FitzRoy : governor in crisis, 1843-1845 /
Moon, Paul,
FitzRoy : governor in crisis, 1843-1845 / Paul Moon. - First edition. - 311 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-308) and index.
Challenges the conventional history of the period and substantially revises the picture of British involvement in the fledgling colony. Moon discloses: details of the first Treaty settlement by the Crown; FitzRoy's desire for a separate Maori legal and justice system; the possible reasons for FitzRoy's suicide in 1865; newly discovered material on the conspiracy to have FitzRoy removed as Governor of New Zealand.
0908990707 9780908990702
2001326879
Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865
Governors--New Zealand--Biography
New Zealand--History--1840-1876
DU420.18.F59 / M66 2000
993.021092
FitzRoy : governor in crisis, 1843-1845 / Paul Moon. - First edition. - 311 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-308) and index.
Challenges the conventional history of the period and substantially revises the picture of British involvement in the fledgling colony. Moon discloses: details of the first Treaty settlement by the Crown; FitzRoy's desire for a separate Maori legal and justice system; the possible reasons for FitzRoy's suicide in 1865; newly discovered material on the conspiracy to have FitzRoy removed as Governor of New Zealand.
0908990707 9780908990702
2001326879
Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865
Governors--New Zealand--Biography
New Zealand--History--1840-1876
DU420.18.F59 / M66 2000
993.021092