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• Nelson's Signal Station and the Time Gun

  Britannia Heights in Nelson was once known as Signal Hill.  The Songer tree, a Sequoiadendron giganteum, now marks the site from which the state of the tide was signalled to incoming vessels and...

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• Isaac Jacobsen - colonial Nelson architect and builder

  Isaac Jacobsen, a man described as one of Nelson's early unsung heroes, was the subject of a meeting of the Nelson Historical Society in August 2012. Jane Baird of...

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• 46 Shelbourne Street

  Marama, 46 Shelbourne Street, was built in the Carpenter Gothic style in approximately 1851. It has a Category B heritage listing.  About the area Although the house cannot now be...

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• The first Sharland

  When James Henry Sharland stepped off the John Masterman ship on the 8th February 18571 he had his son James Frederick Sharland and his partner Julia Lazarus at his side....

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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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