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• 224 Collingwood Street

  Stanton Cottage, 224 Collingwood Street is an Italianate villa, built approximately 1865. About the area The streets around Brougham Street and Upper Collingwood Street are often known as Nelson's Dress Circle[sitetree_link,id=374], due to their...

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• Nelson's power struggle

  Electricity was not commonly used in New Zealand until late in the 19th Century, with some cities and towns using electricity for street lighting and trams from 1888....

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• Mary Bisley

  Mary Caroline Bisley was born near Hamburg on 23 Dec 1836 and called Johanna Maria Karalina [Lina] Karsten . She emigrated to NZ with her parents from...

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• Place names of Nelson

  When we stroll around the streets of Nelson, it is difficult to imagine what they would have been like 160 years ago.  The worn down tracks which have...

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• Maitai Dam

  Pre-dam schemes The Maitai River was first considered for water supply in the 1930s. At this time the Brook Scheme[sitetree_link,id=549] (commissioned in 1867) was unable to meet demand. Rather than proceed...

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