History – KOITIATA

About Koitiata History

The 2017 centenary of Koitiata was the catalyst for the History of Koitiata project. Many newspaper clippings and photos from the 1920’s, together with information of numerous types from many other sources enabled the project to eventuate.

A 40-page publication, “100 Years at the Beach” written by Koitiata resident Eddy Mason, is a condensed view of Koitiata’s history, focusing on earlier years and the establishment of the village. It was produced in early 2017 and a copy of that book is available on this site below, to read or download.

The Koitiata/History web page was established later in 2017 as an accessible venue for the extensive collection of information and documents that had been collected. This website has been upgraded in 2022 and the History page revamped with the view of presenting that content in a more accessible and readable format.

All the previously separate History content files of each topic have now been condensed into a single subject PDF file. Each of the PDF Flipbooks below includes the printed book page(s) and the additional collected documents that are relevant to each subject. Most subjects have now been expanded on and contain extra pages of information. Also now available are additional topics which were not covered in the book or included on the original website.

Many documents available were already copies of copies and the reproduction of those and other scanned information has resulted in some difficult to read pages in some of the PDF Flipbooks. To provide a better viewing of those difficult to read pages, all subjects are also accessible via the bottom section of this page with button activation for opening each subject PDF in your viewer or browser window.

100 Years at the Beach

The Contents

1.Before

1. Before

2.Begins

2. Begins

3.For Sale

3. For Sale

4.Shaky Start

4. Shaky Start

5. Village Grows

6. Getting Serviced