Bristow, Abraham 16, 18, 44, 51, 53
Britain: Auckland Islands possession 16, 18; whaling industry 24, 41–42, 43, 46, 47–49
Britannia 44
British Antarctic Expedition 16
British Colonial Office 89, 99, 190
British Navy 69, 115, 174
Bromley, Charlotte Pringle (née Bower) 90–91, 99, 172, 212
Bromley, James (father) 85–86, 90–91, 99, 212
Bromley, James Hindsley (son) 172, 177, 212
Brooks, Captain 103
Brown, Isaac 149, 177
Brown, Mrs (wife of Isaac Brown) 120, 177
Brown, William 197
Browne, Captain 71–72, 73, 102
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom 129
Bunker, James 64, 109, 125
Burns, Reverend 87, 88
Cadenhead, Mr 120, 171, 179
Cadet 121
Calliope, HMS 174, 176, 177, 214
Cape Horn 34, 41, 42
Cargill, William (‘Sandy’) 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 95
Carkeek, Stephen 186
Carnley Harbour (Southern Harbour) 17, 56, 80, 111, 126; Dundas’ visit 150; Eastern Arm 53; Enderby’s visits 51, 53, 56, 103–04, 119, 120; Mackworth’s visit 113; Northern Arm 53, 55, 57, 116–17, 182; volcanic origin 18, 52, 55; Western Arm 53, 113; see also Coleridge Bay; Musgrave Harbour
Carwithen, Reverend 177
Casely, William 100
Cassinia 132, 132
castaway depots 53, 215
cattle 62, 63, 69, 116, 117, 134, 148, 215–16
Chamberlain, Mr 171
Chambres Inlet 57
Chapel Bay see Musgrave Inlet
Chapman, Mrs 120
Charles Phelps 40
Chatham Islands 14, 29; fight between Ngati Mutunga and Ngati Tama 30; massacre of Moriori 29–30; Moriori slaves 14, 29–30
Chieftain 129, 140, 141, 147, 148, 164
children 25, 28, 63, 65, 80, 101, 102, 106, 120, 121, 135; Maori 65, 100–01
China 44
Christchurch 61, 69, 126, 212–13
Clarke, Mrs 101, 177
Clarke, Thomas 65, 177
Clendon, J.R. 129
climate and weather 25, 30, 31, 56, 57, 64, 65, 67, 77, 80, 82, 97, 116, 118–19, 156, 171, 173, 211, 216
coastwatcher stations 55
cockles 76, 198, 200, 215
Coffin, Captain 43
Coleridge Bay 53
Collins, Daniel 167
Colonial Office 89, 99, 190
Cook, Catherine 83
Cook, George (Hori Kuku) 16–17, 21, 21, 22, 29, 76, 80, 82, 83, 87, 90, 91, 149, 156, 171, 173, 197, 199, 203, 212
Cook, H.F. (Bertie) 212
Cook, James 44, 46
Cook, John 143, 145, 146, 167, 202
Cook, Matilda (née Fawkes) 21, 21, 62, 83, 125, 199, 212
Cook, Thomas 133–34, 216
Cooke and Wheatstone 46
Cooke, Mrs (wife of Richard Cooke) 120
Cooper, John 80, 110, 118
Cooper, Octavius 110
Countess of Minto 140, 144, 146, 148
Crane, George 65, 101, 177, 211, 211
Crane, Georgiana 211
Crane, Mrs 65, 177
Cripps, Emily 65
Cripps, Harriet Sophia 177
Cripps, Isaac (father) 65, 131, 132, 133, 191, 200, 211–12
Cripps, Isaac (son) 65
Cripps, Mary Ann 65, 135, 191
Cripps, Sarah 25, 65, 131, 132, 133, 211–12, 212
Crown Colony, Auckland Islands 24, 25
Crozier, William 62, 140, 149–50
Davidson, Captain 22, 27, 64
Davis Bay 20
Davis Cove 79
Dawson, Eliza (née Hyde) 62, 125
Dawson, Thomas 62, 125
Dea’s Head (formerly Whale’s Head) 18, 74
deaths 101, 101, 133–34, 134–35, 159–60
Denison, Sir William 172
Derry Castle Reef 133
Desolation Island 56
Disappointment Island 50, 51–52, 53, 77, 187
