Story: Class

Caversham, Dunedin, 1880s

Working-class people in Dunedin were likely to be found on the flat ground of Caversham, where the houses were one-storey and small. The area suffered from poor drainage and was often polluted with smoke from factories.

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Jock Phillips, Class – Colonial society – the working class, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/29724/caversham-dunedin-1880s (accessed 14 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 15 April 2011.

Comments

John William Beatson
06 September 2017

Hi my early ancestors on my fathers side lived in Caversham. James Dunn Beatson was my grandfather+ Robins his wife. He was a champion otago, NZ and Australasian runner on both track and cross country. They lived at 3 Lomond street, but believe they were at Corstophlne before this. John