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New Zealand Historic Places Trust
From offices on this site the New Zealand Company on 5 May 1839 despatched the survey ship Tory to begin the colonisation of New Zealand on the Wakefield Plan.
WC2, Adam Street, 1-5
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Colonisation of New Zealand
Formed to establish British settlements in New Zealand. 5 May 1839 despatche...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Colonisation of New Zealand
The Barton, Porter & Wilkinson plaques are on the left hand wall of the porch, Chain, a later addition, is facing them on the right h...
These plaques are attached to the north-west tower and also the south-east tower, all duplicated except for "opened to the public" which ...
The Grand Theatre and Opera House stood on this site 1896 - 1959. Croydon's Heritage
Commentary: No, we can't explain the purple bucket, but we do believe it to be a temporary embellishment.
The building to the east, Marconi House, has close connections to this site and we have recorded some of their joint history there.
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