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Kōrero: Class

Royal Terrace, Dunedin, 1900

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Royal Terrace, Dunedin, 1900

By the end of the 19th century there were clear social differences in the residential areas of the main centres. In Dunedin the wealthier bourgeoisie inhabited large villas along the hill on Royal Terrace, seen here from the junction of Elder and Pitt streets. Having a view had already become a mark of distinction.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Hocken Collections, University of Otago

Reference: S09-038b

Permission of the Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hakena, University of Otago, must be obtained before any re-use of this image. Further information may be obtained from the Library through its website.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jock Phillips, Class – Colonial society – the working class, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/29723/royal-terrace-dunedin-1900 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 15 April 2011.