Gold prospector, adventurer and South Seas trader. His reminiscences (which he started before Dec 1886 and ended before 1906 by which time he was blind) are held at MS-Papers-0061-078 and MS-Papers-0061-079.
Restieaux, Alfred, 1832-1911
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Manuscript
Westbrook, George Egerton Leigh, 1860-1939 : Papers
Date: 1881-1939
By: Westbrook, George Egerton Leigh, 1860-1939
Reference: MS-Papers-0061
Description: Documents relating to Mau troubles in Samoa, 1902-1937; reminiscences of life in Samoa and the Pacific in the mid-19th century; correspondence with R A K Mason; reminiscences of Alfred Restieaux; miscellaneous newspaper clippings The most important and substantial sections of the Westbrook papers pertain to Samoa during the period of the New Zealand Administration. Quantity: 111 folder(s). 1.50 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 20 November 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile. Full outline of contents and arrangement in `The Westbrook Papers' in the Turnbull Library Record, Vol 5 no 2 (October 1972) by Doug Munro.
Manuscript
Hayes, William Henry, 1827-1877 : Biographical material
Date: 1909-1916
By: Hayes, William Henry, -1877
Reference: MS-Papers-0859
Description: Comprises five letters from Robert McNab to Alfred T Saunders about sources of Hayes material, 22 Sep 1914-18 Feb 1916 Letter from Russell Duncan, Port Ahuriri on Hayes, and on Pembroke's introduction to Maning's `Old New Zealand', 5 Oct 1915 Letters, clippings and documents from Heinrich Neffgen about Hayes and Louis Becke's accounts of him, including typescripts: An Enoch Arden of the South Sea, a story about Samoan love, and Death of an old trader, a story about Restieaux and Hayes, published in `Samoanische Zeitung', Jan 1912, and Relic of Bully Hayes, published in `Samoanische Zeitung', Jun 1909 Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (47 leaves). Physical Description: Holographs (photocopies)
Manuscript
Meredith, Joseph C (Lt-Commander), 1914?- : Recollections of a South Sea trader; based ...
Date: 2001
By: Meredith, Joseph C, 1914?-
Reference: MS-Papers-7022
Description: Edited and annotated transcript of the reminiscences of Alfred Restieaux, a South Seas trader. They include recollections of his life on Pingelap (Micronesia), and of chararcters such as Benjamin Pease and Bully Hayes. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - Based on reminiscences of Alfred Restieaux in the George Westbrook papers (MS-Papers-0061-079A-D) Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript