Four generations from Maoridom : the memoirs of a South Island kaumatua and fisherman / Syd Cormack,...
Four generations from Maoridom : the memoirs of a South Island kaumatua and fisherman / Syd Cormack,...
Four generations from Maoridom : the memoirs of a South Island kaumatua and fisherman / Syd Cormack, as told to Joanna Orwin.
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Dunedin (N.Z.) : University of Otago Press, c1997.
Call Numbers
639.2092/C811.3/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
227 p. : ill., maps, geneal. table ; 23 cm.
Contents
Foreword / Roger Maaka -- 1. Talking History -- 2. Moeraki People and Places -- 3. Growing Up at Moeraki -- 4. Starting Fishing at Moeraki -- 5. Manuhiri Fisherman at Kaikoura -- 6. The Kia Ora Years -- 7. The Last Years of Fishing -- 8. A Friend of the Land Court -- 9. Genealogy and Southern Histor...
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Publisher
Dunedin (N.Z.) : University of Otago Press, c1997.
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
Fishing tales abound in this book, as Syd Cormack was a commercial fisherman in Moeraki and Kaikoura for much of his adult life. Even when he moved to Southland to farm, he continued fishing. But there was another side. He describes himself as being 'four generations from Maoridom' because he was descended from an influential Moeraki woman and a Eu...
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Four generations from Maoridom : the memoirs of a South Island kaumatua and fisherman / Syd Cormack, as told to Joanna Orwin.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-214) and indexes.
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Date Copyright
c1997.
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639.2092/C811.3/1
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74VMbw0KvAJd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMbw0KvAJd
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ISBN
1877133345
9781877133343
DDC
639.2092
MMS ID
991000659819702626
