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Haurongo: Lawson, Robert Arthur

Seacliff Mental Hospital, about 1910

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Seacliff Mental Hospital, about 1910
The gothic spires of Seacliff Mental Hospital, designed by Robert Arthur Lawson, would have been familiar to many who spent time there over the years as staff, like Frederic Truby King and patients, like Edward Lionel Terry.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-002563; F

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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Jonathan Mane-Wheoki. 'Lawson, Robert Arthur', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/596/seacliff-mental-hospital-about-1910-1 (accessed 4 June 2026).