TY - BOOK AU - Diamond,John T. TI - Once the wilderness U1 - 993.23 22 PY - 1966/// CY - Auckland PB - V. H. Wilkinson KW - Waitakere Ranges (N.Z.) KW - Auckland (N.Z. : Provincial District) KW - History, Local N1 - Past, present and future -- Settlers New Lynn to Whatipu -- New Lynn to the West Coast -- Henderson and beyond -- The Settlement of Cornwallis -- Life in the Ranges -- Characters of the Ranges -- Brick and Pipe Manufacture -- Timber Mills -- Market Gardens, Nurseries and Orchards -- Ships and Shipwrecks -- The Rock and Mineral Wealth of the Waitakere Ranges -- The Kaipara Railway -- Roads -- Gumdiggers -- Bullock Teams -- Maori Place Names and Meanings -- Maori History -- Myths and Legends of the Maoris in the Waitakere Ranges -- Acknowledgments ER -