Century Of Challenge

Author: W. Greenwood

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  • : The Mackenzie County Council
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  • : January 1983
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  • : Timaru
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  • : W. Greenwood
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  • : Hardback with dust jacket
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Barcode CIR1597025206
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Local Description

This is the story of the guidng hand of local government in the transformation of back-blocks wilderness into a thriving county.  It starts with a sheep stealing episode in 1855, the first settlers following the year after, early representation on the Canterbury Provincial Council, the Mount Cook Road Board from 1864 to 1883, and then decade by decade to the present day.