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Cornwall Park

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Cornwall Park

John Logan Campbell stands on The Avenue in Cornwall Park around 1900. Campbell was one of Auckland’s first merchants and made his fortune in land, brewing, and other enterprises. The park was his country estate, which he gifted to the city in 1901. It includes One Tree Hill Domain, and is popular with picnickers, runners, and cyclists. Its sports grounds are used for cricket, rugby and tennis.

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Margaret McClure, Auckland places – Central suburbs: Parnell to One Tree Hill, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16195/cornwall-park (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Margaret McClure, published 2 March 2009, updated 5 August 2016.