discipline 27–28, 66, 109–11, 124, 171, 172; crew disputes and discipline 58, 66, 91, 105, 110–11, 158, 164, 167, 168, 199, 202, 205; Enderby’s undermining of Mackworth’s authority 57–58, 111, 112, 117; first civil trial 149; gaol on Adam’s Island 111–13, 119, 122, 133; gaol on Shoe Island 57, 109–10, 111, 118, 121, 128
Dobson, Captain 106, 158, 160, 165, 167, 201
Downs, John Edward 158, 159–60, 161–62, 163, 168, 169, 174, 188, 189, 213, 214, 216
Dracophyllum 132, 132
Dumont d’Urville, Jules Sébastien César 17, 18, 46
Dundas, George 147; accident during tree felling 205; departure from Enderby Settlement 206, 209; and Downs’ death 188, 213, 214; Enderby’s actions against 184–86, 188–89, 195, 213–14; Enderby’s fears regarding letters to Secretary of State 193; and Grey 185–86, 190, 192, 213; never censured by British government 214; Southern Whale Fishery Company special meeting 115, 129; Special Commissioner of Southern Whale Fishery Company 126, 129, 140, 141, 147–48, 150–53, 155–57, 158, 159, 160–65, 167–68, 172–80, 183, 184
Dundas Island 150
Dundas, Sir James Whitley Deans 147, 150, 152
Dundonald shipwreck 53
Dunedin 86, 87, 88, 99, 204
Durvillaea antarctica (giant bull kelp) 139, 139
Dusky Sound 44
Earl of Hardwicke: damaged on arrival at Port Ross 71–72, 73, 99; Special Commissioners prevent from sailing 148, 156; transport of settlers and stores from Enderby Settlement 191, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 209, 210; whaling 73, 102, 138–39, 148, 150, 158, 160, 195, 200–01, 207
earthquake 205–06
Eliza 81–82, 83, 85, 86–87
Eliza Scott 45
Emilia 41–43
Enderby Brothers: Australian wool trade 49; experiments into insulated cable 46; rope, twine and canvas manufacturing 46–47, 47, 49; whaling 44–45, 46, 48, 49; see also Samuel Enderby & Sons; Southern Whale Fishery Company
Enderby, Charles: Carnley Harbour visits 56, 103–04, 119, 120, 140; clergyman duties 25, 121, 123–24; death 215; and discipline 81, 106, 109, 110, 111, 112, 117, 122, 149, 150, 156, 158, 172; Enderby Island circuit 51–57; Enderby Island visits 67–68, 82; epileptic seizures 65–66, 82, 138; family background 45–46; and Goodger 213; and Grey 92, 95, 99, 129, 170, 172, 173, 174, 175, 183, 184, 185–86, 187, 189–90, 191, 192, 193, 213; head of Enderby Brothers 44–45, 46; John Cooper’s threat on life 110; ‘law maker and law breaker’ 69; and Mackworth 57–59, 62, 78, 80, 87, 90, 160, 161, 162, 164–65, 167, 169–70, 178, 183, 197; meeting with Maori chiefs after arrival 16; and Munce 76, 140, 147, 149, 178, 188, 191, 197; naming of Port Ross 20; New Zealand visits 68–69, 76, 102, 123–24, 125, 126–28, 136, 155, 160, 188; photograph, about 1860 17; Proposal for Re-establishing the British Southern Whale Fishery 47–48, 49, 148; Queen Victoria’s birthday celebrations, Wellington 185; and Selwyn 127–28, 129; Short Account of the Auckland Islands 48; and Southern Whale Fishery Company 26, 48, 49, 106, 115, 120, 126, 128–29, 140–41; Sydney visits 68–69, 76, 102, 130, 136, 155, 160, 188; visit of Erskine, Oliver, Stewart and King 59–61; on whaling 38, 40
