The City of Auckland New Zealand
by John Barr
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About this eBook
- Author
- Barr, John, 1887-1971
- Title
- The City of Auckland, New Zealand, 1840-1920
- Credits
- Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Paul Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DU: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: History of Oceania (South Seas)
- Subject
- Auckland (N.Z.) -- History
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 46925
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46925
- Release Date
- September 21, 2014
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE CITY OF AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND A HISTORY
- 2.Foreword
- 3.Preface
- 4.Correction
- 5.Contents
- 6.List of Illustrations
- 7.THE MAORI HISTORY OF THE AUCKLAND ISTHMUS (Tamaki-Makau-Rau) — I Introduction — THE EARLIEST INHABITANTS OF TAMAKI — II Toi-te-huatahi [1] — III The Arrival of the Fleet — 1350 A.D. — IV The Tainui Canoe — V The Arawa Canoe — VI The Matatua Canoe — VII The Aotea Canoe — VIII Ancient Maori Society—A Retrospect — IX The Wars of Tamaki — MAKI’S INVASION FROM WAIKATO — KAWHARU’S INVASION FROM KAIPARA — WARS WITH HAURAKI GULF TRIBES — THE MURDER OF KAHURAUTAO — KAPETAWA’S INVASION — X Kiwi Tamaki (1720-1750) — XI The Ngati-Whatua Era in Tamaki — XII The Nineteenth Century (1800-1840) — MARSDEN’S VISIT — CRUISE’S VISIT TO TAMAKI, 1820 — TE KOPERU’S INVASION — HONGI’S INVASION — D’URVILLE’S VISIT — NGAPUHI DEFEATED AT TAMAKI HEADS — THE COMING OF CHRISTIANITY
- 8.THE CITY OF AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND 1840-1920
- 9.Chapter I Foundation and Settlement (1840-1850) — Price of Provisions at Auckland, July, 1841 — Rents and Lodging — Wages
- 10.Chapter II Development: 1851-1870
- 11.Chapter III Progress and a Slump : 1871-1900
- 12.Chapter IV Prosperity and Expansion: 1901-1920
- 13.Postscript
- 14.Appendix I The Name of Auckland
- 15.Appendix II Population of the City of Auckland
- 16.Appendix III Table Showing Imports and Exports at the Port of Auckland: 1853-1920 — FOOTNOTES:
- 17.Index
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