The Cutten Family: Evans Bay by James Nairn 1893 with permission of Te Papa

New Zealand history

The Cutten family arrived in New Zealand in 1948 from Perth, Western Australia and settled in Wellington. We are descendants of Charles Cutten 1810-1869 and Eliza Furnell 1807-1869 who lived in Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia pre 1860. They had 6 children and Walter Claude Cutten 1846-1912 married Eliza Harriet Jessup 1836-? and they had 7 children. Walter was stationmaster at St Kilda, Victoria Australia. Harry Beechworth Cutten (1879-1956) married Alice Christina Bridge (1898-1969) and they had 3 children. Ron, Len and Harry. Len (James Leonard Beechworth) was my father. Len Cutten ( 1.5.11-1998) married Jean Dorothea Armstrong (19.3.14-2005) in Perth.

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Hataitai

Growing up in Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand

I grew up in Matai Rd, Hataitai and this painting is done very near where our family swam at Evans Bay Beach, every summer. I love this painting and I remember fondly those long hot summers at the beach.

James Nairn was a founding member of the Wellington Art Club and I recently joined the club.