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Biography: Cameron, Duncan Alexander

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Websites

The governor (1977) on NZonScreen

Watch a dramatisation of the events surrounding the Waikato War of 1863–4, featuring Martyn Sanderson as General Duncan Cameron. The governor was a landmark television series about the life of Sir George Grey, and was both ambitious and highly controversial at the time of its release.

Bibliography

Alexander, J. E. Bush fighting. London, 1873

Belich, J. The New Zealand wars. Auckland, 1986

Fox, W. The war in New Zealand. London, 1866

How to cite this page

James Belich. 'Cameron, Duncan Alexander', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990, updated November 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/126300/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).