My Account
Browne and the HMSS Buffalo, off Spar Station Cove on the Mahurangi River, will be the subject of the first Warkworth Town Hall Talk of the year, which will be held on Thursday, March 26.
The speaker will be Auckland Council cultural heritage specialist Robert Brassey.
Mr Brassey will discuss a new chapter in the Mahurangi Harbour’s history contained in Bob Moxon Browne’s recently published history of the Browne family.
The book, titled The Moxon Brownes, An Account of Octavius Browne, tells the story of the author’s own ancestors over the last 250 years.
The story starts with an 18th century drawing master and calligrapher, his son who deserted his family to start a new life as an artist in America, and the exploits of his grandson Octavius and his family.
Octavius’s brother, Gordon Browne, is the man credited with establishing New Zealand’s timber export trade and the first European settlement in the Auckland region.
Talk organiser Cimino Cole hopes to screen a recorded video statement from the author Bob Moxon Brown at the talk. Doors open at 5.15pm for a 5.30pm start.
