Search Results

You searched for World War I

All words containing three letters or less are ignored

• The Collingwood fire of 1904

  Collingwood, once a booming gold town and, as Gibbstown, mooted as the nation's capital in the 1850's, was virtually destroyed by fire in 1904. November 7, 1904, was a...

  Read more about "The Collingwood fire of 1904"...
  
  
• Early Mailboats in the Sounds

  In the past, as today, people living in the Sounds required a postal service.  Picton had a mail service from Wellington as early as 1856, the first Postmaster...

  Read more about "Early Mailboats in the Sounds"...
  
  
• Tāhunanui

  Tāhunanui, an area of dynamic landscape, has had a history independent of the Town of Nelson. *The name * Tāhunanui Beach was commonly known as ‘The Sands' until a competition...

  Read more about "Tāhunanui"...
  
  
• Judge Conolly

  Lawyer Edward Tennyson Conolly came to New Zealand from Middlesex, England in 1865, and settled in Picton, becoming one of the town’s leading personages.  Conolly.jpg Edward Tennyson...

  Read more about "Judge Conolly"...