Akaroa Centennial Celebrations, 20 April 1940: souvenir programme.

A programme of local celebrations which also includes a brief history of the settlement and early history of Akaroa.

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Contents include

• Foreword
• Decendants (sic) of the original French settlers
• The first exercise of British sovereignty at Akaroa
• The French at Akaroa
• Re-enactment of first exercise of British sovereignty at Akaroa
• Programme of the national celebrations at Akaroa 20 April 1940
• Earliest Akaroa