Lakes District of Wanganui By Marie Leslie.
Lakes District of Wanganui By Marie Leslie.
Publisher: Marie Leslie / Wanganui Newspapers Ltd 1990, First Edition. SCARCE.
Very good hardback with dust jacket. Owner inscription to ffep and title page, light foxing to first and last few pages, minor marks. Jacket is faded to spine and part of front cover, some foxing.
The stories of the lakes around Wanganui: Pauri, Wiritoa, Kaitoke, Grassmere, Rotokauwau and Kohata and the area surrounding them Descriptions and Maori origins of the name of the lakes Many histories and family trees of the earliest European settlers to the area incl Fordell and other settlements Lists of School Rolls with names; teachers Old photos of houses and portraits Drawings of old School buildings Some maps include lot numbers and have names and info for each section 271+pp; b/w photos; maps; bibliography; repros of old adverts; bibliography; index.
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