Links and sources
Websites
The papers of Sir Donald McLean
Read Donald McLean's digitised manuscripts in Papers Past.
Bibliography
Cowan, J. Sir Donald MacLean. Dunedin, 1940
Dalziel, R. '"Making us one": courtship and marriage in colonial New Zealand.' Turnbull Library Record XIX, No 1 (May 1986): 7–26
Fargher, R. W. S. 'Donald McLean, chief land purchase agent (1846–1861), and native secretary (1856–1861)'. MA thesis, Auckland, 1947
Fargher, R.W.S. The best man who ever served the crown? A life of Donald McLean. Wellington, 2007
Parr, B. 'The McLean estate, a study of pastoral finance and estate management in New Zealand, 1853–91'. MA thesis, Auckland, 1970
Sinclair, K. The origins of the Maori wars. Wellington, 1957
Ward, A. A show of justice. Auckland, 1973
Wright, M. Man of secrets: the private life of Donald McLean. Auckland, 2015