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Early Oriental Bay

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Early Oriental Bay

In 1883, Oriental Bay was a stony beach with a few houses and boatsheds. The railway track was built to carry spill from the Oriental Bay quarry to the Te Aro reclamation, north of Courtenay Place.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, J. H. Lowe Collection

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Chris Maclean, Wellington places – Southern suburbs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13410/early-oriental-bay (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Chris Maclean, published 3 March 2009, updated 1 March 2016.