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Vanguard of the south: Nelson, New Zealand.
- Title
- Vanguard of the south: Nelson, New Zealand.
- Author
- Brereton, Cyprian Bridge, 1876-
- Publication
- Wellington, A.H. & A.W. Reed [1952]
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Details
- Description
- 255 p. illus.; 22 cm.
- Subject
- Nelson (N.Z. : Provincial District)
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- "Authorities": p. 254.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Foreword -- In the beginning -- The native occupant -- Trading for homes -- Choosing a site -- The new life -- Finding many problems -- Accidents lead to disaster -- The fight at Tua Marina -- Its aftermath -- The colony reorganised -- A year of crisis -- The Upper Moutere settlement -- Local conditions -- Representative Government -- The little ships -- Diary of events -- War comes to New Zealand -- The golden age -- The Provincial Council -- Nelson City Council -- The turn of the century -- Between wars -- The second World War -- Military history -- Tobacco -- The railway -- Murchison -- Collingwood -- The Rai Valley -- Dovedale -- Sarah Sharp, 1830-1924 -- Francis Holder, 1841-1925 -- Henry O'Brien Deck, 1860-1925 -- Thomas James Smith, 1868- -- The second century -- Authorities -- Acknowledgements.
- LCCN
- ^^^52067711^/L
- OCLC
- 18084101
- SCSB-11732592
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library