Cave Rock, Sumner, Canterbury, NZ

Illustrated Australian News (Melbourne), Thursday 3 October 1878 page 164

St Pauls

 Illustrated Australian News (Melbourne), Monday 15 April 1878, page 60

Immigrants Landing

Immigrants Landing at Port Lyttelton, N. Z.

Lyttelton, a seaport on the east coast of the Middle Island of New Zealand, is a northern basin of Banks' Peninsula, and the chief port of the province of Canterbury. It was formerly known as Port Cooper, and is 170 miles south of Wellington, the capital of the colony, and 194 miles north of Otago. It is connected with Christchurch, the chief town of the province, by a railway seven miles long, which has been tunnelled through the hills with which Lyttelton is completely surrounded, excepting seaward. There is also a coach road to Christchurch, over the hills along what is known as the Zig zag. The harbor is easily accessible to vessels of any size, but those of large burden, such as immigrant ships from England, cannot approach the jetties, where there is only a depth of seventeen feet of water. Such vessels anchor, therefore, at some distance from the shore, outside the Breakwater, and the passengers are transferred to a steam tug, by which they are taken to the jetty and landed. A special train will be in readiness for the immigrants to convey them to the immigrants' depot at Addington, about two miles from Christchurch, where they are lodged pending engagements with employers. Our illustration represents the landing of the immigrants by the Waikati, from the tug on to the jetty. They are nearly all single young females, a few married couples only being interspersed, and they are all wending their way to the railway train, which may be seen at the extreme right.  

Illustrated Australian News (Melbourne), Wednesday 23 January 1878 page 11

Normal School, Christchurch

 Normal School, Christchurch, N.Z.

Illustrated Australian News (Melbourne), Wednesday 26 January 1876 page 13

Government Offices, Christchurch

Government Offices, Christchurch, N. Z. from the Banks of the Avon.

Government Offices, Christchurch, New Zealand. The Provincial Government of Canterbury has recently completed the erection of the buildings in which all the public business of this important province is to be transacted. The whole edifice has been executed according to the plans of Messrs Mountford and Berry, local architects, who have shown great taste in adopting the style to the picturesque site in one of the bends of the Avon, a deep clear stream which winds through the town. The view selected for illustration is taken from the south bank of the Avon, and shows the last portion finished — being the new Council Chamber. Secluded and romantic as the situation appears, it is in the heart of the town, and close to busy thoroughfares and commercial marts. The buildings are constructed of bluestone from the port hills, the facings and ornaments being of Oamaru stone.

Illustrated Australian News for Home Readers (Melbourne, Vic.) Saturday 25 April 1868 page 5