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Coach to Burkes Pass

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Coach to Burkes Pass

The painter John Preston depicts a coach pulling up to Burkes Pass Hotel in the 1880s. This was the period when Georgina and John Burgess held the hotel’s licence. Georgina reportedly cooked up to 30 meals a day for passing travellers.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: G-215

by James Preston

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John Wilson, South Canterbury places – Fairlie, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/11455/coach-to-burkes-pass (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by John Wilson, published 2 March 2009, updated 17 August 2015.