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Dear tyrant : an extraordinary colonial life

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  • Description

    "Dear Tyrant, as his wife called him, is the story of Albert James Allom (1825-1909), his family and childhood, his adventurous youth, his relationship with Edward Gibbon Wakefield, his struggle for success, and his philosophy of life. His story begins in London then moves to New Zealand and, later, the West Indies before he returns to New Zealand. Later again, seven years are spent in Tasmania before a final return to New Zealand.

    In New Zealand he was a survey cadet for the New Zealand Company in Wellington, Manawatu and Otago before becoming an enterprising run-holder in the Wairarapa, a mining and farming estate manager on Great Barrier Island, the registrar of mines at Thames and Ohinemuri goldfields, and eventually a very active retiree in Auckland. The story of his life is laced with human insight, humour and tragedy. Many notable figures during New Zealand's colonial era appear in Allom's own writings which add immediacy to the narrative and there are poignant passages about his beloved wife, Eliza, and their family of nine children"--Back cover.

  • Place
    Masterton, New Zealand
  • Other Id

    DU420.1 ALL (Library of Congress Call Number)

    83780 (Cat ID)

    83750 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    Dear tyrant : an extraordinary colonial life
  • Primary Maker

     Barrie Allom (Author)

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Wairarapa Archive : Fraser Books
  • Place
    Masterton, New Zealand
  • Date
    2014
  • Physical Description

    viii, 315 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    9780992247522
  • Language
    English
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category

    Colonists--New Zealand--Biography/Library of Congress subject headings

    Surveyors--New Zealand--Biography

    New Zealand--History--19th century

  • Content
    London lad, 1825-1841 -- Voyage of the Brougham, 1841-1842 -- Survey cadet with the NZ company, 1842-1845 -- Wairarapa squatter, 1845-1848 -- Secretary to E.G. Wakefield, 1848-1850 -- Tobago: colonial services, 1851-1861 -- Voyage of the Mermaid, 1861 -- Great Barrier Island: build-up, 1861-1862 -- Great Barrier Island: options galore, 1862-1863 -- Great Barrier Island: let down, 1863-1868 -- Another venture: voyage of the Rapido, 1868-1869 -- Thames: Registrar of Mines, 1870-1875 -- Ohinemuri: Register of Mines, 1875-1877 -- Thames: from gold to justice, 1878-1882 -- Thames: family affairs and interests, 1883-1886 -- Thames: up, down and out, 1886-1889 -- Launceston: entrepreneur and stirrer, 1889-1896 -- Auckland: a struggle for recognition, 1897-1899 -- Auckland: issues legal, ethical and ethnic, 1897-1900 -- Auckland: a new century, 1900-1903 -- Auckland: from zest to rest, 1904-1909.
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Allom, Albert J. (Albert James), 1825-1909.]

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-307) and index.

  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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