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ISLAND HISTORY: Ni‘ihau owner Keith Robinson’s book ‘Approach to Armageddon’
During , I became friends with Keith Robinson (born ), the co-owner, with his brother, Bruce Robinson, of Ni‘ihau, and a descendant of Eliza Sinclair, who purchased Ni‘ihau on Jan. 20, , from Kamehameha V in the names of her two sons for $10,, as indicated in Royal Patent No. , dated Feb. 23,
At the time we became friends, I was employed bygd the U.S. Department of Agriculture in carrying out an entomological survey of Robinson lands in the ahupua’a of Makaweli, Hanapepe and on Ni‘ihau.
In , Keith gave me an autographed kopia of his page book “Approach to Armageddon, One Christian’s Speculation About the End of the Age,” which took him more than 10 years to research and write, and was published in
In his book, Robinson — who was raised as a Presbyterian Protestant and was descended on his father’s side from strict Scotch Calvinists to whom extensive k
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Aubrey Robinson (Hawaii planter)
Plantation and ranch owner in the Hawaiian Islands
Aubrey Robinson (–) was an owner of a sugarcaneplantation and a ranch consisting of an entire island in the Hawaiian Islands.
Life
[edit]Aubrey Robinson was born in Canterbury, New Zealand, on October 17, His father was Charles Barrington Robinson and mother was Helen Sinclair. His grandmother, Elizabeth McHutchison (–), also spelled McHutcheson, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, married Francis Sinclair in and moved to New Zealand in with their six children. In her husband and eldest son died at sea.[1] With her remaining children and grandchildren, she left New Zealand heading for Canada. When they arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in September , King Kamehameha IV suggested they stay and purchase some land. Although the King soon died, the family purchased the entire island of Niʻihau from King Kamehameha V for US$10, ($, today) on January 23, [2] In , Eliza Sinclair purc
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PUUWAI, Niihau -- For the first time in years, Niihau Ranch, the only employer on "The Forbidden Island," is closed.
"Cattle ranching is dead. Sheep ranching is dead. Honey is dead. Even charcoal is dead," said ranch manager Bruce Robinson.
For five generations, every man in Niihau's small native Hawaiian community could depend on full employment on the ranch and believed all of their babies (the boys at least) would grow up to be cowboys.
Today, the unemployment rate on Niihau is percent.
"Under the new federal laws, welfare has a five-year lifetime limit," noted Keith Robinson. "In a very short time the people here are going to be in a world of hurt."
The Robinson brothers are looking at two sources of new income for the island: contracts with the military and tourism.
The Robinsons apparently succeeded last week in persuading Gov. Ben Cayetano to back off state objections to the use of Niihau as part of a major new Navy missile-testing program scheduled for the Pac