Thomas Buick

Thomas Lindsay Buick (1866-1938) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Wairau, and a historian. He published under the name T. Lindsay Buick.

Member of Parliament

Thomas Buick represented the Wairau electorate (1890-96) in the New Zealand House of Representatives. [see Wilson & Hamer, p.361]

Historical work

Buick wrote numerous works on the pre-European and early contact history New Zealand, and two books on music. His "The Treaty of Waitangi: or, How New Zealand became a British Colony" (1916) remained the only substantial work on the Treaty until the late 1980s.

Later, he was owner/publisher of the Dannevirke 'Advocate'. [Hamer, p.312]

Published work

* "Old Marlborough: or, The Story of a Province" (1900)
* "Old Manawatu: or, The Wild Days of the West" (1903)
* "Old New Zealander: or, Te Rauparaha, the Napoleon of the South (1911)
* "Letters from Abroad" (1914)
* "The Treaty of Waitangi: or, How New Zealand became a British Colony" (1916)
* "New Zealand's First War: or, The Rebellion of Hone Heke" (1926)
* "Romance of the Gramophone" (1927)
* "French at Akaroa: An Adventure in Colonization" (1928)
* "Jubilee of the Port of Wellington, 1880-1930" (1930)
* "Mystery of the Moa: New Zealand's Avian Giant" (1931)
* "British Residency at Waitangi" (1932)
* "Waitangi: Ninety-four Years After" (1934)
* "Old British Residency at the Bay of Islands" (1934)
* "Centenary of a Flag: New Zealand's Old National Ensign" (1934)
* "Elijah: The Story of Mendelssohn’s Oratorio" (1935)
* "The Discovery of Dinornis: The Story of a Man, a Bone, and a Bird" (1936)
* "Moa-Hunters of New Zealand: Sportsmen of the Stone Age" (1936)

Notes

References

* "The New Zealand Liberals: the Years of Power 1891-1912" by David Hamer (1988, Auckland University Press, Auckland)
* "The New Zealand Parliamentary Record: 1840-1984" by J.O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)