Big Omaha Maritime Historical Trust

Bibliography And References

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES

 

BOOKS

 

FAMILY AUTHORS

‘The Last Landfall’ – Leslie D Meiklejohn 1960 – reprinted 2007

‘Some Old-Timers of New Zealand’ – W D Meiklejohn 1921

‘Before the Teatree’ – AH Meiklejohn 1936

‘The Meiklejohns. Some Reminisences of a Pioneer Family’ – L S A M Meiklejohn 1944

‘A Short History of a Pioneer Family’- S Moore 1948

‘Shipbuilders of Rodney County’ – D M Darroch 1934

‘The McGechie Family in New Zealand’ – Philip McGechie June 1985

‘The Ships of Big Omaha’ – James & Carol Ramage (launched March 2008)

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

‘The History of New Zealand Scows and Their Trades’ – David Langdon 2009

‘Jade River – A History of the Mahurangi’ – R H Locker

‘The Rock & the Sky: The Story of Rodney County’ – H Mabitt 1977

‘Gaels Fares Forth’ – N R McKenzie

‘Lions of Scotland’ – Neil Robinson

‘Pride of the Lion – Waipu the People & Place’ – published by the Waipu 150 Trust 2002

‘To the Ends of the Earth: Norman Mcleod and the Highlanders migration to Nova Scotia and New Zealand’ – Neil Robinson 1997

‘Tales of the Mahurangi’ – H L Bioletti 1993

‘Rodney Coast to Coast’ – H L Bioletti 1992

‘A Family of Shipbuilders’ – C W Hawkins & W Darroch 1966

‘Out of Auckland’ – C W Hawkins 1960 – this was subsequently released as ‘A Maritime Heritage – The Lore of Sail in New Zealand’ 1978

‘Log of the Huia: a record of a schooner’ – C W Hawkins 1947

‘The Phantom Fleet – The Scows and Scowmen of Auckland’ – Ted Ashby 1993

‘Neath Swaying Spars – A Story of the Trading Scow in NZ’ – Percy Eaddy 1939

‘Over the Mountains of the Sea – Life on the Migrant Ships 1870 – 1885’ –

David Hastings 2006

‘The River of No Return’ – Neil Robinson – a novel – 2002

‘Barges’ – John Leather – the history of the sailing barge

‘Subritzky Shipping ( A Heritage of Sail ) 1843-1993’ – M R G Subritzky 1993

The Prince Edward Settlers – H M Rodewald 1981 – Auckland – Waikato Historical Journal (Issue 38)

The Meiklejohns were Seaman, Shipbuilders and Good Farmers – Author Neil Robinson -The Weekly News – 2 April 1958

‘Sailors and Settlers’ – J McLean – 2010 – a history of the Waipu migration and of others coming by ship from the Canadian Maritimes including the Mucklejohns

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND REFERENCES

‘Shipbuilding on PEI – Enterprise in a Maritime Setting – 1787 – 1920’ Nicolas de Jong & Marvene E Moore 1994

‘The Aitkens of King County PEI’ – Alice Fraser 1978

‘Historical Atlas of PEI 1860’s’ – plan of Lots/Properties/Owners

‘Sails of the Maritimes – The Story of the Three and Four Masted Cargo Schooners of Atlantic Canada 1859 – 1929’ – John P Parker 1960

‘Launched from Prince Edward Island: A Pictorial Review of Sail” – Nicolas de Jong & Marvene E Moore 1981

‘The Age of Sail – Master Shipbuilders of the Maritimes’ – Stanley T Spicer 2001

‘Masters of Sail – The Era of Square-rigged Vessels in the Maritime Provinces’ – Stanley T Spicer 1968

“Shipbuilding & the Forests of PEI – The Analysis of the Types & Amounts of Wood used in Island Ships’ – Douglas Sobey 2011

‘Highlights of the Cardigan Area’ – Beth Brehaut 1987

 

WEBSITES

The Goldsworthy family – http://family-research-wilson.site11.com/002/index.html

Jane Gifford Society – www.janegifford.org.nz

NZ Maritime Museum – www.nzmaritime.org

Auckland City – Heritage photos/Scows

McCallum Bros Ltd – www.mccallumbros.co.nz/mchistory.htm

Boat Design – http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/sailboats/new-zealand-scow-28735.html

Log of Angus Stewart’s journey from PEI to Auckland in 1858 -www.islandregister.com/princeedwarddiary

NZ Workboats – www.workboats.co.nz

The Stewarts of Kaiwaka – www.stewarts.gen.nz

Waipu Heritage Centre – www.waipumuseum.com

Cardigan Museum – www.CardiganHeritage.com

Pictou County Genealogy & Heritage Society – www.mccullochcentre.ca

PEI Ancestry – www.PEIancestry.com

PEI Heritage – www.WyattHeritage.com

The Island Register (PEI) – www.islandregister.com

Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society – www.peigs.ca

Three Rivers Heritage Assn (PEI) – www.isn.net/~heritage

Great Canadian Rivers (Three Rivers) – www.greatcanadianrivers.com/rivers/threerivers

Early French settlers on PEI – www.romapei.com

 

 Prepared by Des Meiklejohn

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