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Sir Julius Vogel KCMG (24 February 1835 – 12 March 1899) was the eighth premier of New Zealand. His administration is best remembered for the issuing of bonds to fund railway construction and other public works. He was the first Jewish prime minister of New Zealand. Historian Warwick R. Armstrong assesses Vogel's strengths and ...
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A lifelong gambler and speculator, Vogel followed the gold rushes, learning journalism in Victoria in the 1850s. In 1861 he fetched up in Dunedin, where he edited our first daily newspaper, the Otago Daily Times. Print, politics and profits were his watchwords. In Otago, Vogel entered politics.
Julius Vogel was a journalist, politician and writer who played a key role in the development of New Zealand. He was born in London in 1835, the son of a Jewish merchant family. He worked as an editor and journalist in Melbourne and Dunedin, and became the first editor of the Otago Daily Times in 1861. He was a leader of the free trade movement and a promoter of regional development.
15 de abr. de 2024 · Sir Julius Vogel (born Feb. 24, 1835, London—died March 12, 1899, East Molesey, Surrey, Eng.) was a New Zealand statesman, journalist, and businessman known for his bold project to regenerate New Zealand’s economy in the 1870s through large-scale public works financed by British loans.
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Julius Vogel was the colonial treasurer who launched the most ambitious development programme in New Zealand’s history in 1870. He proposed to borrow huge sums from Britain to revitalise and accelerate European colonisation, build railways, and assist British migrants. The Vogel era was a decisive moment in New Zealand’s 19th-century transformation from a Māori world to a Pākehā one.
After the initial enthusiasm of the 1870s, Julius Vogel’s reputation suffered in the 1880s when New Zealand’s economy slumped into a long depression that was triggered by an international banking crisis.
Sir Julius Vogel (1835-1899), journalist and premier, was born on 24 February 1835 in London, son of Albert Leopold Vogel, a Jew of Dutch origin, and his wife Phoebe, née Isaac.
