ISBN10: 0476005442, ISBN13: 9780476005440, [publisher: Swanson Residents and Ratepayers Association Heritage Committee, Auckland, New Zealand] Softcover First Edition Rugged Determination: Historical Window on Swanson 1854 - 2004. SIGNED BY AUTHOR: Dawn Ellis. Gift inscription to ffep. Publisher: Swanson Residents and Ratepayers Association Heritage Committee, Auckland, New Zealand, 2004, First Edition. SCARCE. Very good softback, minor corner creasing. Minor marks. 184 pages, illustrated.
[Waimate, CANTE, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 2004]
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ISBN10: 0476005442, ISBN13: 9780476005440, [publisher: Swanson residents and Ratepayers Assoc., New Zealand] Softcover very faint wear head & tail of spine otherwise nice tidy copy-let ter and tipped in associated newspaper article-heavy book check p ostage with us
[Wellington, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 2004]

ISBN10: 0476005442, ISBN13: 9780476005440, [publisher: Swanson residents and Ratepayers Association Heritage Committee, Auckland, New Zealand] Softcover First Edition Jack Adam. New Zealand. 2004 First Edition. Card Cover. 184 Pages. Excellent clean copy, Illustrated throughout with b&w photographs and maps, Cover leading corners and spine tips are slightly rubbed and rolled, bump to top edge of back cover near spine, also corner crease mark to back cover. Rugged Determination - Historical Window on Swanson. Swanson's early settlers had to have strong characters to survive in an unforgiving environment. their rugged determination and independance was epitomised by William Swanson. The first people to use the Swanson valley, the Te Kawerau a Maki tribal group, did not establish permanent settlements. A valley was too difficult to protect from marauding tribes, while the soils were unproductive.Seasonal food gathering was the valley's only use for Maori. No wonder early British settlers with dreams of a promised land had to face the reality of poor soils, scrub covered steep slopes, isolation and uneconomic farmlets. Village settlement and rehabilitation schemes were generally unsuccessful in spite of the best intentions of the politicians. Outside employment was necessary to subsidise the meagre income from farming activities. This is still the case today. An important section of this book is devoted to the recollections of members of some of the early ...
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