Enderby, Charles, Lieutenant Governor and Commissioner: appeal to Grey for restoration to Auckland Islands 189–90, 191; appointment 23, 48, 59; arrival at Port Ross 13–16; British government view 214; Dundas’ and Preston’s views on ineffectuality 172; first civil trial 149; Grey’s recognition and opinion 185, 188, 192; personal staff 21, 61–62, 67–68; removal from Government House 164–65, 167, 169, 170, 171; resignation 151–53, 157, 160, 161, 163–64, 170, 172, 173, 174, 175, 177–78, 179, 183, 190, 213; return to England 190, 195; threat to shoot anyone attempting to remove from Government House 164–65, 167, 170, 178
Enderby, Charles, and Special Commissioners: actions against Dundas and Preston 184–86, 188–89, 195, 213–14; charges of Special Commissioners 153, 155–57; Down’s death
159–60, 161–62, 169, 174, 183, 188, 213, 214; fears of negative influence of Dundas and Preston on British government 193; introduction of Special Commisioners to Company officers 147–48; letter defending choice of Auckland Islands 148–49; letter of protest 163; liquor restrictions 160, 164, 168; Mackworth’s position 160, 161, 162, 164–65, 167, 168, 169–70, 178; Munce’s criticism of Special Commissioners 149–50; non-payment of salary by Dundas and Preston 184, 189, 191; offer of passage to Wellington after resignation, and threat to take in irons 170, 175–76, 180–81, 183, 184; Rodd’s criticism 151, 158, 172; and Sir Everard Home 174–75, 176, 177–78
Enderby, Daniel 45–46
Enderby, Elizabeth (née Buxton) 46
Enderby family emblem 78
Enderby, George 44, 45, 115
Enderby, Henry 44, 45
Enderby House 46
Enderby Island: aerial view 130; columnar basalt cliffs 18, 68, 132, 154; description 131–33; grazeable land and farming 63, 116, 117, 123, 131–32, 137, 215; location maps 14, 15; Maori pa 15, 16; rabbits 131, 131, 132; rata 68, 68; recreational visits 133, 154, 178; ‘Riviera of the Auckland Islands’ 131; shags, northeast side of island 122, 133
Enderby, Mary (née Cook) 45–46
Enderby, Samuel, Jr 42, 44, 46
Enderby, Samuel, Sr 41, 43, 46
Enderby Settlement 24; anniversaries 97, 139–40; bachelors’ quarters 31, 59, 93, 97, 126; births 65, 83, 140, 172, 177; Boxing Day sports 104; building, and extension of settlement 23, 61, 62, 95–96, 117, 119, 137, 148; choice of site 18, 20, 148–49; clearance of land 18, 20, 23; clergyman and church services 25, 121, 123–24, 126, 127–28, 129, 148; closure of settlement 168–70, 171, 172, 173, 177, 180, 191, 197, 200, 203–04, 205, 209; currency 90, 90; deaths 101, 101, 133–34, 134–35, 159–60; Enderby’s view of potential 24; few remaining signs of settlement 171, 206, 216; graveyard 101, 216; Grey’s visit 59, 86, 87–88, 89, 90, 93–99; isolation 66, 69, 129, 130; layout 79; mangling house 159; number and occupations of settlers 24–25, 63, 120; plan 20; prefabricated buildings 16, 20, 23, 28, 59–60, 61, 62, 64, 72, 117, 172, 204, 209, 210; rumour that settlement broken up 128; sale of settlement goods 180; school 135; settlers given notice after decision to close settlement 173; sickness 124, 158, 159; sketch by Charles King 94; sketch by William Mackworth 94; Special Commissioners’ visit 126, 129, 140–41, 147–53, 155–65, 167–68, 172–80, 183, 184–86, 188–89; views in 1850 24, 96, 98; visit of Erskine, Oliver, Stewart and King 59–61; see also alcohol; discipline; food; Government House; Hardwicke town; labour; Southern Whale Fishery Company; stores and supplies; and names of individual settlers
