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Haurongo: Swainson, William

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Early New Zealand Books

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

Rārangi pukapuka

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

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Graeme Reid. 'Swainson, William', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128630/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).