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Early industry

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Early industry

This sketch shows Captain Jeremiah Nagle’s home and shipyard on Great Barrier Island (Aotea) in 1847. Nagle had arrived in New Zealand in 1838 and bought 20,000 acres (8,000 hectares) on the island with William Abercrombie and William Webster. Nagle was among the island’s first European residents.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

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Margaret McClure, Auckland places – Barrier islands, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/16072/early-industry (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Margaret McClure, published 2 March 2009, updated 5 August 2016.