Behold the Moon The European Occupation of the Dunedin District 1770-1848
RM 30.99
ISBN:
9781623092139
Categories:
General Novel
History
File Size
4.85 MB
Format
epub
Language
English
Release Year
2013
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Author
Peter EntwisleSynopsis
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.