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From Tamaki-Makau-Rau to Auckland by R C J Stone
59.95 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Reading Level: very good
The isthmus between the two harbours on which modern Auckland now stands and which Maori called Tamaki-makau-rau was a virtual population void when Hobson bought it in 1840 from the resident owners as the site of the new capital. It was, however, reputed in former times to be the most densely populated ...Show more
Logan Campbell's Auckland - Tales from the early years by R C J. Stone
45.00 NZD
Category: Rotorua Books | Reading Level: near fine
In this charming book, Russell Stone, author of the awardwinning "From Tamaki-makau-rau to Auckland", recounts 15 tales from his encyclopaedic knowledge of 19th-century colonial Auckland. These include the stories of novelist Anthony Trollope's visit, a newspaper printed on a mangle, of two aborted duel ...Show more
Reminiscences of a Long Life: John Logan Campbell by John Logan Campbell; R.C.J. Stone (editor)
89.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Most will know of Cornwall Park and will have heard of Sir John Logan Campbell who donated the park to Auckland in 1901, but few will know of his extraordinarily adventurous life and wonderfully gifted style of writing. This book brings for the first time to the reader a complete account of his life in ...Show more
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