Woolwich to Wellington: FROM SETTLER COLONY TO GARRISONED SOVEREIGNTY.

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  • Author(s): MACDONALD, CHARLOTTE
  • Source:
    New Zealand Journal of History. Apr2019, Vol. 53 Issue 1, p50-76. 27p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      NEW Zealand history; COLONIES; IMPERIALISM; SOVEREIGNTY; BRITISH garrisons; MILITARY history
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses New Zealand's history by thinking beyond its origins as a settler colony to a history of what the author argues was a garrison colony, and to the achievement of a garrisoned sovereignty by 1870. Topics covered include the British possession of New Zealand, the presence of military garrisons as a testimony to the commitment of the British administration to secure British colonization and investment in the country, and the transfer of power to settler state by the 1870s.