Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
The adventures of a surveyor in New Zealand and the Australian gold diggings
Other Name
[New Zealand pamphlets. Volume 9] -- parent record (Alternate title)
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
David Bogue
Place
Date
1853
Physical Description
iv, 73 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Collection
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Related Object Notes
MS-2000-5 Catalogue of the Mackelvie Collection of Books and Pamphlets
MUS-1995-38-86 Museum correspondence - Mackelvie, James Tannock
N5297 CAT Catalogue of the Mackelvie Collection for Auckland, New Zealand
Subject Category
Content
CHAPTER I.--Voyage out--Man overboard--Fall in with the William Hyde--Mishap of a reverend--Sailing match-- Superstition of sailing on a Friday--Singular coincidence in the arrival of two vessels in New Zealand--General description of the islands.
CHAP. II.--Canterbury Settlement--Plains, scarcity of timber on--Christchurch--No communication of traffic with--Quail Island--Seaman runs away--Jack ashore--Exposes himself to the ladies, amusing incident--New steward--Mate fined for losing his temper--Description of the East coast of Tavaipoenammoo--Port Nicholson--Dinner party--Sailor's Home --The runaway discovered--Cadetship.
CHAP. III.--Start up the West coast--Ambuscade--Porirua-Coast scenery--Beautiful sands--Lose the track at night- Maorie Whare--Cheapness of peaches--Sheep stations -Man chased by a boar--Boar-hunting--Drunken sawyers -Mosquitoes--Affectionately greeted by two fat native women --Forcing a passage through scrub--Turakina--Whanganui --War pah--Pumice-stone--Price of land--Cattle stations --Sheep-farming.
CHAP. IV.--My brother goes to Sydney--Parting dinner--Rules of the boarding-house shamefully transgressed--Join the government staff--Rangitikei--Last instalment--2000l. paid to natives--Mexican full dress--Description of natives-- Shooting a Maorie--Cannibalism-- Moatoa--Cross the island--Two days without food--Southern Alps--Frozen up --Hazuka--The queen--Marriage of a half-caste--Ducking a parson--Loss of a vessel--Aluvieri--Duck-shooting--Gale at sea--Shipwreck.
CHAP. V.--Barque Napoleon--Short allowance--Melbourne Lodgings--Canvas Town--Carriage to the Diggings--Mate stuck up--Man shot.
CHAP. VI.--Road to the Diggings-- Bushrangers--Stuck in the mud-- Teaching the young idea how to shoot--Forest Creek--Bendigo--Turning a creek--Diarrhoea --Price of pro¡visions--Form of gold-licence-- How gold is found--Pipe¡clay-- An old lag shot--Go down to town--Working in the bay--The Calashes' mistake--Boy drowned--Immigration-Fever aboard a ship.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: New Zealand--Colonisation--History--19th century]
Alfred Robins, Printer, 7, Southampton Street, Strand.
Associated Notes
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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