Hamilton, Re-enacts Its Founding
(New Zealand Press Association)
HAMILTON, August 24. Hamilton is 100 years old today, and to mark the centenary of the city, a party of men, women and children organised by the Waikato Historical Society re-enacted the first landing of settlers who arrived in the gunboat Pioneer. The first settlers made their landing on a site just below the present memorial park where Captain William Steele put ashore the first party of I'o men of the Fourth Waikato Militia Regiment. The society’s re-enactment took place about the time of the original landing, at 12.30
p.m., although they chose the western - bank as the landing area and not the original landing at Kirkiriroa on the eastern bank. Apart from the change in the position of the landing, conditions were perfect for the re-enactment. About 50 people landed from a barge and were met by two platoons of militiamen. The settlers in period costume, carried everything the original settlers might have brought with them—animals, birds and furniture, including a spinning wheel. Most of those taking part were descendents of the first settlers.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30528, 25 August 1964, Page 14
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Hamilton, Re-enacts Its Founding
Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30528, 25 August 1964, Page 14
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