Once The Wilderness Index

Once the Wilderness Index, 2002

Once … The Wilderness by John T. Diamond (2nd edition, 1966)

Index compiled by Lisa J. Truttman, of Avondale-Waterview Historical Society, 2002

A Abbott, J (“Lonsdale” poultry yards)

25

Adams (settler, Cornwallis)

59

Ainsworth, James (Gold Co. shareholder, Waitakere settler) 154 Aitken, William (Cornwallis Settlement)

64

Amalgamated Brick & Pipe Co

99 – 100, 103

Ambler, Miss C. (Glen Eden Town Clerk)

8

Anawhata

35 – 36, 39, 120 – 121, 169, 198

Appleton, Fred (Waitakere settler)

29

Archibald, James (brickyard)

94, 98, 103

Armstrong, John (Titirangi settler)

16

Armstrong, Thomas (Titirangi settler)

16

Astley (E. Astley and Sons Ltd, tannery, New Lynn)

6

Astley Ave (New Lynn)

126

Atherton Caning Co. (Glen Eden)

25

Atkinson Valley

9, 16

Atkinson, Mt.

16

Atkinson, “Smiler”

85

Attwood, Arthur (New Lynn settler)

14

Auckland Brick Company (Henderson)

100

Auckland Brick & Tile Company

98

Auckland City Council

19, 25 – 27, 159

Auckland Regional Authority Centennial Park & Reserves Committee 64, 122, 155, 164, 170 171 Avondale -- “Aitken’s Point”, Rosebank (brickyard) -- Archibald brickyard -- Atkinson, “Smiler”

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94, 97, 103 94, 98, 103 85

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-- Avondale Asylum -- Avondale Racecourse -- Avondale Station -- Bethell, John Neale -- Bollard, John -- Bourke’s Brickyard -- coal deposit stories -- Exler, Moses -- doctor -- Glenburn Potteries -- hotel -- Hunt, William -- Pollen brickyard

70, 166 97 94 49 69, 147 97 147 96 47, 71 96, 103 23, 164, (photo) 96 41, 92 – 93, 97, 98

Awhitu Peninsula

17, 141

B Bacon, Septimus (Waitakere Valley)

48

Baillie family (Te Atatu)

42

Baker, George (Mill Bay, Huia)

18

Barr, Thomas (settler, Huia)

20, 111

Baxter, Fred (Henderson land owner)

44

Baxter, William (Henderson Valley)

47

Beach family

67

Beetham, A (Henderson settler)

44

Bendall family (Waitakere settlers)

29, 30 (photo)

Bethell’s Beach (Te Henga)

39, 49, 108, 133, 136, 169, 184, 186, 194, 209, 218

Bethell family

35, 49, 81, 189

Big Muddy Creek (Parau)

17 – 18, 109, 124, 148 – 149, 187

Bishop, John (Titirangi settler)

16, 17, 27, 28, 107

Bollard, John

69

Bourke’s Brickyard

97

Blackburn, Elizabeth Ann (Waikomiti)

69

Blockhouse Bay

9

Blowhole Bay

215

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“Boo-cow Tom” (bushman)

86 - 87

Bradford, William (“Yankee” Bill, Huia)

85

Brick, pipe, pottery manufacturers

92 – 104

-- Amalgamated Brick & Pipe Co -- Archibald, James -- Auckland Brick & Tile Company -- Bourke’s Brickyard -- Bycroft (Avondale) -- Carder, Joshua (Hobsonville brickmaker) -- Clark, R O (potter, Hobsonville)

99 – 100, 103 94, 98, 103 98 97 96 100, 101 93, 99, 100, 101, 103, 156 -- Clarke’s Potteries (Taylor Street, Blockhouse Bay) 104 -- Craig, J. J. (brickyard, Avondale) 96, 100 -- Crown Lynn pottery 102 (photo), 103 -- Crum, Albert (brickmaker) 99 – 100, 103 -- Crum, Brick, Tile and Pottery Co. Ltd, The 103 – 104 -- Dowden (potter, Hobsonville) 101,156 -- Exler, Moses (pottery) 96 -- firebricks (J. J. Symonds) 149 -- Gardner & Parker (brickworks) 99 -- Gardner Brothers 6, 99 -- Gardner, C. F. 7, 99 -- Gardner, R. O (“Tonks”) 7, 99, 103 -- Glenburn Potteries 96, 103 -- Hartshorn (Henderson brickmaker) 100 -- Hepburn family (brickyards) 41, 43, 44, 46, 67, 94, 100, 159 -- Hunt, William 96 -- Kemsley (Henderson brickmaker) 100 -- Laurie Brothers (brickyards) 41, 43, 44, 67, 93 -- Malam, John (brickyards) 41, 46, 93, 98 -- New Zealand Brick, Tile and Potter Co. Ltd (Crum) 99 – 100 -- Ockleston, James (Whenuapai pipe maker) 103 -- Pollen, Dr. Daniel (brickyard) 41, 92 – 93, 97 -- Redfern (brickmaker, New Lynn) 97 -- Ringrose, Dick (brickmaker) 93, 98 -- Scott, James (brickmaker, Henderson) 100 -- Thomas, William (brickmaker, Kelston) 98 -- Vasey (potter, Carder Bros., Hobsonville) 100, 156 -- Wright, James (potter) 98 Brimner/Brimmer, William (Titirangi settler)

