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Haurongo: Menzies, James Alexander Robertson

James Alexander Robertson Menzies

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James Alexander Robertson Menzies

The first superintendent of Southland province, James Menzies, always wore outfits that included an item of Highland dress – in this photograph, a tam-o’-shanter.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand Free Lance Collection (PA-Group-00079)

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-207-03

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

John Hall-Jones. 'Menzies, James Alexander Robertson', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/43380/james-alexander-robertson-menzies (accessed 4 June 2026).