Story: The voyage out

‘Landing of passengers at Port Lyttelton’

‘Landing of passengers at Port Lyttelton’

When the Canterbury Association’s first settlers arrived in Canterbury at the end of 1850, they found the preparations included a jetty – to which they were ferried from the ships anchored in the harbour – and an immigration barracks. But the Sumner Road (left background) was not finished, and settlers had to walk over the Bridle Path (foreground) to reach Christchurch.

Using this item

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 195-015-A
Ink on blue laid paper by William Fox

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

All images & media in this story

How to cite this page:

John Wilson, 'The voyage out - Journeys to New Zealand', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/artwork/2557/landing-of-passengers-at-port-lyttelton (accessed 27 April 2024)

Story by John Wilson, published 8 Feb 2005