16, 17

Brissenden, Edward (Bethell’s Beach)

51

Brissenden’s Flax mill (Bethells Beach)

51

“Brooklyn” (Big Muddy Creek)

18

Browne, Arthur (Anawhata)

35

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Bryan (settler, Huia)

20

“Buffalo Bill” (wore cowboy hat)

86

Bullock drivers and teams

18, 121 – 122, 179 – 182, (photo, 180)

Bullock, Mrs. J. F. (deputy mayor, New Lynn)

8

Burgeson (timber miller)

36, 121

Burnett, W. F, Commodore, C. B. (“Orpheus”)

131, 133, 134

Bush, John (Henderson nurseryman)

125

Bushmen -- “Boo-cow Tom” (bushman) -- Campbell, Arthur (bushman) -- Cowan, Charlie, senior (bushman) -- Spargo, Henry (bushman) -- Wilson, Edward (“The Onion”, bushman) Byles, Moffatt (Oratia settler)

86 - 87 78 32, 34, 48, 185 78 78 28, 33

C Caffery (prison escapee)

78

Cain, Barney (businessman)

97

“Calico Jack” (draper)

86

Calvert, George (Waikomiti Hotel)

41

Campbell, Arthur (bushman)

78

Campbell family (Maori, Te Atatu)

42

Canal Scheme

6

Cantwell, William (rep. For Waikomiti Highway District)

9, 28, 167 - 168

Canty, Thomas

17, 27, 107

Canty’s Creek (Oratia Stream)

27 – 28, 119

Carder Bros. (Hobsonville)

100, 101

Carder, Joshua (Hobsonville brickmaker)

100, 101

Carrol, Benjamine (Titirangi Hotel)

15 – 16

Carter (Oratia settlers)

28, 168

Chambers, John (ironworks)

150

Christian (Swanson settler)

52

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Clark, R O (potter, Hobsonville)

93, 99, 100, 101, 103, 156

Clarke’s Potteries (Taylor Street, Blockhouse Bay)

104

Cochrane, Alexander (Glen Eden settler, orchardist)

27, 124 – 125, 168

Coal (lignite deposits found)

62, 147, 173

Colebrook, George (Henderson Valley)

47

Colebrooks Boarding House, Henderson

46, 47

Colenso, (missionary)

11, 173

Collins, Richard (road contractor)

41

Concertina Charlie, Devonport

81

Concerts, community

67 – 68

Cook, Captain

144

Corban, A. A. (Henderson vintner)

127

Corban Wines Ltd.

127, 128 (photo)

Cornwallis (Karangahape Bay)

18, 54 – 65, 105, 147, 207

Cowan, Charlie, senior (bushman)

32, 34, 48, 185

Craig, J. J. (brickyard, Avondale)

96, 100

Cranwell, Ben (Henderson settler)

43, 124

Crowe (Swanson settler)

52

Crown Lynn pottery

102 (photo), 103

Crum, Albert (brickmaker)

99 – 100, 103

Crum, Brick, Tile and Pottery Co. Ltd, The

103 – 104

Cutler & Sons, H. J. (nursery, New Lynn)

125 - 126

Cutler, Herbert & Henry (nurserymen, New Lynn)

125 – 127 (photo 126)

“Cutter Rock” (Whatipu)

132, 142, 185

D Dalmatian familes, Oratia & Henderson

28, 127 - 128

Dams

86, 112 - 116

“Darkey’s Hill”

33, 81

Davidson (Oratia settler)

28

Davis Glue, New Lynn

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Davis, Sir George

7

Dawson family & Col. Dawson (Nihotupu settlers)

29

de Brabandiere (Titirangi settler)

16

Denyer Family

13 - 14

Denyer, George Henry (New Lynn settler)

13

Destruction Gully (signal beacon)

142 (photo), 143, 183,

204 Devonport

81

“Digger” Smith (Henderson gumdigger)

85

Dignan, Mr. J

46

Dilworth, Andrew & James

46, 51, 165 - 166

Doctors

47, 70 - 71

Donald McLean, Mt.

