Early Tararu Thames

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Early Tararu,
Car driving along Tararu Road (originally GRAHAM STREET), on left is St John's Anglican Church
(From "RACING FOR GOLD" by Johnny Williams)

Streets planned for Tararu were: Audley, Smart, Union, Ivy, Fir, Elm, Ash*, Oak, Stirling, Ford, Barbara, Belle, Robert*, Amy, Wilson*, Anne, Eliza, Rennie* and Graham Street; and Tararu Road*. (*These ones exist today, plus Prices Avenue & Tararu Creek Road)

Robert Graham drew up the plans for TARARU, as can be seen from drawing at left (in "History of the River Thames NZ" by A M Isdale). As you can see from later picture above, very few of these streets existed or stayed.

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