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• Te Rae o Karaka or Karaka Point

  Te Rae o Karaka Historic Reserve occupies a narrow headland that juts out into Totaranui (Queen Charlotte Sound), between Waikawa and Whatamango Bays. It is situated on what is...

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• Effie and Ralphine Richardson

  Effie Newbigging Richardson, 1849? - 1928, and Ralphine Zealandia Regina Richardson, 1887-1969. *Euphemia [Effie] Johnstone* was born sometime between 1849 and 1859 in Argyllshire, Scotland. Her father had died...

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• Blenheim, or "The Beaver"

  The Wairau Affray in 1843 badly frightened potential European settlers of the Wairau and it was to be several more years before the Nelson settlers again began to consider...

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• Dun Mountain Railway

  The Dun Mountain Railway was officially opened amidst great fanfare on Monday 3 February, 1862. From the port, across the city, the horse-drawn tramway then climbed from Brook Street...

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• Anzac Old boys - World War II

  Grenville McFarland with the College Rugby team Click image to enlarge Three of the young men from Nelson College who lost their lives in World War II, as recorded...

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