A history of Governors Bay, Õhinetahi, Allandale and Teddington by Jane Robertson.
Published 2016 by Phillip King Publisher for Governors Bay Heritage Trust
ISBN: 978-0473-36671-1
This excellent book is the best place to go to for further details about the heritage of Governors Bay, places and people; it is a hugely informative and well researched history with a comprehensive index.
The Bays of Whakaroupō Lyttelton Harbour by Jane Robertson.
Published 2023 by Massey University Press
ISBN: 978-1-99-101653-9
The Historic Places of Christchurch and Banks Peninsula by John Wilson
Published 2007 by The Christchurch Civic Trust and The Akaroa Civic Trust
ISBN: 978-0-473-12239-3
Prepared for the Mount Herbert County Council by The Environmental Planning Group, Christchurch, March 1974
Frank Boffa & Associates, Landscape Architects. Lucking & Vial, Architects
Donated by Gavin Bain, 2001
Pen & wash drawings by A. J. Mair with text by J. A. Hendry
Donated by Gavin Bain, 2001
A History of Coaching and Horse-drawn Transport in the South Island of New Zealand
Ivan D. Taylor
An Illustrated History
Geoffrey W. Rice
Lyttelton Harbour,
first and second edition
Frances Cresswell
A Link With The Past
Peter Jackson
Conservation Te Papa Atawhai
History & Reminiscence
Arthur (Hiwi) Couch
Te Waihora Press and The Canterbury Maori Studies Association
Mary Stapylton-Smith
by Edith Paine
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By Gerald Ward
Published and distributed by The Spotted Shag Press
ISBN 0-473-03585-5
Chapter 10, pages 80-87, Governors Bay and Allandale
Avaliable here
By Lionel R. Jefcoate