We acknowledge our debts to following sources from which we have quoted, borrowed material, or found to be especially helpul:

The Hutchinson Guide to the World Helicon Publishing Ltd Oxford, 1994 The quotation from Mark Twain on page 48 is from this source. MIDI Files The MIDI file used in this section of the website was sequenced by Barry Taylor (of The Great Canadian Tune Book). Millar, Hugo B. FRSA, FSA Scot. The History of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth From the Earliest Times: Including a Guide to Places of Interest in the District. Cumbernauld Historical Society [Cumbernauld], 1980 North Otago Museum 60 Thames Street, North Otago, New Zealand. The images of Oamaru Harbour on page 51 are from this source. (The museum's help has not, of course, ended there.) Oamaru Mail Oamaru's local paper.  First published 1864.  The two obituaries quoted on page 50 are from this source. Oamaru Times and Waitaki Reporter Otago Daily Times Otago Witness: Town Edition The image of Dunedin Court House and Gaol on page 48 is from this source. Roberts, W. H. S. The History of Oamaru and North Otago, New Zealand: From 1853 to the End of 1889. Andrew Fraser Oamaru, 1890 This section of the website relies very heavily upon this publication. Roberts, W. H. S. North Otago: From the Earliest Times Re-printed from the Oamaru Mail Oamaru, 1915.

We wish also to acknowledge our debts to: the British Library, St Pancras, London; the British Library's Newspaper Library, Colindale, London; the Guidhall Library, London; the North Otago Museum, Oamaru, New Zealand; New Register House, Edinburgh; and, of course, to the staff of those libraries and archives. CONTACTS Do you want to talk about the people in this section of the website? Email Kathleen I Stringer: kathleen.stringer@xtra.co.nz Do you want to talk to the webmaster? Email John M Dunlop: johnmdunlop@bigpond.com LINKS

www.bl.uk
The web address of the British Library, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB

www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
The web address of the Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London, EC2
    The Guildhall Library hold the Lloyd's Archive.

www.tourismwaitaki.co.nz
The image of Oamaru Museum on page 52 is from this source.

www.northotagomuseum.co.nz
The web address of the North Otago Museum, 60 Thames Street, Oamaru, New Zealand.

www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
The internet offshoot of:
    General Register Office for Scotland
        New Register House, Edinburgh, EH1 3YT

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