Nelson Province

The Nelson Province was a province of New Zealand from 1853 until the abolition of provincial government in 1876.

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Famous quotes containing the words nelson and/or province:

    “The victors and the vanquished then the storm it tossed and tore,
    As hard they strove, those worn-out men, upon that surly shore;
    Dead Nelson and his half-dead crew, his foes from near and far,
    Were rolled together on the deep that night at Trafalgar!”
    —Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)

    “It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.”
    —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)