Mr C. Holmwood was captain of the ship "Hydrabad", which was a full-rigged iron ship of 1250 tons net register with a length of 229 ft, a depth of 23.2 ft and a beam of 37.2 ft. The ship was built in Scotland in 1885. The ship wrecked on Waitarere...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1860 to circa 1870

Wedding party of bride and grrom, bridesmaid and a naval rating as presumed best man.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

Charles Jack Linton was born 21 June, 1892. He was the son of James, the second mayor of Palmerston North, and Sarah Linton. The Linton family left Palmerston North to settle in Australia in 1897. In this photograph he is aged 7.

Creator:      Johnson, Wellington
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1905

Born in 1889, Noel Glendenning Linton was the son of James and Sarah Ann Linton. James Linton was the second mayor of Palmerston North.

Creator:      Johnson, Wellington
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1905

HMS Pelorus was a 2,330 ton ship launched on 5 February 1857 from the Devonport dockyard, England. In June 1860, as flagship of the Australian Squadron under Captain Frederick Seymour, she participated in the attack on Puketakauere Pā during the F...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Whanganui
Date:          1859

Because of the extreme lack of variety of Scandinavian surnames (there were two Olsens or Olsons in the original Mauriceville Settlement alone), it is difficult to establish exactly who this family were. They were probably pioneers in the Forty Mi...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1880s