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Wednesday 2 September 2020

My local lengend

 A task on our contracts for the past 2 weeks were learning about New Zealand legends and what they have done. I chose Kelly Tarlton the man because he is a local man and I have an interest in marine mammals. Our criteria was to have the format of birth place, birth date, early life, what their well known for, and significant moments in their lifes here is mine:

Kelly Tarlton



Place of Birth


Marine biologist Kelly Tarlton was born in Dargaville


Date of Birth


On the 31 of October 1937


Early life


to a family of 3 (him, dad, mum) early in his life he would visit the ocean every day to go for a dip. His first job at 18 was taking photos of ocean monuments or random treasures. His first expedition was finding a salvaged cannon on the coast of New Zealand Kelly is most famous for finding captain cook's anchor and recovering itr in life he made his own underwater world attracting millions of overseas visitors. 

His best expedition was when he went mountaineering and got stuck eventually he dug out a hole to escape but when he watched Jacques Cousteau his life changed making the decision to go on water expedition’s


What are they well known for? 


 Kelly is most famous for finding captain cook's anchor and recovering it  in life he made his own underwater world attracting millions of overseas visitors


What are some significant moments in their life? 


but sadly 2 weeks before his planned new aquarium opened, he suffered from a deep heart attack. His aquarium is carrying a life's legacy.

                                                          




 

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