Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Heads, harbour & hills : an Awhitu history
Other Name
Heads, harbour and hills (Alternate title)
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Awhitu History Book Society
Place
Date
1999
Physical Description
136 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 30 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0473062186
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Content
Introduction: What's in a name? -- Ch. 1. The beginnings -- Ch. 2. The coming of the missionaries -- Ch. 3. Land survey and purchase -- Ch. 4. Domestic life -- Ch. 5. Early settlers -- Ch. 6. The church in Awhitu -- Ch. 7. Awhitu schools -- Ch. 8. Awhitu in wartime -- Ch. 9. Local government -- Ch. 10. Post offices and telephones -- Ch. 11. Harbour transport -- Ch. 12. Trade and industry -- Ch. 13. Manuaku Harbour -- Ch. 14. Social life -- Ch. 15. Awhitu today -- Pictorial: Selection of photographs -- Appendices. Awards to Awhitu residents. An epitome of official documents relative to native affairs. Land blocks purchased by Government. Alienations of Maori Reserve Land. Map: Replica of Andrewarth's S025 map. Original purchasers of land in the Awhitu Parish 1983. Early settle place names, historical sites, past and present in Awhitu. Today's Franklin District survey map of Awhitu Peninsula. Manukau Harbour chart, prepared by Captain Drury in 1953. Manukau Harbour chart, showing site of the HMS Orpheus.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Franklin District (N.Z.) - History]
Includes bibliographical references (page 135).
Collection Type
Reading Room
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
16 Dec 2023
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