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• Murchison

  Emerging from the bush The discovery of gold and the search for grazing land were the initial driving forces behind the establishment of the township of Hampden, which later...

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• A.R. Kingsford

  To many of us, the name of Reg Kingsford is familiar as a Nelson photographer from Broma Studios.  However, Alfred Reginald Bellingham Kingsford was also a World War...

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• Pixie Sanders

  *Richmond Borough Councillor 1961-1965*   Pixie Sanders attended Nelson College for Girls in the 1940s where she was head prefect and dux.1 She then attended Canterbury University graduating MA (Hons)...

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• Seymour Square

  Blenheim's Seymour Square was, officially, named after Henry Seymour who, with his son-in-law Alfred Fell, owned the land on which The Beaver[blenheim-or-the-beaver/] (Blenheim) was built. It is also said...

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• Fruit for the picking

  There is a little known secret in the Top of the South - Free Food for the picking. Yes, fruit trees are now being grown in public places,...

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