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• The Anchor Inn

  The original Anchor Inn building was built in 1856 on Haven Road[haven-road-and-fountain-place/] near Auckland Point[auckland-point-market/]. Prior to the land reclamations of the 1950s, Haven Road was a narrow, waterside thoroughfare...

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• Bank of New South Wales

  Founders Heritage Park contains a replica (pictured here) of the first Bank of New South Wales that was built in Nelson, which opened on February 1st 1862. Nelson was...

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• School Bugs

  Regular users of the Nelson Railway line (closed since the 1950's) included Nelson secondary school students from Stoke, Richmond and the countryside. They were called “school bugs”, named for their on-board...

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• Cottage Hospital

  Early Nelson had no shortage of medical men, but providing medical buildings was much more difficult. The first hospital was a lean-to added to the side of the...

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• Barbers Saloon

  The barber's saloon recreated at Founders Heritage Park contains a selection of items used for haircutting and shaving, and smoking memorabilia from Nelson's golden age of tobacco growing. ...

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