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The Three Gabled House

March 2017 Raewyn Leigh, New Zealand, The Life of CS Clarke

In 1866 Clarke purchased an 80 acre farm on the south side of the harbour with a small house and cow shed. In 1868 he

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Early Days in Little Omaha

February 2017 Raewyn Leigh, New Zealand, The Life of CS Clarke

“The early settlers had a very hard time as there was no regular trader, here no store, no school and no Post Office. Our first

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Settling in New Zealand

February 2017 Raewyn Leigh, New Zealand

In the words of Charles Septimus Clarke in his notes about the history of Leigh: “On reading a letter from an Albertland settler to a

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