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John Gilfillan

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John Gilfillan

Four members of settler John Gilfillan’s family were killed at their isolated farmhouse near Whanganui in April 1847 by a raiding party. Gilfillan is seen here with a woman who was probably his daughter, in Melbourne, Victoria, around 1855.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Tesla Studios Collection (PAColl-3046)

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Diana Beaglehole, Whanganui region – European settlement, 1840–1860, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19022/john-gilfillan (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Diana Beaglehole, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 June 2015.