Joel Samuel Polack
1807–1882
(Person)
Trader, land speculator, writer, artist.
Mentioned in
- An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology
- Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
- Kōtare 2008, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series Three: ‘The Early Poets’
- Maori Deeds of Old Private Land Purchases in New Zealand, From the Year 1815 to 1840, with Pre-Emptive and Other Claims
- Deeds—No. 82
- Deeds—No. 96
- Deeds—No. 124
- Deeds—No. 135
- Deeds—No. 214
- Paramata No. 1 Block, Kororareka, Bay of Islands District
- Kororareka Beach (South End), Bay of Islands District
- Waitangi Block (J. S. Polack), Bay of Islands District
- Supplementary Deed
- Translation
- Return of Land Claims Finally Settled Since 8th July, 1862
- Moko; or Maori Tattooing
- Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook
- The Astronomical Knowledge of the Maori, Genuine and Empirical
- The Early Journals of Henry Williams
- The Maori Race
- The Moa-Hunters of New Zealand: Sportsman of the Stone Age
- Tuatara: Volume 22, Issue 3, February 1977
- Tuatara: Volume 9, Issue 2, November 1961
- ‘A Curious Document’: Ta Moko as Evidence of Pre-European Textual Culture in New Zealand
Cited in
- Robley: Te Ropere, 1840—1930
- The Early Journals of Henry Williams
- The Maori - Volume II
- Tuatara: Volume 22, Issue 3, February 1977
Image Gallery
.jpg "Fig. 47.—Tattooing instruments. (After Polack.)")
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Joel Samuel Polack":
- 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.
