The Albertlanders : brave pioneers of the 'sixties / by Sir Henry Brett and Henry Hook.
Publisher: Christchurch, New Zealand : Capper Press, 1979Description: 436 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmSubject(s):Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Baumber | John Kinder Theological Library | Baumber (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | A42311576 |
Originally published by Brett Printing Company Limited, 1927.
"Reprint publishes in an edition of 1000 copies by Capper Press"--Title page verso.
Includes index.
"Index complied by E.M. Ellis 1978"--Title page verso.
The genesis of the movement -- Through the minute books of the '60s -- The pioneers' reports -- Bound for New Zealand -- More immigrants for Albertland -- Oruawharo. Bound for the promised land -- Edger family -- William Rawson Brame -- Town lands of Port Albert -- Albertland Gazette -- Wharehine -- The Brookes family -- Anecdotes of early days -- Further anecdotes : the women's part -- The Maori scare of 1865 -- Industries and recreations -- North Albertland and Wellsford -- Prominent people among the pioneers -- Sixty years of Port Albert history -- Paparoa. Landing of the settlers -- Delay at Pahi -- Establishment in the valley -- Battle of settlement : A Bethel in the wilderness -- Settlers on the Pahi -- Enterprise on the Otamatea -- A boarding school in the bush -- General progress in the 1870s -- Pen pictures from the past -- Matakohe. Arrival at Smith's Point -- Gum industry : the first stores -- Kauri industry and pastoral farming -- Incidents and biographies -- Maungaturoto. Sturdy stock from the Tyburnia -- Policy of self help -- Mark Tapley in the backblocks -- Dawn of the '70s -- Pioneers in reminiscent mood -- History of the Congregational Church -- Conclusion.