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Te Waiarohia o Ngaitai : the story of the Bucklands Beach peninsula / Geoff Fairfield.
- Title
- Te Waiarohia o Ngaitai : the story of the Bucklands Beach peninsula / Geoff Fairfield.
- Author
- Fairfield, Geoff.
- Publication
- Auckland [N.Z.] : Tamaki Estuary Protection Society, 1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | DU436.A8B924F3 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Tamaki Estuary Protection Society
- Description
- 88 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., maps, ports.; 30 cm.
- Summary
- "The geological and archaeological history ... as well as the European settlement and development ... early Māori settlement"--P. 7.
- Alternative Title
- Story of the Bucklands Beach peninsula
- Subject
- Bucklin family
- Suburbs > New Zealand > Manukau > History
- Peninsulas > New Zealand > Manukau > History
- Māori (New Zealand people) > New Zealand > Manukau > Antiquities
- Tainui (New Zealand people) > New Zealand > Manukau > Antiquities
- Excavations (Archaeology) > New Zealand > Manukau
- Bucklands Beach (Manukau, N.Z.) > History
- Bucklands Beach (Manukau, N.Z.) > Antiquities
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Transparent overlay precedes p. 67.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 88).
- Language (note)
- In English.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Preface -- Introduction -- The Maori pa (My early visit to the pa site ; How the pa was defended ; Kumara pits and gardens ; The unusual vegetation ; Burial site).
- Early days on the peninsula (Alfred and Eliza Buckland ; My early years ; Visits to the peninsula ; My grandparents built a beach cottage ; The second wharf at Bucklands Beach ; Local characters ; Eastern subdivisions).
- Discovering the past (The Buckland farm ; I find my first adze ; A Maori workshop site ; Maori settlements on the peninsula ; A Maori outpost ; Damage on the pa site ; The Musick Memorial building ; The Army defends Musick Point ; The cannon balls).
- Changes in the environment (Changes in the natural environment on the peninsula ; Pollution of the Tamaki River ; Granger's brickworks ; Geological formations on the peninsula ; Taupo ash at Bucklands Beach ; Fossil forests ; The Parade pollen grains).
- Appendices (1: The Buckland family tree ; 2: Death of Colonel A. Morrow ; 3: Victory motor run, 1919 ; 4: The Battle of Musick Point ; 5: Place names).
- ISBN
- 0473028352 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 40633815
- SCSB-12297895
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library