Discover The Delights Of Peeling Back History
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Mary Rolleston (1845 – 1940)
“…nothing said about the Pilgrim mothers? Yet, they bore the same discomforts, hardships and privation and in addition had to put up with the Pilgrim fathers.” Mary Rolleston – Woman’s Division of the Farmer’s Union – Year Unknown As the bells of The Holy Trinity of Avonside tolled over the eastern side of Christchurch – …
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HEI HEI
On the 15th July 1915, the first wounded New Zealand World War I soldiers returned from Gallopoli and were greeted in a heroes welcome in Wellington, as their ship ‘Willochra’ came into harbour. Donald Simson looked over his fellow wounded soldiers thoughtfully and saw a great need. These boys were facing a different world now. …
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Off For Abit Of Camping
You boys must really love camping to be heading off to the wilds on those things!!! At least you will scare the possums off. *image courtesy of http://www.zooweekly.com.au/*
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First Court Case Held In Christchurch ~ 15th May 1852
As the citizens of Christchurch went about their business at the Land Office, upstairs in a very small room sat four of our founding fathers, squished in side by side behind a small table. They were John Robert Godley (founder of Canterbury), Mark Stoddart (first European to explore Lake Coleridge and whom also named Diamond …
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