Clydesdale Team
A plough team of Clydesdales at Longbeach 1907. *image courtesy of Rural Livestock Ltd Canterbury*
Shearers At Work
Hand shearers working at Riverside, Amberley around the year 1920. *Image courtesy of Rural Livestock Ltd Canterbury*
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Cooper’s Knob
No one today could begin to imagine what went through the mind of the Ngati Mamoe’s Chief Mawete as he scrambled up the side of Whakaraupō (Lyttleton Harbour) with the rest of his fishing party beside him. Behind them were warriors of the North Island Ngai Tahu and their ambush at Maori Valley (Gebbies Pass) …
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HEATHCOTE VALLEY & RIVER – Sir William Heathcote (1801 – 1881)
If Ferrymead is the gateway to Christchurch, then Heathcote is the step down to that gate. As the world famous writer – and great lover of Canterbury – Samuel Butler came puffing down the Bridle Path, he not only cast his eyes over the vastness of the plains but also took in what lay at …
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What’s In A Name?
Over the years of 1848 to 1851, the poor old Canterbury Plains and the Harbour of Lyttelton seemed to hop from one foot to the other as the Chief Surveyor Captain Joseph Thomas amongst others scratched their heads over a few name options. When Captain Thomas arrived on our shores, Lyttelton was known as Port …
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YALDHURST & HORNBY – Frederick William Delamain (1835 – 1910)
Affectionately known as ‘Mutton Chops’ because of his bushy sideburns, Frederick arrived at Lyttelton in 1852. There is not a lot about him until 1867 when he bought property and built a fine home he called ‘Yaldhurst’ – the name of his Uncle’s property in Exeter, England. He had returned home to England twice during …
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AVONSIDE – The Holy Trinity Of Avonside (1855 – 2011)
The Avonside Parish came in second for two very important milestones!Firstly, the Holy Trinity Church was the second church built in Christchurch. St Michael and his Angels was the first. I am delighted to report that the latter church is in tip top shape and it is still serving its Anglican community on its original …
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Crawford’s Bridge
Where Waltham Road crosses Eastern, Riverlaw and Fifield Terraces, you get the Wilsons Street Bridge. It proudly displays its Christchurch City Council plaque of being built in 1964. What is largely unknown is that this crossing was the very first bridge built over the Heathcote River. Originally just two felled Totara laying over the Opawaho …
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The Junction
Known as The Junction, here’s the intersection of Papanui Road, Salisbury, Montreal and Victoria Streets in 1899. If you are still feeling a little lost, if that old fella was standing there (Victoria Street) today, he would have the Victoria Clock Tower behind him. What’s amazing is that the Victoria Clock Tower had another home …
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PHILLIPSTOWN & ST MARTINS – Henry Phillips (1805 – 1877)
Henry Phillips was known to be a man of great capital amongst the other passengers of the Sir George Seymour, one of our first four ships. He certainly proved them right with the amount of land he purchased once he landed in Canterbury. With him were his wife and 6 children. Firstly, Henry had brought …
