Appleby is one of South Invercargill’s oldest suburbs, named by early settler Peter Dalrymple after his sister’s farm in Scotland. Its streets echo Scottish rivers, its parks host the Appleby Cricket Club — formed in 1897 and once holder of the world record for the longest game of cricket. Meet Eve Poole, Invercargill’s first woman Mayor, and uncover a sweet local legend: the invention of hokey pokey ice cream.
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Historic Homes
There are some historic homes along Dalrymple Street that are listed with the NZ Historic Places Trust. You can read more about their heritage values here, but please note the properties are privately owned so there is no public access.
45 Dalrymple Street: https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/2476/House
269 Ness Street: https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/2493/House
Appleby Cricket Club
Learn more about the history of the Appleby Cricket Club with this book available at the Invercargill Public Library and Archives.
Across the Centuries – A History of Appleby Cricket Club 1897-2004 (Donaldson, Ramsay & Bates, 2004).
