The missionary William Williams was one of the first to make an informed estimate of the Māori population of the North Island, in 1834. This coloured lithograph shows William and his brother Henry Williams, also a missionary, calming hostile Māori by quoting from the Bible in the Māori language. It comes from the second volume of Illustrations of Missionary Scenes (1856). Artist unknown. (ATL ref. PUBL-0151-2-013)
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Turnbull Library Record, Volume 48, 1 January 2016, Page 6
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66The missionary William Williams was one of the first to make an informed estimate of the Māori population of the North Island, in 1834. This coloured lithograph shows William and his brother Henry Williams, also a missionary, calming hostile Māori by quoting from the Bible in the Māori language. It comes from the second volume of Illustrations of Missionary Scenes (1856). Artist unknown. (ATL ref. PUBL-0151-2-013) Turnbull Library Record, Volume 48, 1 January 2016, Page 6
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• David Blackwood Paul, “The Second Walpole Memorial Lecture”. Turnbull Library Record 12: (September 1954) pp.3-20
• Eric Ramsden, “The Journal of John B. Williams”. Turnbull Library Record 11: (November 1953), pp.3-7
• Arnold Wall, “Sir Hugh Walpole and his writings”. Turnbull Library Record 6: (1946), pp.1-12
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