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Ribbon, Victoria Bridge Opening Ceremony
This ribbon was formerly cut by the Governor of New Zealand, Lord Plunket during the opening ceremony of the Victoria High Bridge in Cambridge on 21 December 1907. Maker: Lettering by Cambridge…
Read MoreCheque issued by the Maungatautari Peeke (Bank)
A rare and valuable reminder of the Maungatautari Peeke and its role in the Kiingitanga’s pursuit of financial independence Maker: Maungatautari Peeke; producer; 1894 – New Zealand Where: Maungakawa When: 1905 Materials: paper, ink Measurements:…
Read More‘Overlord’ – D Day June 6th 1944,
An acrostic poem by Brian Dunstan, 2024 Overhead in the midnight sky, hundreds of bombers were flying high above the landing craft that bore the soldiers to an alien shore. Vital bridges to secure airborne…
Read MoreDonating items to Cambridge Museum
How items come into the Cambridge Museum collection Cambridge Museum’s collections are made up of donations from our communities, and we value the ongoing generosity of these offers of material. Before any items are accepted…
Read MoreA brief history of photography in Cambridge
An 1882 advert for W H Neal, Photographer, opposite the Sale Yards Cambridge, says that one could see “The most artistic photos ever produced in the Waikato. Enlargements made from carte de visite or glass…
Read MoreLeamington Town Board Meeting 1910
A Lively Time at Leamington At the meeting of the Leamington Town Board on 5 February 1910, the clerk read the guarantee that had been given to the Board by Messrs F Mack, J T…
Read MoreHewitt & Hunt – Criterion Hotel
From the book “Memories of Travel and Sport” by H Bullock-Webster “Amongst very keen sportsmen of the very early days I must mention Ned Hewitt, mine host of the hotel in Cambridge, who was devoted…
Read MoreWorld War One Cannon
What has happened to the cannon that was a World War One trophy and sat next to the clock in the Jubilee Gardens? It was buried on the corner of Victoria Square. It was seen…
Read MoreUndertaking
More out of convenience than design, it was common for a carpenter or joiner to double as undertaker, having a wagon and the ability to construct a coffin. In early Cambridge Stephen Lodder, a carpenter…
Read MoreDeath of a Little Girl – Elizabeth Diver
Elizabeth Diver was aged 4 years and 9 months when she died through eating poisonous tupaki berries. She was buried on her father’s section behind what is now the Central Court. A resumé of the…
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