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Captain John Gillies, over a period of three years between early February, 1846 and early February, 1849, finished off and launched New Zealand’s largest-ever sailing vessel – at Nagle’s Cove, Great Barrier Island. He had also, in 1942, built to brig ‘Tryphena’ In New South Wales, after which Tryphena, Great Barrier Island, is named. For those things alone he needs his story told, but there is plenty more interest in a life packed with constant activity and variety. He was born in unknown country, but probably Scotland, about 1800, went to New South Wales, moved to New Zealand in 1844, and drowned in Coromandel Harbour in 1875. His story is essential to an understanding of the early European history of Great Barrier Island.
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