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The Defenders of New Zealand and Maori History of the War

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Media: DATA CD - 1 CD (654 pages)
Author: T. Gudgeon & Lieut-Col. McDonnell
Year: (1887) 2007
ISBN: 9781921081743
Publisher: Archive Digital Books Australasia

This book comprises of two sections. A biographical record of New Zealand colonialist defenders, by Thos. Wayth Gudgeon, and an account of the war from a native perspective by Lieutenant-Colonel McDonnell, as well as including portraits and colour drawings.

The larger part of the book: 'The Defenders of New Zealand' is a 'short biography of colonialists who distinguished themselves in upholding her Majesty's supremacy in these islands'. It briefly examines the lives of many early New Zealand colonialists and gives an account of their role in the Maori Wars. Almost all of the biographies are accompanied by a sketched portrait.

The second section is written by Lieutenant-Colonel McDonnell, for Kowhia Ngutu Kaka, a Maori Chief. It is an account of early colonisation from the chief's perspective. McDonnell has simply repeated his view point and has 'studiously avoided giving my own impressions. What I have written are merely Maori ideas, and what I know to be such'. Also included is a list of New Zealand medal receivers.

This book therefore gives a very accurate account of early colonisation in New Zealand and the Maori wars from both the colonialist, and the Maori perspectives. A fascinating and extremely useful record for New Zealand family, local and war historians.

The whole text is searchable. Search for any word in the text - names, places and more.

Originally produced by Archive CD Books Australia in 2005, this title has now been remastered and re-released, and includes better searching capability. This CD contains high quality scanned images of the whole year's worth of issues, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Any computer using Adobe (Acrobat) Reader 4 or later
Adobe Reader 6 or later is recommended for CDs with searchable text

SAMPLE ENTRY:
Click here to download a file of sample pages from this book. Right click on the link and select "save as" - to a location on your hard drive. The sampler can be opened, navigated and searched as with the full CD file/s. Sample files usually contain the title page, contents, some introductory pages and sample pages from the body of the book. Often the complete index from the original book is included.

 

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