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produced a mural depicting a family carrying their possessions over the Port Hills. The bronze panel is in three parts, with the two outer panels showing the text and the middle panel showing the mural. Whilst
Gurnsey is a noted carver, the mural at the Canterbury Pioneer Women's Memorial is not
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and designed a hexagonal stone shelter using local stone. The design elements envisaged were an inscription "The
Pilgrims passed this way" and murals depicting scenes from the 1850s. The structure was proposed to be placed on the boundary shared by the Heathcote and Lyttelton boroughs, and both
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A sub-committee of women approached the
Canterbury Progress League in early December 1938 and presented the idea of the women's pioneer memorial. The Canterbury Progress League welcomed the proposal and cancelled its own ideas for a memorial, giving their full support to the women's branch.
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The
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had already formed committees for the establishment of centenary memorials. Trent's idea for the memorial was to provide a sheltered seat at the summit of the Bridal Path where it crosses the Summit Road.
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and was fenced off for many years. During this time, the middle panel of
Gurnsey's mural was stolen. The memorial was reopened in April 2017 prior to the stolen mural having been replaced.
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The inscription on the memorial had been simplified to "They passed this way". The cone-shaped roof of the memorial was made from slate. The structure was erected by Graham builders.
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proposed a memorial to
Canterbury's pioneer women at their first meeting. She suggested that this would be a good project for New Zealand's centenary of the signing of the
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had arrived in
Lyttelton. The impetus for having a memorial was for Christchurch to have a contribution for the New Zealand centennial commemorating the signing of the
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cars. The army band of the 1st
Battalion, Canterbury Regiment, provided the music. Four women spoke, all descendants of one of the Pilgrims from the First Four ships:
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The women's branch of the
Christchurch Citizens' Association had been in abeyance for some years. When the women's branch reformed in November 1938, committee member
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borough councils had expressed their support. John Flinders Scott was the local landowner and he also supported the proposal.
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On this spot the pioneer women of Canterbury and their families rested after their climb from the port of Lyttelton
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The foundation stone was unveiled on 16 December 1939 by Lilian Priscilla Wakefield. Wakefield was the daughter of
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in 1840. Hence, the Canterbury Pioneer Women's Memorial commemorates two events that happened ten years apart.
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