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Image collection: Avon River

This is a sample of photographs of the Avon River. You can search the catalogue for more or browse the collections.

Avonside with Wards Malthouse and Brewery at the left, Christchurch [ca. 1863]
Avonside with Wards Malthouse and Brewery at the left, Christchurch [ca. 1863]
Travers, W. T. L. (William Thomas Locke), 1819-1903
Houses along Avonside Drive and the Avon River, Christchurch [ca. 1865]
Houses along Avonside Drive and the Avon River, Christchurch [ca. 1865]
Travers, W. T. L. (William Thomas Locke), 1819-1903
Riccarton Mill in a snowy July 1895 [1895]Riccarton Mill in a snowy July 1895 [1895]
The banks of the River Avon between the present Bridge of Remembrance and Hereford Street [1899]
The banks of the River Avon between the present Bridge of Remembrance and Hereford Street [1899]
Victoria Square, Christchurch [ca. 1900]
Victoria Square, Christchurch [ca. 1900]
The Avon, Christchurch [ca. 1900]
The Avon, Christchurch [ca. 1900]
A horse bogged in the Avon River, Christchurch [July 1906]
A horse bogged in the Avon River, Christchurch [July 1906]
Canterbury Rowing Club on the Avon River, Christchurch [ca. 1909]
Canterbury Rowing Club on the Avon River, Christchurch [ca. 1909]
Swans on the river Avon, Christchurch [ca. 1910]
Swans on the river Avon, Christchurch [ca. 1910]
A beauty spot on the River Avon [ca. 1910]A beauty spot on the River Avon [ca. 1910] Women rowing on the Avon River, Christchurch [191-?]
Women rowing on the Avon River, Christchurch [191-?]
Troops watering horses in the Avon River near Carlton Bridge, Christchurch [23 Sept. 1914]
Troops watering horses in the Avon River near Carlton Bridge, Christchurch [23 Sept. 1914]
Regatta Day on the Avon [ca. 1921]
Regatta Day on the Avon [ca. 1921]
Outdoor staff of the Christchurch Drainage Board shown weed cutting in the Avon River [1927]
Outdoor staff of the Christchurch Drainage Board shown weed cutting in the Avon River [1927]
Delivery carts with horses being watered at the Avon River near the Victoria Street bridge, Christchurch [1927]
Delivery carts with horses being watered at the Avon River near the Victoria Street bridge, Christchurch [1927]
Sketching on the banks of the Avon, Oxford Terrace, near the Edmonds Rotunda, Christchurch [1932]
Sketching on the banks of the Avon, Oxford Terrace, near the Edmonds Rotunda, Christchurch [1932]
Schoolboys rowing along the Avon River where it flows through the Botanic Gardens [193-?]
Schoolboys rowing along the Avon River where it flows through the Botanic Gardens [193-?]
Cars parked on Cambridge Terrace, looking towards Amuri Motors on the corner of Gloucester and Durham Streets [Sept. 1945]
Cars parked on Cambridge Terrace, looking towards Amuri Motors on the corner of Gloucester and Durham Streets [Sept. 1945]