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We are pleased to announce the release of the latest edition of "Banks Peninsula: Cradle of Canterbury" by Gordon Ogilvie, published by Phillips and King.

 

Canterbury's Banks Peninsula, as this lively history reveals, is one of the most fascinating and historic regions in New Zealand. First published to commemorate 150 years of European settlement and up to 800 years of Maori occupation, Banks Peninsula: Cradle of Canterbury was the 1992 winner of a J. M. Sherrard Award for the writing of New Zealand regional history. Though it begins with a useful account of the Peninsula's geology, flora and fauna, this is principally a people-centred view of this region's history. It covers several waves of Maori occupation, the grim days of the Ngai Tahu civil war and Te Rauparaha's visitations. Banks Peninsula had a substantial Pakeha population well before the arrival of the first Canterbury Association settlers in late 1850. These early European times are well accounted for in the author's depiction of the explorers, whalers, missionaries, surveyors, timbermen, traders, boat builders, French and German immigrants, pioneer Scottish dairy farmers and other settlers - including freed convicts and ships' deserters. Here, too, are stories of the milling era, the golden days of the cocksfoot bonanza, sheep farming and dairying, right through to the present boom in deer, handicrafts, wine production and tourism. Readers will find its coverage of the Peninsula's bays and settlements is detailed, comprehensive and absorbing.

Author Gordon Ogilvie is one of Canterbury’s most distinguished historians with numerous successful books to his credit.

 

Publication date: 16 August 2010.
Format: Large Format Soft cover with flaps.
Size: 213 x 286mm portrait
282 pages. b/w photos throughout.
RRP: $49.99.
ISBN 978-0-9583315-7-9

The book includes a free separate map of Banks Peninsula.

 

  

 

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Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
Phone: 0064 3 364 2043
Email: ubs@ubscan.co.nz
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University Bookshop Canterbury

Christchurch New Zealand
Tel 64 3 364 2043
ubs@ubscan.co.nz