Teaching Resources for First settlers Unit Anderson’s Bay Cemetery and community The resources in this pack are for use in the Andersonʼs Bay Cemetery and relate to first settlers in the local community. Andersons Bay is a suburb of Dunedin. Contents Fact sheet: A History of the Andersonʼs Bay Cemetery ………………………………………………..2 Fact Sheet: James Anderson First European Settler……………………………………………………3 Fact Sheet: Archibald MacDonald & Andrew Ross – ʻThe Bayʼsʼ first schoolteachers…………..….4 Fact sheet: William Cutten – Big Landowner, businessman and politician…..……………………… 5 Student cards ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 6 Teacher notes about Student cards …………………………………………………………………….. 16 Maps of the Andersonʼs Bay Cemetery ………………………………………………………….…23 - 24 First Settlers Study – Andersonʼs Bay Cemetery Fact Sheet – A brief history of the Andersonʼs Bay Cemetery The cemetery was first surveyed by Charles Kettle. The first recorded burial was on the 1st May 1867 though it is likely there were earlier unrecorded burials as Henry Duckworth (1923 p 31) mentions the burial of James Kelly aged 10 months on 21st November 1857. He was buried amongst the flax bushes with a post and rail grave being put around the grave to keep off stray cattle. In 1862 three acres was fenced and the ground cleared and burial sections laid out ready for sale. In 1890 12 additional acres were secured alongside and then in 1894 the remainder of the block was applied for making 60 acres altogether. The first Sexton was Mr Campbell. He was succeeded by Mr Daniel Weir. A management committee oversaw the cemetery. A plain hearse and set of harness were obtained for subscriptions of £1.00 each. Non-subscribers paid a small sum for the use of them and needed to supply their own horse and driver. (Duckworth 1923 p 31) In 1903 the managers called a public meeting with a proposal to hand over the cemetery to the Dunedin Corporation which had agreed to bring the electric train up to Samuels Store near the junction of Tomahawk and Highcliff Roads. The trams were never to come to the cemetery gates. Cemetery became almost the only operating cemetery from about the time of the First World War. A crematorium was built, with the first cremation occurring in 1927. All the plots in the burial section were sold by April 1978, although some sections were being sold for returned servicemen beyond that date. Ashes beams are still being created. From Duckworth H. (1923). Andersonʼs Bay in the Early Days. Dunedin. Otago Heritage Books 1982. Also previously published by Coulls Somerville Wilkie 1923 from the type used in the Otago Daily Times and titled Early Otago: History of Andersonʼs Bay from 1844 to December 1921 and Tomahawk from 1857 to March 1923 First Settlers Study – Early Identities not buried in the Andersonʼs Bay Cemetery Fact Sheet – James Anderson first European Settler Andersonʼs Bay was named after the first European settlers to arrive there. They were James Anderson, his son John and Johnʼs The Andersonʼs then left the inlet and settled in Pelichet Bay wife Isabella. They arrived from Nelson on the 30th December on the other side of the harbour. John and Isabella were to 1844 having heard that a Scottish settlement was to be have their first son born there. He was the first European child established in the area. The settlement plans for Otago were born in Dunedin. postponed however the trio built a ʻwhareʼ near the inlet close to John Anderson died in 1848, and was buried in the York Pace Rossʼ corner – the junction of Somerville and Silverton Streets. Cemetery, Dunedinʼs first cemetery. In 1880 the graves at the They lived there for two years and were able to ʻlive well enoughʼ cemetery were removed and the obelisk you see today was supplementing their flour supply with fish, pigs, and birds as well erected. James Andersonʼs name is one of those listed on the as trading with Otakou and Waikouaiti Maori. John Anderson plaques. joined Charles Kettleʼs party in 1846 to assist with the first survey of Dunedin. (Duckworth p.10) John and Isabella took up land in South Otago. Their descendents did return to Andersonʼs Bay and there is a memorial headstone that commemorates the Andersonʼs in the Andersonʼs Bay Cemetery. First Settlers Study – Early Identities not buried in the Andersonʼs Bay Cemetery Fact Sheet – Archibald MacDonald & Andrew Russell - “The Bayʼs first school-teachers The settlers in Andersonʼs Bay initially paid for the education Andrew Russell was the required for their children when no immediate assistance was first Education Board forthcoming from the education committee. Archibald school teacher to the MacDonald had been a schoolmaster in Scotland. He came district (appointed in to Dunedin as a passenger on the Philip Laing. He started the 