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Thomas Bunbury
Major Thomas Bunbury, ca 1861. Bunbury sailed down the east coast to Port Nicholson and to the South Island to
gather Treaty of Waitangi signatures. On 4 June 1840, at Sylvan Bay, he proclaimed
British sovereignty over Stewart Island by discovery and then, on 17
June at Cloudy Bay, over the South Island by cession.
Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PAColl-6075-15
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