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June 18th LUNCH at the Chateau on the Park 189 Deans Ave 11.30am for midday start. As it is June and we are half way through the year we thought a nice lunch at the Chateau was called for. We…
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When: 2pm 19th March 2023 Where: Knight Stream School, 1 Killarney Road, Halswell Speaker: Dr Rupert Tipples This is your opportunity to come along and have your say on the running of the Association and to suggest changes if you…
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After a very informative and enjoyable presentation by Mike Steenson, Ranger from Riccarton Bush, on Sunday we were delighted to be able to donate $2,000 to the Riccarton Bush Enhancement Project. Thank you Mike for taking the time to enlighten…
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J E Fitzgerald sepia watercolour “View taken from the terrace in front of Mr FitzGerald’s House at Lyttelton. The home in the center is Mr Ward’s in Quail Island, Nov 15 1852.” Executed for the valedictory gift to John Robert…
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The Canterbury Association was formed in 1848 in England by members of parliament, peers, and Anglican church leaders, to establish a colony in New Zealand. The settlement was to be called Canterbury, with its capital to be known as Christchurch….
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The Museum was first established in the Provincial Council Buildings in 1867 featuring geology specimens collected by geologists Dr (later Sir) Julius von Haast and Dr Ferdinand Hochstetter. The Museum was first open to the public on 3 December 1867….
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High tea at Hororata today for our members when we visited Cotons Cottage and Hororata Museum. Cotons’ Cottage was built in 1864 by Yorkshire immigrant Bentley Coton who, with his wife Sarah Jane, was one of the earliest smallholders farming…
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Waitangi Day celebrations at Okains Bay 2021, where Canterbury Pilgrim Association members, Murray and Fred Thacker, started their Museum. Past and current members were in attendance. Well worth a visit.