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    James Busby (7 February 1802 – 15 July 1871) was the British Resident in New Zealand from 1833 to 1840. He was involved in drafting the 1835 Declaration...
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  • John Busby (24 March 1765 – 10 May 1857) was an English-born surveyor and civil engineer, active in Australia. Busby was born in Alnwick, Northumberland...
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    Bonnyrigg. Busby was named after James Busby (1801–1871), a pioneer viticulturist, widely regarded as the father of the Australian wine industry. Busby, who...
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    Sir Alexander Matthew Busby CBE (26 May 1909 – 20 January 1994) was a Scottish football player and manager, who managed Manchester United between 1945...
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  • Look up busby in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Busby may refer to: Busby (military headdress), a kind of military headdress, made of fur, derived from...
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    George's cross with a blue canton charged with a half moon. In 1833, James Busby arrived in New Zealand with the official role of British resident. One...
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    response, the British government sent James Busby in 1832 to serve as the British Resident in New Zealand. In 1834 Busby drafted a document known as the Declaration...
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    Margaret Yvonne Busby, CBE, Hon. FRSL (born 1944), also known as Nana Akua Ackon, is a Ghanaian-born publisher, editor, writer and broadcaster, resident...
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    the city of Shiraz in ancient Iran may, however, be of French origin. James Busby wrote in his Journal of a recent visit to the principal vineyards of...
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    1840. The first major planting in the Hunter Valley came in 1825 when James Busby, widely considered the father of Australian wine, purchased vineyard...
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    Agnes Busby (c. 1800 – 13 October 1889) was an early European settler in Australia and New Zealand married to James Busby, the first British Resident...
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    School, Hinchinbrook Public School, Good Samaritan Catholic College and James Busby High School. It is also homes to various clubs, such as the Uruguyan...
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    names, such as Arunta, Kinkuna, and Naranghi. Busby West Public School Green Valley Public School James Busby High School Minarah College According to the...
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    signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. On 28 October 1835, with James Busby, the British Resident in New Zealand, the declaration was signed by 34...
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    William Enos, (November 29, 1895 – March 14, 1976) known professionally as Busby Berkeley, was an American film director and musical choreographer. Berkeley...
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  • identical to the Syrah grape, was brought to Australia by James Busby, the father of Australian wine. Busby travelled through Spain and France collecting vine...
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    growing conditions. The vine requires a rich soil and short pruning. James Busby brought some Pedro Ximénez to Australia in 1832. Some were imported from...
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  • Auguste Nemours. In a new foreword to the 1980 Allison & Busby edition of The Black Jacobins, James recalled that "Nemours used coffee cups and books in Paris...
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    missionaries, and escaped convicts from Australia. British Resident James Busby arrived in New Zealand in May 1833. In 1835, a number of Māori chiefs...
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    Kororāreka (now Russell). The flagstaff had been a gift from Hōne Heke to James Busby, the first British Resident. The Northern War involved many major actions...
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    issued a declaration of independence (drafted by Scottish businessman James Busby) as the "United Tribes of New Zealand", in order to resist potential...
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    February 1840 when a public meeting was held on the grounds in front of James Busby's residence. Lieutenant Governor Hobson read a proposed document to the...
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    of Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia. It was built during 1803 by James Busby. It is also known as Land Next to Male Orphan School, The Homestead,...
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    Zealand, is the former house of the British Resident in New Zealand, James Busby. The Treaty of Waitangi, the document that established the British Colony...
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    land around the homestead was recognised by James Busby, appointed Farm Manager for the orphanage in 1825. Busby was one of the first in the colony to attempt...
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  • Major-General Sir Richard Bourke British Resident in New Zealand – James Busby March – James Busby convenes a meeting of Māori chiefs from northern New Zealand...
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  • Resident in New Zealand – James Busby 10 May – James Busby arrives in the Bay of Islands on HMS Imogene. 16 May – James Busby meets 22 leading chiefs at...
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  • Allison & Busby (A & B) is a publishing house based in London established by Clive Allison and Margaret Busby in 1967. The company has built up a reputation...
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    shallow sort of man, who himself is easily manipulated by the N.I.C.E. James Busby – A former clergyman and bursar at Bracton College and another member...
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    drafted the Treaty of Waitangi together with his secretary James Freeman and James Busby. Busby had previously drafted the Declaration of the Independence...
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