Showing posts with label Richard Milhaus Nixon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richard Milhaus Nixon. Show all posts
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Bob Edlin: Sure, he was known as Tricky Dicky.............
Labels: Bob Edlin, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Queen Victoria, Richard Milhaus Nixon, Statues, Tamatha Paul, Tourist drawcardSure, he was known as Tricky Dicky – but there are only two statues of him in the world, and one of them is in NZ
What does Edward Gibbon Wakefield, an Englishman, have in common with Richard Milhaus Nixon, an American?
Wakefield, a key figure in the establishment of the colonies of South Australia and New Zealand, is particularly associated with the English settlement of Wellington in the 19th century.
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