About this site
How to Use the Site
This site will help those searching for meaningful material on the British emigration to Canterbury, New Zealand Aotearoa in 1850.
Designed to complement existing books, museum visits and classroom studies, this website provides a collection of accounts reproduced from first hand accounts (primary sources) and other sources not always easily accessible to the general public (e.g. a university thesis). The sources are not presented in their original form, but have been presented in a way that people of all ages and learning stages can enjoy.
Three sections briefly introduce you to three areas:
- Will You Join Us: Would you have emigrated to the Canterbury Settlement?
- Our Journey: What was it like aboard the Canterbury Association’s four ships?
- Our New Land: Consider the challenges and choices during the early days of British settlement.
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In each of these sections you can both navigate to pages which present historical accounts on the site, or print out site pages and use them away from your computer.
Each page features historical extracts from written material, images and/or sound recordings and links, along with instructions, questions and suggestions for exploring these in more detail.
Some pages are split into 3 or 4 sub pages. Look out for numbered page links like this: Pages: 1 2 3 at the bottom, just like the ones on this page. These links will take you through to more information on the same topic.
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| Sketch map, 1849 showing the site of the Canterbury settlement. |
Viewing Images on this Site
Where an image thumbnail appears on a page, move the cursor over the image and you are able to click on it to see an enlarged version, which will pop up on screen.
Underneath each image you will see a black text box containing a title and/or description of the image, where the image was sourced from and it’s reference number or code. This information can be used to locate the original image, such as items held in the collections of the Christchurch City Libraries, Alexander Turnbull Library or the Canterbury Museum.
Descriptions and sources are also given for written extracts that have been used on this site.
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To close the enlarged image, click on the black button in the top right corner.
Keep Visiting: This site has been developed so that you will regularly find new information in the future.
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