Jade River: A history of the Mahurangi
Dr Ronald H LockerFirst published 2001; second edition 2001; online 2014—
This online edition is a work in progress.
Pages xiii–xivin printed edition
Contents
photograph Mahurangi Regatta 1901 Henry Winkelmann Auckland Museum | linocut Mahurangi River Valerie Pendred | design David Livingtston CAPS Digital Colour | concept Cimino Cole
Part 1 Beginnings
Part 2 Māori history of Mahurangi
- Māori occupation of Mahurangi
Part 3 Pioneer Pākehā
- The missionaries
- Gordon Browne and his spar station
Part 4 Surveys and settlement
- Introduction
- Surveyor-general calls
- The Mahurangi purchase
- Squatters, surveyors and settlers
- Founder of tidehead town
- Last rangatira of Mahurangi and his hapū
- Waikato war comes to Mahurangi
Part 5 A maritime community
- Introduction
- Art of the chartmaker
- Shipwright settlers
- New Nova Scotia coast
- Boatbuilding begins in the Mahurangi
- Thomas Scott and sons
- Darrochs and Darrachs
- Darrochs of the Clyde
- Darrachs of Prince Edward Island
- Lesser boatbuilders of the Mahurangi
- Early end to 1800s Mahurangi boatbuilding
- Cutter era
- Steamboat era
- Steam comes to the Waitematā
- Steam comes to the Mahurangi
- Casey’s empire
- Deadly rivals
- Lifeline of the north
- Mahurangi’s elegant punt
- Extraordinary rowers
- Memoirs of a scowman
- Tudor Collins taped
- Life aboard the Kasper scows
- Kauri logger to back aboard
- As mate of the Jane Gifford
- Introduction
- Joseph Gard – a first farmer
- The schoolmaster
- The first doctor and others
- Scott House – saving a landmark
- The demon drink
- The Mahurangi mails
- The Great North Road
- The gumdiggers
- On the Hustings
- Rodmersham
- Motuora
- The Point
- Growing up at the turn of the century
- Rex and friends
- Mahurangi Regatta 1865 –
- Introduction
- The Irish–Māori
- Daldy and Combes and the Pulham family
- The limeburners
- The brickmaker and his family
- Nathaniel Wilson cement maker
- The Red Bluff Orchard
- Parrys of the Pukapuka
- A view from the fifties
- Views from the sixties
- Fete days in the seventies
- The turn of the century
- My grandparents
- My grandparents’ place
- Two sons, two wars
- Uncle Charlie
- The run of the tide
- Window on the world
- The Saddle
- Preserving the Mahurangi
Where can I buy this book and how much is it?
Hello Cindy
I am sorry to advise that Jade River: A History of the Mahurangi has been out of print for some time now. Occasionally copies are available via Trade Me, and of course the book is held by Auckland Libraries. Beyond that, I will shortly publish all the chapter titles here, so that if there are particular chapters you wish to read, I will make publication of those a priority.
Ciao
Thank you for posting the Nathaniel Wilson Cement Maker webpage from the book. I am interested in Australian and New Zealand maritime history and this page was most helpful. See my webpage http://www.boatregister.net for details of my project. I look forward to seeing Part 5, A Maritime Community when the time comes that you can post it on the web.
Hi, I am very interested in the Mahu Mag, as my great great grandfather was Henry Cowan who was a farmer, sawyer, shipbuilder and brickmaker at Mahurangi. I am lucky enough to have R H Locker’s book Jade River – A History of the Mahurangi in my library. I often though how tough the men were back in the early days of Mahurangi, but how tough the women must have been too! Many many thanks for this online publication, as Mahurangi was certainly the early focal point of the beginnings of our family!