Documenting History by junge1
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This is one of the exhibits on display at the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch chronicling New Zealand's history.
This picture was taken on 12 June 2017, Sig...
Comments (13)
Very interesting documentation !!
cool capture - great information
Neat bit of history!
I like this. It's a great bit of history.
A fine and very interesting testimony on the fascination for the faraway New Zealand or Australia that were for some Europeans , the ultimate dream of striking it rich ...A superb capture, Sig !
That is interesting, great find and capture!
great photo. I agree with Karmasong's comment .
Shining.
Fascinating!
Currently in Christchurch, anyone with any kind of construction-related job skills, willing to come to New Zealand and get involved in the rebuilding of the city, has a guaranteed fast way to get a work-permit visa to enter the country.
Also anyone, willing and able to invest in the rebuilding of the city, can buy downtown area land for a price that would have been impossible before the quakes.
One doesn't hear much about it on the news, but the loss in revenue from tourism, commercial activities and other endeavors to the city, must have been, and still is, tremendous. I had not been to Christchurch before, so I can't judge for myself. But one feels that the current city is but a shadow of its former self. After I retired from the military at the end of 1999, the people in my shop (Life Support) got involved for three consecutive years with the annual operations of the 109th Airlift Wing flying LC-130s (ski-equipped) in the supplying of the Antarctic through McMurdo during the short summer months (November through January). Each of them spent a few days at Christchurch and each of them came back with glowing praises for the city. How beautiful it was, how beautiful the parks were, and how friendly the people were. The people are still very friendly, but the inner city, downtown, looks like the inner city of Berlin looked in 1946, when I first saw it after we came back. Like Monument Valley - buttes and a lot of open spaces.
The great age of immigration in the 19th Century affected many different parts of the world. A pity about Christchurch's earthquakes but that is life life on the Ring of Fire.