about the paper by Sandy Bartle and Alan Tennyson 2009 in Tuhinga, about the History of Walter Buller's Collections of NZ Birds.
Gives details about the relationship between Rothschild & Buller.
Gives details about the relationship between Rothschild & Buller.
September 1, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Trust you both know about the paper by Sandy Bartle and Alan Tennyson 2009 in Tuhinga, about the History of Walter Buller's Collections of NZ Birds.
Gives details about the relationship between Rothschild & Buller.
Gives details about the relationship between Rothschild & Buller.
Thanks for the gift link, very interesting
August 31, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Thanks for the gift link, very interesting
My civic duty ... listening to the musak! At least the slack channel has passed the evening quite well.
July 31, 2025 at 8:38 AM
My civic duty ... listening to the musak! At least the slack channel has passed the evening quite well.
Ha ha. Saw that in my inbox but hadn’t opened the link. A treat for this evening!
July 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Ha ha. Saw that in my inbox but hadn’t opened the link. A treat for this evening!
Thanks for this, I would never have seen it otherwise.
July 16, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Thanks for this, I would never have seen it otherwise.
I'm never disappointed with oatcakes, whatever they are called!
May 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I'm never disappointed with oatcakes, whatever they are called!