What would life be like on board an immigrant ship headed for a new life in New Zealand in 1850? There were 2 classes of accommodation on board: steerage and cabin Assisted immigrants Some immigrants paid for their own passages,…
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A group of adults and children in period costume during a re-enactment celebrating the centennial of the arrival of the first four ships in Lyttelton Harbour, and the landing of the passengers on shore, December 1950. Canterbury is a Hundred…
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We come now to a time of anticipation and intense interest for all, viz., the advent of the “Canterbury Pilgrims.” We may surely designate by the name of “Pilgrim Fathers” those few who braved the untried country, and by their…
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NEW ZEALAND at last! The Charlotte Jane, 95 days out from England, 5 days short of Canterbury. James Edward FitzGerald describes his image: ‘Stewart’s Island (sic). The Saddle hill in the centre. From the South West. Sketched at sunset from…
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1850. The Charlotte Jane in antarctic waters, at 50 degrees south. J.E.FitzGerald’s ‘Study of the sea in a gale of wind’. Sketched from the deck of the Charlotte Jane on her voyage to New Zealand. Latitude 50 south. Nov. 1850.’…
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