People Came Later by Perrine Moncrieff. VERY SCARCE.

People Came Later by Perrine Moncrieff.

Printed by R W Styles, Nelson, undated. Softback, stapled. Covers are faded with some marks and creasing but pages are very good with no inscriptions. 130 pages, illustrated.

A history of the Abel Tasman area. About the author: Perrine Moncrieff settled in Nelson 1n 1921. In 1923 she became a foundation member of the New Zealand Native Bird Protection Society and around the same time joined the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union (RAOU). In 1925 Pérrine wrote New Zealand birds and how to identify them. Pérrine's most notable success was the establishment of the Abel Tasman National Park in 1942. She served on the park board from 1943 to 1974 and published a book on the history of the area, 'People came later', in 1965. She died at Wakapuaka, near Nelson, on 16 December 1979.