Story: Marine animals without backbones

Forrester Gallery, Ōamaru

The Forrester Gallery (formerly the Bank of New South Wales), built in 1884, is a fine example of a building made from Ōamaru stone.

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Heritage New Zealand – Pouhere Taonga

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Dennis Gordon and Maggy Wassilieff, Marine animals without backbones – Lace corals and lamp shells, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/5861/forrester-gallery-oamaru (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Dennis Gordon and Maggy Wassilieff, published 2 March 2009.