William Henry Julian (1876 - 1946)

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Note NI36153From the Taranaki Daily News article 12-11-2016 on Julian Rd. Taranaki. 1

Julian Road is found in the settlement of Warea, 35 km south-west of New Plymouth along SH45. It runs along the southern bank of the Waiweranui River, and at its end sits the Warea Co-operative Dairy Company factory.

The first factory here, a Crown Dairy Company branch, opened in 1892. It was built on the site of Gray's flax mill to make use of the existing water-wheel to drive the machinery. Crown building was bought by the Warea Co-operative in 1896 and the present concrete factory - now closed - was build in 1933 after the old wooden one was destroyed by fire. road, surveyed by the firm Saxton & Urwin in 1946, is named after Ray Julian. The Julian family had a long and significant association with the Warea district.

Samuel White Julian arrived in New Plymouth on board the Oriental in 1841. Samuel's third child Thomas (Tom), was Ray's father and because of his fluency in Maori, worked as an interpreter for the surveyor, F. A. Carrington. Tom moved his family from the 50 acre block they farmed in Tataraimaka to Wirea Road in 1980 where he bought 129 acres for £10 per acrea.

Tom regularly contributed toward community activities - as sexton, squeeze-box muso at local dances and helped build the first Warea Hall. Tom also owned a reliable team of bullocks that transported timber for the hall from Ducker's mill at the top of Newall Road and brought ashore sections of the Cape Egmont Lighthouse.

His oldest son, William Henry Julian, continued the tradition by operating cartage and roading services in the area until 1918. Tom's second son George Ernest became a director of the Warea Co-op Dairy Factory and along with brothers Percy and Ray, played rugby for the Warea Football Club.

Tom lived with youngest son Ray after his wife Matilda died in 1921.

Ray farmed at Warea where he was a justice of the peace and a community leader therefore giving his name to the road.

-Contributed by the Taranaki Research Centre I Te Pua Wananga o Taranaki at Puke Ariki.

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1. ↑ Source: #S897 From the Taranaki Daily News article 12-11-2016 on Julian Rd. Taranaki. Julian Road is found in the settlement of Warea, 35 km south-west of New Plymouth along SH45. It runs along the southern bank of the Waiweranui River, and at its end sits the Warea Certainty: 3

• Source: S897 Taranaki Daily News Paper