Gaining a foothold : historical records of Otago's eastern coast, 1770-1839 / Ian Church, general editor.

"Collection of contemporary records on early European exploration, sealing, whaling, and interaction with the resident Kai Tahu Māori population along Otago's eastern coast, as far north as Banks Peninsula and to Stewart Island in the south"--Back cover.

Contributors, Peter Entwisle and others.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 424-431) and index.

February-March 1770 : James Cook gives Otago its first European placenames -- 1777 : The first European record of 'Otago' -- 1809-10 : Otago Harbour is entered during the voyages of the Brothers -- 1809-11 : The sealers of the Sydney Cove -- 1811 : William Tucker and the tatooed head -- 1813 : Flax brings the Perseverance to Foveaux Strait -- 1813-15 : The Matilda receives succour at Otago Bay -- 1814-18 : The mysterious reappearance of William Tucker, and the Governor Bligh -- 1817 : Captain James Kelly and the Sophia; death and destruction at Otago -- 1821-24 : Trouble with the General Gates, and the later history of James Caddell -- 1823 : John Rodolphus Kent 'rediscovers' Otago Harbour -- 1823-25 : Three flax-trading voyages and Jacky Marmon -- The mid-1820s : The abandonment of Whareakeake -- 1826 : Edwin Palmer on the Otago Coast, and his marriage to Patahi -- 1826 : The Rosanna and Lambton of the first 'New Zealand Company' at Otago -- 1826 and 1827 : The Elizabeth at Otago, and on the coast -- 1827-28 : John Boultbee describes life in the South -- 1827 and after : Tommy Chasling survives the wreck of the Glory -- 1828 : Lieutenant Orlando Wilson's observations of the South -- 1829 : The whaling ship Clarence -- 1829-30 : Taiaroa at Kaiapoi -- 1830 : Captain Benjamin and Mrs Abby Jane Morrell visit South Otago -- 1830 : The cruise of the sealing vessel Rob Roy of Boston -- April 1831 : The circumstantial evidence of the visit to Otago of Thomas McDonnell, R.N. -- 1831 : Joseph Price describes a flax-trading visit to Otago Harbour -- 1831-32 : The shadowy beginnings of Weller Brother's Establishment -- 1832-34 : Edward and Joseph Weller in the North Island flax and timber trades -- 1832-34 : The Lucy Ann services the Weller's trades -- 1833-34 : The Joseph Weller enters service -- 1834 : The Otago Station under siege -- 1834-36 : Otago's export trade -- 1835-37 : The Lucy Ann goes sperm whaling -- 1836 : Otago becomes a busy port -- 1836 and later : W.I. Haberfield's recollections of Otago and the Moeraki Whaling Station -- c.1836 : Edward Weller's marriage to Paparu -- 1837 : Otago, 'famous' for right whales -- 1837 and later : The Waikouaiti Whaling Station -- 1838 : Otago's progress recorded in Harwood's journal and American logbooks -- 1838-39 : Whaling stations in Southern Otago -- c.1839 : The marriage of Edward Weller to Nikuru -- 1839 : The last year of independence -- Into 1840 : Tying up the loose ends.

Ian Church, general editor ; Paul Sorrell, technical editor ; Peter Entwisle, George Griffiths, Rhys Richards, Jocelyn Chisholm and other contributors.

Collection of contemporary records on early European exploration, sealing, whaling, and interaction with the resident Kai Tahu Māori population along Otago's eastern coast, as far north as Banks Peninsula and to Stewart Island in the south.