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Biography: Haast, Julius von

Links and sources

Websites

Canterbury Museum

Visit the website of Canterbury Museum, originally founded by Sir Julius Haast.

 

Bibliography

Burns R. and S. Nathan (eds). My Dear Dr Haast: transcriptions of selected letters from Robert Langley Holmes to Julius Haast between 1864–65 and 1868–70. Wellington, 2012

Canterbury Museum Bulletin 11: Sir Julius von Haast. 2022. Proceedings of the Haast Symposium, 30 April–1 May 2022.

Johnston, M. and S. Nolden. Travels of Hochstetter and Haast in New Zealand, 1858–60. Nelson, 2011

Langer, W. ‘Haast, Sir (John Francis) Julius. Oxford dictionary of national biography. 2004. https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/11828 (subscription required)

Nolden, S. ‘The life and legacy of Sir Julius von Haast: exploring archival documentary heritage collections.’ Records of the Canterbury Museum 30, 2016: 65–80 

Nolden, S., R. Burns and S. Nathan. The correspondence of Julius Haast and James Hector, 1862–1887. Wellington, 2012

Nolden, S., R. Burns, and S. Nathan. The correspondence of Julius Haast and Joseph Dalton Hooker. Wellington, 2013

von Haast, H.F. The life and times of Sir Julius von Haast. New Plymouth, 1948

 

How to cite this page

Peter B. Maling and Simon Nathan. 'Haast, Julius von', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/126931/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).