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Giles, Edmund Douglas, b 1853? : Forty years of colonial life told with an avoidance of...
Date: [1914?]
By: Giles, Edmund Douglas, 1853?-
Reference: MS-0832
Description: Reminiscence of his early years in Somersetshire including details of the Giles forbears back to 1772; description of the voyage to Nelson on the `John Bunyan' in 1868; time spent in Westport where his uncle Dr Giles was the Resident Magistrate; gold mining on the West Coast; travel to Queensland via Sydney (includes descriptions of Sydney, Brisbane and Rockhampton); working as a bullock driver and later a ration carrier and drover, etc in Queensland; describes station life and his other outback experiences; Kanaka labourers in Queensland; Tasmania; return to Barcoo, Queensland; aborigines in Queensland; time spent on New Hebrides, Fiji and other islands in the Pacific; return to New Zealand; family and travel in the early 1900s. Edmund Giles immigrated to New Zealand with his brother Edgar on the `John Bunyan' in 1868. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (231 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; red linen)
Miscellaneous documents
Date: [ca1920-1992]
From: Leaker, Alice Margaret fl 1992-1995 : Mackenzie family papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5311-07
Description: An essay on the white kiwi, correspondence from Mum to Mary Phelan, land transfer documents, a family tree and miscellaneous documents Quantity: 1 folder(s) (28 leaves). Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)
Cumbria Record Office : Papers
Date: 1790-1939
By: Cumbria Record Office
Reference: Micro-MS-0113
Description: Includes 2 printed charts of Cook's discoveries, conveyancing details involving James Wilfred Marsden of Nelson, 1905; correspondence of Stephen Magden, miner of Greymouth 1866, 1972; obituary of Francis Jollie of Peel Forest, 1871 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Drafts and research papers
Date: [1939-1943]
From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11310-42
Description: Drafts, research papers and clippings on various topics, mainly Maori and New Zealand history. Includes draft of `The Waikato War. Defence of the Auckland frontier'. A film narrative `Pathfinders and treasure seekers: The story of the land of gold and greenstone'. A draft of `The lightning: A West Coast Iliad' and typewritten research notes relating to the early history of Westland including information about land purchases and excerpts and copies of correspondence by Ngai Tahu chiefs and James Mackay. Newspaper articles relating to South Island land purchases and the biography of John Tikao `The story of a Maori sailor'. Draft chapter `Gun-running in the King Country' and typewritten research papers and copies of correspondence relating to `Captain Mair's battles: His defeat of Te Kooti. 1870. Hard running fight near Rotorua' this includes a copy of a letter from Gilbert Mair to his brother Robert Mair, written from Ohinemutu in 1870 and copies of other letters. Newspaper articles relating to Te Kooti. Draft of `The story of the Mahuhu' which Cowan describes as a Maori-Polynesian immigrant vessel, also includes a copy of a published article by the same title. Typewritten draft of `Urewera notes: The valley of the bellbirds' (annotated by Cowan). Draft of `Little legends of Maori land: The message of the sea-shell. A story of the East Coast of New Zealand' (carbon copy). Arrangement: Contained in bundle 58 in original listing. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Research papers
Date: [ca 1950s]
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-6/13
Description: Research papers including papers relating to costings for construction of museum display cases, a speech on the value of museums; appeal to the Maori community; list of works printed by Colenso (1835-1852); notes on the meeting houses `Hauteananui-o-Tangaroa'; Te Kani-a-Takirau; Mariu-te-Rangi; issues and clippings from Whakatane & District Historical Society newsletter; `Peculiar pilgrimage, memories of W Bauke (Banke)', Otorohanga (1950s); and a copy of a letter from James W Stack and notes relating to Maori manufacture of greenstone [pounamu]. Quantity: 1 folder(s).