On this page I have set out the websites and books that I have found particularly useful in compiling this website. I have also set out some genealogical weblinks that may be of interest to others wishing to further their research on nautical matters or research their ancestors.
WEBPAGES
Naval History Webpages
Pictures of Ships in the
Australian Trade - (summary of sources from the Australian National
Maritime Museum)
Victoria Cross Pages
Wikipedia Victoria
Cross- very good up to date website
Wikipedia
Victoria Cross -Samuel's Page
The History of the Victoria
Cross
Imperial
War Museum: The Victoria Cross
Victoria Cross Awards
-- 1854-1914 - (includes a copy of the Royal Warrant establishing
the Victoria Cross)
Victoria Cross
Resources
British Army
British
Regiments Webring
British, Empire and Commonwealth Regiments
General New Zealand Related Webpages
Christchurch, New Zealand -
my hometown
Westland
District Council Tourism Page
New Zealand Wars Websites
New Zealand Wars
Armstrong
Gun
New Zealand Defence
Forces 1860-1863
Web Design
General Genealogical Webpages
Cyndi's List - the best starting
place for genealogical research
Rootsweb
Legacy's Genealogical Computer
Program
Genealogy
Mailing Lists on the Internet
United Kingdom Genealogical Webpages
The UK and Ireland Genealogical Information
Service (GENUKI) - THE genealogical website for the UK.
United Kingdom Place Locator
A-Z of British
Genealogical Research
Public Record Office
Bedfordshire Family History Society
New Zealand Genealogical Webpages
New Zealand Geographic
Names Database
National Library of New Zealand
Archives New Zealand
New
Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand Gen
Web
Cyndi's List of Genealogy
Sites on the Internet - New Zealand
Australia Genealogical Webpages
State Library of New South Wales
State Library of Victoria
Australia/New Zealand Shipping Lists
Passenger
Ships Arriving in Australasian Ports 1837-1905
AUSNZ Passenger Lists
Passenger
Lists
BOOKS
The books listed below all deal with aspects of Royal Navy history in the 1850's -1860's when Samuel was a seaman and the Battle of Gate Pa.
1. Ships on the Australia Station
John Bastock
1988
ISBN 0-86777-348-0
2. The British Sailor - A Social History of the Lower Decks
Peter Kemp
1970
ISBN 0-460-03957-1
3. Before the Mast - Naval Ratings of the 19th Century
Henry Baynham
Hutchinson - 1970
ISBN: 0-09-107170-4
4. Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor - Life on the Lower Deck of the Victorian
Navy
John Winton
Michael Joseph Ltd. - 1977
ISBN: 0-7181-1580-3
5. Ships in Australian Waters
Peter J. Williams and Roderick Serle
Angus and Robertson Ltd. - 1968
National Library of Australia No. AUS 67-2198
6. The Australia Station - A History of the Royal Navy in the South West
Pacific 1821-1913
John Bach
New South Wales University Press - 1986
ISBN: 0 86840 393 8
7. The Navy in Transition - A Social History 1814-1864
Michael Lewis
Hodder and Stoughton - 1965
8. The Victoria Cross at Sea
John Winton
Michael Joseph Ltd. - 1978
ISBN: 0-7181-1701-8
9. Britain's Maritime Memorials & Mementoes
David Saunders
Patrick Stephens Ltd. - 1996
ISBN: 1 85260 466 2
10. The New Zealand Wars - And the Victorian Interpretation of Racial
Conflict
James Belich
Auckland University Press - 1986
ISBN: 1-86940-012-7
11. Walking the Waikato Wars - Maori Triumph at Gate Pa: 29 April
1864
Chris Pugsley
New Zealand Defence Quarterly: No. 19 - Summer
1997.
ISSN: 1172-4803
12. The Story of Gate Pa
Captain Gilbert Mair
Bay of Plenty Times Ltd. - 1926
No ISSN
13. The Pa Maori
Elsdon Best
Museum of New Zealand - First published 1927 - Reprinted
1995
ISBN 0-909010-39-0
