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      John Allan Dobson: a Te Aroha mine manager

      Hart, Philip
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      Hart, P. (2016). John Allan Dobson: a Te Aroha mine manager. (Te Aroha Mining District Working papers, No. 137). Hamilton, New Zealand: University of Waikato, Historical Research Unit.
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      Born in 1830, Dobson was a life-long miner, first in Victoria and then Otago, Coromandel, Te Aroha (notable in the Tui district), and on other Hauraki fields. In 1882 he erected a boarding house in Te Aroha, on temperance principles, but probably his wife did most of the day-to-day management before her premature death after only 12 years of marriage. He was a miner and mine manager in several claims in the Te Aroha district, but after his wife’s death and the decline of local mining he worked on several Hauraki fields. After struggling with some of the examinations, he was awarded a certificate as a mine manager.

      Dobson was prominent in both the Coromandel and Te Aroha communities. In the latter, he encouraged the development of the district through being a member of numerous committees, including being chairman of the town board. After retirement, he suffered from miners’ complaint, the cause of his death. He was remembered as being a man of great integrity.
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      2016
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      Working Paper
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      Te Aroha Mining District Working Papers
      Report No.
      137
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      Historical Research Unit, University of Waikato
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