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Captain Hobson sent the Anna Watson to Auckland in September after looking at many other locations to set up a new Capital. She arrived in the Waitemata Harbour on 15th September 1840. The First British Flag was hoisted on Staff Point, which later became Britomart Point, on 18th September 1840. This came after three thousand acres of land being bought from the Ngati whatua for Fifty Blankets, fifty pounds, twenty trousers, twenty shirts, ten waist coats, ten caps, four casks of tobacco, one box of pipes, one hundred yards of gown pieces, ten iron pots, one bag of sugar, one bag of flour, twenty hatchets. Construction of the first official buildings followed on Princes St, while the first businesses lined the sides of Shortland Crescent, housed in tents and raupo huts. Captain Hobson, the Governor of New Zealand, took up residence on 14 March 1841. At this time Queen Street was no more than a muddy creek and at full tide the water came up to the foot of Wyndham Street. Auckland was name after Lord Auckland, the Governor General of India at the time. Hobson regarded him as a good friend, this being the reason he named Auckland after him. 1841 The first wooden house, known as Acacia cottage was built in O'Connell Street by Sir John Logan Campbell. The cottage was moved to Cornwall Park in 1920. 19-20 April The First sale of town lots. The size of the lots varied from quarter to half acre. The Town Plan was drawn up for this first sale of land and was the work of Felton Matthew, Survey General, and consisted of a circus where Albert Park now stands, the plan was referred to as the "cobweb" plans and was not well suited to the topography of Auckland and therefore was not used in it entirety. Charles Ligar then drew the plan of Auckland that is still discernable today. 10 July Auckland's first newspapers the New Zealand Herald and the Auckland Gazette were born. The newspaper was in circulation for less than a year. 28th July The foundation stone was laid by Captain Hobson, for St. Paul's Anglican Church, the first church in Auckland. 1842 28th February The Supreme Court was opened on a site at the corner of Queen and Victoria Streets. Here the first execution in Auckland took place on 7 March, of a young native named Maketu for murder. 30 September Auckland Mechanics Institute and Library were opened in Chancery Street. This is where all the important town meetings of the time where held. 8 October The first ships to bring Immigrants direct form Britain arrived in Auckland. Two weeks later a ship bought the Parkhurst Boys from Britain, these boys were petty convicts and were described as "immigrant boys" in official documents. The locals felt they had been betrayed by England, as the New Zealand Colony wasn't supposed to receive any convicts. 1844-45 The first major works carried out on roads in Auckland, the upper part of Shortland Crescent was cut down to fill up the lower part of Shortland Crescent. Princes Street and Queen Street were first metalled. Up until this point Queen Street was almost unpassable in wet weather. 1846 20 January - The first Steamer arrived in Auckland, the H.M.S Driver 1847 7 July - The first commercial steamer, Juno, visited Auckland form Sydney Late 1840's Auckland was thought to be vulnerable to Maori attack. Steps were taken to defend the city and a stonewall was built around 9.2ha of land. Enclosed in the walls was the Albert Barracks. Population 1841-estimated to be 1500 1842-2895 |
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