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Kōrero: Class

Caversham, Dunedin, 1880s

Caversham, Dunedin, 1880s

Working-class people in Dunedin were likely to be found on the flat ground of Caversham, where the houses were one-storey and small. The area suffered from poor drainage and was often polluted with smoke from factories.

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Jock Phillips, Class – Colonial society – the working class, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/29724/caversham-dunedin-1880s (accessed 4 June 2026).

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

Comments

John William Beatson
06 September 2017
Hi my early ancestors on my fathers side lived in Caversham. James Dunn Beatson was my grandfather+ Robins his wife. He was a champion otago, NZ and Australasian runner on both track and cross country. They lived at 3 Lomond street, but believe they were at Corstophlne before this. John