The New Zealand Sealing Industry - Department of Conservation
The New Zealand Sealing Industry - Department of Conservation
The New Zealand Sealing Industry - Department of Conservation
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GANG LOCATION(S) MEN DEPOSITED/ SHIP(S) MONTHS TYPE COMMENTS<br />
REF. UPLIFTED ASHORE<br />
Gen. Gates C Chalky Inlet/ 12 D. Aug 1821 General Gates 16 Shore Moved when attacked,<br />
Gates Boat Harbour U. Dec 1822 GG/Snapper 4 killed<br />
Gen. Gates D Chalky Inlet ? D. Dec 1822 General Gates 2 Shore ‘Arrested’ and removed<br />
U. Jan 1823 Elizabeth by Grono<br />
Gen. Gates E South Cape Is. ? D. Dec 1822 General Gates 4–7? Shore All killed c. Apr–Jun 1823<br />
Elizabeth A Chalky Inlet ? D. Dec 1822 Elizabeth 20 Shore<br />
U. Sep/Oct 1823 Elizabeth<br />
Wellington ?no data 40? D. May/Jun 1825 Wellington Shore? Deserters may have estab.<br />
?Codfish Island Boat? Codfish sealers’ settlement<br />
Elizabeth B Open Bay/?West Coast? 1825 Elizabeth ? Boat Inferred from Boultbee<br />
Elizabeth Port Pegasus ? D. Apr 1826 Eliz. and Mary 13 Shore<br />
and Mary U. May 1827 Eliz. and Mary<br />
Elizabeth C West Coast 24? D. Apr 1826 Elizabeth 18 Boat 3 mobile boat crews,<br />
Elizabeth D U. Sep 1827 Elizabeth Boat Boultbee and some<br />
Elizabeth E Boat others desert<br />
Chaseland’s Fiordland ? ?1826 ? ? Boat encountered by Boultbee<br />
English Solander Is. ? ?1826 ? ? Shore? reported by Palmer<br />
sealers<br />
(Hocken n.d.)<br />
Price’s Stewart Island/ ? 1827 – – Boat ‘Resident’ sealers from Cod-<br />
Foveaux Strait<br />
fish, joined by Boultbee<br />
<strong>Industry</strong> Foveaux Strait ? D. Nov 1830 <strong>Industry</strong> ? ? Ship wrecked Feb 1831.<br />
No info. on gang<br />
Admiral Rocks Point ? D. May 1832 Admiral Gifford ? ? Killed<br />
Gifford<br />
Te Awaiti A Toropuhi ? 1836 Harriett 2–3? Shore? Whalers from Te Awaiti<br />
Te Awaiti B Cape Foulwind ? Between 1836 ? ? Shore? Reported by Allan (1965)<br />
and 1845<br />
Te Awaiti C Cape Foulwind ? 1846 ? ? Boat Reported by Brunner (1959)<br />
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