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Monday 04 April 2016
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Monday. 7.30pm, Nelson Intermediate School, Tipahi Street. Gold coin donation.
Guest Speaker: Mark Graesser
To the Dragon's Teeth with James Mackay in 1856: an exercise in vicarious tramping.
James Mackay Jr, then in his 20's, explored the mountainous hinterland of Golden Bay (then known as "Massacre Bay") on three expeditions in 1856 and 1858. During these trips, Mackay named such features as Mount Olympus, the Clark River, and the Diamond Lakes. This talk will focus on the first trip, to the headwaters of the Aorere River. It will be based on a close analysis of Mackay's reports in relation to today's topographic knowledge, together with computer mapping and display tools. There will be a briefer account of two subsequent trips to the headwaters of the Takaka.
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