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Julius Geissler's farm, Warkworth, North Auckland, 1918

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Julius Geissler's farm, Warkworth, North Auckland,
    1918

The German farmer Julius Geissler has depicted himself writing on a kauri tree which, his inscription says, was 30 feet in circumference.

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Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki

by Julius Geissler

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James N. Bade, Germans – First arrivals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/1130/julius-geisslers-farm-warkworth-north-auckland-1918 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by James N. Bade, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.