20, 111

Don Buck (Randoff Sanfrisco Figuero)

86, 89 – 91, 162

Dowden (potter, Hobsonville)

101

Drury, Capt. (drew up chart of Manukau Harbour)

133, 134

Duncan, George (Henderson settler)

43, 100

D’Urville, Dumont

144

Dutch Kiwi Inn

29

E Education Reserve, Archibald Rd

25, 40

Ellerman, Tom (boarding house owner)

32 - 33

Ellis, Sir Howard

7

“Emma Bank” (Manukau Harbour)

130

Erangi Point (Bethell’s Beach)

184, 189, 217 - 218

Evans (Oratia settler)

28, 68

Evans (Swanson settler)

52

Exler, Moses (pottery)

96

Eyres (Waitakere settler)

29

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Falls Park, Oratia

107

Family life, West Auckland

66 - 69

Farley family (Karekare)

38

Featon, Mrs (New Lynn hotel licensee)

23

Finn, Richard (Henderson land owner)

44

Flaxmills

26 (photo), 51, 52

Fletcher (settler, Huia)

20

Fletcher Construction Company

96

Foley, Edward (licensee, Cornwallis hotel)

18

Foote, William (timber miller, Pararaha Stream)

111

Foster Bay

20

Fowlds, Sir George (Henderson Valley)

47

Fox, George (New Lynn settler)

14

Foxall, Seacombe (Waitakere Valley)

48

French Bay

12

Freeman E. (Henderson landowner)

44, 52

Fruitvale Road railway station

23

G Gaden, Eliza (early land claimant)

12

Galbraith, Mr. (assayer)

154

Gardner & Parker (brickworks)

99

Gardner Brothers

6, 99

Gardner, C. F.

7, 99

Gardner, R. O (“Tonks”)

7, 99, 103

Garlick (timber mill co-owner)

112

Gash (Oratia settler)

28

George family (Waitakere Valley)

48

Gibbons, Ebenezer P. (sawmill, Swanson)

52, 107 – 108, 153, 158

Gibbons, John

20

Gibbons, Robert (timber miller, Whatipu)

21, 87, 111

Gibbons, Nicholas (timber miller, Whatipu)

111

”Glasgow Tree”

31

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Glenburn Potteries

96, 103

Glendene

41

Glen Eden -- church -- history

88 24 – 27, 50 (photo), 67 – 68, 69, 159 – 160, 191 7 25, 40, 69 8

-- population changes -- school -- women councillors Glen Esk

184 - 185

Gold

153 - 155

Goldie, David

121

Goldies Bush

31, 51, 121

Gordon (settler, Huia)

20

Great North Road -- “Auckland Road” (1840s) -- concreted -- early description

12 7 9, 41, 167 - 168

Gum diggers -- “Digger” Smith (Henderson gumdigger) -- “Tame Fox” (gumdigger)

28, 81 – 83, 85, 88, 89 – 91, 161, 168, (photos, 172, 177), 173 – 178 85 88

Gunson (Glen Eden settler)

27

Guthrie & Larnach (sawmill company, Karekare)

38, 112, 117

H Hamilton, Rev. David

21

Hamlin (missionary, Orua Bay)

59

Hartshorn (Henderson brickmaker)

100

Haslip, Reuben (Titirangi settler)

16

Hay, D. (nurseryman)

125 – 127 (photo 126)

Heale, Theophilus (Cornwallis)

60 – 61, 105

Helensville

156

Hemsley, G (Waikomiti settler)

168

Henderson -- fishery

45

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-- history -- hotel -- land sales -- population changes -- public pound -- races -- schools

42 – 48, 67 23 43 - 44 7 44 - 45 41, 45 – 46, 160 25, 47, 67

Henderson, David (gold prospector)

154

Henderson & Macfarlane (Circular Saw Line)

28, 42 - 43

Henderson’s Point (Te Atatu)

42

Henderson, Thomas

43, 47, 107

Henderson, T. jnr.

46

Henderson Valley

47 – 48, 107, 115, 119, 129, 169, 186, 190 - 191

Henry, Hugh (Titirangi settler)

16

Henry’s Hill (Mt. Atkinson)

16

Hepburn family (brickyards)

41, 43, 44, 46, 67, 94, 100, 159

Hertz, Mrs. (New Lynn hotel licensee)

23

Hetana Hamlet, New Lynn

14

Hibbs, Joseph (Glen Eden store keeper)

27, 69

Higham (settler, Huia)

20

Hikurangi

37 – 38, 143, 184, 212

Hikurangi pa (Muriwai)

203, 205

Hill, Alfred (Huia storekeeper, JP)

20, 33, 117

Hill, Roland (teacher, Henderson School)

25

Hoffman Family (New Lynn settlers)

14, 49

“Homes for Working Men” scheme

69

Hongi Hika (Maori chief, Nga Puhi)

145

Horse transport

73 - 75

Horseman family (Bethells Beach)

51

Hotels -- Avondale -- Big Muddy Creek “Woodman’s Inn” -- Cornwallis “The Bird in Hand” -- Henderson -- “Howard’s Hotel”, Oratia -- New Lynn 9

23, 164 (photo) 18 18 23 28 23, 125, 162

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-- “No Licence”, 1909 -- Titirangi -- “Waikomiti” Hotel

23 15 – 16 23, 41

Hougham family

67

Houghton, George (Bethells Beach)

49

Hueston, John (Nihotupu land owner)

31, 119

Huia

19, 117, 123, 135, 170, 181. 184, 190

Huia Road

17

Hunt, William (brickyard, Avondale)

