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• The Beginnings of Library Services in Golden Bay / Mohua

  Public libraries in New Zealand were set up not long after European settlement began in 1840. Recognised as the first library in the country was the one which...

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• W.E. Wilkes Ltd

  *Builders in Richmond for 90 Years * William Wilkes Mayor Richmond Borough 1917 to 1923 William Edward Wilkes. Mayor of Richmond Borough 1917-1923. The firm of W.E. Wilkes is...

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• Seaview Cemetery

  1916 to present day Since the opening of Marsden Valley Cemetery[http://nelson.govt.nz/services/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-in-nelson-2/marsden-valley-cemetery/] in 1956, Seaview Cemetery[http://nelson.govt.nz/services/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-in-nelson-2/seaview-cemetery/] has been used principally by those with close relatives already buried here. If you walk up the...

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• Edward and Ann Cresswell nee Eyles

  *Seaview Cemetery, Stoke, Block 24: Plot 470 * Seaview Cresswell The gravestone of Edward and Ann Cresswell Edward, aged 15 a labourer, arrived on the Mary Ann[http://www.museumnp.org.nz/early-settlers/voyageDetails.aspx?voyageid=4] in February 1842 along...

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• Thomas Sullivan

  *Seaview Cemetery, Block 24, Plot 462* Thomas born in Dublin in August 1798. He was the only son in a large Catholic family and was destined for the...

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