Enderby Settlement Diaries 211
Erebus Cove 18, 20, 61, 71, 79, 93, 171
Erebus Creek 74
Erlangen 56
Erskine, John 59, 60
Evans, Mr (second mate on Brisk) 66
Ewing Island 13, 15, 18, 215
Ewington, Mrs 137, 138, 140, 149, 173, 177, 184, 211
Ewington, William 137, 149; alcohol drinking 137, 140; departure from Settlement 172, 173, 177, 184, 211; and Downs’ death 159, 160, 188, 189; and Special Commissioners 150–51, 158
Eyre, Edward John 185
Fairchild’s Garden 113
Fancy 82, 100; arrival at Port Ross 22–23, 25; Chamberlain as captain 171; crew disputes and discipline 91, 105, 164, 199, 202; dismissal of Captain Davidson 27, 64; larger than ideal size 28; Phile as captain 72, 99; settlers accommodated on 62, 64; Stove as captain 135, 171; Tapsell as captain 99; transport of settlers and stores from Enderby Settlement 206–07; unseaworthiness 27, 66–67, 83; voyage to New Zealand 83, 86–87, 91, 99; voyages to Sydney 106, 139, 160, 191; whale cutting-in 203; whaling 103, 104, 138
Fancy Bay 100
Fantome, HMS 199–200, 201–02, 203, 205, 206
farm animals and farming 63, 116, 117, 123, 128, 131–32, 137; see also cattle; sheep
Figure of Eight Island 75, 182
Fisher, Mr 139
FitzRoy, Sir Charles 60, 172
Fly Harbour 113, 115
Fly, HMS 14, 59, 61, 69, 87, 93, 97, 113
Font see Lake Hinemoa
food: cereals, dried and preserved food 134; fresh meat 69, 124, 132, 134, 137; insufficient supplies 116, 124, 136, 137; mussels and cockles 75, 75, 76, 103, 198, 200, 215; Stilbocarpa polaris stem and roots 142, 145; vegetables 62, 69, 100, 116, 125, 134, 137, 148; see also cattle; pigs; sheep; vegetable gardens
Free Church of Scotland 86, 87
Freeman, Captain 106, 146, 158, 168, 179, 197, 198
Fulton, Catherine (née Valpy) 85, 88–89, 90, 210
Fulton, James 88–89, 210
Garrick, Captain 117, 171
G.E. Crane & Sons 211
General Grant 166
Gennys, John 199–200, 201–02
gentians 132, 132
Giant’s Archway, Auckland Island 180
Gill, Polly 135
Gillett, Edward 25, 105, 119–20, 121, 137, 171, 198, 199, 200
goats 215–16, 216
goldfields, competition for men to make up whaling crews 107, 123, 126, 130, 133
Goodger, Jerry 212, 213
Goodger, Mary 62, 83, 135, 191, 205, 212, 214–15
Goodger, Mateora 83, 213
Goodger, Thomas 25, 61, 61–62, 83, 134, 155, 167, 188, 189, 191, 200, 205, 212–13
Gordon, Charles (General Gordon of Khartoum) 45
Gordon, Elizabeth (née Enderby) 45
Gordon, H.W. 45
Government House 31, 59, 61–62, 73, 80, 82, 93, 97, 121, 163–65, 197; sale of 209–10
Governor 72–73, 74, 76
Grafton shipwreck 55–56
Great Eastern 129
Green Island 215
Grey Duck Creek 76
Grey, Earl 25, 98, 157, 170, 173, 175
Grey, Lady Eliza (née Spencer) 87, 93, 95, 97, 129
Grey, Sir George 92; and Black Dog ownership 186; and Enderby 92, 95, 99, 129, 170, 172, 173, 174, 175, 183, 184, 185–86, 187, 189–90, 191, 192, 193, 213; Enderby Settlement visit 59, 86, 87–88, 89, 90, 93–99; Journals of Two Expeditions in the North-West and Western Australia 94–95; and Mackworth 88, 210; and Maori 95, 206; responsibility for government of Auckland Islands 191; and Sir Everard Home 177–78
guano 144
Hallett, Dr (chief medical officer) 25, 81, 82, 85, 102, 104, 121
Hallett, Hephzibah 81, 82, 85, 97
Hannah 30
