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Edward Gibbon Wakefield bronze plaque
bronze plaque

Edward Gibbon Wakefield bronze plaque

Edward Gibbon Wakefield · Colonial Pioneer

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Inscription

“From offices on this site the New Zealand Company on 5 May 1839 despatched the survey ship Tory to begin the colonisation of New Zealand on the Wakefield Plan.”

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1796-1862

Life dates

1–5 Adam Street, Strand, WC2

WC2N

New Zealand Historic Places Trust

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18th C

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