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Bluff Harbour, 1844

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Bluff Harbour, 1844

John Wallis Barnicoat sketched this view of Māori dwellings on Bluff Harbour. Bluff hill is in the background, reached by land to the right.

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Hocken Collections, University of Otago

Reference: 94/276 a & b

by John Wallis Barnicoat

Permission of the Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hakena, University of Otago, must be obtained before any re-use of this image. Further information may be obtained from the Library through its website.

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David Grant, Southland places – Bluff and the south coast, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/20166/bluff-harbour-1844 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Grant, published 2 March 2009, updated 25 May 2015.