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A Distant Shore: Irish Migration and New Zealand Settlement by Lyndon Fraser
$32.50 NZD
Category: NZ Social & Cultural History
Tells the story of Irish migration to New Zealand in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Using many sources, including letters from migrants to their families in Ireland, this book offers a glimpse into the lives and experiences of these newcomers as they left post-Famine Ireland and made their way ...Show more
Castles of Gold : A History of New Zealand's West Coast Irish by Lyndon Fraser
$55.00 NZD
Category: West Coast | Reading Level: very good
Second hand. From the 1860s, the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island was the scene of two major gold strikes, attracting hopefuls from all over the world. Suddenly, where there had been native bush and wide rivers, towns with 400 pubs and accommodation houses had appeared. Amongst the hopefuls wer ...Show more
Rushing for Gold by Carpenter Lloyd Fraser Lyndon
$55.00 NZD
Category: NZ Gold & Mining History
Secondhand. This is the first book to take a trans-Tasman look at the nineteenth-century phenomenon that was the gold rushes in Australia and New Zealand. It explores links between the rushes, particularly those in Victoria and Otago, to show that they were strongly intertwined affairs. The book brings ...Show more
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