New Zealand Alpine Club
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1891 - Present
Biography
Inaugural meeting was held on 11th March 1891 in Christchurch, the first general meeting on the 28th July 1891 with election of Mr Leonard Harper as president and his son Arthur Paul Harper as secretary. It was modelled on the Alpine Club of London. The club published the first copy of the New Zealand Alpine Journal in 1892. It also published The Climber magazine from 1992-2020.
Citation:
New Zealand Alpine Club (n.d.). Heritage. https://alpineclub.org.nz/heritageFound in 1 Collection or Record:
New Zealand Alpine Club records
Collection
Identifier: CCL Archive 0216
Scope and Contents
The records of the New Zealand Alpine Club includes a record of the Rover Scout mountaineering course conducted by members of the New Zealand Alpine Club in the Matukituki Valley, Christmas 1954.
Dates:
1954