The Albertlanders : brave pioneers of the 'sixties / by Sir Henry Brett and Henry Hook.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Christchurch, New Zealand : Capper Press, 1979Description: 436 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmSubject(s):
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
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.

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