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• Elma Turner MA MBE

  Nelson City Councillor 1972 - 1989      Elma Turner Elma Turner 11 June 1983. Nelson Provincial Museum, Nelson Mail Collection: 4092 In 1972, aged 68, Elma (Tilly) Turner began...

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• Battle of the Somme

  Nelson and the Battle of the Somme The Battle of the Somme, fought in northern France, was one of the bloodiest of World War One. For five months,...

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• Nelson's early settlement

  Nelson's early history is a fascinating story, one filled with many tales of hardship endured by the early European settlers, who left their homes in England in search...

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• Construction of Rocks Road

  *Rocky Road to Completion* WhenFrederick Tuckett[frederick-tuckett/], the chief surveyor of the New Zealand Company[new-zealand-company/]was setting out the plan for Nelson, the only viable access to the farmlands of the Waimea...

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• State housing in Nelson

  State housing in New Zealand, 1905-16 In 1905 The Workers' Dwellings Act was passed to allow central government construction of houses for workers on Crown land, appropriated under...

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