Reminiscences of Earliest Canterbury

by James Hay

Copyright.
The Christchurch Press Co. Ltd.
1915

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Published November, 1915.

 

REMINISCENCES

OF EARLIEST
CANTERBURY
(PRINCIPALLY BANKS’ PENINSULA)

AND ITS SETTLERS

By JAMES HAY

THE CHRISTCHURCH PRESS COMPANY LIMITED
CHRISTCHURCH, N.Z.
1915

Contents (not listed in original)

• Introduction
• Chapter 1—The Maoris
• Chapter 2—The Whalers
• Chapter 3—French Settlers
• Chapter 4—The British Pioneer
• Chapter 5—The Bush
• Chapter 6—Personal

• • The French immigrants
  • List of the first children born in Canterbury
  • Nomenclature of Banks Peninsula
  • Personal recollections