Bay Harbour: December 07, 2016
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PAGE 4 BAY HARBOUR<br />
Wednesday <strong>December</strong> 7 <strong>2016</strong><br />
News<br />
Author recounts stories of past and<br />
• By Annabelle Dick<br />
JANE ROBERTSON’S five years<br />
of research has paid off as her<br />
book about Lyttelton <strong>Harbour</strong>’s<br />
history is about to be released.<br />
Ms Robertson’s book, Head<br />
of the <strong>Harbour</strong>, gives a timeline<br />
of the area from Teddington to<br />
Governors <strong>Bay</strong> and recounts<br />
stories from past and present day<br />
residents.<br />
The book talks about the<br />
formation of the landscape, local<br />
fauna and flora and Maori and<br />
European settlement.<br />
“It started off as a little project<br />
and I thought I’d interview some<br />
of the older residents in Governors<br />
<strong>Bay</strong> to get some record of<br />
their stories,” she said.<br />
Her book is being endorsed<br />
and launched by Heathcote<br />
Valley-born historian Gordon<br />
Ogilvie on Sunday.<br />
He has published several<br />
award-winning books on the<br />
Port Hills and Banks Peninsula’s<br />
history.<br />
The idea occurred to Ms Robertson<br />
to write a book as there<br />
were no other publications that<br />
told such an extensive history of<br />
the harbour head.<br />
“Some people have written<br />
family histories and there are<br />
other books available but there<br />
STORY TELLER: Jane Robertson’s book provides an extensive history of the harbour area.<br />
PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
hasn’t been anything that’s covered<br />
the whole area and brought<br />
it all together. I think people<br />
are looking forward to having it<br />
documented in one place,” Ms<br />
Robertson<br />
Two hundred copies of the<br />
book have already been prepurchased.<br />
FROM THE ARCHIVE: The<br />
pupils of Governors <strong>Bay</strong><br />
School, 1903.<br />
Courtesy of Chris Bond<br />
It’s taken her five years to compile<br />
the book. Ms Robertson said<br />
it was a large feat but managed to<br />
source the information through<br />
many different means.<br />
“I got into archival research<br />
using old newspapers, the museum<br />
library, resources that were<br />
available as well as unpublished<br />
materials. Another primary<br />
source was diaries and letters<br />
from local families,” she said.<br />
While undertaking research,<br />
she uncovered some interesting<br />
finds which she says are included<br />
in the book.<br />
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