Places

Date: 1876

By: Cooke, John George, 1819?-1880

Reference: qMS-0542

Description: Family and personal history in England until the settlement in New Plymouth, 1841, with references to Jane Austen and her family (pp. 20,21,34,35). Account of voyage to New Zealand on Amelia Thompson, 1841. General account of the colonisation of the North Island, especially Taranaki, and history of relations with Maori there; also of Wellington, Auckland, Rotorua, Taupo, Otaki, Manawatu, Wanganui, Waikato, Lakes Tarawera and Rotoaira, 1841-1850 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (90 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (¼ blue morocco, blue buckram; 30 cm)

Date: 1979

By: Marshall, Edward Major, 1905-2000

Reference: MS-Papers-10928

Description: An account of the ancestors and descendants of Rev George Thomas Marshall and his wife Mary Louisa Brown. Includes a transcript of the diary of Geoge Thomas Marshall written on board the Loch Urr to Auckland in 1880-1881, and includes details of his training in Auckland for the Methodist ministry, and subsequent appointments. Also histories of each member of the family. Relationship complexity - See also 83-279 Edward Major Marshall is eleventh child of G T Marshall Quantity: 1 folder(s) (64 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1994

By: Davies, George Neville, 1921-2010

Reference: MSY-3842

Description: `Not beyond Redemption' by George Davies is a biography of Captain John Guard describing his early life in London, time in Newgate prison, work as a convict transportee, sealer, sea-captain and whaler based at Kakapo Bay in Port Underwood working between New Zealand and Sydney. John and Betty Guard and their two children were onboard the Harriet when it was wrecked off the Taranaki coast in 1834 and the biography details the subsequent experiences of the Guard family and the role the Alligator played in this incident, finishing with the subsequent farming career of John Guard at Kakapo Bay. The biography contains photographs and copies of illustrations of people and places mentioned. Source of title - title page Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and photographs (some photocopies)

Date: 1970

By: Henderson, Phil, active 1970

Reference: MS-Papers-5698

Description: Comprises account of Ketemarae locality near Normanby, Taranaki, and includes an index to names mentioned and a map. Henderson gives some background Maori history, he describes the Taranaki wars in the locality, early residents and some land transactions. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (14 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon)