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• Thomas Brunner

  Surveyor and Explorer  Thomas Brunner was a young, upper middle-class Englishman working for an Oxford architect and surveyor, but he came from a family of colonists and had adventure...

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• Thomas and Sarah Roil

  Thomas and Sarah Roil and five of their children from Alton, Hampshire emigrated to New Zealand on the Bolton, with 350 passengers, arriving in Nelson 15 March 1842....

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• The Wood

  From native forest to English garden Following the establishment of the town of Nelson by the London-based New Zealand Company, in 1842, European settlers were quick to make their mark on...

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• 33 Seymour Avenue

  33 Seymour Avenue is in one of Nelson's Heritage precincts. It is a transitional California bungalow, built in the 1920s.   About the area Seymour Avenue is a great example of...

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• The separation of Nelson and Marlborough

  The separation of Marlborough from Nelson came about when the opinions of two very different groups, small-holders and large pastoral run-holders, were in accord, even though this was for...

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