96

Hunter, Henry (Waitakere settler)

167

Hunua Ranges

211

I Ihumoana Island (Bethell’s Beach)

184, 194, 217 - 218

Ingram, Chris (tramway builder)

120

Iron sands

149 - 152

Irwin, Sarah Ann (Waikomiti)

69

Isaacs, G. (Henderson land owner)

44

J Jeffrey, Detective (Henderson)

45

“Jimmy the Devil” (Henderson, Helensville)

86

“John Sharpe” (apple type)

123

Johnston (brickyard owner, Glen Eden)

25, 98

Johnston, Joseph (Waikomiti Hotel)

41

Jones, John (Big Muddy Creek orchardist)

124

Judson family & Maj. Judson, V.C. (Waitakere settlers)

29, 190

Justice (in the bush)

76 - 77

K

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Kaine, Thomas (Big Muddy Creek, bullock driver)

18

“Kaiwhare” (taniwha legend)

143, 146, 215

Kakamatua Stream

19

Karangahape Bay (Cornwallis)

18, 207

Karekare

21, 32, 38 – 39, 111, 117, 120, 130, 136, 143, 184, 187 – 188, 198, 204, 207, 216

Karekau Sawmill

38

Kariori

211

Kauri gum

173, 174, 176, 178

Kauri Timber Company (Waitakere Valley)

121

Kauwahaia Island

184, 194, 218

Kawau (Maori chief, 1840s)

12

Kawaupaka (Bethell’s Beach)

184

Kawerau (Maori tribe)

201 - 221

Kawharu (Maori chief)

190, 201 - 205

Keene (Maori chief, 1840s)

12

Kelly’s Bridge, Oratia

28

Kelly, John (Waitakere Valley)

48, 51

Kelston

6

Kemsley (Henderson brickmaker)

100

Kenkerdine, Dr. (Piha)

35

Kenerley, Mr. T (Waikomiti)

68

Kike’s Cutting

88

Kilgour Family (Cornwallis)

19, 20, 64

Kilgour, William

20

Kitekite Falls (Glen Esk)

184 – 185

Kiwi Tamaki (Maori chief – Waiohua)

205 - 206

Korekore (pa)

203, 205

Kumeu

156, 185, 200

Kupenga e Whatu (Whatipu)

185

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L la Trobe, Samuel (Henderson)

43

Laing, George (Titirangi settler)

16, 17

Laing, John (Titirangi settler)

16, 17, 169

Laingholm

17, 188

Lamb, Alexander (Henderson Valley)

47

Lamb, John (Waitemata Mills, Riverhead)

156

Lang, John (Big Muddy Creek blacksmith)

18

Laurie Brothers (brickyards)

41, 43, 44, 67, 93

Lawlor, Henry (Cornwallis settler)

105

Leahy, George (made iron gate)

150

Leathart, Cuthbert (Big Muddy Creek, boat builder, hotelier) 18 Leighton, William (Henderson settler)

43, 100

Letts (Swanson store keeper, post master)

52

Levy, William (Glen Eden settler, orchardist)

27, 124 - 125

Limeburner’s Bay

101, 103

Little , Miss A. (Waikomiti)

68

Little Muddy Creek

16, 17, 109, 205 - 206

Lloyd (Oratia settler)

28

Lone Kauri Road

31

“Lonsdale” poultry yards

25

“Louisa Campbell” (barque)

59, 65

Lovatt, Abel (Piha settler)

34

Lynnmall (shopping centre, New Lynn)

6

“Lyttleton” (paddle steamer, Whau Creek)

94 - 95

M McElwain family (Anawhata Road)

35, 163, 169

Macfarlane, John (Henderson & Macfalane)

43

McGilivray Family (New Lynn settlers)

14

McKenzie (Anawhata)

36

12

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McLachlan, John Mitchell (Cornwallis)

64

McLachlan, Lachlan (Cornwallis)

60,64

McLean, Sir Donald

20

McLeod, John (“Long John” – timber mill manager)

42 – 43,115 - 116

McLeod, John (Shepherd McLeod” – store keeper)

43

“McLeod’s Selection” (Waitakere)

51

McLisky’s Pharmacy (Glen Eden)

74

McPike Family (Little Muddy Creek settlers)

17

Mair, Gilbert (“Gilbert Mair’s Pilot”)

146

Makaka (Destruction Gully)

204

Malam, Dick

28

Malam, John (brickyards)

41, 46, 93, 98

Mander & Bradley (timber millers)

31 – 32, 85, 118 (photo), 119, 158

Manukau and Waitemata Company

18, 54 - 65

Manukau Bar

130 – 146

Manukau Harbour

185 - 186

Manukau Steam Sawmill

18, 59 – 62, 105

Maori history, myths and culture

9, 12, 34, 143, 145, 183 – 221 183 – 191

-- placenames: Destruction Gully Erangi Point Hikurangi Huia Ihumoana Island Karekare Kauwahaia Island Kawaupaka / Rotokawau Kitekite Falls Kumeu Kupenga e Whatu Manukau Harbour Maungaroa Mokoroa Stream Nihotupu Ohaka Point Omanawanui Opanuku Stream Opou Point Oratia

