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• Ben Crisp and the Band of Hope

  Ben Crisp was a reformed drunkard who took an abstinence pledge in 1843, inspired by the sermons of teetotaler and Temperance Society leader Alfred Saunders. He was born in London, England, probably on...

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• Nelson Post Office

  Nelson Post office with vehicles NPM File Nelson Post Office Nelson Provincial Museum F N Jones collection 321241 The first Post Office in Nelson operated from a tent...

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• Nelson's Botanical Reserve

  The Botanical Reserve was set aside by the New Zealand Company in 1858 for public use. The area comprises two distinct parts, the playing field on the corner...

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• Nelson's Signal Station and the Time Gun

  Britannia Heights in Nelson was once known as Signal Hill.  The Songer tree, a Sequoiadendron giganteum, now marks the site from which the state of the tide was signalled to incoming vessels and...

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• Brightwater's School for Girls - 1880-1889

  In the late 1870s the population of Brightwater grew very quickly. Schools in the area included Spring Grove School and River Terrace School, but both schools were very overcrowded...

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