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Settlers of the Canterbury Association (poster pictured) aboard Randolph and Charlotte Jane arrived to establish a colony at Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Canterbury Association
English colonial venture in New Zealand (1848–55)
The Canterbury Association was formed in 1848 in England by members of parliament, peers, and Anglican church leaders, to establish a colony in New Zealand. The settlement was to be called Canterbury, with its capital to be known as Christchurch. Organised emigration started in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Randolph (ship)
English colonial transport ship
Randolph was a 664-ton ship-rigged merchant vessel constructed in 1849 in Sunderland. She was one of the First Four Ships that brought settlers to Christchurch, New Zealand.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Charlotte Jane
Ship of the Canterbury Association
Charlotte Jane was one of the First Four Ships in 1850 to carry emigrants from England to the new colony of Canterbury in New Zealand.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Christchurch
City in Canterbury, New Zealand
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island and the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand. Christchurch has an urban population of 412,000, and a metropolitan population of over half a million. It is located in the Canterbury Region, near the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)