SOURCES
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SOURCES
PRIMARY
Unpublished
Hobhouse Papers, Alexander Turnbull Library MS Collection, 414. Most of Mary Hobhouse's letters are in Folders 4 and 5. The majority are originals, but a few typescript copies are included. Edmund Hobhouse's relevant diaries and letters are contained in Folders 1 and 2. Letters from Caroline Abraham to Eliza Hobhouse are in Folder 6.
Letters from Mary Brodrick to Maud Williams and to relatives from 1852 to 1858 are family papers in possession of Mrs Joan Payne in Dorset, England. These papers include letters from Bishop Hobhouse to his son Edmund, and letters to Bishop Hobhouse from Bishop Selwyn and Bishop Patteson, and from Maria Cloete after her sister's death. Maps, sketches and photographs are amongst the papers.
Letters from Maria Nicholson, Hocken Library, Dunedin.
Letters from Mary Richmond. Alexander Turnbull Library, Richmond-Atkinson MS Papers.
Published
Nelson Examiner, 1858-66.
The Colonist, 1858-66.
Files of both newspapers are now in the library of the Nelson Provincial Museum.
SECONDARY
Unpublished
Clarke TP. 'Bishop Hobhouse'. MA thesis, Victoria University, Wellington, 1977.
Published
Allan HF. Nelson Provincial Council. Nelson Historical Society, Nelson.
Allen Ruth M. Nelson: A History of Early Settlement. AH and AW Reed, Wellington, 1965.
Ault HF. The Nelson Narrative. The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Nelson, Nelson, 1958.
Broad Lowther. The Jubilee History of Nelson From 1842 to 1892. Bond, Finney & Co, Colonist Office, Nelson, 1892.
Davidson Allan K and Lineham Peter J. Transplanted Christianity, 2nd edn. Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, 1989.
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Davidson Allan K. 'Charles John Abraham, 1814-1903', The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, vol 1., Allen & Unwin/Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 1990.
Drummond Alison and LR. At Home in New Zealand. Longman Paul, Auckland, 1967.
Gutch John. Martyr of the Islands: The Life and Death of John Coleridge Patteson. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1971.
Kirker Anne. 'Caroline Harriet Abraham, 1809?-1877', The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, vol 1, op cit.
Limbrick Warren E. 'George Augustus Selwyn, 1809--1878', The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, vol 1, op cit.
McIntyre W David. The Journal of Henry Sewell 1853-7. Whitcoulls, Christchurch, 1980.
Morrell WP. The Anglican Church in New Zealand: A History. Anglican Church of the Province of New Zealand, Dunedin, 1973.
Nathan Judith Morrell. 'Robert Maunsell, 1810-1894', The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, vol 1, op cit.
Neale June E. The Greenwoods: A Pioneer Family of New Zealand. General Printing Services, Nelson, 1984.
Orr Katherine W. 'Edmund Hobhouse, 1817-1904', The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, vol 1, op cit.
Porter, Frances. 'Caroline Abraham, 1809-1907', The Book of New Zealand Women/Ko Kui Ma Te Kaupapa. Bridget Williams Books, Wellington, 1991.
Porter, Frances. The Turanga Journals 1840-1850. Price Milburn for Victoria University Press, Wellington, 1974.
Porter Frances and Oliver WH. 'James Crowe Richmond, 1822-1898', The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, vol 1, op cit.
Purchas HT. A History of the English Church in New Zealand. Simpson & Williams, Christchurch, 1914.
Scholefield Guy H (ed). The Richmond-Atkinson Papers. The Government Printer, Wellington, 1960.
Starke June. 'Octavius Hadfield, 1814?-19O4', The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, vol 1, op cit.
Starke June. 'Sarah Selwyn, 1809-1907', The Book of New Zealand Women ... op cit.
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[Back cover]
Torn between her love of England and her duty to her husband, Mary Hobhouse, wife of the first Anglican bishop of Nelson, was a prolific and highly articulate letter writer. In these private letters - which are full of national figures and events, as well as fascinating domestic detail - Mary reveals herself as a sensitive and intelligent woman endeavouring to recreate a quintessentially Anglican community in the antipodes. Her sharp eye for detail and lively humour and compassion make these letters an important contribution to our understanding of New Zealand's colonial past.
SHIRLEY TUNNICLIFF was born in Wellington and educated at Wellington Girls' College. An honours degree in history at Victoria University led to an extensive career in teaching both in schools and, later, at Wellington Teachers' College. Experience at the National Archives and in broadcasting are now put to good use in her return to historical research and, in particular, her contributions to The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Shirley lives in Nelson, is married and has a grown up family.
Cover: Portrait of Mary Hobhouse, watercolour (artist unknown)
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