1866: Murder of George Dobson 

28 May, 1866, George Dobson was murdered on the soil that would one day become the town named in his memory: Dobson. Today, near to the spot, is a 1870s monument this Canterbury Pilgrim who died in his province’s service a month short of what would have been his 27th birthday.
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image ref. George, Alexander Turnbull Library. Thomas Fairweather colour
image ref. George, Alexander Turnbull Library. AHNZ colour
image ref. Death masks at Nelson Provincial Museum. AHNZ Archive
image ref. Memorial in Dobson, AHNZ Archive
Ref. 1866: “Did you think I was a banker?”
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