Difference between revisions of "Butler's Point"

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* [[Sewell Brenda|Brenda Sewell]]
 
* [[Sewell Brenda|Brenda Sewell]]
 
* [[Walters Greg|Greg Walters]]
 
* [[Walters Greg|Greg Walters]]
* [[Hawkins Stuart|Stuart Hawkins]
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* [[Hawkins Stuart|Stuart Hawkins]]
  
 
===Other contributers:===
 
===Other contributers:===
 
* [[Wallace Rod|Rod Wallace]]-Technical Director
 
* [[Wallace Rod|Rod Wallace]]-Technical Director
 
* [[Irwin Geoffrey|Geoffrey Irwin]]
 
* [[Irwin Geoffrey|Geoffrey Irwin]]
* [[Mackrell Tim|Tim Mackrell]]-Photographer
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* Tim Mackrell-Photographer
* [[Lindo Charles|Charles Lindo]],[[Ferguson Leticia|Leticia Ferguson]]- Property Owners
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==Methodology==
 
==Methodology==

Revision as of 16:32, 19 February 2010

Butler Point: Colonial Store

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Project Background

Captain William Butler

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Captain Butler(1814-1875) married Eliza Merritt and moved to Mangonui permanently in February 1840. In 1845 Captain William Butler bought 20 acres of land in Butler Point and by 1848 was settled in and living on the premises. During his time in Mangonui, Captain Butler ran his store, was a Justice of the Peace and for a short period a member of Parliament. AFter resigning from Parliament he went back to working at the store and trading with chips that came in. Finally, on March 4th, 1875, due to an accident he had a year earlier that severely damaged his chest William Butler died at the age of 61.

Proof of a Store

Historical Records

  • A watercolor done by John Kinder in 1858
  • Sketch of the foreshore by Henry Wynard
  • An Advertisement for Butler's Store in "The Daily Southern Cross"


Location and Date

  • Excavation N7/326
  • Butler Point, Northland Region, New Zealand
  • February 6-22, 1999

Excavators

Project Directors:

Tane McManus,Harry Allen

Archaeologists

Other contributers:

Methodology

Findings

Glass

Clay Pipes

Nails and Miscellaneous Iron

Wood and Natural Materials

Animal Remains

Buttons

Miscellaneous