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In the grip of an island : early Stewart Island history / Olga Sansom.
- Title
- In the grip of an island : early Stewart Island history / Olga Sansom.
- Author
- Sansom, Olga, 1900-
- Publication
- Invercargill : Craigs, 1982.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | DU430.S7 S36 x, 1982 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 172 p., [48] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports.; 23 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Ill. on lining papers.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [161].
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. Tell it aslant -- 2. Island background -- 3. Sawmills and people: Kaipipi and North Arm -- 4. Sawmills and people: Old Mill Creek, Halfmoon Bay, Horse Shoe Bay, Hapuatuna, Maori Beach -- 5. Kai-Aroha-Ki: A place for loving -- 6. The Neck: a magnet -- 7. The Neck and its people and Foveaux Strait Islands -- 8. The Neck and more families -- 9. Broad Bay -- 10. Port Pegasus -- 11. Port Pegasus: People, gold and "black stuff" -- 12. Smugglers and taipo -- 13. Port William -- 14. Port William, Port Adventure and Paterson Inlet people -- . 15 Anchorage: Yesterday and today -- Appendix I: Sawmillers -- Appendix II: The Neck: family homes; cemeteries -- Appendix III: School rolls, The Neck and Maori Beach.
- ISBN
- 0908629001
- OCLC
- 12894625
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library