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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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• Sir Stanley Whitehead

  Sir Stanley Austin Whitehead (1907-1976),  Knight Bachelor of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and Speaker of the NZ House of Representatives from 1972-1976,  is best known...

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• Croucher's Flour Mill and Bakehouse

  In 1873 the view across Queen Street was very different from what you see today. A large flour mill stood where the Richmond Mall is now. In front...

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• Samuel Kirkpatrick and the Canning Factory

  Samuel Kirkpatrick (1854-1925) grew up in Ireland, was educated in Liverpool and emigrated to California, where he worked in the wholesale tea business and fruit processing factories. In January...

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• Betty McCallum

  1986-1989 Richmond Borough Councillor   Betty McCallum Betty McCallum. Nelson Provincial Museum, Nelson Mail Collection: 3369A. Betty McCallum served one term on the Richmond Borough Council (1986-1989). Born in Gisborne in 1935,...

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