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Paratohi Island Parau Paturoa Piha Puaotetai Puketotara Pukematekeo Ruatuna Ruotewhenua Tai Tamatane Taitomo Taupaki Te Ahua Te Henga Te Kamaka Te Raetahinga Te-Toi-o-Kawharu Te Waharoa Titirangi Toka Tapu o Kupe Waiatarua Waikumete Waipareira Stream Waitakere Whakaari Marama Valley

20

Market gardens -- Purcell, Patrick (Big Muddy Creek,)

123 – 129 18

Marsden, Rev. Samuel

144, 173

Martin, Charlie (Glen Eden – photo)

50

Martin, William Henry, J.P. (Glen Eden settler)

27

Maungaroa (Piha)

186

Maytown (shopping centre, Kelston)

6

Mead, Arthur (Secretary of Auckland Centennial Park Board) 170 - 171 Medicines -- native -- patent

72 71 - 72

Meikle, William (Waitakere Valley)

48

Mercer family (Mercer’s Bay)

34

Mill Bay

18

Milstead family

67

Mitchell, Thomas (Sydney merchant)

55

Mobbs family (Piha)

35 14

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Moehau Ranges

211

Mokoroa Stream (Bethell’s Beach)

31, 186, 210 (photo)

“Moonlight Johnny” (goldseeker, Nihotupu)

86

Moore, Charlie (Titirangi settler)

16

Moore, James (Kakamatua settler)

19

Morrison, Archie (New Lynn settler)

14

Mosac / Mosick, F. (vintner, Pukematekeo)

48

Motorways

6

Motutapu Island (Hauraki Gulf)

193

Mount Albert

213 - 214

Muriwai Beach

133, 136, 152 – 153, 203, 205, 209

Murdock, Charles P. (Karekau Sawmill manager)

38, 77, 111, 117

Murdock, Edward (Little Muddy Creek settler) Mutual Improvement Societies

17 69

N Ness family (Piha)

34 – 35, 38, 185

New Era Brick Co. (Waitakere)

104

New Lynn -- borough capital value -- early description -- early land claims -- mayors -- population changes -- settlers -- “Te Whau”

6 40 11 - 13 7 6 13 - 14 11

New Lynn Hotel

23, 125, 162

New Lynn Primary School

7, 40

Newton, George (carter)

23

New Zealand Brick, Tile and Potter Co. Ltd (Crum)

99 - 100

New Zealand Company

54 – 55

New Zealand Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. (Onehunga)

150 - 151

New Zealand Wars

76

Ngapuhi (Maori tribe)

206 - 207

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Ngati Whatua (Maori tribe)

183 – 184, 190, 201, 205 - 209

Niagara Sawmill (Huia)

111

Nihotupu Stream, Dam, Falls

18, 29 – 32, 87, 88, 117, 154, 186, 188, 218 - 219

“Ninepin” (Whatipu)

142, 185, 190, 199

Nixon, James (Little Muddy Creek settler)

17

Nurseries and orchards 123 - 129 -- Bush, John (Henderson nurseryman) 125 -- Cutler & Sons, H. J. (nursery, New Lynn) 125 - 126 -- Cutler, Herbert & Henry (nurserymen, New Lynn) 125 – 127 (photo 126) -- Hay, D. (nurseryman) 125 – 127 (photo 126) -- “John Sharpe” (apple variety) 123 -- Jones, John (Big Muddy Creek orchardist) 124 -- Levy, William (Glen Eden settler, orchardist) 27, 124 - 125 -- Orchards 123 – 129 -- Palmer & Sons, A(rthur). W. (nursery, New Lynn) 125, 127 -- Parr Nurseries (John and Thomas Parr) 27, 123 -- “Pomaria” (Henderson orchard) 124 -- “Thirty-six Years’ Experience in Colonial Gardening” (book, William Levy) 125 Nutting, Bill (Simla – Waitakere Valley)

48

O “Oceanview” (Piha)

33 – 34

Ockleston, James (Whenuapai pipe maker)

103

Ohaka Point

187

Omanawanui (Whatipu)

186, 215 - 216

O’Neills Beach

49, 189, 194, 209

O’Neills family

48 – 49, 51

Onewhero (old Maori name)

40

Opal Pools

207

Opanuku Stream (Henderson Valley)

186

Opou Point (Wood Bay)

186

Oratia -- church -- hotel

28 28 16

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-- Maori legend -- school -- stream

187, 215 123 27 – 28, 107

Orchards

123 – 129

-- “Thirty-six Years’ Experience in Colonial Gardening” (book, William Levy)

125

Orua Bay

145

Orukuwai (Te Atatu Point)

42

“Orwell Bank” (Manukau Harbour)

130, 142

“Otamai” Girl Guide Hostel

28

Owairaka

213 - 214

P Pakuranga

212

Palmer & Sons, A(rthur). W. (nursery, New Lynn)

