According to his death certificate, William Charles Hill spent about eight years in New Zealand. It doesn't say what period.
'Hill, William Charles (1838–1919)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/hill-william-charles-13711/text36757, accessed 20 September 2024.
5 May,
1838
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
11 January,
1919
(aged 80)
Woollahra, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
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