Sandy
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- 100 New Zealand First World War Postcards
- Action for Christchurch East
- Adventures in Collections
- Ancestral Trials and Tribulations
- Andrea Thieck Miniatures
- Antique Daisy
- Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
- Arts & Culture Oceania
- Beneath Thy Feet
- blackwood
- Bob McKerrow - Wayfarer
- bumble button
- Cabinet Of Curiosities Podcast
- Chris P.'s Minis and More
- Dead Cert
- Denise Yezbak Moore
- dolls houses and minis
- Elga's Miniatures
- Genea-Musings
- GeniAus
- George Griffith's Goldrush Adventure
- Granite in My Blood
- Grave Mistakes
- Headroom
- Heritage et AL
- his story, her story
- Homemade Obsessions
- Inside the Conservator's Studio
- Kim Westerskov Photography
- Late Victorian English Manor Dollhouse: 1/12 Miniature from Scratch
- Lesism - by Les Floyd
- Making Model Miniatures for Special FX
- Miniature Chef - miniatures by Hanna Lindroth
- Muzzle Flashes
- My Dollhouse Days
- NZ In Tranzit
- NZ Raw
- Old Canterbury
- Old Picture of the Day
- Open Objects... has moved
- Our Tree Became A Forest
- Richard Chirgwin's Blog
- Skinner Studio
- Slightly Intrepid
- Strangers in a Box
- Thames NZ: Genealogy & History Resources
- The Belgians have not forgotten
- The Burns Archive
- The Dusty Bookcase
- The History Girls
- The Mad Monarchist
- The Meeting Place - A New Zealand History Blog
- The New Zealand Journal
- tiny handmade
- true2scale
- Under The Table and Dreaming
- Vast Public Indifference
- Writers in London in the 1890s
- Yardy Yardy Yardy
- Zoo Volunteer
| Gender | FEMALE |
|---|---|
| Industry | Museums or Libraries |
| Occupation | Collection Manager - History |
| Location | Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Introduction | Ex (&always) Cantabrian; Collection Manager- History at Auckland War Memorial Museum since 2008.
I'm an avid genealogist for 40 years. Rampant taphophiliac; ephemera collector; lover of Canterbury history; enjoy digital photography; cemetery trawling and headstones; memento mori and 1:12 miniatures. I'm an Hon. Life Member & volunteer researcher for The Friends of Linwood Cemetery Charitable Trust.
My websites: www.sarndra.com and www.magnaquies.com My Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/porkynz/ Header photo: Angels at Waikaraka Cemetery© |
| Interests | Genealogy, Canterbury History, taphophilia, museums, archaeology, human social history, WW1 photo postcards, creating 1/12 miniatures, digital photography |
| Favorite Books | ~An Instinct Toward Life - Dario Robleto, ~Mourning Art and Jewellery - Maureen DeLorme, ~The boy who saw true |
What would you wear for camouflage if you were hiding in a gingerbread house?
icing sugar :-)