125, 127

Paorae (vanished land, Manukau Harbour)

219 - 220

Pararaha

22, 111, 112, 117

Paratohi Island (Karekare)

187 - 188

Paratutai

21, 111, 112, 131 – 132, 133, 140 – 141, 194

Parau (Big Muddy Creek)

18, 187

Parawai pa

194, 208

Parker (settler, Oratia)

28

“Parkinson’s View”

31

Parr, Thomas (& Sons)

25

Parr Nurseries (John and Thomas Parr)

27, 123

Parr’s Bridge & Homestead

27

Parr’s Corner

123

Pascoe, John (Boatswain’s Mate, “Orpheus”)

133

Patterson, Mrs. (New Lynn Hotel licensee)

23

Paturoa (Titirangi Bay)

187, 206

Pearce, Tom (owner of “Doris” boat, Piha)

37

Penn (prison escapee)

78

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Percival, Mr. W (handicapper, Henderson races)

46

Picnics

70

“Pigeon Hole” (Whatipu)

143

Piha Beach

32, 33 – 35, 36 – 37, 121, 143, 169, 186, 187, 188, 191, 194, 195, 196 (photo), 208 - 209, 215, 216

Piha Mill

22, 39, 119 – 121

Pirongia

211

Pit-sawyers

109 – 110 (photo)

Platt (Swanson settler)

52

Pleasant Valley Wines Ltd

129

Polack (early traveller in West Auckland)

173

Pollen, Dr. Daniel (brickyard)

41, 92 – 93, 97

“Pomaria” (Henderson orchard)

124

Poppleton, John (Henderson Hotel)

43

Portland Cement

148 - 149

Portage, old Maori

9

Portage Road, New Lynn

6

Porter, Alice (early land claim, French Bay)

12

Porter Family (early land owners, New Lynn)

11 – 13, 188

Porter, John (Little Muddy Creek settler)

17

Porter, Captain W. F.

12

Post Offices

73

Potter, John & Henry (Oratia settlers)

28

Potters Hill

29

Poudrette factory, New Lynn

24

Pre-emption certificates (land), 1840s

11

Pugh, William (Titirangi settler)

16, 17

Puaotetai (Piha)

187

Pukematekeo

187

Puketotara (pa)

187, 217 - 218

Puponga peninsula

48, 55, 57, 58, 64, 105, 110, 145, 207, 215 18

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Purcell, Patrick (Big Muddy Creek, market gardener)

18

R Railway to Helensville (Kaipara Railway) -- carriages (early description) -- cattle straying onto -- funeral trains -- “Gumdigger’s Special” -- Scroggy Hill -- through Glen Eden (Waikomiti) -- timetable

156 - 164 162 - 163 77 - 78 27, 161 161 153, 158, 161 - 162 25, 73 – 74, 159 – 160 160

Ramsden, Alfred (first licensee, New Lynn Hotel)

23, 98

Rangatira

204

Raynor, Dr. (Piha, Karekare)

35, 38, 119 - 120

Redfern (brickmaker, New Lynn)

97

Renner, Capt. (“Wonga Wonga”)

132

Rewarewa Creek

23, 98

Rice, T. D. (cricketer)

70

Rigby’s Hill

15

Rigby, John (Titirangi Hotel)

15 – 16

Ringrose, Dick (brickmaker)

93, 98

Riverhead

156

Roads

164 – 171 165 - 166

-- early roads formed Robinson, Charles (early land owner, New Lynn)

11 – 12

Roe, Mathew Henry (timber miller)

19, 108, 110, 158

Roeville

108

“Roseneath” (Little Muddy Creek – Laingholm)

17

Rotokawau (Bethell’s Beach)

184

Routley, Abe J. (Glen Eden store keeper)

27, 69, 74

Ruatuna

188

Ruotewhenua

188, 214, 218

Rule, George (coach service)

38

19

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Russell’s Bridge

167

Russell, David (New Lynn bridge-builder)

23

Russell, John (Waitakere Valley)

48

S “Sand Bombs” (motor vehicles, Whatipu)

22

Sanders, Jimmy (“Jimmy Three Sticks” – Anawhata)

36, 86

Sanders, Martin “Darkey”

33, 81 – 85

“Satan” (West Coast Road resident)

88

Sawmill, first steam driven in NZ

18, 105

Scarlett, William (New Lynn settler)

14

Scenic Drive

29, 31

Scott, James (brickmaker, Henderson)

100

Sewell, Henry (Cornwallis Settlement)

64, 65

Sharpe, John and Humphrey

27, 123

“Sharpe’s Early” (type of plum)

123

Shaw (Oratia settler)

28, 68

Shaw, John & Silas (Karekare)

38

Shipping and Shipwrecks -- “Gairlock, S. S.” -- “Niger, H.M.S.” -- “Rarawa, S. S.” -- “Thistle” (wreck) Barques -- “Brilliant” (Cornwallis) -- “Cambodia” (wreck, Manukau Harbour) -- “Helena” (wreck, Bethell’s Beach) -- “Orpheus”, H.M.S., wreck of

