Discover The Delights Of Peeling Back History
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Para Rubber
What do Para (Brazil) and the Canterbury Horticultural Society have in common? George Waldemar Skjellerup. George Skjellerup was born in Cobden, Victoria, Australia in 1881 and was the youngest of 13 children. In 1902, just before his 21st birthday, he arrived in New Zealand and began working in Dunedin at a bicycle shop. Within a …
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The Forgotten, Earned And Unpopular Street Names Of Christchurch
THE FORGOTTEN, EARNED AND UNPOPULAR STREET NAMES OF CHRISTCHURCH Street names from the Canterbury Association that didn’t stick… The North, South,East and West Belts – Bealey, Moorhouse, Fitzgerald and Deans Aves – named after Canterbury’s three of the Superintendents and the Deans family of Riccarton. Antigua Street (part of) – Rolleston Ave – named after …
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Riccarton Bush Booklet (1924)
I was completely delighted to have been able to purchase this 90 year old booklet about Riccarton Bush last week. What a treasure! I have only had the time for a quick flick through – as I already have two books on the go – but I did come across something I thought was worth …
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The Corlett Family
In the early hours of the 18th September 1850, the passengers of the ‘Sir George Seymour’ – the third of our First Four Ships – heard one of the distress calls that no one at sea wants to hear. FIRE! It is not reported whether the watch-keeper (name of the male passengers who strolled the …
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