Maybe it had been the tedious bumpy ROADLESS journey over the sea of tussock – from Hawkins (a stone’s throw from Darfield) to Rolleston – that made the farmhand lower the new plough down to harvesting position before he towed it back to Bangor in which he worked. He had been sent out hours before …
In January 1850, a shipment of wood from Tasmania arrives at Lyttelton. A jetty and 4 immigration barracks are built – ready for the arrival of the first ships due later that same year. One of the builders was Joseph Johnston who went on to build the first school house that became Christ College and …
Always loved this photo – The Cathedral being built in 1880.
Carnage also known as progress! A common sight around New Zealand in the 1800’s.
A New Freedom For Women! Corset Free Lassies in 1904!
Tally Ho! Can’t think of anything so smashing as archery in the arvo at the Botanic Gardens. Jolly Good! The Archery Lawn is still with us 😉 Look for it as you come to the end of the Museum.
It was nice to see Madras Street Bridge proudly displaying a slab of stone from the bridge that stood there before. The original bridge was built in 1875 and upgraded in 1967. Madras Street bridge has been the only bridge so far that I have seen with something like this. Nice touch! There is next …
“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 …
