J B A Acland

Description

First NameJohn Barton Arundel Last NameAclandAlternative NameJ B A AclandJohn AclandBarton AclandDescriptionJBA Acland was born in England, the youngest child of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet. He trained as a lawyer in London and then in 1855 immigrated to New Zealand with his friend and colleague (and later brother-in-law) Charles Tripp. Together in they established Mt Peel Station, amongst the first to take up sheep farming in the Canterbury high country.

The Aoraki Heritage Collection holds several books on the history of Mt Peel. Please contact us for more information.External LinkTe Ara: J B A AclandDate of Birth25 Nov 1823Place of BirthEnglandDate of Death18 May 1904Place of DeathMt Peel StationSubjectBiographyEarly SettlersStations and Runs

Newspaper Clipping

Plain and forest in Canterbury

Mt Peel history

In a country churchyard

Paths from the past: A colourful history

Mt Peel Station Homestead Intended as Village Centre, 100 Years Old But Good For Centuries

Their Dinner Got Washed Away: First Christmas at Mount Peel Station

Anama Station is a Hundred: Pioneering Endeavour Carried Forward By Later Occupiers

Mount Peel Homestead is a Hundred: Canterbury's First High Country Sheep Station Was Founded By Tripp and Acland in 1856

Reunion of Former Workers at Mount Peel Station

Geraldine Anglican centenary

Early Canterbury Privately Printed Books, IV Orari

John Fitzgerald arrived from Britain in 1862

The Luxmoores Added Lustre To Early History Of Timaru

Dr W E Gibson's Father Was Pioneer Runholder In The Waitaki Valley

Person

Sir John Acland

Charles Tripp

Place

Ōrāri Gorge Station

Mount Peel Station

Ephemera

Church of the Holy Innocents, Mt Peel

Image from The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

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Connections

PersonSir John AclandCharles TrippPlaceMt Peel StationŌrāri Gorge Station