On City Rise People. Places. A cross-section of society. 1860s-1960s Books received a Charles Fleming Publishing

received a Charles Fleming Publishing Award from the NZ Royal Society

women and civic figures

240mm x 170mm x 20mm

these books really do encourage you to take them with you and explore engineering stories hidden in plain sight in the landscape

On City Rise People. Places. A cross-section of society. 1860s-1960s Books received a Charles Fleming PublishingThis social history of the north western corner of City Rise tells the stories of those who lived there, of the military barracks erected on the Town Belt in 1861 and of the neighbourhood shops, pubs and schools. A diverse community, its residents included working and middle class families as well as men of means such as brewer Charles Speight and solicitor William Robert Brugh. 156 pages 104 illustrations, colour and black and white.