Title Murder in paradise : the strange adventures of the Roberton brothers / John C.M. Cresswell

Published Whangarei, N.Z. : J.M. Gover, [1998] ©1998

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	910.45 Robert Cre/Mip		AVAILABLE

Description 86 pages, 10 unnumbered pages : illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical tables, maps, portraits ; 22 cm Summary Follows Roberton brothers' lives as pirates and. whalers; the murder is that of John's widow and others by Maketu on Motuarohio Island in 1841 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page [7-10]) Subject Maketu, -1842 Roberton, Andrew, 1794-1826 Roberton, James, 1802-1818 Roberton, John, 1776-1840. Murder -- New Zealand -- Motuarohia Island Pirates -- Pacific Ocean -- Biography. Whalers (Persons) -- Pacific Ocean -- Biography. SUBJECT Motuarohia Island (N.Z.) -- History Genre/Form Biographies. ISBN 187613500X (paperback)

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