1857). According to primary school in Mr Duffʼs house located at Rossʼ Corner in Duckworth (p.16 ) he 1851. He was the first private teacher in Andersonʼs Bay. In was a very strict teacher time, a second school was kept in Mr Lawʼs House, by Mr and did not “spare the William Somerville. (Duckworth, 1923). The tombstone rod” on his pupils. pictured here commemorates Mr Archibald MacDonald and Andrew Russell his family and is located in Dunedinʼs Southern Cemetery in moved on and Block 2P Plot 44. taught elsewhere in Dunedin and even Map shows location of the in the Chatham MacDonald family grave in Dunedinʼs Southern Cemetery. It is Islands. He died in in the Anglican section of the Melbourne. His cemetery wife Elizabeth is buried in the Andersonʼs Bay Cemetery and he is mentioned on the memorial located in Block 6 Plot 18. Map portion of Dunedins Southern Cemetery sourced from Dunedin (Duckworth. City Council: Location of Dunedinʼs cemeteries p16) http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/location-pdfs Botanic Gardens 191 129 130 128 131 132 134 133 191 135 130 195 195 136 127 137 191 154 127 194 120 180A 155 160 126A 180A 156 121 126 157 118 191A k 117A c 125 192 158 o 112 l 159 163 e 124 117 110 153 179A 160 164 v o 121 152 L 123 116 161 165 / k 151 c 122 118 115 178A 166 o 191 119 l 112 e 114 150 192 178A 167 v 119 178A o 101 113 194 177 168 L 110 102 111 142A 177 169 111 143A 176 First Settlers Study – Early Identities not buried in the Andersonʼs Bay Cemetery101 171A 103 144A 192 175 104 161 102 105 174 171 106 108 109 173 170 Fact Sheet – William Cutten: Landowner, businessman and politician 107 181A 191B 162 100 138 140A 192A 109 141A 28 100 193A William Cutten was 26 when he arrived in Dunedin on the John Wickliffe. He had accompanied Captain 28 194A Loveloc 29 William Cargill as a cabin passenger, becoming Cargillʼs kson Av in law when he married Cargillʼs eldest 139 195A 190A 172 172A 197 198 193 35 196A daughter, Christina in 1850. 60 139 190A 184A 34 31 27 190 183 33 60 191A 32 189 184 181 172 He was an early Dunedin businessman and entrepreneur. He first set up in Dunedin as an auctioneer.5 9 62 63 188 He was a talented writer. He was presented with the property and running30 of the Otago Witness 185 187 newspaper in October 1851. He set up the printing press in his auction rooms on the foreshore.5A Then 64 61 187 186 26 1 he and Julius Vogel launched the first daily 5 65 88 182 Map shows location of the 72 paper in New Zealand, the Otago Daily 6 66 87 74 Cutten family grave in 58 67 86 75 Times, on 15 November 1861. Dunedinʼs Northern Cemetery. 7 4 Sextons Cottage 76 68 85 8 Also in 1861 he bought a property from 77 69 61 84 73 191A 199 200 9 James Adam that included a farm that 25 78 70 83 extended almost to Lawyers Head and built 24 98A 73 79 37 10 57 71 83A 80 a large house called Belmont on the area 23 38 2 11 57A 81 that was called Goat Hill (now called 22 51 39 21 12 82 73 Sunshine). 99 98A 20 13 89 19 14 3 99B 97A 90 He became involved in local and national 40 15 96A politics and held several important offices in 44 18 16 17 51 94 43A 93 92 his political career. He was also a member 3 56A 50 95 of the University Council. Although a settler 42 43 48 55A 89 41 48 48A 91 in the Andersonʼs Bay area he is buried in 55A 46A 46 47A Dunedinʼs Northern Cemetery. His memorial 45 52 196 46B 47 54A 196 can be found in Block 3 Plot 7. 45 46B 54A 53 Map portion of Dunedinʼs Southern Cemetery sourced from Dunedin City Council: Location of Dunedinʼs cemeteries Butts Rd http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/location-pdfs S t A b b s Logan Park P l Date printed: 18/11/2003 Northern Cemetery 1:1,200 Copyright Dunedin City Council Student cards The following pages are the templates for the student cards. Print onto light card, cut out, and fold along each card along the dotted line. Put in a box and take to the cemetery. Student groups “dig” for a grave, which will be their ’first settler’ family to investigate. There are 18 families available for investigation. There are 12 families from the first ships and 6 families of later identities. Choose the number of cards you think your class can manage. At the Andersonʼs Bay Cemetery – First settlers from first ships Student work cards – Cut out fold in half and give one to each group Block 1 Plot 16 (Duckworth) Block 1 Plot 34 (Begg) Fold Fold 1 2 At the Andersonʼs Bay Cemetery – First settlers from first ships Student work cards – Cut out fold in half and give one to each group Block 11 Plot 15 (Grainger) Block 12 Plot 17 (Brown) Fold Fold 4 3 At the Andersonʼs Bay Cemetery – First settlers from first ships Student work cards – Cut out fold in half and give one to each group Block 14 Plot 22 (Robertson) Block 1 Plot 23 (Sanderson) Fold Fold 5