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SUMMARY:Jackson Bay Sesquicentennial - Plaque Unveiling
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the settlement of Jackson Bay.\nPlaque Unveiling – Saturday 18th January – 1:30pm\nMeet at the Arawata Cemetery to unveil a new plaque with confirmed names and information of people buried within. We then progress to Jackson Bay and meet at the DOC kiosk to reveal the information panel offer 300 names from the firmt ship load of settlers in January 18th\, 1875\, followed by the new plaque unveiling at Jackson Bay foreshore. \nHistory of Jackson Bay\nJanuary 19th 1875\, was the very first landing of immigrants at Jackson Bay under a Special Settlement Scheme. The government had surveyed a township and farming community in the area\, promising generous land ownership schemes\, on-going employment\, unlimited natural resources to harness\, regular communication\, vital infrastructure and a prosperous future. \nThe reality was vastly different for most\, if not all\, of the settlers\, who in the first year experienced record rainfall with flooding and land slips that accompany these events. They faced erratic employment and communications\, frugal living conditions and exorbitant prices for any food that made its way to the Bay. Attempts at growing crops were thwarted by floods and at the end of the first three years most had left in dribs and drabs until\, in 1879\, a Government Commission of Enquiry was held into the failed settlement. In total there were several hundred settlers that were landed over the course of those years. Most left\, some of them died\, and others endured. \nThe lack of a wharf was a huge nail in the coffin of the settlement as no timber could be milled and sent out and no supplies could be landed regularly or safely. To leave entailed crossing the Arawhata\, Waiatoto\, Okuru\, and Turnbill Rivers following a muddy track to get to Haast as most did not have the money to return to Hokitika by boat. Despite these very inauspicious beginnings a few hardy families remained and carved out a life from the bush and the ocean gradually clearing some land and making a place for themselves in this beautiful but brutal wilderness. Descendants from some of those families still live in this area.
URL:https://hokitika.org/event/jackson-bay-sesquicentennial-plaque-unveiling/
LOCATION:Arawata Cemetery\, 4382 Haast-Jackson Bay Road\, Haast\, Jackson Bay\, 7886
CATEGORIES:150 Years
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SUMMARY:Jackson Bay Sesquicentennial - Celebration Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the settlement of Jackson Bay.\nCelebration Dinner – Saturday 18th January – 5:30pm\nWe will meet in the Arawata Bar at the Heartland Hotel from 5:30pm for drinks and speeches at 6pm. Ticket price includes a full buffet dinner served from 6:30pm. Red & white wine\, bottled beer and soft drinks available to purchase throughout the night (other drinks\, spirits etc may be purchased from the main bar). \nPeriod costume is encouraged but not compulsory. \nTickets are limited to 150 so be in quick! Ticket sale ends on 20th November 2024 \nHistory of Jackson Bay\nJanuary 19th 1875\, was the very first landing of immigrants at Jackson Bay under a Special Settlement Scheme. The government had surveyed a township and farming community in the area\, promising generous land ownership schemes\, on-going employment\, unlimited natural resources to harness\, regular communication\, vital infrastructure and a prosperous future. \nThe reality was vastly different for most\, if not all\, of the settlers\, who in the first year experienced record rainfall with flooding and land slips that accompany these events. They faced erratic employment and communications\, frugal living conditions and exorbitant prices for any food that made its way to the Bay. Attempts at growing crops were thwarted by floods and at the end of the first three years most had left in dribs and drabs until\, in 1879\, a Government Commission of Enquiry was held into the failed settlement. In total there were several hundred settlers that were landed over the course of those years. Most left\, some of them died\, and others endured. \nThe lack of a wharf was a huge nail in the coffin of the settlement as no timber could be milled and sent out and no supplies could be landed regularly or safely. To leave entailed crossing the Arawhata\, Waiatoto\, Okuru\, and Turnbill Rivers following a muddy track to get to Haast as most did not have the money to return to Hokitika by boat. Despite these very inauspicious beginnings a few hardy families remained and carved out a life from the bush and the ocean gradually clearing some land and making a place for themselves in this beautiful but brutal wilderness. Descendants from some of those families still live in this area.
URL:https://hokitika.org/event/6733/
LOCATION:Haast Heritage Hotel\, 26 Haast-Jackson Bay Road\, Haast\, Westland\, 7886\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:150 Years
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