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Kōrero: Sealing

Simeon Lord

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Simeon Lord

Like many organisers of early sealing expeditions to New Zealand, Simeon Lord was a convict who had been transported to Sydney; he arrived there in 1791. He acquired considerable wealth by exporting oil and sealskins to England.

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Reference: a128827

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Jock Phillips, Sealing – The sealers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/6227/simeon-lord (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.