Colonel Thomas William Porter
1843–12 November 1920
(Person)
Soldier, land purchase officer.
Mentioned in
- Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
- Rebels Attacked at Waerenga-a-Hika
- Rebels Driven Out of Ngatapa
- [section]
- How Te Kooti Gained a Pardon
- Biographical
- A Gay Lothario
- District's Early Defenders and Its Heroes Overseas
- East Coast Seat
- Gisborne's Ill-fated Tramways System
- Municipal Administrators
- Original Area Now Divided Into Five Counties
- Biographical
- Island Stories
- The Adventures of Kimble Bent
- The Maoris in the Great War
- 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)
Cited in
- Island Stories
Image Gallery
.jpg "A Constabulary Officer in Bush- — Fighting Costume. — (From a photo of Colonel T. Porter's taken in 1869")
.jpg "Colonel T. W. Porter, C.B")
.jpg "Col T. W. Porter, c.b. — Commander of 7th and 9th N. Z. Contingents in Boer War")
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Colonel Thomas William Porter":
- 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.
