Events In History
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18 April 1847Gilfillan killings near WhanganuiA Māori raid on the Gilfillan farm at Matarawa, just east of Whanganui, left four members of the family dead. The artist John Gilfillan and one of his daughters were severely wounded. Read more...
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War in Whanganui
The confusion and uncertainty that had surrounded the New Zealand Company's land purchases in Whanganui erupted into violence in the autumn and winter of 1847. The conflict here also involved longstanding rivalries between upper and lower Whanganui River Māori.
- Page 3 - The Matarawa killingsThe killing of Mary Gilfillan and three of her children caused tension between upriver and downriver Māori as well as among Europeans.
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Main image: John Alexander Gilfillan
John Alexander Gilfillan c1855
