Journal of the Nelson and Marlborough Historical Societies, Volume 1, Issue 2, November 1982
June E. Neale–Landfall Nelson, 1642–1842 – (1978) and Pioneer Passengers – (1982)
June E. Neale–Landfall Nelson, 1642–1842 – (1978) and Pioneer Passengers – (1982)
Mrs Neale has done a great service not only to the descendents of our first emigrants but to all readers interested in the conditions with which our early settlers had to contend, and in researching her two books she has used a wealth of material from letters, diaries and sketches which had not previously been familiar to the general reader.
It will be apparent from this brief bibliographical resume of the exploration and foundation of the settlement of Nelson in its infant years that we have been extremely fortunate to have had the historical aspects of the area so well documented by competent authors whose work has provided the sound basis for study and research by succeeding scholars and writers. Reasearchets of the future will undoubtedly continue to appreciate the foundations laid down by the recorders of our early provincial history.