Port Chalmers on Their Way Scots to Establishing Hardy Some 1848, March in Port Chalmers

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Port Chalmers on Their Way Scots to Establishing Hardy Some 1848, March in Port Chalmers

Port. Chalmers The area’s maritime history is documented at the Port Chalmers Museum. Here visitors can see sailing and shipping artefacts, and enjoy the settlers’ collection, which celebrates the area’s In March 1848, some hardy Scots aboard the John Wickliffe pioneers. The museum is housed in the original stone post office arrived in the tranquil Port Chalmers on their way to establishing building on Beach Street, built in 1877. “the Edinburgh of the South”: the city of Dunedin. Perhaps Port Chalmers’ best feature, however, is its location. As Today Port Chalmers is a quiet, unassuming village, just a 10- well as being close to the city, the village is a short drive from minute harbour-side drive from Dunedin. A haven for artists and beautiful beaches at Aramoana, Purakanui, and Long Beach. bohemians, the village has a relaxed lifestyle that’s attracted the These beaches offer walking tracks, good surf, and an impressive likes of painter Ralph Hotere and poet Cilla McQueen. array of wildlife, including seals and yellow-eyed penguins. A short drive up Flagstaff Hill gives visitors a panoramic view of Port Chalmers and its surroundings; as far out as Aramoana spit and across to Taiaroa Heads, where the albatross colony can be found. Flagstaff also provides a prime vantage point for views of Port Otago. Here you’ll see the massive containers used to export meat, dairy, fish, fruit, and timber products to the world. The port had its most significant moment in 1882 when the ship Dunedin carried the first cargo of frozen meat from New Zealand to London. The frozen mutton and lamb carcasses arrived in London three months later in perfect condition, signalling the opening up of a major economic avenue for the country. The historian Michael King wrote: “For New Zealand, the world was suddenly a less frightening place than it had been”. Antarctic Explorers Port Chalmers was also a stop-off point for Antarctic explorers Robert Scott, Ernest Shackleton, and Richard Byrd. Scott’s expedition, which sailed for Antarctica from Port Chalmers in 1910, is honoured by the Scott memorial on Purakanui Road. As in Dunedin, historic buildings abound in the village. Port Chalmers bluestone was an important material for such buildings, and is evident in the old churches and hotels. 1 2.

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