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Knocking about in New Zealand (Paperback)
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Knocking about in New Zealand (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
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Little is known about Charles L. Money, who sailed in 1861 from
Gravesend to New Zealand, where, as he recounts in this volume, he
spent the next seven years, working as a gold prospector, a
surveyor, a sheep hand, a baker's boy, and a log splitter. He also
spent periods in the military, serving in McDonnell's campaign
against the Maori in the second Taranaki war (1863-6), which was
instrumental in establishing colonial control of the area, and
participating in the notorious Pokaikai raid, an eyewitness account
of which is included in the book. Money also, pragmatically, worked
with, and occasionally for, the Maori. His narrative provides
source material for social tensions in this formative period of New
Zealand history, as well as giving a vivid picture of the hardships
of emigrant life. It was published in 1871 by Samuel Mullen, the
owner of the first literary library and bookshop in Australia.
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