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• Nelson ships and World War I

  Port Nelson, Nelson shipping and Nelson seamen, had a role to play during World War I. Wave the Red Duster Each year on 3 September, New Zealand acknowledges the Merchant...

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• Robert Tod of Todds Valley

  Merchant, shipbroker and commission agent, Robert Tod, left his home in Glasgow in the 1820s and lived in Egypt prior to coming to New Zealand. He arrived in...

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• Symons Memorial Explosion

  The Symons memorial, depicted on this page in the 1880's, was an ornate structure at the junction of Hardy and Trafalgar Streets. It was a combined gas lamp...

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• Memories of Port Nelson

  As a young lad in the 1930's, fishing off the wharves was a much enjoyed pastime. The two Nelson ferries were coal burners. The coal hulks was tied...

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• Wreck of the City of Newcastle

  City of Newcastle was a three-masted barque, 133 feet long and, at the time of her wreck, 39 years old.  A frequent traveller between New South Wales and...

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