Engineer and surveyor. Experienced in railway surveys and construction in UK. Came to Wellington ca 1845. Engineer-in-chief, Survey Department, Wellington 1853; later chief surveyor for Wellington and Hawkes Bay. Then surveyor to the Native Land Purchase Department until its abolition. Surveyor in charge, of sketch map showing extent of government purchases of Maori land by 1853. Represented Waimaramara in Hawke's Bay Provincial Council 1862 and Napier Town 1863. [Dictionary of New Zealand biography / Scholefield Volume 1]
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Fitzgerald, Michael, active 1843-1863
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Map
Swainson, George Frederick, 1829-1870 :Province of Wellington sketch map [copy of ms ma...
Date: 1853
By: Swainson, George Frederick, 1829-1870; Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986
Reference: MapColl-832.4gbbd/1853/Acc.24902
Description: Sketch map of the province of Wellington, with topographical features including rivers, and depicting three major pieces of information as at December 1853 (tinted blue): the quantity of land purchased from the Maori (as at July 1953 1,469,700 and tinted pink and as at December 1853 3,168,600), the estimated quantity of available land (5,172,084), and the estimated quantity of waste land (2,161,317) as per Commissioner Donald Mclean's statement. The total of these lands is given as 10,502,001. A note on the map states that 'the contents of the purchases tinted blue are only approximated - not having been surveyed'. The land blocks identified include Ahiaruhe, Puketoi, Hapuka, Ahuriri, Mohaka, Whanganui and Rangitikei. Please note that the blue and pink tints on the map are indistinguishable due to the copy being in black and white. Map signed by the draughtsman, GF Swainson and by M Fitzgerald, surveyor in charge, 1853. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale [1:1 267 200], 31 x 38 cm. Provenance: Donated by A.G. Bagnall.
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: May-Dec 1852
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-013
Description: Identified persons entered under Name Other - See also diaries MSX-2663 & MSX-2664 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Manuscript
Inward letters - Michael Fitzgerald
Date: 1854-1864
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0273
Description: 57 letters written from Napier (Melford Cottage), Wairoa, Mahia, 1854-1864. Includes Fitzgerald's diary entries, 27 Sep-30 Nov 1859 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Manuscript
Inward letters - Michael Fitzgerald
Date: 1865-1873, nd
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0274
Description: 61 letters written from Wellington, Wairoa, Coromandel, Auckland, Sydney, Napier (Melford Cottage) & Marton, 1865-1873, and undated Includes sketch map showing land purchased from H B Sealy by McLean in Milton Road, Napier (undated) Quantity: 1 folder(s).