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THE CITY OF AUCKLAND
NEW ZEALAND
A HISTORY
Captain William Hobson, R.N. (1792-1842)
First Lieut-Governor and Governor of New Zealand
Founder of the City of Auckland
From a copy of a painting by Collins of Bristol in the Old Colonists’ Museum
The
City of Auckland
New Zealand, 1840-1920
by