Haast, New Zealand
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Haast is a small town in the Westland District on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. The township is beside the Haast River, 3 kilometres south of Haast Junction, on State Highway 6. The Ha
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Haast Beach in 1968
Julius von Haast
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Sir Johann Franz Julius von Haast was a German-born New Zealand explorer, geologist, and founder of the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch.
Haast, New Zealand
…township, the major river that is close to the town, a gorge on the river and the pass across to the eastern side of the Southern Alps are all named after Julius von Haast, a Prussian-born geologist who travelled through the area in 1863. Although the prospector Charles Cameron is said to be the first European to ‘discover…
Haast in c. 1867
Julius von Haast
Haast with his wife Mary, 1865
Haast's grave at Holy Trinity Avonside