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• The Brownlees enterprise

  William Brownlee, and later his son John's, sawmilling enterprise was far more of a struggle than most reports suggest[marlborough-nelson-timber-pioneers/]. The Brownlee family, with a number of close relatives, who...

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• Memories of the Mamaku

  I worked as a deckhand on the Anchor Shipping and Foundry Company’s coaster Mamaku from 1955 to 1957, and during those years I took many photos of the...

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• Wreck of the City of Newcastle

  City of Newcastle was a three-masted barque, 133 feet long and, at the time of her wreck, 39 years old.  A frequent traveller between New South Wales and...

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• Symons Memorial Explosion

  The Symons memorial, depicted on this page in the 1880's, was an ornate structure at the junction of Hardy and Trafalgar Streets. It was destroyed in 1906 by...

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• Haven Road and Fountain Place

  For many decades Haven Road had a distinct estuary character. At low tide the mudflats and changing channels of the Maitai River were exposed, while full tide inspired picture-postcard...

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