ORIGIN OF SWANSON
NAMED AFTER PIONEER UNK WITH EARLY DAYS A link with early history in the city and with the naming of Swanson was broken with the death, at the age of 76 years, of Mr. William Swanson, at Devonport, on Saturday evening. Mr. Swanson was better known as Wiri Wanihara, in his capacity as a Native Land Court interpreter. His father, Mr. William Swanson, gave his name to the present suburb of SwanSon, on the Helensville railway line. He also filled many public offices, first as a member of the original City Board in Auckland, and later in the Provincial Council. This was followed by a long term in the House of Representatives, Mr. Swanson finally being one of the three members of the Legislative Council who were appointed for life by Sir George Grey. In his early days Mr. Swanson, senior, worked at the building of the ship Stirlingshire at the Great Barrier. and later built a 14-ton vessel in which he and several others set out for the goldfields of California. The boat was sold at Honolulu, and the journey was continued by a trading vessel. Returning to New Zealand, Mr. Swanson went into the timber business at the site of the present suburb of Swanson.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 372, 5 June 1928, Page 1
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210ORIGIN OF SWANSON Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 372, 5 June 1928, Page 1
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