Kelston Estate, Tauranga, c.1864- (Place)

SummaryThe old Kelston Estate is located on land taken from Ngāti Kāhu and Ngāti Hangarau (Ngāti Ranginui) after the colonial invasion of Tauranga Moana in 1864. The farm sat between what is today Cambridge Road (Tauriko) and part of Moffit Road, and the Wairoa River near current Kelston Way. Confiscated land was usually sold to settlers or retained by the government. In this instance it was granted to Colonel Harington.

c.1864/1865, 700-800 acres granted to Colonel Harington
Harington sold the property to W. Neville Ley in 1866
Ley sold the property to Mr F.H. Wood in 1904.
Mr F.H. Wood, who has purchased Woodhill (Ōtūmoetai), sold the property to Mr Yerex in 1906
Mt Yerex begins advertising portions of Kelston for sale in 1909.
Mr Yerex sells a portion of Kelston to Mr J.S. Milson in 1913. They plan to build a residence opposite "Gardenhurst"
Mr Yerex sells a portion of Kelston to Edmond R Walker (from Tahiti) in 1914
Mr Yerex sold the property (remainder?) to Mr Christie in 1915
Mr Christie later sold the property to the Fletcher family

SourcesPrioneer Biographies interview notes (May 1975) » Ref: OFs 36aPrioneer Biographies, Mr Yerex and Mr L.E. Ley (ex Ms 320)Bay of Plenty Times. (1886, October 14). Large house and good orchard overlooking Wairoa Valley. p. 2.Bay of Plenty Times. (1886, November 18). W. Neville Lee purchases Kelston. p. 2.Bay of Plenty Times. (1905, September 1). Mr Ley's stock sold to new owner Mr Wood. p. 2.Bay of Plenty Times. (1906, May 30). Kelston. p. 2.Bay of Plenty Times. (1906, August 22). Wood sells to Yerex. p. 2.Bay of Plenty Times. (1909, May 3). Portions of Kelson offered for sale.Bay of Plenty Times. (1913, April 11). Portion of Kelston sold to Mr J.S. Milson. p. 2.Bay of Plenty Times. (1914, April 17). Portion of Kelston sold to Edmond R Walker. p. 4.Green, Julie. (2021, January 29). The Yerexes of Kelston. Tauranga Historical Society Blog.Healthful, beautiful, fertile Tauranga. (c. 1910). Flier advertising sale of Kelston Estate. N.Z. Times Co. Lith.Yerex, Max. (1976, September). My life at Kelston. Journal of the Tauranga Historical Society, 57, p. 35-37.

Photographs

Wairoa River c. 1930

Kelston - Cambridge Road

Kelston stables - Cambridge Road

Archive Items

Mr and Mrs Roy Wallis

Mr M.M. Yerex

Our People (authority)

Yerex, George Manly, 1856-1930 (Person)

Harington, Philip, 1833-1896 (Person)

Maps

Floor plan of Kelston Homestead by Max Yerex in 1975

Kelston Homestead (Kelston Estate), Cambridge Road, Tauranga. Photo 03-077

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Date Established1900-1974

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Start here:Harington, Philip, 1833-1896 (Person)

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