Pioneer Families - The Settlers of Nineteeth-Century New Zealand

David Bateman, 1994 edition. Very good condition except for faded dustjacket spine.

An account of families living in New Zealand in the nineteenth century. Sixteen families are discussed, from different regions throughout the country, and involved in a wide range of employment, professions or business. The author consulted published work, family archives, newspaper files, museum and library records and interviewed people who remembered members of their family alive in the nineteenth century. There are contemporary photographs, and several colour plates. There is an index...