Early Christchurch

Foundations

• Early Christchurch - a brief history
• The Pioneering Deans Family
• Edward Gibbon Wakefield and the New Zealand Company
• Captain Joseph Thomas and the Streets of Christchurch
• The First Four Ships
• John Robert Godley and the Founding of Canterbury
• Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association - The Show Goes On...
• Different thinkers in Christchurch and Canterbury

Famous Early Women

• Lady Barker and Station Life in Canterbury
• Kate Sheppard and Votes for Women!
• Nurse Maude and Nursing in Christchurch

Famous Early Men

• James Edward Fitzgerald and the Newspapers
• William Sefton Moorhouse and the Tunnel
• Dr Barker Photographs Christchurch
• Healthy Living in Christchurch: Thomas Edmonds and Radiant Health

Buildings and places

• Benjamin Mountfort and the Gothic Revival
• Julius Von Haast and the Canterbury Museum
• The Cathedrals of Christchurch
• The Squares of Christchurch
• The Lyttelton Rail Tunnel
• Harry Ell and the Summit Road
• Hagley Park
• Riccarton Bush