Abstract
For many years, various schemes have been proposed to develop Bluff Harbour so that the increasing trade of the port could be handled efficiently. By 1950, the existing berthage at the Main and Ferry Wharves had become inadequate to deal with the modern ships using the port, so, in December of that year, the Bluff Harbour Board staff was instructed to proceed with the preliminary investigations of a new site for wharves.
The most practical scheme for the development of the port was to construct an island some 124 acres in extent on the sandbank between the Main and Ocean Beach Channels of the harbour […] [Extract from Introduction]