Captain John Gillies

A Brief Biography of Captain John Gillies (1800-1875) by Don Armitage, An A5 size card cover 28 pages. Part of Great Barrier Island history, builder of the barque Stirlingshire at Nagles Cove and the brig Tryphena when in Australia.

Contents:

Introduction

Ship building on the Manning River

Ship building and Cedar cutting on the McLeay River

The move to New Zealand