In the nearby town of Hokitka (half an hour away) is the cemetery with this monument near the entranceway. It commemorates 4 men who lost their lives between 1863 and 1866 ;
- George Dobson - road engineer, murdered in 1866
- Charlton Howitt - explorer, drowned in Lake Brunner 1863
- Charles Townsend - drowned at Greymouth (probably in the Grey River) 1863
- Henry Whitcombe - surveyor, drowned in the Taramakau River in 1863
Construction of the memorial started 1868 and the railings were added in 1869.
3 comments:
Monuments for everyday heroes seem so rare now.
It really captures the hardships and risks faced by those early explorers and settlers of the West Coast
That's a nice monument honouring those four men.
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