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The European settlers room.; TC7368

The European settlers room., TC7368
FromThe Huia Settlers Museum
Name/Title
The European settlers room.
About this object
The Museum was opened in 1984 and features primarily the history of the European settlers of the region.
Collection
Chappell Digital Collection
Object Type
Photograph
Object number
TC7368

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Waimate North Public School stands on ground said to be the first land in the Colony which was farmed by the early European settlers. The school contains two rooms and has accommodation for eighty scholars, and there are thirty-three on the roll. Miss E. M. Ryan, the present teacher, was formerly in...
Waimate North Public School - Waimate North
New Zealand Electronic Text Centre
Most of our nineteenth-century European settlers worked hard to build their new lives, but there was still time for a little leisure. The New Zealand climate encouraged outdoor activities, so the new settlers developed sports from the things they had to do in order to survive. Shooting and woodchopping competitions were popular, and, making the most of two important forms of colonial transport, boat races and horse races became common forms of entertainment. However, indoor activities relied more on things the settlers had done back in Britain. Playing and listening to music was a favourite pastime, and the settlers who could afford it brought their musical instruments to the new colony. This is believed to be the first piano to grace New Zealand shores. It belonged to George Hunter who immigrated in 1840, and lived in the Petone settlement known as Britannia. For many, playing or listening to music brought back memories of home. John Saxton, an Englishman who immigrated to New Zealand in 1842, wrote in one of his journals that he was overjoyed when his piano finally arrived here from England. The types of music played were influenced by overseas trends – especially British. Often one or two people would play and sing for their family and friends, or sometimes everyone would gather round the piano for a sing-song. ‘In the evening we all had a grand concert, tin dishes of all sizes, flutes, jews' harp, cornopean, and the voices of those who performed on dishes and harps, the least that can be said is that we made a stunning noise!' (1) As well as lively informal gatherings, there were organised events. Amateur choral societies put on concerts. In the latter part of the nineteenth century settlers looked forward to tours from travelling opera companies. Theatre – or vaudeville – was less respectable than opera, but very popular. For the middle and upper-class colonists, the highlights of their social calendars were balls. However, these were not always...
Colonial leisure activities
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Fragment of brooch
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