“So, how was your journey?” A mural that accompanies Pilgrims Rock at Lyttelton, acknowledging that the first jetty that eas built at this site. All the settlers that came off the first ships to Canterbury walked down this jetty and to their uncertain futures. *Photo taken by Chris Bulovic*
References to our past are everywhere, you just have to look. The Randolph Motel Apartments on Papanui Road complete with a image of the ‘Randolph’, one of the first four ships to arrive in Lyttelton in 1850. *Photo taken by Annette Bulovic*
In the north eastern corner of Latimer Square stands the A.F.A.C. monument to the Australian Emergency Services that took action in Christchurch during those first few dark days in February 2011. In the shape of a bench, it is made from rubble taken from the Christchurch Cathedral. A closer look shows years and years of …
It was hard for the colonists to keep their food supplies fresh, even more so during the summer without the invention of a fridge or ice box. This was where the Avon River came in handy for those living close by. Meat such as mutton placed in huge casks and then inserted into the cold …
The fact that the MacKenzie Country is named after a famous outlaw and now folk hero shows our Kiwi laid back attitude off beautifully! James MacKenzie (1820 – ?) was a Scot that emigrated to Australia in 1849 – finding work in the gold fields there. No one knows for sure when James arrived in …
William Derisley (W.D.) Wood (1824 – 1904 ) Died of old age Place of Death: Christchurch Founder of Riccarton and Addington Flour Mill. Remembered in the naming of Wood Lane in Fendalton. Buried in the Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch The story of William Derisley (W.D.) Wood (1824 – 1904 ): http://www.peelingbackhistory.co.nz/william-derisley-w-d-wood-1824-1904/ Photo taken by Chris …
W.D Woods arrived in Christchurch on the “Randolph’, one of the first four ships on the 16th December 1850. Legend states that W.D. didn’t step on shore until the next day, his 26th birthday. Being born into a family of millers, W.D Woods fate was set. Wood’s first job in Christchurch was being secretary to …
On the night of the 2nd October 1887, the jolly going-ons at the Lake Forsyth Arms Hotel was in full swing. The Hotel’s owner, Mr. Archibald McNae was leaving the area as his lease had expired. So he was surrounded with his family and friends at the piano, singing their favourite ditty’s at the top …
Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort (1825 – 1898) Died of old age Place of Death: Christchurch Benjamin was the first official Provincial Architect, designing buildings such as the Canterbury Museum, Arts Centre, Christchurch Cathedral, Addington Prison, St Peter’s Anglican Church of Papanui. Buried in the Holy Trinity of Avonside Church Cemetery, Christchurch The story of Benjamin …
Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort stepped off the Charlotte Jane – full of ambition and cathedral-sized dreams! Born in Birmingham, England, the young Benjamin moved to London and studied architecture. Finishing his studies in 1848, he rolled up his sleeves and practised his new trade right there in London. With Emily, his wife of 18 days, his …
