was established, with its fields in the Auckland Domain. This club still exists and was the first bowling club established in New Zealand. In 2011 Geologists located a 'forgotten volcano', Grafton Volcano, under the suburb. While it had long been known that the nearby Auckland Domain is a volcanic crater [approximately 50,000 years old], it is now apparent that most of the area on which the suburb of Grafton sits was on a slightly older volcanic crater, obscured by the later eruptions of the Domain Volcano. Notable residents During the late 1840s Chief Pōtatau Te Wherowhero resided in the Auckland Domain in a house provided for him by the Government, this house was located north of the Domain Ponds, between the Hospital and the southern entrance of what is now called Centennial Walk. Here he was visited by the then Governor, George Grey. Gustavus von Tempsky (1828–1868) lived on Grafton Road in the early 1860s. The early settler Outhwaite family resided in their Grafton house for nearly eighty five years. Noted aviator Jean Batten stayed with her brother when he lived in Seafield View road during the 1930s (house demolished around 2006). The painter Max Gimblett's family lived in Grafton in the 1940s and ran the shop on the corner of Carlton Gore and Seafield View Roads. In the 1990s the painter Don Binney rented the same shop as a studio space. Pauline Kumeroa Kingi CNZM is a notable current resident. References The Heart of Colonial Auckland, 1865–1910. Terence Hodgson. Random Century NZ Ltd 1992. Colonial Architecture In New Zealand. John Stacpoole. A.H & A.W Reed 1976 Decently And In Order, The Centennial History of the Auckland City Council. G.W.A Bush. Collins 1971. Auckland Through A Victorian Lens. William Main. Millwood Press 1977. The Lively Capital, Auckland 1840–1865. Una Platts. Avon Fine Prints Limited New Zealand 1971. Grafton Heritage Trail, Grafton Residents Association 2005 External links Photographs of Grafton held in Auckland Libraries' heritage collections. Suburbs of Auckland Waitematā Local Board Area St Peter's College, Auckland