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Haurongo: Hamilton, Augustus

Haurongo tūhonohono

Best, Elsdon

1856–1931

Farm worker, soldier, sawmiller, health inspector, ethnographer, writer

Colenso, William

1811–1899

Printer, missionary, explorer, naturalist, politician

Hector, James

1834–1907

Geologist, explorer, administrator

Hill, Henry

1849–1933

School inspector, educationalist

Skinner, Henry Devenish

1886–1978

Soldier, ethnologist, university lecturer, museum curator and director, librarian

Biographies that mention Hamilton, Augustus

Castle, Amy

1880–1971

Museum worker, entomologist

Fels, Willi

1858–1946

Merchant, collector, philanthropist

Kapua, Eramiha Neke

1867 to 1875 (year uncertain)–1955

Ngāti Tarāwhai carver, tohunga, farmer

Richardson, Harry Linley

1878–1947

Artist and art teacher, stamp designer

Suter, Henry

1841–1918

Zoologist, palaeontologist

Thomson, James Allan

1881–1928

Geologist, scientific administrator, museum director

Waitere, Tene

1853 to 1854 (year uncertain)–1931

Ngāti Tarāwhai carver

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

R. K. Dell. 'Hamilton, Augustus', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993, whakahou July 2013. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/126968/related-biographies (accessed 25 June 2026).