Settler Kaponga 1881–1914 — A Frontier Fragment of the Western World

Contents

• • [covers]
  • [frontispiece]
  • [title page]
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • MAPS
  • TABLES
  • PREFACE
    • [section]
    • Acknowledgements
  • SOME NOTES FOR THE READER
    • [section]
    • Biographical material
  • INTRODUCTION
    • Farewell to Kaponga
    • A Personal Odyssey
    • Boundaries: ‘Kaupokonui’ to Kaponga
    • Sources
    • A Structured Approach
    • The Maori Dimension
• • PART ONE — THE 1880s: — A SCATTER OF CLEARINGS
    • 1 — TIME AND SPACE, THE 1880s
      • A Cross-hatch Pattern
      • A Flurry of Maps
      • The Clearings
      • The Roads
      • The Nascent Township
      • The Mountain
      • The Wild
      • The Maori Dimension
    • 2 — THE MAKING OF LIVINGS, THE QUALITY OF LIFE, THE 1880s
      • An Axeman's World
      • Working on Wages and Contracts
      • Working for Subsistence
      • Working for the Markets
      • Home and Neighbourliness
      • Bush Recreations
      • Outings from the Bush
    • 3 — EPISODES, THE 1880s
      • The Trials of Daniel and Hannah Crowley
      • A Wild Cattle Shooting Case
      • The Saga of Hayes's Bull
      • John Finlay's ‘Trip to the Bush’
      • The Chameleon House on Manaia Road
  • PART TWO — THE 1890s: CENTRING ON — A TOWNSHIP
    • 4 — TIME AND SPACE, THE 1890s
      • The Rip Van Winkle Effect
      • The Farms
      • The Bush
      • The Mountain
      • The Roads
      • The Township
      • Kaponga in South Taranaki
      • Kaponga and the World
      • Kaponga and New Zealand
    • 5 — THE MAKING OF LIVINGS, THE 1890s
      • Factory Dairying
      • The Farms
      • The Sawmills
      • The General Stores
      • Other Shops and Workshops
      • The Others
    • 6 — THE QUALITY OF LIFE, THE 1890s
      • The Context
      • Major Sports and Social Activities, 1898–1899
      • Other Sports and Recreations of the 1890s
      • The Churches
      • Childhood
    • 7 — EPISODES, THE 1890s
      • The Drowning of Patrick O'Connor
      • ‘Gunpowder's’ Bush Fire Ballad
      • The Piteous Death of a Servant Girl
      • Arthur Coxhead's Thistle Milking Machine
  • PART THREE — 1900–14: — TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS
    • 8 — TIME AND SPACE, 1900–14
      • Change and Continuity
      • The Intrusive World
      • The Changing Township
      • Shame and Response
      • Kaponga in South Taranaki
      • Kaponga's District
      • The Roads and Transport
      • Wayfaring on Eltham Road
    • 9 — THE MAKING OF LIVINGS, 1900–14
      • The Dairy Industry
      • The Farmers
      • Professionals and Public Servants
      • The Role of Schools
      • Technical Education
      • Health Professionals
      • The Others
    • 10 — THE QUALITY OF LIFE, 1900–14
      • A Golden Age?
      • Sport 1900–08
      • Sports and Recreation, April 1908 to April 1909
      • Days of Glory, 1909–14
      • Women and Girls in Edwardian Kaponga
      • Women, the Frontier and the World
    • 11 — EPISODES, THE EDWARDIAN YEARS
      • A Mail Coach Disaster
      • A Fury of Gale, Fire and Cloudburst
      • A Swiss Tragedy
• • EPILOGUE — AFTERWARDS, AND OTHER PERSPECTIVES
    • A Missing Final Act?
    • The Kaponga Contribution to Life on Active Service
    • The War's Impact on Kaponga
      • [subsection]
      • THE TOLL OF WAR
      • PRO PATRIA
    • Lament for a Lost Age
    • Two Worlds of ‘Tribalism’ and Parihaka's Lost Age
    • The Maori Dimension
    • Belonging
  • APPENDIX 1 — Biographical Notes
  • APPENDIX 2 — Population Estimates for the Kaponga District, 1886–1916
    • [section]
    • (1) Population in March 1886
    • (2) Population at census of 15 October 1916
    • (3) Filling in the years between 1886 and 1916
    • General Election of 10 December 1914
  • APPENDIX 3 — Office-holders in Main Community Institutions
    • ROAD BOARD AND COUNTY COUNCILS
    • KAPONGA SCHOOL
    • KAPONGA SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION — (Formed 27 July 1899)
    • KAPONGA TOWN BOARD
    • CHAIRMEN OF KAPONGA CO-OPERATIVE DAIRY CO LTD
  • NOTES & REFERENCES
    • Abbreviations
    • Preface
    • Introduction
    • Part One — The 1880s: A Scatter of Clearings — 1 Time and Space, the 1880s
    • 2 The Making of Livings, the Quality of Life, the 1880s
    • 3 Episodes, the 1880s
    • Part Two — The 1890s: Centring on a Township — 4 Time and Space, the 1890s
    • 5 The Making of Livings, the 1890s
    • 6 The Quality of Life, the 1890s
    • 7 Episodes, the 1890s
    • Part Three — 1900–14: Trials and Triumphs — 8 Time and Space, 1900–14
    • 9 The Making of Livings, 1900–14
    • 10 The Quality of Life, 1900–14
    • 11 Episodes, the Edwardian Years
    • EPILOGUE Afterwards, and other Perspectives
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY — I Primary Sources
    • Unpublished
    • Published
    • II Secondary Sources
  • SUBJECT INDEX
  • INDEX OF NAMES
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Title: Settler Kaponga 1881–1914 — A Frontier Fragment of the Western World

Author: Rollo Arnold

Publication details: Victoria University Press, 1997, Wellington

Part of: New Zealand Texts Collection

Keywords: New Zealand History

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