Early Wellington
Contents
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- Chapter I. The Emigrants Depart From Gravesend p. 8
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Chapter II p. 14
- [preamble] p. 14
- The Purchase of Wellington p. 17
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Chapter III p. 23
- [preamble] p. 23
- The “Oriental.” p. 25
- Arrival of the Barque “Duke of Roxburgh.” p. 27
- Arrival of the “Bengal Merchant.” p. 28
- Provisional Constitution p. 30
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Chapter IV p. 33
- [preamble] p. 33
- The “Glenbervie.” p. 36
- Chapter V p. 43
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Chapter VI. Land Operations p. 55
- [preamble] p. 55
- The Area p. 56
- Town Acres
- Land Claims p. 58
- Land Orders
- Governor Hobson p. 59
- The Lieut-Governor p. 61
- Boat Accidents
- Arrival of the “Coromandel.” p. 63
- Death of Mr. Betts Hopper
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Chapter VII p. 66
- [preamble] p. 66
- Trouble with Natives at Te Aro
- Frequent Fines p. 68
- Te Aro Pa Agreement p. 69
- Restrictions
- Wakefield Club
- Early Schools
- Early Taverns p. 70
- Timber Destruction
- Opening of Barrett's Hotel
- Naming of Wellington p. 71
- The First Scotch Thistle p. 73
- Arrival of the Ship “London.”
- Year's End Festivities p. 74
- Shipping Arrivals
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CHAPTER VIII p. 75
- [preamble] p. 75
- Arrival of the “Slains Castle.” p. 76
- Lieut.-Governor Hobson p. 78
- Formation of a Cricket Club
- Arrival of the “Blenheim.”
- A Distinguished Lady Visitor p. 79
- Arrival of “The Lady Nugent.” p. 80
- The Exchange p. 81
- Protection from the Police
- The Institute p. 82
- Wheat Grown at the Hutt
- Municipal Corporation p. 83
- The New Roads
- Arrival of the “Lord William Bentinck.” p. 84
- The First Herd of Cattle p. 85
- Arrival of the “Olympus.” p. 86
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Chapter IX p. 89
- [preamble] p. 89
- Rangihaeata and the Porirua Road
- Arrival of the “Catherine Stewart Forbes.” p. 91
- Arrival of the “Tyne.” p. 92
- Governor Hobson's Arrival p. 93
- Shipping Arrivals p. 94
- Court Scenes
- Legislative Council p. 95
- “Aglionby” and “Richmond” and “Karori.”
- General Progress of the Settlement p. 96
- Arrival of the “Arab.”
- Lambton Harbour p. 99
- Shipping Arrivals
- Arrival of the Gertrude
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Chapter X p. 102
- [preamble] p. 102
- The “Birman.”
- The “Brougham.” p. 105
- Population—Prison—and Post Office p. 106
- Arrival of the Ship “London.”
- Sheep and Cattle p. 107
- The Post Office and Court House Fire
- The Launching of the “Maori Davis.”
- Election of Aldermen p. 108
- Races on the Pito-one Beach p. 110
- The Beach Fire p. 112
- Society Notes p. 113
- Picnics
- Arrival of the “George Fife.”
