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		1730
					Owairaka (Mt Albert) was a hill pa of some 1500 population

		1820
					Samuel Marsden climbed Owairaka (Mt Albert)

		1840
					1840 Governor Hobson bought 3000 acres from the coast to Mt Eden 1841 In the late 1840’s the city end of Mt Albert – Eden Terrace, Kingsland and Morningside was ... 1841 George Clarke, protector of the Aborigines, purchased a further 13,000 acres, including the whole of Mt Albert from ... 1842 Mt Albert land advertised for public sale – auction 13 blocks, mostly of 20 acres for small farms 1844 Thomas Cassidy bought 11 acres near the Dominion Road – New North Road intersection 1845 Robert Hunt bought 60 acres near the present-day ‘Ferndale’. 1846 Glenmore Lodge built at 289 New North Road 1847 Governor Grey reported that the land within a 7 mile radius of Auckland, including Mt Albert, had been ... 1847 In 1847 Cornishman John Walters, who in 1845 had come to manage the ill-fated Kauwau Island Copper Mine, bought a ...

		1850
					1853 The Auckland Provincial Council electoral roll shows 4 labourers, 14 farmers, a milkman and two jailers who ... 1853 The first church in the area was built. The Wesleyan chapel was a small, rough stone building near ... 1854 Fifteen Mt Albert settlers petitioned for road development and improvement.

		1860
					1862 The Gazette listed 17 property owners along Cabbage Tree Swamp Road who were prepared to be specially rated to have their road improved. 1865 A 30 acre block of land owned by Allan Kerr Taylor called ‘Morningside’, was auctioned ... 1866 With the Turnpikes Act three toll gates were set up in the west due to increased pressure from ... Feb 13 1866 A meeting of Mt Albert settlers a ‘Allendale’ interested in the formation and maintenance ... Oct 1866 Mt Albert was declared a highway district 1867 First rates struck (for roads)

		1870
					1871 The Auckland to Hellensville railway line was surveyed through the district 1874 The school role was 103 pupils 1877 The Highway Board successfully petitioned to rename Cabbage Tree Swamp Road to Kingsland Road.

		1880
					1880 Despite acceptance of the ‘Kingsland’ as the name for the area and village, by about 1880 there seems to have ... 1880 The Kingsland Post Office was opened in Page’s Store Mar 29 1880 The railway from Auckland to Avondale and Glen Eden opened with stations at 1880 A horse-drawn bus service began on New North Road Oct 27 1880 The first public hall opened (near the Morningside telephone exchange) 1882 John McElwain’s farm below New North Road was subdivided, with 444 allotments at 25% cash and 1883 The Highway Board was changed to a Road Board. Engineers were consulted to report on 1885 AW Page’s Family Grocer was established at the corner of Kingsland Road and New North Road 1885 AW Page was elected to the Road Board and was appointed supervisor of... 1886 A toll-bar at Kingsland Road (now Elendale Road) and New North Road intersection was introduced but abandoned a year later due to public pressure

		1890
					1896 John Bouskill reported that Third Avenue was in such a state that many residents could not reach their homes, (14 years after subdivision). 1897 The Kingsland Methodist Church was opened. 1897 Brigdens & Company shoe manufacturers began operations in Kingsland. 1898 Mrs Battely, wife of a well-known local, was killed by a train at the level crossing in Kingsland Road, highlighting the need for a pedestrian overbridge. Dec 1899 The Road Board considered a letter from the Auckland Tramway Company proposing to bring electric trains into the district.

		1900
					1901 A major drainage and water supply scheme was initiated. May 1903 The tram service to Kingsland opened with the terminus outside Page’s Store. This remained the end of the western line until Sep 24 1903 The ‘Kingsland Tram Disaster’ killed three and injured about fifty people. 1904 The main road was lit with gas lamps. 1906 The Volunteer Fire Brigade was established on the site of the present-day (former) fire station building.

		1910
					1910 The number of houses in the district had increased from 460 in 1903 to 1410. 1911 The Mt Albert Board became Mt Albert Borough Council 1912 Tramlines extended to Morningside. 1914 - 1918 World War I 1915 Tram service extended from Morningside to Mt Albert. 1915 A carter was killed at the level crossing in Kingsland.

		1920
					1921 The Theatre Royal was built in Kingsland 1922 Kowhai Junior High Scholl was opened. It became Kowhai Intermediate in 1933. 1923 Edendale Road (the old Cabbage Tree Swamp Road and Kingsland Road ) was closed to traffic and re-routed to the present day Sandringham Road , with an overbridge over the railway line approaching the junction with New North Road . 1926 The Borough population reached 17,000. Houses were being built at the rate of 1.5 per 6 day week, the fastest growing in the country. 1927 The new Borough Council building opened in Morningside.

		1930
					1930 Mt Albert Borough exceeded 20,000 population and became the largest borough in New Zealand . 1932 It was proposed that Kingsland gully be called ‘Glen Osborne’. 1938 It was proposed that Kingsland be renamed Beverley Hills .

		1939
					1939 - 1945 World War II

		1950
					1950 The Empire Games were held at Eden park. 1956 Tram service replaced by buses 1957 Springboks Vs All Blacks at Eden park

		1980
					1980 North-west motorway extended from Pt Chevalier to city, greatly reducing traffic on New North Road . 1981 Springbok Tour 1989 Local Body Amalgamation – Mt Albert Borough Council became part of Auckland City .

		1990
					1998 Bridgens Shoe factory, one of Kingsland’s oldest building was nearly destroyed by fire.

		2000
					May 2005 The newly constructed Kingsland Rail Station, which cost $4 million to upgrade, was opened by Prime Minister Helen Clark. Oct 2006 The Kingsland Business Society launched www.kingsland.net.nz putting Kingsland business, history, events and more online.

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