William Buchanan Maxwell: a veteran who became ‘Te Aroha’s pet adornment’
| dc.contributor.author | Hart, Philip | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-28T03:30:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-06-28T03:30:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Hart, P. (2016). William Buchanan Maxwell: a veteran who became ‘Te Aroha’s pet adornment’. (Te Aroha Mining District Working papers, No. 147). Hamilton, New Zealand: University of Waikato, Historical Research Unit. | en_NZ |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2463-6266 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10289/10486.1 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Famous in Te Aroha as a veteran soldier, Maxwell had fought in the Crimea, China, and India before fighting against Maori in New Zealand. Proud of his four wounds, he would lead a detachment of volunteers marching off to war in 1915. In his personal life, despite his involvement in the New Zealand land wars he would marry a Maori. After the fighting ceased, he had a variety of low-skilled jobs in Rotorua, Tauranga, and Ohinemuri before settling in Te Aroha, where he was a fireman. At Te Aroha he did a little prospecting, but did not really deserve the title ‘miner’. His jovial personality made him one of Te Aroha’s most popular residents. | en_NZ |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_NZ |
| dc.publisher | Historical Research Unit, University of Waikato | en_NZ |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Te Aroha Mining District Working Papers | en_NZ |
| dc.rights | © 2016 Philip Hart | en_NZ |
| dc.title | William Buchanan Maxwell: a veteran who became ‘Te Aroha’s pet adornment’ | en_NZ |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en_NZ |
| uow.relation.series | 147 | en_NZ |
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