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Northern Suburbs

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TitleHeritage Trail : Northern Suburbs : Wellington City Author/ContributorMichael KellyJane BlackJudy SiersOnslow Historical SocietyCollectionWellington Heritage TrailsPublisherWellington City CouncilDate 1998Place of originWellingtonDescription

This heritage trail was reissued as a 2nd edition in 2004 with an updated design and additional information.

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Note that there was an error printed on page 34 (= page 29 of the original pamphlet). James Nairn married Louisa Alexandrina Balfour Chapman (not Chaplin) (b. Scotland, 5 Sep 1850; d.11 Sep 1923) in her father’s house on ‘Hope Farm’, Petone on 4 Mar 1869 and together they lived in Khandallah. They had 11 children with their eldest son, Stewart Henry Nairn, farming in Takapu Valley near Tawa from 1907 till he was killed in France in action on 15 July 1918, less than 4 months before the war ended.

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Holding InstitutionWellington City Libraries Institution CollectionNZ ReferenceCall NumberRef 919.3141 KELAcknowledgementContent correction and additional information provided by Bruce Murray of the Tawa Historical Society Access to originalBy request

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	[...]ewlands, Paparangi, Glenside and Grenada Village, Ngauranga, and rural Ohariu. The trail takes you al[...]
	[...]n of the Hu tt Road and the entrance to the Ngaio Gorge. The settlement was established very early[...]
	[...]l area. ‘2- Walking track < Return down Ngm'o Gorge Road to the intersection with Old Porirua[...]
	[...]make them dependent on a monetary economy. Ngaio Gorge Road was built in 1902 and became the main route[...]t into Perth Street and travel dawn to join Ngaio Gorge Road. Turn right into Kenya Street. If you[...]
	[...]rn left into Kaiwharawham Road and drive up Ngaia Gorge Road to Ngaio. This time turn right at the[...]
	[...]rse Hotel, ‘ which was built on leased land at Ngauranga in the 18505, one of two hotels there. Futter’s[...]lle. He also built a number of cottages along the Ngauranga Gorge road. He had four children to his wife Sarah, who[...]bout into Nezulnnds Road, and on to the Nganrnngn Gorge at the Newlmids interchange. Exit the high[...]
	[...]- ind ustrial Johnsonville. < Iain the Ngaumngu Gorge Road. (See page 42) The road down the Ngauranga Gorge, indeed much of the topography, has been utterly[...]from the late 19th century. (ATL 61395 V2) 31. Ngauranga Few places in Wellington have been physically modified as much as Ngauranga‘ When Furopeans arrived here a quiet Maori vill[...]interspersed with cultivations, stretched up the gorge and over the hills behind Today in places[...]
	[...]dmark, Fort Kelburne (1886), which overlooked the gorge, was demolished (along with the hill it sat on) i[...]halfway down the road, a quarry, are reminders of Ngauranga’s industrial past. The Ngauranga Gorge Road is one of the key transport conduits[...]