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Kōrero: Otago region

Sketch of Dunedin town

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Sketch of Dunedin town

In May 1848, just over a month after the first colonist ships arrived, surveyor Charles Kettle sketched the new settlement. He identified the important official buildings and some private houses.

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Hocken Collections, University of Otago

Reference: S06-190e

by C. H. Kettle

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Malcolm McKinnon, Otago region – The Otago settlement, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/22636/sketch-of-dunedin-town (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 18 August 2009, updated 1 May 2015.