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D. A Jolly, storekeeper

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D. A Jolly, storekeeper

D. A. Jolly (second from right), owner and manager of this general store in Pembroke (now Wānaka), Central Otago, stands with his staff (who may be his sons). Mr Jolly first arrived in New Zealand in 1862 to work as a gold miner. He later opened a general store in Cromwell, and then this branch at Pembroke. His change of occupation reflects the trend in the New Zealand economy from extracting natural resources to providing services.

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Hocken Collections, University of Otago

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Paul Callister and Robert Didham, Occupational structure – Occupational change since 1840, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22545/d-a-jolly-storekeeper (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Callister and Robert Didham, published 14 April 2010.