Te Kohinga Pūranga
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Unnamed
letter, 26/02/1935, T. Buick. Prof W.B. Benham to Dr Benham, Three letters. Moa-bones from Stewart Island. Major Bunbury went to Stewart Island to secure signatures for the Treaty of Waitangi and declare sovereignty declare by right of Cook's discovery. Accompanied by Cpt William Stewart who surveyed coast line. Following up sighting of Cassowary, did he confused Cassowary with Moa ? Did he actually sight them or was he quoting a Maori source who was saying ancestors had seen them?
0001.9.22/1.98
Details
- Production Date
- 26 Feb 1935
- Record Level
- Item
- Associated Person
- Dr Philip Benham
- Accession Number
- 0001.9.22/1.98
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