{"product_id":"albertland-the-last-organised-british-settlement-in-new-zealand","title":"ALBERTLAND: The last organised British settlement in New Zealand","description":"\u003cp\u003eALBERTLAND: The last organised British settlement in New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby J.L. Borrows\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003eFormat: small hard cover with dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePublished: AH \u0026amp; AW Reed 1969, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003eSize (mm): 140w x 220 h x 25 d\u003cbr\u003ePages: 218\u003cbr\u003eSKU: A5\/2606\/K523\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003eAn account of the brave endeavour, disappointment, and achievement North of Auckland on the shores of the Kaipara Harbour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA detailed historical account of the Albertland Special Settlement Scheme, an ambitious but largely unsuccessful 1862 colonization movement designed to establish a Nonconformist Christian utopia on the shores of Northland's Kaipara Harbour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorrows documents how William Rawson Brame, a young Birmingham journalist and Baptist minister, spearheaded the movement in 1861. He drew in thousands of English middle-class settlers looking for religious independence and cheap land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWell illustrated with monochrome images, drawings and maps, including maps on end papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003eExcellent with wear on dust jacket, stamped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIMAGES \u003cbr\u003eAre of actual item and depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003eIncreasingly scarce\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePrior sales immaculate $65, priced accordingly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55229733142820,"sku":"A5\/2606\/K523","price":39.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/3811073872186053974.png?v=1791250006","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/albertland-the-last-organised-british-settlement-in-new-zealand","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}