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Invercargill, 1859

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Invercargill, 1859

J. R. Cuthbertson made this sketch of Invercargill three years after the settlement was founded. Buildings line the bank of the Ōtepuni (Ōtarewa) Creek, with the once extensive Taurakitewaru forest behind.

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Southland Museum and Art Gallery

Reference: O78.332

by John Robert Cuthbertson

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David Grant, Southland region – Growth on the plains, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/20104/invercargill-1859 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Grant, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.