- Shipping Arrivals p. 115
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Chapter XI p. 116
- [preamble] p. 116
- Anniversary Day
- War Alarms
- The 1843 Comet p. 117
- A Civic Reception
- Wairau Conflict p. 118
- Preparations for Defence p. 120
- Te Rauparaha and Rangihaeata p. 124
- Natives at the Hutt p. 126
- Te Rauparaha's Ride
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Chapter XII p. 128
- [preamble] p. 128
- Governor Fitzroy's Levee
- A Duel p. 129
- A Great Procession
- Shipping Arrivals p. 130
- To Arms p. 131
- Governor Fitzroy's Departure p. 132
- Native Troubles p. 133
- Bugler Allen p. 136
- Presentation to Te Puni p. 139
- Chapter XIII
- [preamble] p. 140
- The New Zealand Coast Survey p. 142
- The “Calliope” Ball
- Mechanic's Institute
- Death of Colonel William Wakefield p. 143
- Order of Funeral
- Monument to Colonel Wakefield p. 144
- The Earthquake of 1848
- Earthquake Report p. 147
- “Shipping.” p. 151
- Government House Ball
- Town Clock p. 152
- Reform Banquet
- Queen Victoria's Birthday p. 153
- Military Operations p. 154
- Shipping
- Native Population, Etc
- Dinner at the Hutt, 1851 p. 159
- Shipping p. 160
- Earthquake, 1855
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Chapter XIV p. 165
- [preamble] p. 165
- Political Dinner p. 166
- The Drama p. 168
- Condensed Information
- Duke of Edinburgh's Visit p. 169
- The Whaler on Shore
- Events of the Seventies p. 171
- The Flying Squadron p. 172
- Retrospect
- Death and Burial of Te Puni, 1870
- A Pakeha Maori's Lament p. 176
- Chapter XV p. 177
- Part II
- Part II. Port Nicholson (Whanga-nui-a-Tara.) p. 190
- Wellington Hills
- The Land Ballot
- The Original One-acre Sections in the Town of Wellington, and their Purchasers p. 191
- History of the Streets and Origin of Place Names
- [preamble] p. 207
- Footpath Ordnance, 12/10/48 p. 208
- Street Nomenclature and Place Names
- … Barrett's Hotel.”… p. 250
- The Pioneer Prince p. 257
- The Stocks in Mulgrave Street p. 272
- Pipitea Pa p. 285
- Part III. PART III. Biographical Sketches
- Part IV
- PART IV. General Information p. 367
- Chronological List of Events p. 374
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Churches p. 384
- Church of England Society, 1839 p. 384
- Wesleyan Missionaries
- Wesleyan Church, 1840 p. 386
- Baptisms, 1841
- The Episcopal Church, 1841
- High Mass, 1840 p. 387
- St. Mary's, Boulcott Street, 1842
- Congregational, 1842
- Religious Persuasions, 1845
- Primitive Methodist, 1847
- St. Peter's, 1848
- Evangelical Alliance
- Hutt Church, 1849
- St. Mary's, Hill Street, 1850
- Karori Church, 1852 p. 391
- St. John's Presbyterian, 1853
- N.Z. Church Constitution, 1857 p. 392
- First General Synod, 1859
- St. Andrew's Church of Scotland
- St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, 1866
- St. Matthias, 1867 p. 393
- The Synagogue, 1870
- The First Bishop of Wellington
- St. Mark's, 1876
- United Methodist, 1876
- Salvation Army
- First Maori Bishop of New Zealand
- Sailors' Friend Society, Church and Institute p. 394
- Civic Affairs p. 395
- Drama p. 402
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Education p. 403
- Schools from 1840 p. 403
- Wellington College p. 407
- Victoria University p. 409
- Public Schools
- Wellington East Girls' College
- Electoral Roll (1859)
- Estimates. Estimates for 1842 p. 410
- Fires
- Free Trade p. 413
- Gifts to the City
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Government p. 414
- [introduction] p. 414
- Government Domain Reserve
- Government Appointments p. 416
- The Governors of New Zealand p. 419
- Harbour Board p. 421
- Justice Department p. 423
- Market p. 427
- Meteorological Station
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Military Protection p. 428
- [introduction] p. 428
- Military Staff at Wellington
- Militia
- Military p. 430
- Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, 1901
- Newspapers p. 436
- New Zealand Association. Captain Herd's Expedition, 1825
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New Zealand Company p. 439
- [introduction] p. 439
- Emigration, 25/5/39 p. 440
- Founders of Wellington
- New Zealand Company, 1846 p. 449
- Professions and Trades, 1840-1846 p. 450
- Reclamations p. 453
- Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths. From 1839—1866 p. 455
- Reserves p. 462
- Shipping p. 463
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New Zealand Company's Ships p. 466
- Arrival of the “Brougham.” p. 468
- Shipwrecks p. 470
- Statistics p. 471
- Noah's Ark
- Post Office Time Ball Service p. 473
- Reclamation Tramlines, 1866
- Surveyors
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- Appendix p. 486
- List of Illustrations p. 508
- General Index p. 511
- Reference to Numbers on the Map of Port Nicholson, page 189 p. 540
- Erratum
- List of Early Subscribers p. 541