‘The Greatest Editor’ Joseph was born in Nelson in 1873, the son of Joseph, a carpenter and his wife Ann Boyes. Ann was widowed in 1875 and moved with her…
Category: Crematorium
George Wiltshire
As we are about to embark on Wellington Heritage Week, we thought to fitting to pay tribute to George Wiltshire, designer of the Friends’ H.Q: The Shelter. If you like…
Old Photos
Love how these old photos of the Cemetery keep popping up! (There are so few of them) Crematorium & Chapel (1909)HISTORY: https://www.wellingtoncityheritage.org.nz/…/164-karori…
Last Post
“LAST POST” AT FRIDAY’S FUNERAL.—BugIer blowing the “Last Post,” the Legion of Frontiersmen standing at attention, outside the Crematorium at Karori Cemetery on Friday afternoon at the funeral of Messrs….