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Haurongo: Donald, Alexander Bell

The business premises of Alexander Bell Donald, one of Auckland's leading Pacific island traders

The business premises of Alexander Bell Donald, one of Auckland's leading Pacific island traders
In the mid 1890s Alexander Bell Donald's partner retired and the trading business they had founded relinquished its shipping service and concentrated on the importing of produce from the Pacific islands.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Brett Collection

Reference: 1/2-032048; F

Photograph by Auckland Star

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

W. A. Laxon. 'Donald, Alexander Bell', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/2839/the-business-premises-of-alexander-bell-donald-one-of-aucklands-leading-pacific (accessed 4 June 2026).