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Kōrero: Religion and society

Salvation Army barracks, Sydenham

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Salvation Army barracks, Sydenham

Sydenham was a working-class area of Christchurch in the early 20th century. The size of these buildings on Battersea Street in 1909 suggests that the Salvation Army attracted considerable support from the community.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Steffano Webb Collection (PAColl-3061)

Reference: 1/1-009051-G

by Steffano Francis Webb

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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John Stenhouse, Religion and society – Secularism, gender and politics, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/28402/salvation-army-barracks-sydenham (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Stenhouse, i tāngia i te 23 March 2011.