130 – 146 140 135 138 136

-- “Orwell” (first wreck, Manukau Harbour) Brigs -- “Derwent” -- “Emma” (wreck, Manukau Harbour) -- “Syren” -- “Tranmere” Ketch -- Wild Duck” Motor vessels -- “Waiuku”

20

57 – 59, 65, 105 135, 140 136 76, 130, 131 – 135, 140, 144, 185 130, 135, 140 112 130, 135, 140 112 145 112 137

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Northern Steamship Company Schooners -- “Amaranth” -- “Atlanta” -- “Fiery Cross” -- “Osprey” -- “Union” (wreck, Manukau Harbour) Steamers -- “Avon” -- “Hinemoa” -- “Wonga Wonga” Timber ships -- “Dante” -- “Rangitira” -- “Rose Ann” -- “Tay”

138 112 112 112 59 - 60, 65, 105 130 – 131, 136 133 140 132 112 112 112 112

Shops

72 – 73

Sinclair, Dudley (Auckland merchant)

105

Sisam, Walter (Waitakere Valley)

48

Smuggling

79

Smith, Arthur (“Kaikatea” Smith, pig farmer)

33, 87 – 88

Smith, Capt. (“Tranmere”)

145

Smyth, Hibernia (“Hiby”, Titirangi settler)

16, 40 – 41, 77

Smyth, Mr. J (Henderson settler)

43, 46, 169

Smyth, John (Gold Co. shareholder, Waitakere settler)

154

Smyth, Maria (Henderson landowner)

44

Snow (in Waiatarua)

31

“Soldier Jack”

86

South Head

140, 141

“Sovereign of the Seas” (ship)

78

Span Farm

94

Spargo, Henry (bushman)

78

Sport, amateur games

70

Spragg, Wesley (Henderson Valley)

48

Spragg, Wesley Neil (airman’s monument)

19

Stebbing, Henry (Henderson)

43

Steinman, Adolphus (“Uncle Strawbuck”, Huia)

86

Stills, illicit whiskey

79

Stockwell, Dr. (Piha)

34, 51, 163, 185 21

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Stopford, Dr (sanitorium owner)

33

Suiter, Mr. J (clerk of the seats, Henderson Races)

46

Surman Family (New Lynn settlers)

14

Swanson

52 – 53, 107 – 108, 129, 153 – 154, 159

Swanson, Hon. William

52, 107

Symonds, John J.

18, 147 - 149

Symonds, Captain William Cornwallis

56 -59 , 62, 147

T Tai Tamahine, Tai Tamatane

188

Taitomo (Piha)

188

Talbot family – Wipene Talbot (Maori, Te Atatu)

42

“Tame Fox” (gumdigger)

88

Tapp, Fred (Piha)

37

Tattersall, Mr.

67

Tauhia Watarauhi (Maori family, Piha)

34

Taumatarea Point

147 - 149

Taupaki

188, 206

Taylor, J. (Henderson landowner)

44

Te Ahua (Piha)

188, 216

Te Ana Katuku

188

Te Atatu

42

Te Hira (Maori chief)

12

Te Kamaka (Piha)

189

Te Kawau, Apihai (Maori chief, Ngati Whatua)

55, 63,

- Rangi (Maori chief)

12

Te Raetahinga (O,Neills Beach)

189

Te-Toi-o-Kawharu (Huia)

190, 205

Te Toko-tapu-a-Kupe (Ninepin, Whatipu)

199

Te Waharoa (O’Neills Beach)

189, 218

Te Whare-o-Rangi (Maori name for Henderson Valley)

48

22

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Te Whau / Te Wahu (New Lynn)

11

Theet, Captain Peter

28

“The Sweep” (resident, Glen Eden)

88

Thode, Arthur (Thode & McMechan, real estate agents)

10

Thomas, William (brickmaker, Kelston)

98

“Tiger Lilly” (lived at Don Buck’s camp)

162 - 163

Timber industry -- Burgeson (timber miller) -- Foote, William (timber miller, Pararaha Stream) -- Garlick (timber mill co-owner) -- Gibbons, Ebenezer P. (sawmill, Swanson) -- Gibbons, Robert (timber miller, Whatipu) -- Gibbons, Nicholas (timber miller, Whatipu) -- Guthrie & Larnach (sawmill company, Karekare) -- Henderson & Macfarlane (Circular Saw Line) -- Henderson, Thomas -- Macfarlane, John (Henderson & Macfalane) -- McLeod, John (“Long John” – timber mill manager) -- Mander & Bradley (timber millers) -- Manukau Steam Sawmill -- Murdock, Charles P. (Karekau Sawmill manager) -- Niagara Sawmill (Huia) -- Pit-sawyers -- Roe, Mathew Henry (timber miller) -- Sawmill, first steam driven in NZ -- settlement, around mills -- Timber mills -- Waller and Garlick, J.W. (timber mill owners) -- “Yankee” Sam (timber mill worker)

