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References

^[1] J.H.M. Salmon, A History of Gold-Mining in New Zealand, Wellington, 1963, p. 26.

^[2] The Auckland Journals of Vicesimus Lush, 1850-63, ed. Alison Drummond, Christchurch, 1971, pp. 79, 100-1, 106-7, 109, 125-6, 187-8.

^[3] Lush, op. cit., pp. 106-7, cf. G. Hinton Knowles, The Book of Howick, Auckland, 1947, pp. 52-3.

^[4] ‘The Thames’, Daily Southern Cross, 23/12/1867, p. 3; ‘Gold-Prospecting’, Daily Southern Cross, 1/8/1868, p. 8; ‘Gold in the Wairoa’, Daily Southern Cross, 3/10/1868, p. 3; etc.

^[5] ’Gold Discovery at Otau’, Daily Southern Cross, 9/6/1870, p. 5; ‘Reported Gold at the Wairoa’, NZ Herald, 9/6/1870, p. 3; ‘Supposed Gold Discovery’, Daily Southern Cross, 4/7/1870, p. 4; Ian Barton, Hunua: The Place and its People, Papakura, 2000, pp. 20-1.

^[6] ‘Gold Near Howick’, Daily Southern Cross, 30/8/1869, p. 6; ‘The Maraetai Gold Discovery’, Daily Southern Cross, 29/9/1869, p. 6.

^[7] Dave Simmonds, pers. comm.

^[8] ‘The Maraetai Gold Discovery’, Daily Southern Cross, 12/10/1869, p. 3; ‘The Maraetai Gold Discovery’, Daily Southern Cross, 27/10/1869, p. 7; ‘Maraetai Quartz’, Daily Southern Cross, 29/11/1869, p. 4; ‘Maraetai Quartz’, Daily Southern Cross, 1/12/1969, p. 3.

^[9] William Turner, Letters [copies], ms. (William Turner papers, Howick Historical Village).

^[10] The Thames Journals of Vicesimus Lush, 1868-82, ed. Alison Drummond, Christchurch, 1975, pp. 103-4.

^[11] Arthur White, pers. comm.

^[12] Reverend Robert Hattaway, Hattaway papers, ms. collection (Howick Historical Village).

^[13] Hattaway papers, loc. cit.

^[14] Hattaway Papers, cf. Jack Diamond, pers. comm.; cf. A.E. Tonson, Old Manukau, Onehunga, 1966, p. 178; cf. The Magic of Maraetai, Maraetai, 1981, pp. 103-7.

^[15] Arthur White, pers. comm. (No contemporary or independent evidence has so far been discovered of this find.)

^[16] G. Hinton Knowles, op. cit., p. 53; cf. Helen Martin and Sam Edwards, New Zealand Films, 1912-1996, Auckland, 1997, p. 29.

Acknowledgements: The author acknowledges the help of the following people in identifying mine shafts: Garth Cumberland, Lionel Dalbeth, Jack Diamond, Ivan Embling, Fay Fransham, John Granger, Rev. Robert Hattaway, Merle and Stuart McKenzie, Julie McPherson, Norman Meagher, Margaret Turner and Arthur White.

Publication history: First published as: Alan La Roche, Gold Mining in Manukau City in the 19th and 20th Century, Howick, 2002 (Howick Historical Village Monograph, no. 3). Revised by Bruce Ringer for publication on the Manukau Libraries website in March 2010 (some illustrations omitted).

Copyright © Alan La Roche. This text may be used freely for purposes of private study or research. For other purposes the permission of the author is required.

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