Shipwreck of the Maria
(Event)
Participants
Subject of Texts
- [Deposition by a survivor of the shipwrecked Maria, The New Zealand Spectator and Cook’s Strait Guardian Wednesday, 6 August, 1851]
- [Notice of burials, The New Zealand Spectator and Cooks’s Strait Guardian, Wednesday, July 30, 1851]
- [Notice of the wrecking of the Maria, The New Zealand Spectator and Cook’s Strait Guardian, Saturday, July 26, 1851]
- Sonnet on the Wreck of the Maria
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Shipwreck of the Maria":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.