On this day in 1864

General Cameron with fellow officers of the Colonial Defence Force
Image courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library

On the 21st April 1864 General Cameron arrived in Tauranga.

References

Dates from list compiled by Jinty Rorke for Tauranga 1882-1982, The Centennial of Gazetting Tauranga as a Borough, (ed. A.C. Bellamy), published in 1982 by the Tauranga City Council

General Duncan Alexander Cameron with a group of soldiers of the Colonial Defence Force. Ref: PAColl-3396-1. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22704393