Charles Tripp

Description

First NameCharles GeorgeLast NameTrippAlternative NameC G TrippDescriptionCharles Tripp was born in England, the son of an Anglican vicar. He trained as a lawyer in London but then immigrated to New Zealand in 1855 with his friend and colleague (and later brother-in-law) JBA Acland. Together they established Mt Peel Station, amongst the first to take up sheep farming in the Canterbury high country. In 1866 he took over Orari Gorge Station.

The Aoraki Heritage Collection holds several books on the history of Mt Peel and Orari Gorge. Please contact us for more information.External LinkTe Ara: Charles TrippDate of Birth01 Jul 1826Place of BirthEnglandDate of Death06 Jul 1897Place of DeathTimaruSubjectBiographyEarly SettlersStations and Runs

Newspaper Clipping

Plain and forest in Canterbury

Mt Peel history

The 59-ers

Centennial Article: South Canterbury Was Paradise For Squatters One Hundred Years Ago

Orari Gorge In Harmony With Wooded Surroundings

Mackenzie Country XII: Swaggers Well Treated, Low Wool Prices Did Not End Station Hospitality, One Runholder Provided For 800 a Year

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

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

Geraldine Anglican centenary

Early Canterbury Privately Printed Books, IV Orari

Leonard Tripp is 90: Grand Old Man Who Grew Up With Orari Gorge

Respected Pioneer: Death of Mrs Frances Hope

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

Mr T Hosking Restoring Orari Gorge Cottage

Person

Ellen Shephard Tripp

J B A Acland

Place

Ōrāri Gorge Station

Mount Peel Station

Publication

My early days

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

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Connections

PersonJ B A AclandEllen Shephard TrippPlaceŌrāriMt Peel StationWoodburyŌrāri Gorge Station