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The View of Timaru, 1976
Timaru District is located in Canterbury.
In 1853 a european called Geogre Rhodes drove his sheep from Christchurch to Timaru. He built the first european house on the beach. In 1911 The Caroline Bay Carnival Started Timaru is far south from Christchurch