Gillingham, Robert
Production date
1847
1840-1849
Description
A.B. Scanlon writes in his book Egmont: the story of a mountain, that two young men, Robert Gillingham and E. Davy organised a party of six for the ascent of Mount Egmont, he also notes that these two were 'scientific explorers'.
The report is written for the New Zealand Company, entitled 'Report of an Exploring Expedition from New Plymouth through the New Zealand Company's Settlement over part of the Range commonly called Batu Ua (Patua) to Mount Egmont, by Robt. Gillingham, J.E. Davy Surs (Surveyors), 17th March 1847-25th Thursday 1847'. The expedition failed to reach the top because of bad weather. During the trip, they had a difference of opinion with local Maori over the removal of mountain shrubs and stones. (See Scanlan, A.B. 'Egmont, the story of a mountain'. Wellington, 1961. pp.23-24).
Object detail
1840-1849
Box
Journal. 'Report of an Exploring Expedition from New Plymouth through the New Zealand Company's Settlement over part of the Range commonly called Batu Ua (Patua) to Mount Egmont, by Robt. Gillingham, J.E. Davy (Surveyor). 17th March 1847-25th Thursday 1847.
Transcript of journal.
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