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Julius Vogel. 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.
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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.
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.
Vogel, Julius. 1835–1899. Journalist, politician, premier, writer. This biography, written by Raewyn Dalziel, was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 1990. It was updated in September, 2022. Julius Vogel was born in London, England, probably on 24 February 1835, the son of Albert Leopold Vogel and his wife, Phoebe Isaac.
In 1870, Colonial Treasurer Julius Vogel launched the most ambitious development programme in New Zealand’s history. The ‘Vogel era’ was a decisive moment in New Zealand’s 19th-century transformation from a Māori world to a Pākehā one.
Julius Vogel was the dominant political figure of the 1870s, serving as colonial treasurer and premier on several occasions, and launching massive programmes of immigration and public works.
More than a century ago, New Zealand premier Sir Julius Vogel penned a prophetic novel about life in the year 2000. So unerring were some of his predictions that librarians today could be excused for re-classifying the book as a work of non-fiction.
