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Biography: Swainson, William

Links and sources

Websites

Early New Zealand Books

Read books by William Swainson on the Early New Zealand Books website.

Bibliography

Hamilton, S. S. P. 'William Swainson, attorney general of New Zealand, 1841–56'. MA thesis, Auckland, 1949

Obit. New Zealand Herald. 3 Dec. 1884

Platts, U. The lively capital. Christchurch, 1971

Stacpoole, J. Sailing to Bohemia: a life of the Honourable William Swainson. Auckland, 2007

Swainson, W. Letters to Mrs Lloyd, 1862–1875. MS Papers 613. WTU

Swainson, W. New Zealand and its colonization. London, 1859

How to cite this page

Graeme Reid. 'Swainson, William', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/128630/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).