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    The Maungatapu murders took place on 12 and 13 June 1866 on the Maungatapu track near Nelson, South Island, New Zealand, in two separate attacks that killed...
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  • metres high. Maungatapu is Māori for "sacred mountain". The mountain was the location of the infamous Maungatapu murders. The Maungatapu saddle is the...
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  • 1829 – 5 October 1866) was a notorious murderer known for the "Maungatapu murders" which occurred on the Maungatapu track, south-east of Nelson, New Zealand...
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    1866 for his part in apprehending the four men found guilty of the Maungatapu murders. He had chaired a meeting to raise money for a search for the missing...
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  • "The Otaki murders - 27 May 1951 - 5 people killed". 10 December 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2024. McKinnon, Malcolm. "Himatangi murders". Te Ara. Retrieved...
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  • (disambiguation) Richard Burgess (murderer) (1829–1866), born Richard Hill, New Zealander known for the Maungatapu murders Rich Hill (disambiguation) This...
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    Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. map 157. ISBN 1-877333-20-4. "Maungatapu murders, 1866". New Zealand History. Retrieved 17 January 2024. "Dobson Brothers"...
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    George Dobson (surveyor) (category New Zealand murder victims)
    Handbook. Christchurch: Avon Fine Prints. p. 80. Retrieved 8 May 2011. "Maungatapu murders, 1866". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 20 September 2017. Retrieved...
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  • III, American diplomat Thomas Kelly, one of the perpetrators of the Maungatapu murders. Thomas Kelley (disambiguation) Thomas Kelly High School (opened 1928)...
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    very serious nature. In 1866 Goulstone briefly gave evidence in the Maungatapu murders trial, in his capacity as the acting manager of the Bank of New South...
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  • New Zealand History - Executed in New Zealand The execution of the Maungatapu Murderers The murder of Mary Dobie by Tutiaha in 1880 Murders on Crime.co...
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    in Canvastown Wikimedia Commons has media related to Canvastown. Maungatapu murders Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp...
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    Govt. Printer. p. 86. Colonist, 6 April 1910, Page 2, Obituary The Maungatapu Murders, Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 89,...
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    to Nelson, Pitt appeared as an advocate for the defendants in the Maungatapu murders case in mid-1866. In 1868 he entered into partnership with Henry Adams...
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    the Supreme Court. A notable trial during this time related to the Maungatapu murders. When Mr Poynter died, he was appointed Resident Magistrate (1868–1871)...
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  • melodramatic romance with the story of the 1866 Maungatapu murders which talk about the three brutally murdered men that were carrying gold to Nelson for goldfield...
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    Historical Museum. ISBN 0-473-05854-5. Wikidata Q106090688. "The crimes – Maungatapu murders, 1866 | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". nzhistory.govt.nz...
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    notable people buried in this cemetery, including the victims of the Maungatapu murders. The cemetery is easily accessed and is currently a registered walk...
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    surveyors. Son George Dobson (1840–1866) was murdered by Richard Burgess and the other Maungatapu murderers. His daughter Mary married Sir Julius von Haast...
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    the Burgess-Sullivan gang (also known as the Maungatapu Murderers) near where George Dobson had been murdered a few days previously. Unknown to his interrogator...
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