Behold the Moon The European Occupation of the Dunedin District 1770-1848 by Peter Entwisle
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Author:
Peter Entwisle
Category:
General Novel
, History
ISBN:
9781623092139
Publisher:
Bookbaby
File Size:
4.85 MB
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Synopsis
Behold the Moon describes the European history of the Dunedin district (New Zealand) before the arrival of the Scottish settlers in 1848.It details a forgotten war between Maori and Pakeha sparked by a Maori chief's theft of a red shirt and a sealer's excessive revenge. It describes William Tucker's residence at Whareakeake and his fostering of an export trade in hei-tiki, the rise and decline of sealing and flax trading before permanent European occupation was started in 1831 by the Weller brothers, whalers and New Zealand-wide traders.
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