Hardwicke, Earl of 24, 106
Hardwicke town 24, 79, 80; see also Enderby Settlement
Harrison, Mr (mate of Fancy) 71
Havannah, HMS 59, 60, 61
Henderson, W.H. 27, 173, 177, 183
herbfields 26, 57, 112, 132, 132–33; see also megaherbs, and names of individual species
Heroïne 30
Hinemoa 53, 113
Hobart 82, 83
Home, Sir Everard 174–75, 176, 177–78, 189, 214
Horsman, William 58, 66
Hunt, Davy 135
Hunt, Mr 106
hunting 75–76, 96, 100
Invercauld 166
Jane 44
Jean Bart 30
Jeffreys, Charles 87
Jones, Johnny 86, 87, 193–94
kelp, giant bull (Durvillaea antarctica) 139, 139
Kemp, Peter 45
King, Charles 59, 60–61, 74, 76, 82, 101, 103, 104, 117, 118, 123, 125; sketches 94, 103
King, Daniel 168
King, John 183, 184, 186, 188
labour 25, 63, 173; competition from goldfields 107, 123, 126, 130, 133, 160; Maori 16, 23, 63, 133; skilled labour from Sydney 66; whaling crewmen from Australia 123, 160; whaling crewmen from New Zealand 83, 91, 99
Lake Hinemoa (the Font) 60, 100
Lake Turbott 113
Laurie Harbour 15, 18, 20, 67, 74, 75, 76, 78, 104, 137, 198, 200
law and order see discipline
liquor see alcohol
Lord Duncan 40, 120–21, 122, 123, 133, 13
6, 137, 138, 140, 143, 144, 148, 149, 155, 195, 200, 202
Lord Nelson 106, 110, 116, 117, 135, 158, 159, 160, 165, 167, 201
Lucy Ann 60, 63, 66
Lyttelton 69, 97–98, 126, 128
Mackworth, Digby (William’s cousin) 81, 82, 85, 86, 87, 88, 103, 104, 105, 118
Mackworth, Sir Digby (William’s grandfather) 83
Mackworth, Sir Digby (William’s uncle) 105
Mackworth, Herbert 83
Mackworth, Juliet (née Valpy) 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 208, 210
Mackworth, Wilhelmina 210
Mackworth, William Augustus: Acting Commissioner 197–202; arrival at Auckland Islands 22–23; Assistant to the Commissioner 24, 58–59, 78, 80, 83; boat 105; Carnley Harbour visit 57; clergyman duties 121, 123–24, 126, 167, 197; courtship and marriage to Juliet 88, 89, 210; departure from settlement 205, 207; diary 25–26, 31, 51, 58, 63, 77, 82, 130–31, 160, 210, 211; discipline 27–28, 57–58, 62, 109–13, 117, 122–23, 124, 161, 168, 169, 174, 179, 197–99, 201–02; and Earl of Hardwicke 71–72, 73; and Enderby 57–59, 62, 78, 80, 87, 90, 160, 161, 162, 164–65, 167, 169–70, 178, 183, 197; Enderby Island visits 67, 131; family background 83; at Government House functions 80, 82, 121, 137; and Grey 88, 210; house and garden 67, 100; letters to mother 22–23, 58–59, 64, 67, 105; ‘low spirits’ 123; management of settlement 27–28, 58–59, 62, 78, 80, 117, 118–19, 135–37, 167–68, 173; and Maori 28, 173, 178, 206; and Munce 72–73, 74–75, 103, 104, 197, 199; Otago visit 83, 85–91, 99; portrait 70; school for settlement’s children 135; sealing 67; sketch of Enderby Settlement 94; Southern Harbour expedition 80; and Special Commissioners 152, 160, 161–62, 164–65, 167, 168, 170, 174, 178, 179–81, 197; suspension of Captain Tapsell 91; suspension of Captains Stove and Garrick 171; Sydney visit 160, 170; Total Abstinence Society proposal 81; west coast of Auckland Island expedition 76–78
MacNish, John 121, 123, 125, 127
Macquarie Island 34, 137, 138, 140, 143–46, 149, 156, 168, 179, 198
magistrates’ court 27, 58, 100
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