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• John Sharp 1828 - 1919

  Born in Kent, England, John Sharp (1829-1919) emigrated to New Zealand in 1843 in the ship Ursula and was initially clerk to the New Zealand Company[new-zealand-company/] agent, Frances Dillon Bell[francis-dillon-bell/]. By the 1850s,...

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• Nelson Literary Ramble

  This walk takes you on a literary tour of Nelson. Take a real or virtual stroll around the streets and find out more about the places you pass...

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• The School Journal in Renwick

  Every child educated in New Zealand will have more than a passing acquaintance with our national treasure: school journals. A creative incubator for the likes of Rita Angus[http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/exhibitions/ritaangus/], Margaret Mahy[http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/mahym.html] and James...

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• Early Renwick

  *Scottish town on the Wairau Plain * Scotsman, Dr Thomas Renwick, was the ship's surgeon on the Thomas Harrison, which arrived in Nelson in 1842. He bought Dumgree in the Awatere in 1848,...

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• Melrose House and Garden

  The original garden The elegant garden around historic Melrose House is a short distance from the central city, on the corner of Upper Trafalgar Street and Brougham Street, and...

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