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Edward Gibbon Wakefield's grave [B 70354] • Photograph

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View of the grave of Edward Gibbon Wakefield in the Bolton Street Memorial Park, Wellington, New Zealand, looking west over the grave (E.G. Wakefield's grave is on the top right). The grave is one of four in a family plot, with others for his brothers William and Daniel Wakefield, and Daniel's daughter, Selina Elizabeth Wakefield. The inscription reads: EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD DIED MAY 16TH 1862 AGED 66 YEARS / A FOUNDER OF THE COLONIES OF NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA / AUTHOR OF THE SYSTEM OF COLONISATION WHICH BEARS HIS NAME / PERSONAL ADVISOR TO LORD DURHAM, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA, 1838. / ELECTED TO THE CANADIAN LOWER HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY IN 1842. / FOUNDED NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION AND NEW ZEALAND LAND COMPANY. / ORGANIZED PRELIMINARY EXPEDITION TO ESTABLISH SETTLEMENTS. / ARRIVED IN NEW ZEALAND IN 1853 AND ELECTED MEMBER / OF PROVINCIAL COUNCIL OF WELLINGTON AND OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. / THE UTMOST HAPPINESS GOD VOUCHSAFES TO MAN ON EARTH - THE REALIZATION OF HIS OWN IDEA" E.G.W.

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Physical description

Photograph (digital)

Dates / Publication details

2007

Photographer

Scott, Jenny

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, 1796-1862
Cemeteries -- New Zealand -- Wellington

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Digitisation information

Date

19/03/2007

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3,456 x 2,304 pixels (8.0 MP)

Size

4.17 MB

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