Personal details
Full Name:
- George Clarke
Lifetime:
- 27 Jan 1798–29 Jul 1875
Biography
Lay missionary George Clarke reluctantly became "Chief Protector of Aborigines" in 1840, leading a department of sub-protectors whose role was to look after Maori interests.
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The Treaty in practice
Amalgamating Māori into colonial settler society was a key part of British policy in New Zealand after 1840. Economic and social change, along with land-purchase programmes, were central to this process.
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Main image: George Clarke and family c1868
George Clarke (1798-1875), his wife Martha, and their 13 children, circa 1868, probably at Waimate North.
