Taka: A Vignette Life of William Tucker 1784-1817 : Convict, Sealer, Trader in Human Heads, Otago Settler, New Zealand's First Art Dealer |
Contents
From the shadows | 9 |
Boy in trouble 11 | 11 |
Goodbye to Old England 17 | 17 |
Escape 31 | 31 |
Sealer in southern New Zealand 35 | 35 |
The Penantipodes 40 | 40 |
Whither Tucker 45 | 45 |
Landfall on the Dunedin coast 53 | 53 |
Finale 94 | 94 |
The feud roils on 99 | 99 |
Tucker in history 102 | 102 |
Tuckers shipmates on the Governor King in 1805 | 107 |
Two court cases concerning events at Ragged Rock the Isle of Wight and Port Daniel | 110 |
Documents concerning a court case James Byrne v Edward Williams William Tucker 1812 | 116 |
Editorial in the Sydney Gazette concerning the sealers trade with Maori for artefacts | 121 |
Letters in the Sydney Gazette concerning the trade in heads and William Tucker | 124 |
Tucker and the Brothers gang 63 | 63 |
Trouble in New Zealand 69 | 69 |
South to the subantarctic 73 | 73 |
Man about Sydney Town convict at Newcastle 77 | 77 |
Hobart Town and southern New Zealand 84 | 84 |
Settler at Whareakeake 88 | 88 |
Common terms and phrases
anchored Antipodes appendix April arrived ashore attack boat Brady Brothers Caddell called canoe Cape Captain Captn Chace Charles Hook coast convicts Court Creed manuscript crew Cumpston December Dunedin Dusky Sound east Edward Williams Entwisle European Foveaux Strait gang Gary Blackman Governor Bligh Governor King Green Island head hei-tiki Hillsborough Hobart Town Isle of Wight January John June Kable Kelly killed Korako labour landed Lascars later living Macquarie Maori March Mason Matahaere McNab miles natives Noah Notes to Chapter November O.W. 21 August Otago Harbour Pakeha perhaps Plaintiff Plummer Port Daniel Port Jackson Portsmouth prisoners probably Ragged Point Ragged Rock records reproduced Robert Campbell Robinson sailed says sealers sealing seems settlement ship Simeon Lord skins South Wales southern New Zealand SRNSW Stewart Island Sydney Cove Sydney Gazette theft Thomas trade Verax vessel voyage Whareakeake Murdering Beach William Tucker Zealand