36, 121 111 112 52, 107 – 108, 153, 158 21, 87, 111 111 38, 112, 117 28, 42 - 43 43, 47, 107 43 42 – 43,115 - 116 31 – 32, 85, 118 (photo), 119, 158 18, 59 – 62, 105 38, 77, 111, 117 111 109 – 110 (photo) 19, 108, 110, 158 18, 105 75 105 – 122, 158 112 85

Titirangi -- early description -- Hotel -- Maori name meaning -- Paturoa -- road to (from early 1840s)

9 15 – 16 190 187, 206 9

Titirangi Golf Course

7

Titirangi Road (early photo)

10

Todd, John (owner first New Lynn grocery store)

14

Toka Tapu o Kupe (Ninepin, Whatipu)

190

Tonks, B & Co (auctioneers)

43

Tramways -- Waitakere Ranges

112

23

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--Whatipu coast

22

Tui Glen

100

Turehu (Maori chief & tribe)

206, 211 – 212, 217, 218 – 219

Turner & Growers Ltd

20, 123

Turner, Edward (settler, Huia)

20, 123

U “Uncle Remus”

86

“Uncle Strawbuck” (Adolphus Steinman, Huia)

86

University Tramping Club

122

Ussher family (Piha)

34

V Vasey (potter, Carder Bros., Hobsonville)

100, 156

Vella, John (Oratia vintner)

28

Vercoe, Richard (Henderson settler)

43, 46

Vineyards -- Corban, A. A. (Henderson vintner) -- Corban Wines Ltd. -- Mosac / Mosick, F. (vintner, Pukematekeo) -- Pleasant Valley Wines Ltd -- Vella, John (Oratia vintner) -- Yelas, Stephen (vintner, Henderson Valley)

127 – 129 127 127, 128 (photo) 48 129 28 129

von der Hyde (Henderson land owner)

44

Vos family

67

W Waiatarua

31, 188, 190

Waiherunga

204

Waikumete (Little Muddy Creek)

191

Waikomete Cemetery

23, 25 – 27, 159 – 160, 191

Waikomiti Highway District

9

24

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“Waikomiti” Hotel

23, 41

Waikomiti Society

69

Waimauku

108, 158

Waipareira Stream (Henderson Valley)

190 – 191, 200

Waitemata (area) -- population (1966)

8

Waitakere (district & settlement)

51, 154, 157, 191, 216 217

Waitakere Prospecting Gold Mining Company

154

Waitakere Ranges

28 – 33, 75 – 80, 154 – 155, 169, 187, 198 – 209, 211 – 221

Waitemata County Council

9, 45. 164 – 170

-- extent of area

7–8

Waitemata Mills (Riverhead)

156

Wakefield, Edward Gibbon

54 - 55

Walker family (Henderson Valley)

47

Wallace, James (Waikomiti Hotel)

41

Waller and Garlick, J.W. (timber mill owners)

112

Ward (brickmaker, Limeburner’s Bay)

103

Wasley, Oliver (Nihotupu land owner)

31, 119

Weekly News

53, 125, 127, 156 – 157, 168, 175, 182

West Coast Iron Sands and Smelting Co. Ltd.

151 - 152

West Coast Road (alignment)

24 – 25

Whakaari (Lion Rock, Piha)

191

Whatipu

20 – 22, 32, 39, 75, 79, 111, 112, 117, 120, 132, 140 – 141, 142, 143, 151152 – 153, 181, 183, 185, 186, 190, 194, 199, 214`, 215 – 216

Whau Creek -- first bridges -- transport on

9 9 94 - 95

Whau Portage

9

25

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Whenuapai

103

White, Francis (Piha settler)

35

White, John (compiler of “The Maori”)

35

Wilder, George (prison escapee)

75

Wilkins, Percy (coach driver)

38

Wilson, Edward (“The Onion”, bushman)

78

Wilson, James (Henderson settler)

43

“Winchelsea” boarding house, Karekare

38

Winder, A. H. (New Lynn settler)

14

Windy Point

152

Wing, Edward (son of Onehunga harbourmaster)

134, 135

Wing, Capt. Thomas (Onehunga harbourmaster)

134

Winkleman, N. G. (proposed iron sand smelting process)

152

Wisely (potter, Carder Bros., Hobsonville)

100

Withers (Glen Eden settler)

27

Wood, Reader (County representative)

167

Woodhill School

52

Woodlands

17

Woodmans Inn (Big Muddy Creek)

18

Woodward, Mark (Henderson land owner)

44, 47

Woods, Gill (coach driver)

38

Wright (Glen Eden settler)

27

Wright, James (potter)

98

Y “Yankee” Bill (William Bradford, Huia)

85

“Yankee” George (Henderson)

85

“Yankee” Sam (timber mill worker)

85

Yelas, Stephen (vintner, Henderson Valley)

129

Yorke, Joseph (Little Muddy Creek settler)

17

26