Discover Picton: Self-Guided Audio Tour

Itinerary

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   Based on the antiquated design of the frigates being constructed in Londonnn at the time, Edwin Foxnnwas built by William Foster in Sulkeali, India in 1853.nnAn overall length of 157 feet, it took only 9nnmonths to build the vessel, and was sold before her completion in that year to Englishman SirnnGeorge Edmund Hodgkinson, who namennd her Edwin Fox after a welln-nnknown Quaker fromnnSouthampton.

   15 min
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   This typennof harpoon gun is one which would have been securely mounted on the bow of whalingnnboats. Until the early 20th century, whalers would hunt their prey using lances and handheldnnharpoon guns, meaning that their job would bring them remarkably close to the annnimals in order tonnattack.nnDuring the 1920s, mounted harpoon guns and explosive tips were introduced to make thennhunt and the kill far easier.

   15 min
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   Monnst townships in New Zealand have a dedicated area of remembrance, and Picton is nonndifferent.nnThe War Memorial Arch was constructed as part of the renovation of the foreshore and innnhonour of the men of the Queen Charlotte Sound who had been killed in sernnvice during World War Innbetween 1914 and 1918. Showing loyalty to the British Crown, men from all over the country werennsent overseas to ally to the British Forces.

   15 min