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Kōrero: Southland places

Invercargill, 1860s

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Invercargill, 1860s

The broad streets laid out by surveyor John Turnbull Thomson dominated the modest early buildings. This view is looking north along Dee Street, the town’s main business thoroughfare.

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Southland Museum and Art Gallery

Reference: P80.156

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David Grant, Southland places – Invercargill, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/20154/invercargill-1860s (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā David Grant, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 25 May 2015.