BUNZ, George Angus

George Angus Bünz

born July 1882, Christchurch, New Zealand (1)
died about 1938 aged 56 (2)

also see Webb and Bünz

George Angus Bunz was born in July 1882 the son of Carl Ferdinand Bunz, a Christchurch musician and Emmaline Merton. His parents had married in Rangiora on 15 January 1874.


He attended Christ's College from 1895 to 1898.

A series of four photographs (below) of Canterbury College by G. A. Bunz appeared in the New Zealand Illustrated Magazine in 1901.



His mother Emmeline Bunz died at 173 Armagh street, Christchurch on 18 September 1906. She was buried in Woolston Cemetery, block L plot 16. (3) His father died on 3 April 1923 aged 77 years and was also buried at Woolston Cemetery. (3)

Star, Issue 8731, 19 September 1906, Page 3

BUILDING PERMIT. Mr G. A. Bunz wrote, asking for permission to effect some alterations to a building for the purpose of a photographic studio in Burnett street at the rear of the shop originally occupied by Messrs Kerr Bros. The clerk said he had visited the premises, and, under the circumstances, he would not offer any objection to Mr Bunz's application being granted. It was decided that the application be granted without prejudice and subject to the engineer's approval.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7764, 6 April 1909, Page 4

George Bunz first advertised in the Ashburton Guardian on 29 May 1909

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7808, 29 May 1909, Page 2

At the Ashburton Police Court yesterday afternoon, before Messrs H. Davis and W. W. White, Justices, James Laurenson, with six aliases and a previous bad record, was charged on the information of the police, with having fraudulently converted to his own use, the sum of about 12s 6d, the property of George A. Bunz, photographer. The accused denied that he had had any criminal intent,but the bench thought otherwise, after hearing the evidence, and sentenced the accused to seven days' imprisonment, to run concurrently with a sentence of twelve months, which he is already undergoing for a precisely-similar offence. While in Ashburton accused victimised a number of residents, from whom he obtained money by means of false pretences.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXI, Issue 7925, 4 December 1909, Page 2

Mr Bunz, photographer, secured a satisfactory snapshot view of the interior of the Somerset Hotel dining room last night, when his Excellency tho Governor (Lord Plunket) was entertained at a banquet by the Borough Council of Ashburton and the Ashburton County Council.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXi, Issue 8016, 24 March 1910, Page 2

The New Zealand Post Office Directory (Wise's) for 1910-1915
Bunz Geo A., Burnett street, Ashburton

(1) IGI Individual Record
(2) BDM
(3) Christchurch City Council - cemetery database.