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- Lake Hood
- Somerset Building
- Ashburton Railway Station
- Plains Railway
- Clock Tower
- Ashburton Museum
- Ashburton Domain
- Water - The Life Blood of the Plains
- Ashburton Bridge
- People Treasures
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- Mount Hutt Skifield - Methven
- Our Rivers
- Baring Square West
- Rakaia Salmon
- Ashburton Guardian
Somerset Building
Rata chose the new Somerset building in town as the Ashburton Treasure we wanted to find out more about. We came up with a list of questions we wanted answered about the Somerset and took a class trip there. Below are our 6 main questions, and our ideas about the information we got about the Somerset building.
Where is it?
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Oscar and Annabel drew this map of how to get from Tinwald School to the Somerset building. The building is on East St. in the centre of Ashburton.
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Who built it?
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| Kraig drew this picture of the building in progress. | Todd drew this picture of the builders building it. | Teresa found out that the company that built the Somerset was MAINZEAL. |
Why did they build it?
Lachie and Abbie thought they built it because they would make room for more businesses to work there.
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What is in it?
Minx - hairdressers |
TCR - The Clothes Rack |
Croys - Accounting firm |
The Ashburton Guardian newspaper |
A future restaurant - yet to be built |
Marlese, Elias, Mitchell, Ronan and Jayden contributed these pictures and ideas. |
How long has it been here?
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Matthew painted this picture of the old building. |
William painted this picture of the other old building. |
Hayden painted this picture of the brand new building. |
Why is it a treasure?
The Somerset building is a treasure because it has been in Ashburton for a very long time. It is big, and situated right in the middle of town.
By Jack, Tara and Callum
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