Terrace Station on the road

Guest speaker – Kate Foster

Kate Foster is a great granddaughter of Sir John Hall and Rose, Lady Hall and lives in the family home. She is surrounded by archives, portraits and reminders of those pioneer settlers. Kate is keeper of the family stories and the co-founder (with her late husband Richard) of the Terrace Station Charitable Trust.

A confident public speaker, Kate tells vibrant stories about the people and place she knows so well.

In 2015, Kate was awarded the Rhodes Medal by the Canterbury History Foundation. This is given annually to a non-academic historian to recognise their contribution to Canterbury history.

Kate is available to speak at venues around Canterbury (during the day) on one of the following topics:

1. Journey to a new land - John, Thomas and George Hall, immigrants, explorers and settlers; using information from John Hall letters, diaries and from station journals of 1853 – 66.
2. Station stories of the 19th century – buildings, cooks, swaggers and significant employees of Rakaia Terrace Station.
3. John Hall – The Grand Old Man of Canterbury – successful landowner and politician; the work towards women’s suffrage petition is also covered.
4. A 19th century perspective through women's letters; using those written from New Zealand by Rose, Agnes and Sarah Hall between 1861 and 1876.
5. Terrace Station garden - development and maintenance of a heritage garden from the 1860s until today.
6. ​'The lady of the house' - Rose, Margaretta, Peggy and Kate have all filled this role within the Terrace Station heritage homestead and garden.

 
A PowerPoint presentation will be used to illustrate the talk, which is usually about 45 minutes, but can be changed to suit your group.

​Payment is by a donation to the Terrace Station Charitable Trust.

Contact Kate by email for more information.