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26 December 1844 Taking advantage of the waiver of pre-emption, George Hart purchases a large block of land from Ngati Pari at Papakura. Adam Chisholm also buys land at Opaheke the next day. William Hay buys another block nearby on 3 March 1845 (see also 18 November 1846). March (?) 1845 George Owen Ormsby completes the first survey of the Manukau Harbour entrance. 20 March 1845 The first private land sale in the Mangere area occurs when Thomas Jackson buys Puketutu Island for five pounds in cash and ten blankets from the Ngati Whatua chiefs Te Kawau, Keene, Te Hira and Paora; he also buys 1000 acres at Pukaki 1 April 1845 Thomas McLaughlin, a merchant from Peru, buys 2846 acres of the northern portion of the Clendon Grant. His land stretches from the shores of the Manukau Harbour to the Great South Road at Wiri. About 1861 his son William builds a fine homestead there. 27 October 1845 William Williams buys 714 acres of land in Tamaki between Mt Smart and Hamlin's Hill, the southern boundary being in part the Manukau Harbour. Here he establishes 'Penrose Farm'. He later buys a block of land in Pakuranga to which he gives the name 'Little Penrose Farm'. Penrose Farm is the site of the commissariat (military supply) depot during the Waikato war. December 1845 Fighting breaks out between Ngati Te Ata and Ngati Tamaoho over disputed boundaries on the Manukau Peninsula. Ngati Te Ata have sold land which Ngati Maoho regard as theirs, and the chief Epiha Putini has been forced to defend it. Putini later moves with many of his people to the Wesleyan mission station at Ihumatao.

= Well 15 years certainly has done a heck of alot to new Zealand and Even more has been done since. = = =

=Botany **1830s**=
 * Housing:** There are very few houses and all are made of wood but the few that are not wood are simply dug into the ground or made of dirt.
 * Work**: There are very few jobs most are farming or cutting down trees with the occasional Musket maker or hunter.
 * Schooling**: There is probably only 1 school and it is very small.
 * Pastimes:** Cutting down trees or fishing.
 * Transport**: Coaches and horses.

=Life Style=

Botany back then was a very harsh life and every day provided fresh challenges and a lot of work not unlike today. A lady wakes up to the annoying sound of cockerel at 5:30 on the dot. She wakes up her sons to do the daily farming while she goes to milk her cows. Her youngest catches the daily school cart to school. She takes eggs from the hen post and then goes to sort out the plowing in the field with her older sons. 4-5 hours later she comes back to prepare a dinner. She slounders off to the chicken pen to get a good fat hen and chop!! She spends 1m hour plucking and preparing before finally chucking the carcuss into a small oven. 3 hours later her youngest is dropped off and goes to help the father with grooming the horses or changing their hooves before taking the horses to the dairy farm next door to get some butter and cheese as well as borrowing some hatchets to cut down the trees at the small edge of their property to help develope their farm. 1 hour later 3 trees are down and they have to come for dinner which is about finished cooking now. After dinner they all go to their beds and then the whole process is repeated. =**Landscape**= The landscape is a abundant area of trees and hills with veru few houses except for one small clump in a settled area and this area is the future site of botany. The land was basically used for farming and woodcutting. The landscape changed from a few houses to chunks of houses and alot less trees and more farms are in the area. There also apeared Roads and more houses aside from the dirt trails and dirt houses.

=**Botany 1920-1930s**= They were Very air through and would get very cold at nigth if it were not the small wax candles (if they brought or bought any) and the fireplaces. Work on the farm was all about plowing stocks,milking cows,making butter and cheese and collect and making wax for candles. Work on Coaching was basically as we use a bus taking people to certain places depending the amount you are paid. Work on Teaching was quite harsh and could be a real drag with the kids as they were very rough or grummy and would frequently get the cane or whip if they disbehaved. The kids got caned or whipped for bad behaviour and praised for good work. =**Landscape**= Roads and alot of houses are here with great areas of wood cutting and alot more boats are coming into the shores bringing in more peiople or stock and then there are alot more houses and roads introduced in the surrounding areas there are a lot more farms and a few schools even.
 * Housing:** The houses were made out of stone and and wood with thatched roofs
 * Work:** Work would have comprised mainly on farming or coaching or teaching these jobs depended on the people and their housing area.
 * Schooling**: East Tamaki was the only school that we could find any information on and it was apparently quite a good school.
 * Pastimes:** The people did hunting or playing games as pastimes the adults could go eeling or fishing or simply more plwoing or carving for fun.
 * Transport**: The people of botany had to catch coatches and boats to get around or they could ride their hores into town.

=Botany today 2011= They are air cut warm and are designed to keep the cold out and to keepm all the heat in. = = =Life Style= Botany today is actually quite modern here is a possible life story: A lady wakes up to the annoying sound of her alarm clock. She goes downstairs and makes herself some branflakes. She gets herself ready for her accounting job. She takes her new Mercedes to work to show off and gets a small crowd of fans as she gets to work. She starts work with her usual boost of Botox and for the next 6 hours struggles with a old lady who is half deaf and blind trying to help with her life insurance but does not realise she is at the wrong building. She finally gets off of work early and still has some time to go shopping for some new high heels on the way back to the car she buyes herself a nice chocolate doughnut and eats it while driving back home. She gets home to find the dog has made a mess in the dining room and gloomily cleans it up before making herself a quick microwavable dinner which she then presumes to eat in front of her favourite Tv show : The Middle. She wakes up at 11:30 and slaggers herself to bed before waking up and restarting the process again. =Landscape= The area today is basically alots of houses and a series of large colleges a small section of hills with a few houses scattered abroad to the East. A natural reserve is next to the famous school of BDSC and a large shopping mall called Botany Downs Shopping center and more shops are scattered to the South including K mart, Pa'k'n save, The Good Guys and a few others with more houses and large intersections scattered through the town areas near the indoor Ice skating. Barry Curtis Park is further SNorth and there is a way overdone bridge next to the Fo Guang Shan Temple (Buddhist) That is the basic offset of area.
 * Housing:** The houses are made out of stones,bricks and a wood with tile roofs.
 * Work:** Work is very large with multiple businesses around the area and several self supporting or community based and serving businesses.
 * Schooling**: There are a multiple of schools and colledges and universities in the area. (eg Bsdc,Sainta Maria's.)
 * Pastimes:** fishing,walking,building their own pleasures,buying food,eeling,swimming and a multiple of others are possible pastimes.
 * Transport**: The people have trains,buses,cars and bikes to get around now.