GOLDER, WILLIAM (1810-76) was born in Scotland. He came to New Zealand with his wife in the Bengal Merchant (1839). He wrote a good deal of verse and published New Zealand Minstrelsy (1852), The Pigeons' Parliament (1854), The New Zealand Survey and The Crystal Palace of 1851 (1867). Golder was a school teacher at Belmont and Korokoro schools from 1873 until his death (on 20 Jun 1876).

Hocken, Bibliog.; Wellington Educ. Board (information); N.Z. Spectator, 14 Jul 1852; N.Z. Times, 24 Dec 1876.

Reference: Volume 1, page 169

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