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Stewart Island

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Stewart Island
A volcanic island of southern New Zealand off the southern coast of South Island. It was discovered in 1808 by the British, who bought it from the Maoris in 1864.
Stewart Island
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(Placename) the third largest island of New Zealand, in the SW Pacific off the S tip of South Island. Pop.: 450 (latest est.). Area: 1735 sq. km (670 sq. miles)
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s smallest at only 25cm tall and can be seen at The Marlborough Sounds, Akaroa Harbour, Oamaru and Stewart Island.
Visit New Zealand and Bring Home Unforgettable Memories by Michiel Van Kets / Travel, recreation and leisure community
After 19 months castaway on the island Captain Musgrave and two of his crew set out from the Aucklands in the reconstructed five-metre boat, attempting to reach the nearest inhabited land, Stewart Island.
Seacoast stuff by Lloyd, Mike / Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue
Shepherd set out from Scotland in 1825 with a group of Scottish settlers to establish a new colony on Stewart Island in New Zealand with the object of growing flax.
Thomas Shepherd's Landscape Gardening in Australia (1836) by Crittenden, Victor / M A R G I N: life & letters in early Australia
 
 
 
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