Sketch of the rural district of New Edinburgh.

Alternative Title

Sketch of the rural district of New Edinburgh drawn by Fedrick Tuckett, 1844.

Date Created

1844

Date

1844

Identifier

HmapHm 880/1844/a
Hocken Library

Abstract

Fredrick Tuckett was appointed by the New Zealand Company as principal surveyor and charged with the responsibility of finding a site for the projected 'New Edinburgh' in the South Island. Tuckett drew this sketch in 1844, which shows Tokata in the South to Otakou in the North as the new 'rural district of New Edinburgh'.

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Citation

Fedrick Tuckett (1807-1876), “Sketch of the rural district of New Edinburgh.,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed March 29, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/6327.

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