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[Letter from Herries Beattie to Og, [Waimate; 25/4/1967] regarding the discovery at Lake Hauroko and other Maori lore]., 1967

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: S02370001

Series Note:

From the Series: These two letters were written by Herries Beattie in 1967 in response to correspondence recieved by him about the Hauroko Burial Cave discovery.

Dates

  • 1967

Extent

From the Series: 2 document(s) (Box 1)

Language of Materials

From the Record Group: English

Materials Specific Details

Herries Beattie writes to his friend Og in response to the Lake Hauroko discovery. Mention is made of a village in the Lillburn area from which an important Maori woman could have been buried on Mary Island prior to the village being destroyed in 1755.

Repository Details

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