Captain George Augustus Preece
1845–1925
(Person)
Captain in the New Zealand Militia and Sub-Inspector in the New Zealand Armed Constabulary Force. Historian of the Lands Wars.
Mentioned in
- Hero Stories of New Zealand
- Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
- Island Stories
- Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume One
- New Zealand's Burning — The Settlers' World in the Mid 1880s
- Pioneering Reminiscences of Old Wairoa
- Soldiering in New Zealand, Being Reminiscences of a Veteran
- The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
- The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume I (1845–64)
- The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume II: The Hauhau Wars, (1864–72)
- Preface to Volume II
- Chapter 12: THE SIEGE OF WAERENGA-A-HIKA
- Chapter 13: THE FIRST WAIROA CAMPAIGN
- Chapter 24: TE KOOTI'S ESCAPE: CHATHAM ISLANDS
- Chapter 25: FIRST ENGAGEMENTS WITH TE KOOTI
- Chapter 38: EXPEDITIONS OF ARAWA CONTINGENT
- [section]
- CAPTURE OF ORANGIKAWA PA
- Index
- (Chapter 11): THE FIGHTING IN THE NGATI-POROU COUNTRY (1865)
- (Chapter 29): THE LAST CAMPAIGN AGAINST TITOKOWARU
Cited in
- Island Stories
- Kōtare 2008, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series Two: ‘Early Male Prose Writers’
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Captain George Augustus Preece":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
