Kōrero: Auckland region

Mt Eden prison

Mt Eden prison

Auckland’s volcanic rock – a scree slope of basalt is visible in the foreground – was used in the wall around the original Mt Eden prison, formerly a military barracks. This complex was replaced by a new prison on the same site in 1917.

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Auckland City Libraries - Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero
Reference: 4-1068

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Margaret McClure, 'Auckland region - Landforms', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15868/mt-eden-prison (accessed 24 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Margaret McClure, updated 1 Aug 2016