Knocking about in New Zealand

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Paperback, 164 blz. | Engels
Cambridge University Press | e druk, 2011
ISBN13: 9781108039499
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Cambridge University Press e druk, 2011 9781108039499
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Little is known about Charles L. Money, who sailed in 1861 from Gravesend to New Zealand, where, as he recounts in this volume, he spent the next seven years, working as a gold prospector, a surveyor, a sheep hand, a baker's boy, and a log splitter. He also spent periods in the military, serving in McDonnell's campaign against the Maori in the second Taranaki war (1863–6), which was instrumental in establishing colonial control of the area, and participating in the notorious Pokaikai raid, an eyewitness account of which is included in the book. Money also, pragmatically, worked with, and occasionally for, the Maori. His narrative provides source material for social tensions in this formative period of New Zealand history, as well as giving a vivid picture of the hardships of emigrant life. It was published in 1871 by Samuel Mullen, the owner of the first literary library and bookshop in Australia.

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ISBN13:9781108039499
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:164

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Preface; 1. On the sea; 2. On the Lammerlaw; 3. Rowley; 4. Flooded out; 5. The 'Tangi'; 6. Diggers; 7. Soldiering; 8. Exploring party; 9. Bush-clearing; 10. Fight at Pungarahu.

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