The road to war : the 1863 redoubts of South Auckland / by Maurice Lennard.

By: Series: Monograph (Whakatane & District Historical Society) ; no. 16Publisher: Whakatane, New Zealand : Whakatane & District Historical Society, [1986]Description: 248 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmOther title:
  • Road to war : the Great South Road, 1862-64 [Cover title]
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Contents:
The making of the road -- Down the road to the front -- Invasion -- The frontier line : Wairoa redoubts -- Whangamarino and Meremere -- The Thames expedition : Miranda, Esk and Surrey redoubts -- Rangiriri -- Death of Captain Mercer -- Aftermath : the bill -- Appendices: -- Blockhouses and redoubts -- Mileposts -- Pukekohe East Church -- Havelock ; The Royal Artillery in the Maori War -- The women -- Site surveys of redoubts still existing in 1980 -- Chronological record .
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Main Collection John Kinder Theological Library DU430.A79 LEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A42295515

"A narrative of the making of the Great South Road to the Waikato River and the establishment of the redoubts and military strong points protecting it; and of the conflicts between pakeha and Maori culminating at the end of the road in the battle of Rangiriri."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-240) and index.

The making of the road -- Down the road to the front -- Invasion -- The frontier line : Wairoa redoubts -- Whangamarino and Meremere -- The Thames expedition : Miranda, Esk and Surrey redoubts -- Rangiriri -- Death of Captain Mercer -- Aftermath : the bill -- Appendices: -- Blockhouses and redoubts -- Mileposts -- Pukekohe East Church -- Havelock ; The Royal Artillery in the Maori War -- The women -- Site surveys of redoubts still existing in 1980 -- Chronological record .

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