Lyttelton Redux is an original project by artist Julia Holden, created to assist the Lyttelton Museum in its efforts at maintaining visibility in their community while the museum continues to operate without a physical building or exhibition space following the Christchurch earthquakes of 2011.

In a series of 23 portraits current Lyttelton locals are recreated as notable historical and everyday figures from Lyttelton’s rich past. The portraits encompass a diverse cross-section of Lyttelton’s early communities, reflecting the town’s social history, its connection with the sea and the area’s development over time, including important Ngai Tahu representatives and early or notable sea captains, significant colonial settlers, Antarctic explorers who used Lyttelton as their main supply base and departure point, notable women and individuals representing various occupations of the ‘common man.'

 Explore Lyttelton and discover the works around the township and learn a little of Lyttelton's rich history along the way.

Lyttelton Black Map, September 1849

Image courtesy of Archives New Zealand, Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Audio Recording:

"What's in a Name?"

Courtesy of Nga Taonga Sound and Vision Archives, NZ (id36315)