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World Famous Painter Born At Diamond Harbour – 3rd October 1865
“I forgot the weather amongst Miss Stoddart’s beautiful flower paintings…” – Ellis Rowan, 1898 When Margaret Stoddard’s father, Mark Pringle Stoddard, first arrived at Lyttelton from Australia in 1851, he caused quite a stir with his obvious wealth and simple, basic ways. He first settled on 55 acres on the southern side of Lyttelton Harbour, …
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New Zealand’s First Iron and Stone Bridge Built To Last – 28th September 1865
The Papanui Bridge, and Papanui Road for that matter, were very important in the first few years of the settlement of Christchurch. It was where timber from the Papanui Bush (now the site of the Papanui Domain on Sawyers Arms Road) was brought into the city via drays to be sold at Market Square (Victoria …
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C.C.C. Built Victoria Square’s Horse Ramp – 1865
In 1865, after a horse drowned, the C.C.C fenced off the Avon River around Market Place (Victoria Square) and installed a horse ramp so Christchurch’s working horses could safely enter an approved area to have a drink! It is really hard to imagine this today but the Avon River was infamous for its depth and …
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First Meeting Of The Canterbury Medical Society Held – 1865
In 1865, the first meeting of The Canterbury Medical Society was held at The Pegasus Arms which was a well established doctor’s surgery at the time. The early life of what would become The Pegasus Arms began on 1 August 1851 when cousins Henry Le Cren and John Longden purchased section 1049 and opened a …
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