[19] “Auckland, the Capital of New Zealand and the Country Adjacent,” 1853. Pp. 28-30.
[20] The gaol was moved to the Mount Eden location in 1856.
[21] Albert Barracks occupied the area bounded by Kitchener Street as far as Victoria Street, then followed an irregular line to Symonds Street at the point where Grafton Road now intersects, thence along Symonds Street to O’Rorke Street, and back on a line bordering Wellesley Street to the starting point at Kitchener Street. In 1871 the Barracks were transferred from the Government to the City Corporation.
[22] The actual area was 21 acres 1 rood 27 perches.
[23] “Further Papers Relative to New Zealand,” 1854. P. 243.
[24] Coromandel.
[25] “Auckland ... and the Country Adjacent” [Swainson], P. 87.
[26] Ibid. P. 89.
[27] I am indebted for much of the information in this section to Will Lawson’s “Steam in the Southern Pacific.” 1909.
[28] Originally The Auckland College and Grammar School.