More Info →Handwritten Manuscript describing the Survey and Early European Settlement of the Manawatū (1858-1897)

Description

This handwritten manuscript was written by J. T. Stewart in 1902 at the request of T. Lindsay Buick, who published substantial portions of it in his book Old Manawatu (1903). Mr John Tiffen Stewart (1827-1913) was a surveyor and one of the earliest Europeans to see the 'Papaioea' clearing, on which Palmerston North was established, c 1858. Locally, he surveyed the Te Ahu Turanga Block (purchased from Rangitāne). He was also a well known engineer who laid out the townships of Foxton and Palmerston North. He planned the construction of the road through the Manawatū Gorge, as well as the tramway between Foxton and Palmerston North.

Identification

Object type

Multi-Page Document

Identifier

2024Pa_JTStewart-S1-F1_042904_001

Archive

J T Stewart

Date

1902

Digitisation ID

2024Pa_JTStewart-S1-F1_042904_001

Format

Paper