Difficulties That Colonists Have To Encounter – Georgiana Bowen

“It is ill-suited for any but the young, strong and active.  I could make you cry with the recital of the various shifts and difficulties that colonists have to encounter”. Georgiana Bowen (1810 – ? ) ~ 12th March 1851 Georgiana arrived in Canterbury with her husband, her children, Charles, Croisdale, Letitia and her sister-in-law …

The Lyttelton Times

On the 11th January 1851, the first issue of The Lyttelton Times hit the shelves. As the Canterbury Association made their plans for New Zealand’s newest Church of England (Anglican) settlement, they spoke of a grand Cathedral and college being at its heart with a good number of public domains for recreation and oh yes, …