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Edward Gibbon Wakefield – Intending Colonists Of The Higher Class
“I find that my notion of a distinct settlement in New Zealand, under the patronage of a powerful body in this country, desirous of spreading the Church of England, stands a good chance of being realized sooner than we expected. The subject has been fully considered, and at length something like practical conclusions have been …
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Conway Lucas Rose – Cathedral is a work of the imagination
“The Cathedral is a work of the imagination only…my bull is tethered in the nave.” Conway Lucas Rose ~ May 1852 * Passenger of the ‘Midlothian’ – the Canterbury Association’s 15th ship * Co-Founder of The Church of New Zealand – was a licensed clergyman * First manager of the Union Bank of Australia situated …
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William Pratt – Hut, Tent, and Whare…
“…ships arrived so quickly after each other that the hillside near the barracks became dotted over with every conceivable kind of hut, tent, and whare, not omitting the Irish cabin built of sods”. William Pratt ~ 1900 *Lyttelton’s first storekeeper and baker ~ 1849 *Member of the Christchurch City Council *Co-founder of Ballantynes *image courtesy …
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Fanny Erskine Fitzgerald – Wear A Mustache
“I should recommend every gentleman who comes here to wear a mustache. All those who have not done so have suffered very much from sore lips”. Fanny Erskine Fitzgerald ~ 23rd December 1850 *wife of James Edward Fitzgerald, Canterbury’s first Superintendent, founder of ‘The Press’ newspaper and the first Canterbury Association settler to step ashore* …
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