Bollons Collection

Bollons Collection

Captain Bollons

- John Peter Bollons, 1862 - 1929, was on the crew and later the master of government steamers in the late 19th century and the early years of the 20th Century. The ships involved were Hinemoa and Tutanekai. While the ships were servicing lighthouses he used some spare time to make artefact collections. The collection is noteable for material from Portland Island and the far north. It is rich in fishhook material. His wife donated the collection to Te Papa.

A fictionalised account of his life is Captain John Niven, Bernard Fergusson, 1972, Collins, London. Fergusson knew Bollons as a boy and travelled with him on the government steamers with his Governor General father.

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