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Princes Street, Dunedin, 1861

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Princes Street, Dunedin, 1861

In 1861 Princes Street in Dunedin was little more than a dirt track lined with small wooden shops. But the wealth generated by the Otago gold rushes would soon transform the street.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 10x8-1662-G

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.

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David Thorns rāua ko Ben Schrader, City history and people – Towns to cities, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/23503/princes-street-dunedin-1861 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā David Thorns rāua ko Ben Schrader, i tāngia i te 15 April 2010.