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Haurongo: Troup, George Alexander

A design by George Alexander Troup for the Dunedin railway station

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A design by George Alexander Troup for the Dunedin railway station
In the competition for a design for the Dunedin railway station George Alexander Troup submitted this perspective sketch for a Gothic style building; but it was his alternative baroque design which won, and was constructed in 1904.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: B-064-007

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

James Veitch. 'Troup, George Alexander', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/1975/a-design-by-george-alexander-troup-for-the-dunedin-railway-station (accessed 4 June 2026).