In 1859 Marlborough’s capital was established at Picton, where a town had been laid out in 1850 and many runholders had bought town sections. The provincial council buildings are on the right of this picture (with the jail in the centre). Without a road connection to the Wairau – the main centre of population in the province – Picton’s position as the capital was always in doubt, and the council moved to Blenheim in 1865.
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