This is the home of the Rockstrow family, located at 59 Cuba Street. Johann Friedrich Rockstroh (1834-1913) was a Prussian born in Erfurt, Germany. As a young man he migrated to New Zealand, where he practiced medicine in the goldfields of Otago a...

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1889

This two-storey house was constructed about 1891 by Mr & Mrs C A Von Blaramberg and served as the family residence and the Carow Ladies’ College (also known as the Carow Girls’ Collegiate School) until about 1902. It was situated in Carow Street, ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Carow Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

This two-storey house was constructed about 1891 by Mr & Mrs C A Von Blaramberg and served as the family residence and the Carow Ladies’ College (also known as the Carow Girls’ Collegiate School) until about 1902. It was situated in Carow Street, ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Carow Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

Carow Ladies' College was constructed about 1891 by Mr & Mrs C A Von Blaramberg and served as the family residence and the Carow Ladies’ College (also known as the Carow Girls’ Collegiate School) until about 1902. It was situated in Carow Street, ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Carow Strret, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

Shown here is the paddling pool in the Esplanade, paid for by the Returned Servicemen’s Association and presented to the children of Palmerston North in 1937. The paddling pool was presented to the children of Palmerston North by the local Returne...

Creator:      G F Framjee
Place:          Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1939