Grey's folly: a history of Howick, Pakuranga, Bucklands-Eastern Beaches, East Tamaki, Whitford, Beachlands and Maraetai
Maker and role
Alan La Roche, Author
Production date
2011
Object detail
Accession number
PUB-2017-66.4
Maker
Description
Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-331 p. ) and index.Foreword -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- The Coat of Arms of Howick and Manukau -- Måaori history / Nathew Green -- Early visitors, explorers and exploiters -- Missionaries -- The Fencible settlement of Howick -- The Fencible settlement of Howick. Howick was founded to protect Auckland. Who were the Fencibles? Enrolment in Britain and officers conditions of enrolment. The voyage out and arrival in Howick. Why Howick was selected as a site for settlement. The Fencibles in Howick. Pensions. Widows of the Fencibles. The name Howick. Early Howick -- The New Zealand Wars of the 1860s -- Howick history -- Shelly Park -- Cockle Bay -- Mellons Bay -- Bucklands and Eastern Beach beaches -- Pakuranga -- East Tamaki -- Whitford -- Beachlands -- Maraetai -- Churches -- All Saints Howick, St Thomas, St Pauls, St Johns. Our Lady Star of the Sea Presbyterian. Methodist Churches. Baptist Church -- Education -- The mission school. Howick Anglican School. Howick Catholic School. Howick Presbyterian School. Turanga Creek School. Whitford No. 1 and No. 2 Schools. Flat Bush School. East Tamaki School. Howick School. Star of the Sea Convent School. Howick District High School -- Transport -- Order and the law -- Hospitals and health -- The Depression -- The war years 1939-1945. War is announced. Defending our part of Auckland. Tank traps. The EPS and Home Guard. Howick EPS and Home Guard. Gun emplacements and barbed wire entanglements. Local Defence exercises. Howick Boy Scouts-Girl Guides. East Tamaki EPS. Pakuranga EPS Home Guards. Whitford, Bucklands Beach EPS Homeguard. Air raid shelters. The Americans are here! Musick Point Radio. War heroes. Civilian heroes of the war period. Germans and allies. Did a Japanese submarine pass by? Some outstanding identities of war period. Howick Fire Brigade. War time and post war construction. Returned service men and women. The war is over and immigration -- Local Government -- The tapu on Howick and Pakuranga -- Geological and geological features -- Historic places.
Signature/Marks and Type
Alan La Roche Hand-written
Media/Materials
Physical description
336 pages :illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) ;26 cm,
ISBN/ISSN
9780473185473
Credit line
Alan La Roche. 2011. Grey's folly: a history of Howick, Pakuranga, Bucklands-Eastern Beaches, East Tamaki, Whitford, Beachlands and Maraetai, PUB-2017-66.4. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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