Supporter of NZ Independence and drafter of the Waitangi treaty.
Like the missionaries in Hawaii, they came to do good, and did extremely well.
LOL. Like that one.
James Busby certainly purchased a vast quantity of land in New Zealand.
I wonder if any of it is still owned by any family members?
Also, who would he have employed to work on it?
Is there a Park, or something else, named after him?
It is fascinating about the origins of wine stock for Australia.
It's likely that he just resold the land. There is other information about him arguing that his land is the best land to build future towns on. Re the 5,000 acres I guess he just onsold that to whoever had the capital to do something with it.
I wonder who James Busby purchased the land from?
Who was selling so much land in those early days?
Good question. I'm not going to speculate.
I'm currently suspecting Spanish.
Like the missionaries in Hawaii, they came to do good, and did extremely well.
LOL. Like that one.
James Busby certainly purchased a vast quantity of land in New Zealand.
I wonder if any of it is still owned by any family members?
Also, who would he have employed to work on it?
Is there a Park, or something else, named after him?
It is fascinating about the origins of wine stock for Australia.
It's likely that he just resold the land. There is other information about him arguing that his land is the best land to build future towns on. Re the 5,000 acres I guess he just onsold that to whoever had the capital to do something with it.
I wonder who James Busby purchased the land from?
Who was selling so much land in those early days?
Good question. I'm not going to speculate.
I'm currently suspecting Spanish.