William Stirling - Bluff, New Zealand
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BruceS
S 46° 36.792 E 168° 21.469
59G E 297685 N 4834426
Memorial placed on Stirling Point to honor individual who established a whaling station and was early settler in the area.
Waymark Code: WMG7E5
Location: South Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 01/24/2013
Views: 5
Text of plaque:
William Stirling
Born 1810 Kent, England Died 19th December 1851, Tiwai.
Arrived Cuttle Cove, Preservation Inlet, New Zealand 1830
Whaler, Headman, Mariner, Pioneer.
The First Pilot Of the Bluff Area
Below is a plaque with quote from Bible:
Mightier
Than The Thunders
Of Many Waters.
Mightier Than The Waves
Of the Sea.
The Lord On High
Is Mighty!
- Psalms 93:4
God Is Always Greater
Than All Our Troubles