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Ōamaru town and port, early 1900s

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Ōamaru town and port, early 1900s
By the early 1900s Ōamaru’s days of rapid commercial expansion – a trademark of the town in the 1870s – were behind it. But the inheritance, in terms of buildings and port works, was substantial.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago places – Ōamaru, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22737/oamaru-town-and-port-early-1900s (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 19 August 2009, updated 1 July 2015.