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• Marlborough's Flax Industry

  Marlborough had perfect growing conditions and was noted for the excellent quality of its flax.1  Native flax (Harakeke/Phormium tenax) grew in swampy land and on the low foothills and,...

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• Annie Dolly Anituhia MacDonald Neame, weaver

  Annie (Dolly) Anituhia MacDonald Neame (1916– 1995) "One day while sitting alone a thought came to me - I'd just love to make a feather cloak. Well, after...

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• Fulton Sisters, signatories

  The Fulton family owned land, which they named Bohally, on the northern side on Blenheim. fulton The Fulton sisters. Image supplied by author The land was swamp, covered with flax,...

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• Ernest Rutherford's early life

  Ernest, known as Ern within the family, was born at Spring Grove, near Brightwater in rural Nelson, on 30 August 1871. He was the fourth of twelve children by his...

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• The first Sharland

  When James Henry Sharland stepped off the John Masterman ship on the 8th February 18571 he had his son James Frederick Sharland and his partner Julia Lazarus at his side....

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