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Title:

NEW ZEALAND

By:

George Augustus Selwyn

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION

Pub. date:

19 August, 2010

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Religion

Pages:

418

Description:

This volume contains a series of letters and journals providing an account of the early history of colonial New Zealand

Synopsis:

George Augustus Selwyn (1809-1878) was the first Anglican Bishop of New Zealand, with Selwyn College, Cambridge later named in his honour. New Zealand was declared an independent British colony in 1841 and the Diocese of New Zealand was established in the same year. After graduating from St. John's College, Cambridge in 1831, Selwyn had been ordained priest in 1834 and consecrated as the first Bishop of New Zealand in 1841. This volume, first published in 1844, contains a series of journals and letters written by Selwyn during his first two years in New Zealand. He provides an intimate and detailed description of the organisation and society of the new colony and the growth of new settlements including Auckland and Wellington. He also describes the landscape and lives of the Maori in remote areas mostly untouched by colonisation, providing a fascinating account of the early history of colonial New Zealand.

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