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  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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