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Christopher George Pollard (1885 – 1885)
‘Excessive drinking—a vice which marred the pioneering community from the outset—growing lawlessness and larrikinism among the younger generation and widespread squalor and ignorance among the masses, aggravated by the arrival of poor immigrant types, called for urgent corrective action.’ – A Contest of Spirits – The Salvation Army. Had to smile to myself after the …
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James Edward Fitzgerald (1818 – 1896)
James Edward Fitzgerald (1818 – 1896) Died of old age Place of Death: Wellington Was Canterbury’s first Superintendent, the first to step ashore from the Charlotte Jane, founded the Lyttelton Times and The Press, Lincoln and Springston was his farmland which was known as The Springs. Buried at Bolten Street Cemetery, Wellington. The …
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Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796 – 1862)
Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796 – 1862) Died of Rheumatic Fever and Neuralgia Place of Death: Wellington Founder of The New Zealand Company. Co- Founder of the Canterbury Association. Buried at Bolten Street Cemetery, Wellington. The story of Edward Gibbon Wakefield: http://www.peelingbackhistory.co.nz/edward-gibbon-wakefield-1796-1862/ Photo taken by Chris Bulovic
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William Barnard Rhodes (1807 – 1878)
William Barnard Rhodes (1807 – 1878) Died of old age Place of Death: Wellington Very successful New Zealand Business man/landowner. Was behind the naming of Port Cooper (first European name for Lyttelton) and Port Levy, had the first farm/brought the first hoof stock on/to Banks Peninsula. Buried at Bolten Street Cemetery, …
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