Author: Gudgeon, [Walter Edward].
Title: History and doings of the Maoris, from the year 1820 to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 by Thomas Wayth Gudgeon. [Cover-title: History and traditions of the Maoris]. [First edition].
Description: Auckland [N.Z.], Printed by H. Brett, 1885. 225 pp. Orig. publisher's purple cloth binding with black lettering / dec. 8vo. - Cover (sl.) faded along the edges; spine rebacked & faded; endpaper browned. A series of essays by Walter Edward Gudgeon CMG (4 September 1841 - 5 January 1920). He was a farmer, soldier, historian, magistrate and colonial administrator. The essays collected here cover a period of about 20 years and describe the history of the Maori, including commentaries on migrations and the causes of intertribal warfare. He wrote several books, all of which, like this one, were published under the name of his father Thomas Wayth Gudgeon.

Keywords: Ethnography Australia Oceania Maori Etnografie Australië Oceanië