George Clarke (New Zealand pioneer)

From the frontispiece of Notes on Early Life in New Zealand (1903), by George Clarke, which mentions Treaty of Waitangi

George Clarke (29 June 1823 – 10 March 1913) was an Australian-born New Zealand pioneer and educationist.

Early life

George Clarke was born in Parramatta, New South Wales, the son of the Revd George Clarke, an early missionary to New Zealand with the Church Missionary Society.

His father worked at the Waimate mission, teaching the Māori students.[1][2]

Career

In February 1842 he was translator at the trial of Wiremu Kingi Maketu, who was the first Māori condemned to death for murder.

Eventually the claims of the company were reduced. New Plymouth and Manawatu were shown to have been purchased correctly but in most other cases the New Zealand Company had to pay further sums to Māori as compensation.

He was the presidents of the Tasmanian Council of Education from 1880 to 1881, a founder of the University of Tasmania, member of the Royal Society of Tasmania, and a promoter of the Hobart Debating and Literary Association.

He died on at Hobart on 10 March 1913.[3]

Publications

  • Notes on Early Life in New Zealand (1903)
  • Short Liturgies for Congregational Worship

Notes

  1. ^ Williams, William (1974). The Turanga journals, 1840–1850. F. Porter (Ed). p. 34.
  2. ^ "Te Waimate Mission House". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
  3. ^ Serle, Percival (1949). "Clarke, George". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 2 October 2008.

References

allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clarke_(New_Zealand_pioneer)